Film

Take a sneak peek at the lineup for February’s Victoria Film Festival

The Festival also has options for cheap tickets. They offer student rush tickets, which are six dollars for ages 19 – 30 with student ID. They can only be purchased…

‘Nosferatu’ is a visceral gothic triumph

If anything truly negative can be said about Nosferatu, it is that the film is not particularly original. Because it is a remake of a much older film, and because…

Could the new Wicked movie spark a return to classic movie-musicals?

The film version of Dancing Through Life makes you think this is how it was always intended to be —  crescendoing alongside an upbeat dance number, where huge, cylindrical spinning…

UVic student film considers intergenerational effects of Japanese-Canadian internment

Nagasaki recently screened the film for the Victoria Historical Society, where she also spoke about the history of Japanese-Canadian internment during the Second World War and the impacts it had…

Film by UVic faculty and graduates wins best feature documentary at Toronto film festival

Aisha’s Story, a documentary film about the preservation of Palestinian culture and heritage in exile by UVic faculty and researchers, has won Best Documentary at the Toronto International Women Film…

‘Alien: Romulus’ is not quite a perfect organism

Alien: Romulus deliberately attempts to bring the series back to its roots. The result is a technically sound film that unfortunately lacks originality. 

‘Kinds of Kindness’ delivers more of director’s signature strangeness

Fans of Poor Things should be aware going in that this is a very different film — don’t expect visual extravagance — but I’d argue Kinds’ distinct brand of strangeness…

Cincenta Classics: The collision of dreams and worlds in Mulholland Drive

A Cinecenta Classic: The collision of dreams and worlds in David Lynch's 'Mulholland Drive' urge viewers to get lost in surreality.
Late Night with the Devil

‘Late Night with the Devil’ promises low-budget ‘70s camp and it delivers

Horror comedy Late Night with the Devil, starring David Dastmalchian, depicts a late-night show gone awry in low-budget 70s camp fashion.