đź’ż Favourite Albums đź’ż 1. Jessie Ware – That! Feels Good! Give yourself over to absolute pleasure. Jessie Ware isn’t the only one out there trying to recapture disco’s heyday in a series of immaculately produced pop records — hell, she’s not even the only white Englishwoman doing it. The difference is that Ware makes …
  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. BeyoncĂ© 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 …
“You are the bravest boy I’ve ever met.” My favourite PTA changes day by day, but to me this is the one that only he could have made. Like many of his movies, it’s a love story, but it’s also an indictment of how we treat veterans and the long term effects of war on …
One of the films I instantly gravitated towards when I first got into film, probably around 15 or 16, which is maybe too young to fully appreciate some of the themes (though Paul Thomas Anderson was younger than I am now when he made it). I can see why I was so charmed by it …
For those who’ve never been to Capilano Suspension Bridge Park, it might seem like all this attraction has to offer is its namesake bridge. While the bridge itself is worth the price of admission alone, the park offers so many unique experiences for first timers and return visitors. From May 1 to September 15, if you …
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As millennials and Gen Zers become homeowners, they may wonder what to look for in a neighbourhood and a city. The things that make you fall in love with a street, a neighbourhood or a city are also known as “liveability factors”: the aspects of a home and its surroundings that play a role in …
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