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Cannes 2018: Spike Lee's BlacKkKlansman turns alt-right language against itself

No other screening has felt like ground zero for a film that—uneven and imperfect, to be certain—carried the weight of something more than a movie.

Cannes 2018: Paul Dano's Wildlife looks inward

The actor-turned-director gives Cannes what it wants.

Cannes 2018: The past catches up to Penélope Cruz and Javier Bardem

This year's event kicks off with an iffy opener, an eight hour masterpiece, and the traditional brouhaha.

DOXA 2018: Judd Apatow and Seth Rogen flip the bird in Freaks and Geeks: The Documentary

"I’m totally okay to have a career that’s based on vengeance and rage.”

Director Coralie Fargeat takes brutal Revenge on male power

It’s all there in the title.

DOXA 2018: Closing night film reveals Yayoi Kusama’s Infinity of will

The 89-year-old artist achieved celebrity despite a difficult childhood, mental illness, and the deeply ingrained prejudices of the art world.

DOXA 2018: The Rankin File reveals Harry Rankin's love for underdogs as well as his troubling treatment of women

The new documentary is full of vivid moments from Vancouver’s past as it tells the story of the rabble-rousing lawyer and long-time Vancouver city councillor.

DOXA Documentary Film Festival 2018

Along with the Press Play and Quietude spotlights, this year's DOXA Documentary Film Festival also includes the Embedded with Extremists series.

DOXA 2018: L.A. punks invent the future in Desolation Center

Here's how Sonic Youth, Meat Puppets, and Minutemen (among others) made history at a low budget festival in the California desert.

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.

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Cannes 2018: Spike Lee's BlacKkKlansman turns alt-right language against itself

Cannes 2018: Paul Dano's Wildlife looks inward

Cannes 2018: The past catches up to Penélope Cruz and Javier Bardem

DOXA 2018: Judd Apatow and Seth Rogen flip the bird in Freaks and Geeks: The Documentary

Director Coralie Fargeat takes brutal Revenge on male power

DOXA 2018: Closing night film reveals Yayoi Kusama’s Infinity of will

DOXA 2018: The Rankin File reveals Harry Rankin's love for underdogs as well as his troubling treatment of women

DOXA Documentary Film Festival 2018

DOXA 2018: L.A. punks invent the future in Desolation Center

Vancity's Canadian Film Week presents unadulterated visions of Vancouver

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Spare Change

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