Artsculture

Frankie Rose

Frankie Rose Makes Life Tougher for Journalists

With Interstellar, 'lo-fi fuzz pop' just doesn't cut it anymore.

By Alex Hudson, 9 Feb 2012

Stan Douglas, Granville Riot

Portrait of a Riot

Artist Stan Douglas, on immortalizing the 1971 Gastown showdown, his harshest critics (police) and what the image stands for today.

By Alexander Alberro and Stan Douglas, 8 Feb 2012

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Make It the Canadian Webcasting Corporation

That's my proposal. Beat the inevitable by turning the CBC into the CWC.

By Crawford Kilian, 8 Feb 2012

YACHT

The Braniac Groove

YACHT brings performance art you can dance to.

By Shawn Conner, 2 Feb 2012

Old Rio Theatre

Where Can You Go for a Real Movie Experience Anymore?

Real as its popcorn butter, Vancouver's Rio Theatre is a classic worth defending.

By Dorothy Woodend, 27 Jan 2012

Recent Arts and Culture

Band Cloud Nothings

Cloud Nothings' Alt-Rock Wet Dream

The sad-sack grunge revival continues apace.

By Alex Hudson, 26 Jan 2012

Julia Holter

Just Me, Some Music, and the Air Between Us

Julia Holter's "Marienbad" inspires a resolution.

By Thom Wong, 19 Jan 2012

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Can David Cronenberg Still Provoke?

'A Dangerous Method' is tinged with Cronenbergian weirdness. But where is the man who got under our skin again and again?

By Peter Tupper, 18 Jan 2012

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'The Iron Lady'

Film as cultural crime. This is how they create historical amnesia.

By Dorothy Woodend, 13 Jan 2012

Vancouver band July 4th Toilet

The Toilet Overflows

They were demented, unpredictable, inspired, and for one night they're back.

By Shawn Conner, 12 Jan 2012

William Gibson's 'Neuromancer'

Is William Gibson's 'Neuromancer' the Future of Movies?

Two who are turning the 1984 book into a film and game explain why now's perfect timing.

By Mark Leiren-Young, 6 Jan 2012

Rococode

Rococode and the Onward March of Vancouver's Pop Kids

They've got a shiny pedigree, good teeth and pretty brilliant album to match.

By Adrian Mack, 5 Jan 2012

Angelina Jolie directing a film

Angelina Jolie's Lens on Rape as War Crime

The subject is vital but Jolie's politics are murky in her directorial debut.

By Lynn Parramore, 5 Jan 2012

The Descendants, Hawaii, movie still

Hollywood's Icy Heart

From 'Mission Impossible' to 'The Descendants,' current films fail to arouse.

By Dorothy Woodend, 30 Dec 2011

Album 'Santa Claus Is a Black Man'

Inside the Xmas Music Underground

Vancouver filmmaker Mitchell Kezin helps rescue weird holiday tunes from oblivion.

By Steve Burgess, 22 Dec 2011

Musician Scott Weiland

Scott Weiland Ruins Christmas

And it looks like he really needs to go to the bathroom, too.

By Adrian Mack, 22 Dec 2011

Michel Hazanavicius, writer and director of 'The Artist'

The Artist Who Made 'The Artist'

The Tyee talks with Michel Hazanavicius, who wrote and directed the silent film blockbuster touted for an Oscar.

By Mark Leiren-Young, 16 Dec 2011

Charlize Theron in Young Adult

'Young Adult'

Charlize Theron's 'psychotic prom queen' vies for a high school flame in this highly immature flick.

By Steve Burgess, 16 Dec 2011

Scene from 'The Artist'

'The Artist'

What is this (mostly) mute film about a silent movie star's struggle for relevance really saying?

By Steve Burgess, 9 Dec 2011

Dubstep musician Skrillex

Don't Know the Difference Between Dubstep and Brostep?

Have no fear, old-timer, here's that primer you've been waiting for.

By Michael Mann, 8 Dec 2011

Tyee Multimedia

Frankie Rose Makes Life Tougher for Journalists

With Interstellar, 'lo-fi fuzz pop' just doesn't cut it anymore.

By Alex Hudson