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Vancity's Canadian Film Week presents unadulterated visions of Vancouver

Booming film industry aside, Vancouverites all too seldom see their own stories on the big screen.

Chloë Sevigny avoids the choppy-choppy in Lean On Pete

Director Andrew Haigh's character-driven approach is what convinced the actor to saddle up.

Actor Ajuawak Kapashesit brings quiet rage to film adaptation of Richard Wagamese's Indian Horse

The most striking thing about his performance is its stillness.

At Reel 2 Real, media educator Tash King unpacks the subversiveness of "fake news"

As part of the film fest, the writer and sociologist will conduct a workshop that teaches youth how to determine what media they consume is reliable and what is not.

Reel 2 Real film fest for youth finds virtue in the virtual

This extensive event remains ever responsive to a kid's eye view of the world.

Our R2R film fest picks: One Earth, one village, one fantasy

Of the feature titles coming to Reel 2 Real, here are some of the Straight’s favourites.

John Krasinski feels a parent's horror in A Quiet Place

The man beloved as The Office's Jim Halpert makes his major-studio directorial debut with a film that sees silence as survival.

Cheech Marin makes me an honorary Chicano

At 71 years of age, the counterculture hero is now a cannabis king and doyen of the arts.

The Vancouver South African Film Festival cuts deep

The small but lovingly curated event swings into year eight with its strongest lineup yet.

Love, Simon director Greg Berlanti delivers queer romance for young adults

The filmmaker says there's no overstating the significance of this LGBT experience hitting the big screen.

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