Christina Pontikis

Tilikum the Blackfish

The 2010 death of SeaWorld Orlando trainer, Dawn Brancheau, was initially reported by the media as an “accident” due to “trainer error”. Unsatisfied with this explanation, director Gabriela Cowperthwaite began

The Bubble Has Burst

Director Hans Petter Moland’s When Bubbles Burst examines not only the mayhem caused by the 2008 global financial crisis but also discusses just how far reaching the chaos was and how the

A Pervert’s Guide to Ideology

Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Žižek teams up with director Sophie Fiennes for their second collaboration, A Pervert’s Guide to Ideology. Now playing at the Documentary Film Festival (DOXA), Ideology follows the

Charming, Attractive, and Driven

The Reluctant Fundamentalist, based on the 2007 novel, explores a young Pakistani man’s drive to achieve the “American dream” while almost completely disregarding his own culture and country of birth. Changez Khan

Did He or Didn’t He?

Drew Hayden Taylor’s latest stage production God and the Indian explores the repercussions residential schools have inflicted upon the individuals who were forced to attend the state and church run

The Rise of Snoop Lion

For the past few years, Snoop Dogg had become somewhat of a caricature of his former self. Snoop Dogg of the new millennium was no longer as “thug” or as

Death of a Man in the Balkans

How would you react if your neighbour of ‘X’ amount of years suddenly took his own life? Death of a Man in the Balkans depicts that exact situation with some

A Wonderful Life on a Wonderful Night!

It’s difficult to watch a play based on a well known film and not compare it to the original, especially for someone who has loved the film since their childhood.

Gold Mountain Captivates at the Cultch

In our own way, each of us strives to define who we are by making “something” of ourselves. This proverbial “something” takes form in a variety of ways and is

God is a Scottish Drag Queen!

Yes, you read the title correctly. God is a Scottish Drag Queen! He has chosen to present himself to us in order to clear up some misunderstandings, and fallacies regarding

Sex, Religion & Other Hang-Ups

James Gangl ‘s one-man show is not only about his desire to have a sexual relationship with the hot lingerie model he meets while shooting a Coors Light commercial but

Going Bananas at Vancity Theatre

We have all experienced a time when we discover someone has said something disparaging about us.  There is nothing we can do about it, the words have been uttered and