Author: vanlovesart

With her ninth novel, “Silver Nitrate,” Silvia Moreno-Garcia has cemented her reputation as one of the most prolific contemporary novelists of our time. The novel follows lifelong friends, Montserrat and Tristán. The duo finds themselves confronted by Nazi occultism worked

In his latest novel, “The Double Life of Benson Yu,” Vancouver writer, Kevin Chong, uses deeply inventive narrative methods to understand the stories we tell ourselves to process trauma. As a young boy growing up in 1980s Chinatown, Benson finds himself all alone after

“Sculpting the Giant ” documents the 28-year long process of Indonesian sculptor Nyoman Nuarta’s dream of completing the Garuda Wisnu Kencana (aka GWK), a 122-meter tall statue in Bali, Indonesia.  Originally hired to document the statue’s construction for archival purposes,

Trigger Warning: This review mentions a person’s experience with PTSD as a result of sexual assault.  “I Used to be Funny” follows Sam Cowell (played by Rachel Sennott), a comedian in Toronto who balances her income as an au pair

The 2023 Edition of Vancouver International Film Festival ran from September 28 to October 8. VIFF Live was a series of events curated to platform artists who sought to expand beyond the cinematic experience. The most anticipated event of this

The 2023 Edition of Vancouver International Film Festival ran from September 28 to October 8. VIFF Live was a series of events curated to platform artists who sought to expand beyond the cinematic experience.  The first event at VIFF Live,

“Richelieu” is director Pier-Philippe Chevigny’s debut feature film that explores the brutal treatment of temporary foreign workers at a food processing plant in Richelieu, Quebec. The fictional plot derives inspiration from the real stories of numerous Guatemalan farm workers who