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Skip to ContentAfter 11 years of bringing you local reporting, the team behind the Vancouver Observer has moved on to Canada's National Observer. You can follow Vancouver culture reporting over there from now on. Thank you for all your support over the years! Follow us Home AboutOpinionCultureLifestyleTravelNationalSpecial reports Disney wildlife times two, a blast at American politics and a traumatic teen drama New MoviesVolkmar Richter Also a couple of small but amiable comedies, one of them Canadian More streaming ideas take you to Brazil, low-life China and two Jesse Eisenberg films Movie theatres are shut down, so what’s streaming? Three women lead off a long line-up of new movies in town Pixar’s new one, Onward, new laughs from Greed and a new Emma from Jane Austen Volkmar RichterMar 6th, 2020And much more: Ben Affleck back from the bar, Ken Loach slams the gig economy, a tri-nation scarefest and a pair of enigmatic art films Ordinary Love, superb, three superior Canadian films and two imports you can do withoutAlso a TV show most of us have never heard of spins off a surprise hit New MoviesVolkmar RichterFeb 27th, 2020 Check Your Privilege @ Gateway, Arts ClubIntersectionalites: cyber-thriller "Cipher" and tragi-farce "Straight White Men" TheatreLincoln KayeFeb 14th, 2020 The Call of the Wild re-made again, a festival of strong documentaries and a boy’s space adventure in Terra WillyNew MoviesVolkmar RichterFeb 20th, 2020 TravelTo Zero Mile and back Lincoln Kaye Scouting behind the lines; a theatrical sally to Ashland, Oregon Lincoln Kaye To bee or not to bee? Lincoln Kaye PRFF lights up the screen in Powell River Sponsored Content Fantasmes à bout de souffle Lincoln Kaye Fantasmes à bout de souffleMontreal's Tentacle Tribe leaves Cultch crowd breathlessDanceLincoln KayeFeb 16th, 2020 Marcus King Band brings Southern Blues North of the border for the first timeMusicCraig FleischFeb 11th, 2020 Portrait of a Lady on Fire, superb, The Assistant, too restrained, Sonic the Hedgehog, fun timesAlso Downhill, a weak re-make of a Swedish triumph, and a look-ahead to a documentary festivalNew MoviesVolkmar RichterFeb 14th, 2020 Wrinkles in the mindBringing essays to life: Foster-Wallace, Suzuki/Cullis on PuSh stagesTheatreLincoln KayeFeb 10th, 2020 Notes from (deeeep) UndergroundCultch recruits Vancouver audiences into Burkett's "Forget Me Not"TheatreLincoln KayeFeb 9th, 2020 Pillars of salt that sing and danceElectric Co., Touchstone & City Opera PuSh LatinX & Old World refugee musicalsTheatreLincoln KayeFeb 5th, 2020 Unruly Harley Quinn, morality by The Traitor and Elijah Wood’s psychic adventure in TofinoAlso two queer films and dancing to fight colonialism as part of Black History MonthNew MoviesVolkmar RichterFeb 6th, 2020 News“Charitable” Fraser Institute accepted $500k in foreign funding from Koch oil billionairesAlexis StoymenoffApr 25th, 2012 Fraser Institute co-founder confirms 'years and years' of U.S. oil billionaires' fundingDavid P. BallApr 27th, 2012Ride hailing, electric vehicles, self-driving cars: Ford Canada looks to futureLaura KaneMar 29th, 2017 OpinionOpen Letter: UBCIC calls for the immediate cessation of the expropriation of lands for the doomed Site C DamVancouver ObserverJun 8th, 2017 Lessons from the UK: why Canada needs proportional representationWarren BellMay 10th, 2015Please treat Indigenous women like your sistersDylan WaismanApr 16th, 2018 CityYour water wise summer starts early this yearVancouver ObserverApr 18th, 2018 Two good kids films (though one is better for adults) and then rampant juvenilia with Hellboy Volkmar RichterApr 12th, 2019Fantasmes à bout de souffleLincoln KayeFeb 17th, 2020 CultureConflicting toy movies and two films to mark National Indigenous Peoples DayVolkmar RichterJun 21st, 2019 3 more films for the holiday season: Little Women, Song of Names and Spies in DisguiseVolkmar RichterDec 27th, 2019 LifeYour numerology cycles July 16–31Cassandra MacLeaneJul 15th, 2019 Your numerology cycles December 1–15Cassandra MacLeaneDec 3rd, 2019Your numerology cycles April 1–15Cassandra MacLeaneApr 1st, 2020 Environment Guy Dauncey gets ready for a "solar tsunami" Jenny UechiMay 6th, 2014 Money and influence cast long shadow over province's decisions on Fraser River, records suggestJenny UechiFeb 19th, 2015 © Observer Media Group 2020AboutPrivacy