After so much time indoors in the past quarter decade, the urge to go out, get sweaty, and dance with somebody who loves you has never been stronger. Beyoncé knows this as well as she knows her own worth — she’s number one, the only one, the alien superstar — and in 2022 …
Riceboy Sleeps is the second feature length film by Vancouver-based actor and filmmaker Anthony Shim. Originally from Seoul, South Korea, in the film Shim tells a personal story of migration and cross-cultural growing pains, following the lives of mother So-young (played by Choi Seung-yoon), and son Dong-hyun (Dohyun Noel Hwang as a child; Ethan Hwang as …
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If you’re not familiar with the world of food trucks in Vancouver, you’re in for a treat. These mobile hotspots provide some of the best eats in the city and with a little research, it’s easy to find one in or around your neighbourhood. The only downside is that there might be too many to …
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A faceless office building, the monotony of a Monday morning, a damp cloth to wipe away the weekend’s dust. Are our protagonists, who shepherd the newly deceased into the afterlife with one precious memory to take with them, angels? Takashi, Shiori, and their coworkers trudge through their day’s work with a calm, detached demeanour — …
I knew I would feel a certain way about Nomadland before ever watching it. It’s delicate subject matter with an even more delicate conceit: the immense impact of economic disparity and late capitalism seen through the eyes of a woman intent on escaping it, channelled through the experiences of real people — “nomads,” as the film calls …