Charging ahead with car sharing
Photo: Modo CEO Patrick Nangle at the wheel of a Rav4 hybrid. Image courtesy Modo. Vancouver leads North America with about 3,000 shared vehicles. Now, … Read more
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VIFF evolving by involving
Photo: still from Evolution of Organic courtesy of Vancouver International Film Festival. by Robert Alstead How to stay relevant in the internet age? It’s a … Read more
More at VIFF
From Yann Arthus-Bertrand’s documentary Human. Photo courtesy of viff.org Showing October 10 (VIFF at the Centre) and October 12 (Vancouver Playhouse). mesmerizing and unconventional by … Read more
Docs at the Vancouver International Film Festival
by Robert Alstead • If the events of Cold War documentary Command and Control hadn’t actually happened, you might think it was made up. On … Read more
Common Ground writers join the conversation
Common Ground magazine and I have been friends for 34 years! I was present at its 1982 birth and launch party in a Vancouver … Read more
State of surveillance
FILMS WORTH WATCHING by Robert Alstead • The gulf between what the US government says it is doing and what it is probably doing has … Read more
Antarctica’s golden years
FILMS WORTH WATCHING by Robert Alstead • Director Mike Leigh is a British institution, producing subtle, sensitive films that run deep, such as the 1996 … Read more
The fest goes on
FILMS WORTH WATCHING by Robert Alstead • These may be uncertain times for cinema, but the Vancouver International Film Festival ended last month on a … Read more
VIFF reviews
FILMS WORTH WATCHING by Robert Alstead • Among the documentary fare at VIFF this month is Just Eat It – A Food Waste Story. It … Read more
Welcome back VIFF
The first Vancouver International Film Festival under its new boss Jacqueline Dupuis opens September 25 and runs until October 10. A former executive director at … Read more