Sometimes I Get a Good Feeling

“Even the bathroom smells like MDMA,” my friend overheard from a fellow attendee as we entered the Vogue Theatre lobby on Tuesday to see Pretty Lights. While there was surely a healthy amount – and I use the word “healthy” ironically here – of mood- and mind-altering substances at play amongst the many party people […]

Pastorela – VLAFF Film Review

Pastorela, a Mexican film produced in 2011, screened at Harbour Centre as part of last week’s Latin American Film Festival and was met with peals of laughter and shocked gasps. Emilio Portes’s comedy introduces the audience to the concept of a Mexican pastorela, or ‘nativity play’, that is performed annually around Christmas. For Agent Jesus […]

Does This Turn You On?

There’s a reason why the Vancouver International Fringe Festival is a fringe festival – it offers a plethora of acts and performances that are off the beaten path, and sometimes even right off the map. I consider myself more of a freak than a prude, so when I was given the opportunity to see Does […]