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Popular culture moves from east to west

It isn’t mainstream yet, but East Asia seems to be slowly nipping at the heels of the U.S. as the world’s cultural epicentre.

Vancouver Women in Film Festival reflects diversity

Iranian immigrant women dealing with displacement in The Neighbour is just one of the many stories showcased at this year's Vancouver Women in Film Festival.

Vancouver Asian Film Festival focuses on the human experience

Kathy Leung, the festival’s coprogramming director, says that of the 100-plus entries received this year, the feature documentaries are the strongest.

SPARK Animation ’10 Conference and Festival hits Vancouver

Vancouver is famous as a filmmaking hub but less known for animation.

Racebending.com speaks out about The Last Airbender's racial casting controversy

Controversy hangs like a storm cloud over the release of M. Night Shyamalan’s new film, The Last Airbender.

B.C.'s Women in Film Festival flips the chick-flick thing

Red is everywhere—on the shirts, sweaters, boots, rims of eyeglasses, and necklaces—at a photo shoot for the Women in Film Festival, B.C. in a funky East Vancouver studio.

The Rape of Nanking finally set to film

When Chinese-American author Iris Chang wrote the film in 1997, she lifted a cloak of silence from one of the most violent events in modern history.

Friends keep Seeker star Ludwig grounded

To hear the excitement in Alexander Ludwig's voice, you wouldn't know the 15-year-old has just come off a long day of studying and training for the provincial swim team.

Work in Progress

What are you looking for in a job? A big sallery? Freedom? Doing what you love?

Put a little extra red in your dinner with a Chinese-style BBQ turkey

Traditionalists will tell you that Christmas dinner just doesn't feel complete without a roasted whole turkey as its centrepiece. The more daring, however, may want to try a new...