Alienated in Vancouver

Okay, so she was richer, more famous, and more beautiful than the people whose obits I usually make mention of, and I haven't seen any f...

...but gee isn't this a unique little horror film (and a helluva way to spend a Monday afternoon, much better than marking student pape...

Stephen McHattie in Bruce McDonald's Pontypool I’ve always liked the films of Canadian filmmaker Bruce McDonald . Hard Core Logo probab...

"Jeezus, could you people come already?" This young couple moved in upstairs. They must be new to cohabitation, because they fuck...

I am unwinding after work, listening to the Gang of Four, and thinking about cunnilingus, wrestling, pinball, and getting fucked by horses. ...

I've been a bit overwhelmed lately, and not keeping on top of gigs (let alone going to them), but Thursday, March 12th, at the Scotiaban...

...it's three hours of your life you'll end up wanting back. I read and passably enjoyed the comic series some years ago, and had so...

The perfect opportunity for me to get published in Japan finally arose: my favourite punk band, Vancouver's own Nomeansno, are touring t...

Al with Birdshit: a self-portrait It's not that you weren't invited: it looks like there's going to be no movie this year (I pla...

...so I run out of money again, I don't have any curry made, and I haven't thawed any meat, because, as sometimes happens, I'm s...

I've been ambivalent about the Coen brothers for some time. There's a smarmy, misanthropic edge to their films that I find distastef...

Canadian director Bruce McDonald ( Hard Core Logo, Roadkill, Highway 61, The Tracy Fragments ... and many others) will be on hand to introdu...

You know what feels really silly now that I've gone back to owning LPs? The "mini-LP" CD format. I mean, I got all excited, f...

Ukrainian miners, Workingman's Death Two very interesting, and highly complimentary, films have just come out on DVD, which anyone inter...

A few bits of news of relevance to cinephiles: 1. New Yorker Films, an important distributor of foreign and arthouse fare, has gone under . ...

I will end this piece of writing by tellin' y'all about a relatively easy way to get a decent region-free DVD player. Feel free to ...

Rich Hope and his Blue Rich Rangers by Marc L'Esperance Thanks to my parents, my first musical love was country music. They'd brough...

Funny about CDs: now that I'm "back on vinyl" (thanks largely to Dan Kibke and Mats Gustafsson), they suddenly feel like an ar...