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Tag: Vancouver International Film Festival

Reviews: Paying for It from VIFF 2024

October 17, 2024

Final Rating: 3.5/5 Paying For It, directed by Sook-Yin Lee, is an interesting look into an alternative form of relationships. In what feels like…

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Reviews: Brief History Of A Family from VIFF 2024

October 16, 2024

Brief History of a Family is a fascinating glimpse into a post one-child-policy China, and the potential trauma that can come from it.

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Reviews: Curl Power from VIFF 2024

October 9, 2024

In Curl Power, a documentary directed by Josephine Anderson, we get a look at the impact that curling has on five teenage girls.

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287: 2024 Vancouver International Film Festival

October 8, 2024

The 2024 edition of ⁠VIFF⁠ just wrapped its 43rd year. We discuss our thoughts on the festival and review some of the films watched.

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Reviews: Rumours from VIFF 2024

October 4, 2024

Final Rating: 3.5/5 Every year the leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) countries that represent the largest western liberal democracies, gather for a…

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Reviews: A Different Man from VIFF 2024

October 1, 2024

Final Rating: 3.5/5 We’ve seen and heard stories of people who grew up being the metaphorical ugly duckling and blossoming into a beautiful swan….

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Reviews: Inedia from VIFF 2024

September 30, 2024

Final Rating: 4/5 Sometimes our own bodies rebel against us despite how we try to live. It could be something like chronic back pain…

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Blog: 2024 Vancouver International Film Festival Preview

September 25, 2024

With the 2024 Vancouver International Film Festival starting up, here are five films we are most excited about seeing.

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Blog: Best of the Vancouver International Film Festival

October 20, 2023

I figured I’d recap the five best films I saw during the Vancouver International Film Festival and give out some awards. 

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256: VIFF Interviews – Wild Goat Surf and I Used To Be Funny

October 17, 2023

We wrap up our Vancouver International Film Festival coverage with two excellent interviews from Wild Goat Surf⁠ and I Used To Be Funny⁠.

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