http://www.straight.com/content/rss/blog/movies en http://www.straight.com/article-604696/vancouver/screenwriter-anjum-rajabali-discuss-state-indian-film-during-sfu-residency One of India's top screenwriters will be taking residency at Simon Fraser University's Praxis Centre for Screenwriters. 604696 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:59:00 -0800 http://www.straight.com/article-604696/vancouver/screenwriter-anjum-rajabali-discuss-state-indian-film-during-sfu-residency#comments Craig Takeuchi files/imagecache/mobile_image/images/wide/raajneeti-for-web-1.jpg files/imagecache/mobile_image_thumb/images/wide/raajneeti-for-web-1.jpg http://www.straight.com/article-604486/vancouver/giving-voice-offers-eight-opportunities-documentary-apprenticeships Eight lucky documentary filmmakers will get the chance to hone their craft under the mentorship of accomplished documentarians. 604486 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:28:00 -0800 http://www.straight.com/article-604486/vancouver/giving-voice-offers-eight-opportunities-documentary-apprenticeships#comments Craig Takeuchi files/imagecache/mobile_image/images/wide/GivingVoice-Logo-EN_1.jpg files/imagecache/mobile_image_thumb/images/wide/GivingVoice-Logo-EN_1.jpg http://www.straight.com/article-604176/vancouver/jc-penney-and-ellen-degeneres-stand-one-million-moms One Million Moms, maybe it's time you found a more important cause to focus on. 604176 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:59:00 -0800 http://www.straight.com/article-604176/vancouver/jc-penney-and-ellen-degeneres-stand-one-million-moms#comments Craig Takeuchi files/imagecache/mobile_image/images/wide/ellen_degeneres-portia-de-rossi.jpg files/imagecache/mobile_image_thumb/images/wide/ellen_degeneres-portia-de-rossi.jpg http://www.straight.com/article-604066/vancouver/orgasm-inc-bc-professors-address-medicalization-female-sexual-dysfunction How would you feel if you were told that the identification of female sexual dysfunction and its treatments might be motivated more by profit than by research? 604066 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:23:00 -0800 http://www.straight.com/article-604066/vancouver/orgasm-inc-bc-professors-address-medicalization-female-sexual-dysfunction#comments Craig Takeuchi files/imagecache/mobile_image/images/wide/orgasm-inc.jpg files/imagecache/mobile_image_thumb/images/wide/orgasm-inc.jpg http://www.straight.com/article-601261/vancouver/vancouvers-crowdfanatic-enters-dragons-den A Vancouver tech startup will be pitching its social-media platform on CBC's Dragons' Den this week. 601261 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:32:00 -0800 http://www.straight.com/article-601261/vancouver/vancouvers-crowdfanatic-enters-dragons-den#comments Stephen Hui files/imagecache/mobile_image/images/wide/AlF_LhkCIAATJXK.jpg files/imagecache/mobile_image_thumb/images/wide/AlF_LhkCIAATJXK.jpg http://www.straight.com/article-601166/vancouver/pina-3d-collection-clips-dance-film If you haven't had a chance to catch Pina 3D, I'd highly recommending watching it on theatre screens, rather than at home, if you're able to. 601166 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:11:00 -0800 http://www.straight.com/article-601166/vancouver/pina-3d-collection-clips-dance-film#comments Craig Takeuchi files/imagecache/mobile_image/images/wide/pina.jpg files/imagecache/mobile_image_thumb/images/wide/pina.jpg http://www.straight.com/article-601046/vancouver/vancouvers-black-history-month-screenings-delve-local-and-musical-history Black History Month continues on with events around the city, including several film screenings. 601046 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:19:00 -0800 http://www.straight.com/article-601046/vancouver/vancouvers-black-history-month-screenings-delve-local-and-musical-history#comments Craig Takeuchi files/imagecache/mobile_image/images/wide/Chelsea.jpg files/imagecache/mobile_image_thumb/images/wide/Chelsea.jpg http://www.straight.com/article-600766/vancouver/bachelor-canada-casting-tour-kick-vancouver Are you a "fun and fearless" and "vibrant" Canadian woman who wants to find love on a nationally televised blind date while competing against 24 other women? 600766 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:39:00 -0800 http://www.straight.com/article-600766/vancouver/bachelor-canada-casting-tour-kick-vancouver#comments Craig Takeuchi files/imagecache/mobile_image/images/wide/Bachelor.jpg files/imagecache/mobile_image_thumb/images/wide/Bachelor.jpg http://www.straight.com/article-600326/vancouver/depardieu-play-dominique-strausskahn Abel Ferrara (Bad Lieutenant, Driller Killer) is set to direct the film about the former IMF head. 600326 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 04:56:00 -0800 http://www.straight.com/article-600326/vancouver/depardieu-play-dominique-strausskahn#comments Adrian Mack files/imagecache/mobile_image/images/wide/gerard.jpg files/imagecache/mobile_image_thumb/images/wide/gerard.jpg http://www.straight.com/article-600251/vancouver/four-bc-chefs-compete-top-chef-canada-season-2 Vancouver’s Trevor Bird, Whistler’s Jimmy Stewart, Victoria’s Kunal Ghose, and Tofino’s Joel Aubie join 12 other chefs on Food Network Canada’s highest-rated show. 600251 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 04:17:00 -0800 http://www.straight.com/article-600251/vancouver/four-bc-chefs-compete-top-chef-canada-season-2#comments Michelle da Silva files/imagecache/mobile_image/images/wide/trevor_bird.jpg files/imagecache/mobile_image_thumb/images/wide/trevor_bird.jpg http://www.straight.com/article-600201/vancouver/vancouver-international-mountain-film-festival-rio-theatre-screenings-relocated-denman-cinemas The Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival has had to relocate six of its screenings that were scheduled to be shown at the Rio Theatre. 600201 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 04:17:00 -0800 http://www.straight.com/article-600201/vancouver/vancouver-international-mountain-film-festival-rio-theatre-screenings-relocated-denman-cinemas#comments Craig Takeuchi files/imagecache/mobile_image/images/wide/emily_1.jpg files/imagecache/mobile_image_thumb/images/wide/emily_1.jpg http://www.straight.com/article-599941/vancouver/madonnas-super-bowl-halftime-performance-upstaged-mias-finger This time around, the controversy didn’t come from her Madgesty. It came from British rapper M.I.A. 599941 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:44:00 -0800 http://www.straight.com/article-599941/vancouver/madonnas-super-bowl-halftime-performance-upstaged-mias-finger#comments Craig Takeuchi files/imagecache/mobile_image/images/wide/M-I-A.jpg files/imagecache/mobile_image_thumb/images/wide/M-I-A.jpg http://www.straight.com/article-599666/vancouver/trailer-park-boys-randy-and-mr-lahey-bring-cheeseburgers-n-jd-vancouver Comic actors Pat Roach and John Dunsworth perform in character at the Biltmore on Monday. 599666 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:01:00 -0800 http://www.straight.com/article-599666/vancouver/trailer-park-boys-randy-and-mr-lahey-bring-cheeseburgers-n-jd-vancouver#comments Steve Newton files/imagecache/mobile_image/images/wide/randylahey-jpeg1.jpg files/imagecache/mobile_image_thumb/images/wide/randylahey-jpeg1.jpg http://www.straight.com/article-599631/vancouver/sick-and-twisted-horror-hits-ubc-tromas-fathers-day If you've got some spare time and a few brain cells to lose, get your grindhouse on this Monday. 599631 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:00:00 -0800 http://www.straight.com/article-599631/vancouver/sick-and-twisted-horror-hits-ubc-tromas-fathers-day#comments Steve Newton files/imagecache/mobile_image/images/wide/chainsaw.jpg files/imagecache/mobile_image_thumb/images/wide/chainsaw.jpg http://www.straight.com/article-599436/vancouver/fishermans-trail-smells-dog-shit-it-sure-beats-watching-elektra The Fisherman’s Trail in North Vancouver’s Lower Seymour Conservation Reserve is an easy hike to tide you over on a rainy winter day. 599436 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 03:38:00 -0800 http://www.straight.com/article-599436/vancouver/fishermans-trail-smells-dog-shit-it-sure-beats-watching-elektra#comments Stephen Hui files/imagecache/mobile_image/images/wide/MidValley-SH-2012.jpg files/imagecache/mobile_image_thumb/images/wide/MidValley-SH-2012.jpg