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Vancouver 101 years ago wasn't nearly the hick town one might have expected.
Film of 1907 Vancouver out on DVD
Sure, the West End was still a forest, but Downtown Vancouver circa 1907 looks strikingly similar to the 2008 v...
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Nag_Champa |
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Go, Film Racer! Go!
An insightful, humourous look at what it takes to be a part of the 2008 Vancouver Film Race!...
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Dallas_Ross |
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Vancouver Latin American Film Fest: Films, Workshops, and Celebrities
Here s some insight into this annual event, its films, opinions, the workshops, and even an interview with Guillermo Navarro (the award-winning c...
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Camila |
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Let's Go To The LEOs
Join IAM Video Journalist Dallas Ross as he covers the red-carpet at Vancouver s pre-eminent Film and Television awards ceremony, the 2008 Leos....
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Dallas_Ross |
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Local Star Seth Rogen Shafts Parents
He's basically my baby. That's Sandy Rogen talking about her beloved son, Seth Rogen. She could be any mom in the world cooing about the love s...
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politix_pete |
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Star Trek and East Vancouver kids
What do you get when you combine: Star Trek, East Vancouver indie kids and $200. Nerds doing jager bomb shots at the dive bar? No, no, you get Chains ...
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Beyond Robson |
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VIFF Interview: Benoit Pilon on 'The Necessities of Life'
Well, it's been three days since the official end of VIFF, and all us film fiends can finally begin to reflect on this year's festival. As the schedu...
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Beyond Robson |
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VIFF 2008 Review: Hunger
I've grown up with the spectre of Bobby Sands. He joined our dinner table on Sundays. His mural is splashed across the walls of my family history. I s...
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Beyond Robson |
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The Films of Guy Maddin - 'Archangel' and 'My Winnipeg'
This post is pretty late coming, as tonight may be your final chance to see either of these films... but I couldn't pass up the opportunity to highlig...
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Beyond Robson |
active:14 weeks 6 days ago |
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Ticket Giveaway: 'Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer'
It's time to dish out some free movie passes!I gave you the lowdown on Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer when I gave it a positive review last weekend (and ...
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Beyond Robson |
active:17 weeks 1 day ago |
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Long Road North - Rolling Through the Hemispheres on Two Wheels
I suspect we can all relate to the feeling Gwendal Castellan had while at work in a windowless office a few years ago: a longing for something new, a ...
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Beyond Robson |
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Keep It 4REAL This Summer.
First of all, let me point out that no, I have not recently adopted the use of Internet Slang nor am I so lazy that I cannot type out 3 letters. I'm g...
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Beyond Robson |
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'Carts of Darkness': Breakneck Binning at the VIFC
We see them all the time: at the back of the bus, surrounded by overstuffed plastic bags and attempting to make conversation with a confused looking t...
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Beyond Robson |
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Raven and Jason
An anonymous Beyond Robson reader sent me this link. It's a mini documentary by Globe and Mail about a couple living in the DTES called Raven and Jaso...
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Beyond Robson |
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Documentary Film Project
Photo courtesy of JuliaAttention all Film makers, students and enthusiasts! The Documentary Film Project that - hosted by VCN - is a perfect opportuni...
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Beyond Robson |
active:1 year 12 hours ago |
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(Be)longing at the Cultch
Adult $25,Student/Senior $21(plus applicable service charges) longing: A strong persistent yearning or desire, especially one that cannot be ...
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Commercial Drive Live! |
active:1 year 3 weeks ago |
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VIFF Review: Lost In Beijing
I tell you, writing reviews is a great exercise of disagreements. I don't see or agree with a lot of what was written in the VIFF Calendar, about man...
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Beyond Robson |
active:1 year 5 weeks ago |
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VIFF Review: Ploy
Pen-ek Ratanaruang's latest (Invisible Waves, Last Life In the Universe) film is a rich cinematographic puzzle (without edges and a few extra pieces y...
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Beyond Robson |
active:1 year 6 weeks ago |
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VIFF Review: The Edge of Heaven
Ever since the film festival started, I've been sidestepping the first question everyone's been asking me - which film has been my favourite - I hate ...
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Beyond Robson |
active:1 year 6 weeks ago |
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VIFF Review: Battle in Seattle
I wanted to hate it. I thought it was going to be a Hollywood fluff piece; co-opted, repackaged, dumbed down, status-quo type shit. But I must say, I ...
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Beyond Robson |
active:1 year 6 weeks ago |
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Let's All Hate Toronto Not Showing at VIFF
The strangest thing happened the other day over brunch. My friend Nicole and I were at Rhizome pouring over our VIFF program guides circling films we ...
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Beyond Robson |
active:1 year 6 weeks ago |
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VIFF Review: Strange Culture
Strange Culture is Lynn Hershman-Leeson's latest political documentary look at the Patriot Act and the many concomitant trials individuals (like Steve...
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Beyond Robson |
active:1 year 6 weeks ago |
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VIFF Review: Empties
I stumbled into the Czech box-office hit Empties, by accident last night. I was trying to see Battle in Seattle but didn't realize it was playing at t...
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Beyond Robson |
active:1 year 6 weeks ago |
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VIFF Review: Mischief Night
Penny Woolcock's (The Principles of Lust, Exodus) Mischief Night is a witty, swift, subtle, highly-paced political-comedy setting out the racial, clas...
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Beyond Robson |
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VIFF Review: Those Three
VIFF's Iranian entry by Director Naghi Nemati's Those Three essentially encapsulates the story of three military recruits who, on a whim (seemingly ...
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Beyond Robson |
active:1 year 7 weeks ago |
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VIFF Review: Forbidden Lie$
A documentary masterpiece, Forbidden Lie$ is a cunning display of theease with which subject matter easily gets swarmed and caught upwithin the politi...
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Beyond Robson |
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VIFF Review: The Green Chain
A septet of documentary quasi-interviews and monologues, The Green Chain is a cross-cultural and intriguing look at the business, controversy, politic...
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Beyond Robson |
active:1 year 7 weeks ago |
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VIFF Review: The Matsugane Potshot Affair
I pretty much knew I wouldn't like Yamashita Nobuhiro's latest feature The Matsugane Potshot Affair, since a few weeks ago I turned off his 2005 film ...
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Beyond Robson |
active:1 year 7 weeks ago |
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Top Picks of the VIFF
Got your VIFF program guide yet? Circled your favourites? Cross-referenced show times in your already jam-packed day planner? Don't worry, we're here ...
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Beyond Robson |
active:1 year 8 weeks ago |
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What's Gratis in Film Fest? Meeting the Film Makers!
What's delightfully free in VIFF, you ask? Well, aside from the screenings taking place every 2 weeks prior to the VIFF start, VIFF and Cineworks pre...
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Beyond Robson |
active:1 year 8 weeks ago |
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Free Tickets: In The Shadow of the Moon (updated)
UPDATE: The first 14 people to email contest [at] beyondrobson [.com] with the subject line MOON will receive a free double pass to the screening to...
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Beyond Robson |
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Riot in Vancouver: Short Film Screenings
The only photo I could find of the riots, most likely a newspaper photo taken on September 7 1907.September 7th marks the 100th anniversary of the ant...
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Beyond Robson |
active:1 year 9 weeks ago |
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Finding Spice and Freebies at the Latin American Film Festival
Cronica de una Fuga (Argentina), playing as part of the Vancouver Latin American Film Festival I owe it all to that little hottie Gael Garc a Bernal....
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Beyond Robson |
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Hollywood North: we'd like to keep it that way
Vancouver could very well be the most picturesque city in the world - but if you're a unionized Hollywood film worker, your days of using our lovely P...
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Currents |
active:1 year 10 weeks ago |
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This Weekend: Taiwanese Films
This scintillating photo is a still from Spider Lilies, the latest offering from director Zero Chou. Although there are many reasons to hone in on Ch...
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Beyond Robson |
active:1 year 11 weeks ago |
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Friday Night at Spartacus
Image courtesy of JuliaThis is very last minute but Spartacus is having a Friday Night Screening called Five Ring Circus Screening and Discussion st...
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Beyond Robson |
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Documentary Premiere | Try Your Own Escape from Suburbia This Friday
Escape from Suburbia -- the trailerIf condescending you're destroying the planet jabs don't faze your car-dependent pals, then have 'em try out Greg...
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Beyond Robson |
active:1 year 14 weeks ago |
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Helvetica - The Font Geek's Must-See Film of the Week
In a typography class I took a few years back at Emily Carr, my prof gave us some sage advice that I carry with me to this day. It was never never h...
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Beyond Robson |
active:1 year 15 weeks ago |
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My mind is mush. I've just seen a sensory overloa
My mind is mush. I've just seen a sensory overload called Transformers, and somehow I'm supposed to review the more sedate (hello, understatement!) I...
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Beyond Robson |
active:1 year 17 weeks ago |
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There is a moment in Michael Moore's new film Sick
There is a moment in Michael Moore's new film Sicko where an American ex-pat living in France wells up with tears because of the overwhelming guilt sh...
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