The Artful Blogger

With just days left to the opening of the VancouverInternational Film Festival , we take time to spotlight another ten noteworthy films play...

Further to my preview of the 2011 Vancouver International Film Festival, which you can read about here and here, here are ten more noteworth...

Following up on my last post on the Vancouver International Film Festival , here are ten more noteworthy films that you may wish to catch d...

Ah, fall … the return of the cooler climes heralds the return of rain on what we call “the wet coast” of Vancouver, BC. For Vancouver cineas...

Opening this year’s Vancouver Latin American Film Festival is a nervy black comedy about two neighbours and a wall, the Sundance Jury Priz...

For film buffs in Vancouver, every season has at least one or two major film festivals. In the late summer, bridging the gap between the Que...

[Programming note: original article ran June 11, 2011. This piece is running to coincide with the upcoming August 26 concert in Vancouver.) ...

I was warned about attending this show by a close friend who is a major Sade fan. He said “prepare to be taken away. If you have any emotion...

Now in its 23 rd year, the annual Vancouver Queer Film Festival will commence two weeks after the Pride activities in town, just ahead our...

I like to think that I spent the summer of 1995 in a Russian country home with my own banya . Sadly, that wasn’t the case, but I came awfull...

Vancouver is a town notorious for having some of the least animated concert crowds. A friend went to Beck’s December 2002 performance and ev...

[Originally posted on May 26, 2011. Updated to include new tour dates and venue information.] The Blogger nearly walked out on a date a fe...

There’s a line in Almost Famous , when Zooey Deschanel’s character says to her un-hip but sweet brother, “don’t worry: one day, you’ll be co...

Tovey and the VSO (source: The Georgia Straight) It’s often said, at least in North America, that the higher arts are inaccessible to ...

It seems everyone is a DJ these days. Throw on the latest Britney Spears “song”, stretch it three times the radio edit’s length, and liberal...

O, Canada! Wherever you are in the world, you might think that the recent very ugly Stanley Cup Finals were representative of my hometown o...

Since May 26, the Vancouver Art Gallery has been showcasing a phenomenal new exhibition for the summer of 2011. This is easily the most exci...