On The Road Forward: An Interview with Marie Clements By Adam Cook One of the most gifted artists working in BC today, Métis playwright and filmmaker Marie Clements has reached a new level of achievement with her documentary-musical, The Road Forward. Produced by The NFB, the film is a look at the history of activism … Continue reading
The Best of Hot Docs at Vancity Theatre By Adam Cook From July 7-11th we’ll be bringing some of the best of the Hot Docs International Documentary Festival to Vancouver at our own Vancity Theatre—with one very special bonus screening of a Hot Docs’ first original project, In the Name of All Canadians. But first … Continue reading
It’s time of the week again. Check out the trailers for some of current and upcoming films at VIFF Vancity Theatre! Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Maki Abacus: Small Enough to Jail Cadence Bang! The Bert Berns Story Nowhere to Hide The Bad Batch Continue reading
Finland’s Would-Be Boxing Hero By Adam Cook Olli Maki carried the hope of an entire nation. In 1962, the amateur turned professional boxer was poised to take on standing champ American Davey Moore, a milestone for Finnish boxing. But as Juho Kuosmanen’s wonderful film, The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Maki, shows us, … Continue reading
Behind Closed Doors: Frederick Wiseman’s Titicut Follies By Adam Cook On June 13th, we’re screening Frederick Wiseman’s breakthrough masterpiece Titicut Follies to honour its 50th anniversary. In the five decades following this film’s controversial release—more on that later—Wiseman has spent his prolific career peeking into American institutions, and picking them apart, but not with the … Continue reading
There’s no time like the present to check out some of our upcoming trailers and start planning your June movie dates. Here is a sneak peak of what we have playing at the Vancity Theatre in June… A Quiet Passion Land of Mine I Called Him Morgan Titicut Follies Glory Happiest Day in the … Continue reading
