If I told you there was an Australian guy in Jalalabad taking advantage of lax Afghan child labour laws to hawk DVDs, you probably wouldn't feel too warmly toward him. But that's (part of) what director George Gittoes is doing.
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The titular Blake is played by Dave Johns, a standup comic trading in his comic craft for a more tragic role. He performs opposite single mum Katie, a character forced by the system into roles like mother, carer, thief and prostitute.
Surrounded by controversial social issues like polygamy and economic turbulence, "Emma" is an eye-opening domestic drama that tells a story about a family through a mother’s perspective. The name itself, "Emma," actually means ‘mother’ in Indonesian.
Over the last couple weeks, Happn has caught the attention of the Ubyssey staff as something that could potentially surpass Tinder and become the official dating app of Vancouver — or at least it is marketed that way.
The basic premise is that one of the best agents in Canada’s national defense? unit, Frank Johnson, has gone missing-in-action during a mission to stop a vampire geneticist, Van Cleave, from making zombies more invincible than they actually are.
The 2016 graduating class of UBC’s BFA Acting program started as a group of classmates, grew into friends and transitioned into coworkers. The eight members of the program studied in close quarters for three years in order to perfect their craft.
The midterm season is in full swing and in the midst of it all, our normal routines can slip away. One of the first things to go is usually our sense of style, with tight jeans being replaced with sweatpants. But it doesn’t have to be like this.
An atmosphere of unease and anxiety permeates every facet of Hidden, which leads a small audience of 13 people around UBC Botanical Gardens, with the only light source coming from their flashlights to guide them.
On October 23, the stage at The Imperial will play home to the band, Bad Suns. The Ubyssey spoke with Christo Bowman, the 22-year-old lead vocalist of the band, to talk about the upcoming Vancouver show.
Just a month after auditions, the UBC Symphony Orchestra set stage with Eric Wilson on the violoncello and Jonathan Girard, their conductor, officially starting their 2016/17 season of classical music.
The runway show featured strong designs in celebration of the occasion. The bags displayed were diverse – including satchels and double strap bags small enough to be worn by children (as evidenced by one of their younger models).
Have you never heard of him? That's alright — I hadn't either. And yet, Denis Matsuev is often considered to be one of the greatest living pianists of our time. His upcoming performance features works from Beethoven, Liszt and Tchaïkovsky.
The Vancouver Writers Fest returns for the 29th time to bring readers and writers together to talk, think and explore the world of literature. The festival starts on October 17 and lasts for a week, closing on October 23.
This movie had all the ingredients necessary to make you bawl: puppies growing into dogs, prisoners working toward a second chance, veterans with PTSD desperate for a way to better their lives, and the heartbreak of saying goodbye.
In this work Yuxweluptun abstracts the ovoid by removing its layers and presenting it as a complete and separate entity. He challenges the way in which Indigenous art is represented and judged in a formal, Euro-centric context.