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Vol. 32, No. 9
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Mammoth 3-D art comes to False Creek
Silo ‘Giants’
leave Bienalle
$125K in debt
by Steve Bowell
VANCOUVER -- Everybody admitted the
work was fantastic
after famous Brazilian
graffiti artists and twin
brothers Gustavio and
Otavio Pandolfo, aka
OSGEMOS, transformed six concrete
silos belonging to
Ocean Concrete on
Ocean Concrete silos turned into giants by OSGEMOS (Photo: Steve Bowell)
Charleson Park
is full of beans
Continued on page 4 ...
by Michael Lamey
VANCOUVER -- The latest Vancouver Biennale public art piece was revealed Aug. 22 at
Charleston Park’s dog area in False Creek South.
The piece is called Love Your Bean, featurContinued on page 3 ...
Did one of those giants drop his jelly beans in Charleson Park?
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EDITORIAL
September 12-19, 2014
by Sean Speer and
Charles Lammam
Government monopoly over education leaves families adrift
Normally this is the time of year many B.C. families would
be counting down the days until school resumed. But this
year is different, with the ongoing B.C. teachers’ union
labour dispute casting a pall of uncertainty over the start of
the school year. It’s a classic example of the negative effects
of a monopoly, and as is often the case with monopolies,
ordinary families are the ones most affected.
A monopoly is when “a single company or group owns all
or nearly all of the market for a given type of product or
service.” In the private sector, monopolies (or near monopolies) tend to be driven by government policies that restrict
competition. Canadians rightly complain about protected
industries – whether it’s dairy products, telecoms, banking, or transport – and the consequences in the form of less
choice, poorer service, and/or higher prices.
Surprisingly, though, the same people who lament about
their banking fees seem to apply different logic to government monopolies. The truth is, government monopolies
over a wide range of key services – including education –
have far-reaching consequences that affect B.C. families,
even if 11.5 per cent of B.C. students are enrolled in nongovernment schools (and this share is growing over time).
One important difference between the government and
private sector is how market pressures affect employeeemployer relations and the dynamic between service
providers and their customers.
Competitive markets help to ensure that employee wages
are neither too high nor too low (compared to their earning
potential elsewhere) and that non-wage benefits (such as
pensions and job security) are rooted in employee contributions to the firm’s output. Markets are generally effective
at doing this in the private sector in part because of competitive pressures and “hard budget constraints” whereby
a business can actually run out of cash and go bankrupt.
Governments operate in a much different environment often
divorced from competitive market pressures or the risk of
bankruptcy or dissolution. Amplifying these challenges is
the fact that the government sector maintains a much higher
unionization rate (74.6 per cent) than the private sector (17.5
per cent). Together, widespread unionization, collective bargaining, and the right to strike have created a power imbalance between taxpayers and government-employee unions.
The ongoing teachers strike in B.C. is evidence of these
forces in practice. The labour dispute exemplifies the negative consequences of monopolized government services
and the impact on families when it comes to such a critical
service as education.
While B.C.’s education system is marked by a greater degree of non-government involvement than most Canadian
provinces, an overwhelming proportion – almost 90 per
cent – of students still attend government-run schools. This
limited degree of competition places enormous power in
the hands of teacher unions (and the government) to dictate
outcomes at the expense of parents and students.
When government is the sole supplier of services, the
options for consumers are extremely limited. Parents and
students can’t easily switch to alternative education providers, especially when many independent schools have
long wait lists (nearly 2,200 students were on wait lists in
B.C. in 2011).
It wasn’t always this way. Until the mid-1960s, government-employee unions were restricted in their ability to
strike and essentially hold the system hostage through
collective bargaining. That changed and now Canada has
some of the most lenient rules with respect to the scope of
union activity in the government sector.
Adding to the problem is the fact that governments, unlike
businesses, have essentially unlimited resources through
their ability to tax and borrow so there’s less financial
pressure to control compensation growth especially since
higher costs in the government may not be immediately
reflected in higher prices. Government unions also tend to
have considerable political influence because they’re large
and well-organized.
British Columbians have every reason to bemoan monopolies in the private sector that stem from government policy.
But their indignation shouldn’t stop there.
The same principle applies to government monopolies
where the consequences can be even more perverse. The
BC teachers strike shows that government monopolies can
shut down services completely, leaving consumers with
limited or no options.
Like many protected industries in the private sector, education needs greater competition and more choice to place
greater power in the hands of BC families and their children. Hopefully the latest strike opens the door for reform.
Sean Speer is associate director of fiscal studies and
Charles Lammam is resident scholar in economic policy
at the Fraser Institute.
Troy Media Corporation (www.troymedia.com)
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COVER STORY
by Michael Lamey
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They’re too big to eat, but fun to hide behind.
Continued from page 1 (“Charleson Park is full of beans”)
ing three enormous jelly beans – yellow, blue and red
– designed by Canadian sculptor and filmmaker Cosimo
Cavallaro.
“Some things in life should just be fun”, said Barrie
Mowatt, President and Founder of the Vancouver Biennale,
in a statement. “It’s a location that already attracts a lot of
families with kids, seawall joggers and cyclists, but now
they’ll have a reason to stop, enjoy the curiosity and share
an art-inspired laugh.”
The installation is the third public art installation along
the south shore of False Creek, adding to the OSGEMOS
public mural on the Granville Island concrete factory silos
and Human Structures Vancouver by Jonathan Borofsky
at the Olympic Village.
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COVER STORY
September 12-19, 2014
by Steve Bowell
Brazilian artists Gustavo and Otavio Pandolfo are joined by Vancouver Biennale founder Barry Mowatt (pink hard hat) att he official
unveiling of their work, “Giants,” at Ocean Concrete on Granville Island on Sunday Sept. 7.
Continued from page 1 (“Silo ‘Giants’ leave Biennale $25K. . .”)
Granville Island into six cartoony giants standing in a row.
The trouble is, the project cost a good $125,000 more than
was budgeted for it, and now Vancouver Biennale, the
non-profit organization that commissioned it, has to raise
that figure somehow.
Even if it doesn’t raise the $125,000, the Biennale is “not
at risk at all,” says Barrie Mowatt, Biennale founder and
president. “We’re not going to be bankrupt, but it’s going
to make our lives a bit more miserable.”
Fourteen-hundred spray paint cans were used for tthe
Pandolfo brothers’ largest-ever mural, their lone project in
Canada, taking three weeks of work to complete, the only
360-degree piece they have ever attempted.
The artists volunteered their time, and Ocean Concrete
offered up its silos at no charge. But paint costs money,
especially after $20,000 worth of it got stolen midway
through the project.
Miriam Blume, director of marketing for the Biennale, says
the project really took two years to do – between finding the
curators, the right artists, going through proposals, finding
a site and then finally obtaining approval.
“They delivered 23,000 square feet of something special,”
she added. “We’re saying let’s put public back into public art.
One dollar, $100 or even $100,000 – whatever you’ve got.”
The Biennale’s overall budget is about $4.2-million, most
of that raised from sales of the large-scale artworks, Mowatt
says. The organization also relies on some government
funding (the largest chunk comes from the provincial
government, with a $250,000 gaming grant), private and
corporate philanthropy, and fundraising activities.
It has launched a crowdfunding campaign on the Indiegogo
website, where people can donate by going to http://www.
indiegogo.com and searching for OSGEMEOS.
“We’re a rich city,” Mowatt says. “We’re a very wealthy
city. There are lots of people in this city who could write
cheques – not [just] for this but to fund the whole Biennale.”
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FALSE CREEK
by Steve Bowell
Mayoral hopeful representing FCRA
in suit against city over park issue
VANCOUVER -- The False Creek Residents Association,
suing the City of Vancouver for letting developer Concord
Pacific conduct commercial activities on land that it had
promised to make into a park, now has on its side local
lawyer Bob Kasting, who may be entering the race for
mayor of Vancouver.
Against them, however, will be the
lawyers of Concord Pacific, which
recently won the right to be present as a “respondent” at a hearing
scheduled for Sept. 11.
The FCRA had opposed adding the
developer as a party to its petition
that seeks to quash a decision by
the City of Vancouver to extend a
permit allowing Concord to mainBob Kasting
tain a sales presentation centre on
the nine-acre site between the Georgia Viaduct and Telus
World of Science.
The association argued that as a party to the petition, Concord, which owns the land, could make applications in court
and effectively “hijack” the proceedings.
But B.C. Supreme Court Master Grant Taylor noted that
Concord stood the chance of having its property expropriated by the FCRA should they win the suit.
“It seems to me that this creates a direct interest in the
subject and the object of the petition such that the applicant
ought to have been joined as a party to the proceeding,”
said Taylor. “I also take the view that it is in the interest
of justice to do so.”
For its part, the city has placed restrictions on the extended
permit, saying Concord Pacific can use the land only as a
presentation centre for its nearby condo projects, and must
close its commercial parking lot there.
This isn’t good enough for the FCRA or for Kasting. “It’s
zoned park, and you can’t use it for anything but a park,”
he says.
“It’s great that they decided to remove the commercial parking from the park-zoned land, because it has no business
being there, as we see it. So they’ve agreed with us that far.
So I guess that’s the victory part. They’ve taken the position,
though, with the sales centre that they can renew the permit
for another three years. And we say they can’t do that.”
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FALSE CREEK
by A. Thobhani
VANCOUVER
September 12-19, 2014
by A. Thobhani
E. coli germs in Creek
threaten dragon boaters
Bus shelter posters recall
era of residential schools
VANCOUVER -- Fecal contamination of the water in
Vancouver’s False Creek is so high dragon boaters who
paddle the waters are getting concerned.
VANCOUVER -- A new public art project debuted in
August to honour and celebrate the city’s Year of Reconciliation.
At the east end of False
Creek last week, the E.
coli count was calculated at 5319 bacteria
per 100 ml of water
— that’s 26 times the
acceptable limit of 200
for swimmers.
Dionne Paul’s
bus shelter
posters refer
directly to
1828 – 1998,
the years of the
Canadian Residential School
System. The
posters show
three girls and
one little boy
in school uniforms. The
young girls
are posed in
the classic
gestures of the
fable “say no Dionne Paul’s poster on residential schools
evil,” “hear no evil,” and “see no evil.” The boy gestures
“shhh,” referencing the history of aboriginal people being
silenced, kept from speaking.
Ann Phelps, manager E. coli bacteria under microscope
for Dragon Boat B.C. that operates out of False Creek, says
this is the worst she’s seen the water in 15 years.
“You know, the water is off-colour and there is always the
risk, the danger in your mind that you could get sick. You
could get an infected eye, or something similar to food
poisoning, or worse. So it’s not...it’s not terrific.”
While few people swim in the water on purpose, the area is
popular with kayakers, paddle boarders, and dragon boaters, who also come in contact with the water.
Phelps says the E. coli count is still five times higher than
the recommended safe level for secondary contact water
activities, like paddling, of 1,000.
As a result Dragon Boat B.C. has moved some of its operations.
She blames boaters anchoring in False Creek, which she
suspects are dumping their sewage in the water.
Dionne Paul of Sechelt grew up on the Sunshine Coast,
and is a proud member of the Nuxalk Nation and Sechelt
Nation. She graduated from Emily Carr University in
2006, and is currently working on a MFA from Emily Carr
University.
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VANCOUVER
by A. Thobhani
Linda Kawamoto Reid, chair of the Japanese Canadian War
Memorial Committee, in front of the cenotaph in Stanley Park
Japanese-Canadians remember
discrimination during WWI
VANCOUVER -- Refurbishments are underway on a First
World War cenotaph in Stanley Park honouring JapaneseCanadian soldiers — a memorial that stands as both a
testament to their patriotism and a reminder of Canada’s
prejudiced past.
Prof. Tim Cook, a historian at the Canadian War Museum,
said Canadians of African and Asian ancestry, as well as
First Nations, all faced discrimination when attempting to
join the army. Most non-Anglo-Saxons were denied the right
to enlist in B.C. Many Japanese went to Alberta to enlist.
“They wanted to show their patriotism for Canada,” said
David Mitsui about his grandfather’s generation. “That was
their newly adopted country and they wanted to show that
they deserved to be treated like other Canadians.”
Dozens died while fighting in Europe, and by 1920 the Japanese community in Vancouver had raised enough money to
build a cenotaph in Stanley Park commemorating the Japanese-Canadians who had fought and died during the war.
Linda Kawamoto Reid, chair of the Japanese Canadian
War Memorial Committee, said her group will spend about
$100,000 restoring the Stanley Park monument and its
pagoda-like roof.
“It is the only one nationally that we’re aware of,” said
Reid, noting she was recently told about a similar memorial in Kincolith, a small community in northwestern, B.C.,
that honours Japanese-Canadian veterans and fishermen.
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VANCOUVER
September 12-19, 2014
by Michael Lamey
Hodson Manor, home for 40 years to the Vancouver Multi­
cultural Society, now has a vacancy for any non-profit organ­
ization that wishes to apply.
On eve of 40th anniversary
Vancouver Multicultural Society
turfed out of Hodson Manor
VANCOUVER – The Vancouver Multicultural Society has
been evicted from its home for 40 years, Hodson Manor on
W. 7th Ave., by its landlord, the City of Vancouver.
The city, which rented the office space to VMS for a nominal fee, says the volunteer organization has not been using
the space enough, so the city is putting it up for grabs by
other non-profit organizations.
VMS president John Halani, who has been preparing a 40th
anniversary gala for his organization this November, says
he thinks it has complied with city regulations for use of
donated office space.
“We did a lot of workshops, seminars, forums, to organize
and understand multiculturalism,” he said.
But Jim de Hoop, of the city department of social development and housing, says “the group has been under-utilizing
the space that’s been allocated to them,” de Hoop said,
adding that he expects groups to hold “typical office hours”
of at least six hours per day.
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VMS vice-president John Ho said that although they’ve
“pleaded” for an extension — at least until Nov. 30, so
they could get through the gala — the city refused to alter
the Sept. 1 deadline.
VMS has been at Hodson Manor since it was established
in 1974. A not-for-profit, volunteer-driven organization, it
was one of the building’s first tenants.
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BOOKS
by S. Jiwa
Book on Pinoy culture
launched in Vancouver
VANCOUVER -- A Filipino-Canadian-American banker
has written a best-selling book about the Pinoy culture as
seen through the lens of the family.
Filipino-Canadians in Vancouver warmly welcomed one of
their own, as author Marie Claire Lim Moore launched her
book Don’t Forget the Soap: and Other Reminders from
My Fabulous Filipina Mother in Canada.
The book which tells of the traditional family values handed
down to Moore by her parents has become an Amazon
bestseller, and is now also sold in bookstores in the U.S.
and the Philippines.
Moore, who studied at Yale and is now based in Singapore,
said she wrote the book to pass on the Filipino values that
she treasures to her children.
Moore remembers her childhood in Vancouver where
she was born and where the family lived until she was 12
years old.
The book’s title comes from the Pinoy traveler’s habit of
collecting soaps from hotels abroad and bringing these
home as souvenirs.
“I travel quite a lot and so what I do, too, is collect the soap.
When I’m in the Philippines I stay in hotels and so they
have a lot of fancy soaps and usually I can really gather so
much, that’s why I can relate,” said Trenee Lopez of the
Vancouver Multicultural Society.
Mother and daughter: Leonore Lim (left) and Marie Claire
Lim Moore (right) (Photo: Carol Ramoran)
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RECIPES
September 12-19, 2014
by S. Juma
Try these easy-to-make
ten-minute lunches
(NC) For many parents mornings are chaotic. With so
much going on, it can be difficult to prepare nutritious
meals for kids’ lunches. The following meals can be made
in 10 minutes or less:
Maple Turkey Sandwich
Ingredients:
2 tsp (10ml) mayonnaise
2 tsp (10ml) Dijon mustard
2 slices PC Quinoa and Flax Bread
3 slices PC Free From Maple Turkey
1 slice Swiss cheese
2 slices tomato
1 pinch freshly ground black pepper
1 piece green leaf lettuce
Thin Bagel BLT with Everything Greek Yogurt Cream Cheese
Spread mayonnaise mixture evenly over both slices of
bread. Arrange turkey on one of the bread slices; top with
cheese, tomatoes, pepper and lettuce.
Instructions:
Place other bread slice on top and secure with four skewers or long toothpicks. Cut sandwich into four quarters
diagonally.
In small bowl, stir together mayonnaise and Dijon until
combined.
Remember to include a cold source like a frozen juice box
if you’re packing this sandwich in a lunchbox.
Thin Bagel BLT with Everything Greek
Yogurt Cream Cheese
Ingredients:
8 slices PC Naturally Smoked Bacon Rounds
4 thin bagels
4 slices large tomato
4 iceberg lettuce leaves
2/3 cup (150 ml) PC Greek Yogurt Everything Bagel
Cream Cheese
Instructions:
Maple Turkey Sandwich
Place bacon in large cold frying pan. Heat slices over
medium-low heat, turning frequently, for six to eight minutes or until golden brown and crispy.
Toast bagel halves; arrange open-face on work surface.
Spread cream cheese over each bagel half. Place two slices
of bacon on each of the four bagel bottoms; top each with
a slice of tomato and finish with a lettuce leaf.
Sandwich together with bagel tops; secure each with two
toothpicks. Cut in half to serve.
This recipe makes enough to serve four people so it’s a
great lunch option for the whole family.
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THEATRE ON THE CREEK
Fringe Festival fêtes
30th anniversary
VANCOUVER -- The Vancouver Fringe Festival is celebrating its 30th anniversary, with 91 different live-theatre
shows, as well as free performances and parties at venues
on Granville Island – where the festival is centered, as well
as the Vancouver East Cultural Centre, the Firehall Arts
Centre, Havana and other spots around the city.
The mix of professional and completely amateur artists
is what makes the theatre festival different from others in
the performing arts, according to executive director David
Jordan.
In November, over 200 performers put their names into a
hat for the 50 Fringe Festival show spots, says Jordan. Their
names were drawn in December, and since then the performers, writers, producers, puppeteers, actresses, actors, singers
and costumers have been working on their productions.
In addition to the Fringe spots, performers are also invited
to contribute to the festival through the “Bring Your Own
Venue” option, in which they find their own spaces to host
their productions.
Since the organizers don’t get to see the shows until the
festival starts, Jordan likens it to Christmas morning. “We
get to open our presents,” he laughs.
As for Jordan’s picks, he says he tries not to recommend any
Festival-goers line up in front of the biggest Fringe venue, the
Waterfront Theatre.
show twice, but says Mom? – a physical comedy and clown
show, A Mind Full of Dopamine, a solo piece about addiction, Dirty Old Woman, which was written by an experienced
playwright featuring an older woman interested in a younger
man, and The Emergency Monologues, real life stories from
an emergency paramedic, are all interesting productions.
Another is The Hatter, by Andrew Wade. His show tells
the story of someone trying to get home, and portrays a
mix of characters dealing with issues such as control and
anger, he says.
For more information on the Vancouver Fringe Festival
and productions, check out the website or go visit the
festival booth in-person on Granville Island. It runs until
September 14.
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EVENTS
September 12-19, 2014
by Nick Juma
B.C.-made films to be showcased at VIFF ’14
VANCOUVER -- Everything Will Be, a new documentary
about Vancouver’s rapidly changing Chinatown, is one
of the feature films announced for this year’s Vancouver
International Film Festival, running Sept. 25-Oct. 10.
VIFF organizers revealed that 13 British Columbia features
will make up the B.C. Spotlight program, and also announced a 25th anniversary screening of Anne Wheeler’s
seminal film, Bye Bye Blues.
Julia Kwan, best known for the Sundance award-winner
Eve and the Fire Horse, directs Everything Will Be, which
documents the changes affecting the culture and economy
of Vancouver’s Chinatown.
The film features interviews with long-time Chinatown
residents as well as those instigating and applauding the
changes, including real estate marketing mogul/art collector Bob Rennie.
Other B.C. films include:
Black Fly (dir. Jason Bourque)
Jake Henson (Dakota Daulby) is a troubled teen haunted
by the deaths of his parents—his father in a hunting accident and mother by suicide—who escapes an abusive
uncle to reconnect with his older brother Noel (Matthew
MacCaull).\ on an isolated island on the B.C. coast.
Bloody Knuckles (dir. Matt O’Mahoney)
After having this hand lopped off by a gangster he’s offended, a brash underground cartoonist watches the disembodied appendage return to life and become a reanimated
avenging angel/defender of free speech.
The Boy From Geita (dir. Vic Sarin)
Born with albinism, young Adam is ostracized in his Tanzanian village and violently assaulted by witch doctors
who believe that his limbs possess mystic properties. A
Canadian born with the same condition hears of Adam’s
plight and takes action.
Just Eat It: A Food Waste Story (dir.
Grant Baldwin)
Attempting to live waste-free, filmmakers Grant Baldwin and Jen Rustemeyer subsist on discarded food for
six months. Their documentary charts this experiment’s
shocking revelations. Winner, Emerging Artist Award,
Hot Docs 2014.
Martin’s Pink Pickle (dir. René Brar)
A boy follows his girlfriend to Hope, an ironically named
small town where his dreams die a slow death. However,
his settled lifestyle is disrupted by a trip back to the city
for a medical appointment, where he and a friend become
stranded for 24 hours.
Preggoland (dir. Jacob Tierney)
5-year-old Ruth (Sonja Bennett, who also penned the
uproarious screenplay) fakes being pregnant to fit in with
her child-rearing friends. This latest comedy from Jacob
Tierney (The Trotsky) will have you cringing in between fits
of uncontrollable laughter as Ruth’s web of lies becomes
increasingly tangled.
The Pristine Coast (dir. Scott Renyard)
Wild fish populations in B.C. have been declining since
the late 70s, roughly the same time the open net fish farm
industry began to grow fish in marine waters. Focussing
on the research of biologist Alexandra Morton, filmmaker
Scott Renyard links the crash of many fish species on
Canada’s West coast to diseases spread from fish farms.
Sitting On the Edge of Marlene (dir. Ana
Valine)
Ana Valine’s darkly comic drama centres on mother/daughter con artists who just can’t catch a break. Seen through the
eyes of 16-year-old Sammie (Paloma Kwiatkowski)—who
lives with her pill-popping, alcoholic mom Marlene (Suzanne Clément)—this bittersweet journey leads us through
Julia Kwan’s Chinatown documentary, Everything Will Be
Continued on next page...
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by Nick Juma
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by N. Janmohamed
Vancouver Fashion Week will
showcase multicultural designers
Kamal Yamolky and Camillia Mahal in Turbulence
Continued from page 12 (“B.C.-made films to be showcased...”)
dysfunction, love and addiction, before culminating with
an unusual deliverance for this compelling pair
Songs She Wrote About People She Knows
(dir. Kris Elgstrand)
Carol (Arabella Bushnell) has a unique way of dealing with
her frustrations with family, friends and co-workers: writing brutally honest songs (that frequently feature threats of
violence) and leaving them on their voicemail.
Turbulence (dir. Soran Mardookhi)
A former electrical engineer in Iraqi Kurdistan, Sherzad
(Kamal Yamolky), is now trying to make a new life for
himself in his adopted home of Canada. His daughter Jina
(Camillia Mahal) numbs her harrowing childhood memories with drugs. But even among other misfits, she has a
hard time fitting in.
Two 4 One (dir. Maureen Bradley)
Maureen Bradley’s debut feature is a bittersweet romantic comedy with a transgender hero in an unimaginable
predicament. Oddball couple Miriam and Adam have an
ill-advised and pivotal one night stand that sees them both
wind up pregnant. Engagingly shot by Amy Belling.
Violent (dir. Andrew Huculiak)
Best known as the drummer for Vancouver-based We Are
the City, Andrew Huculiak makes his directorial debut with
this beautiful, atmospheric film shot in Norway and inspired by the band’s latest album. It stars newcomer Dagny
Backer Johnsen as a young woman who, after enduring a
catastrophic event, loses herself in memories of the people
who loved her most.
VANCOUVER -- The forthcoming edition of Canadian
fashion fest Vancouver Fashion Week, a culturally-diverse
event that celebrates multiculturalism through catwalk
showcases staged by labels from around the world, is set
to take place from September 15 to 21, 2014.
More than 60 designers belonging to countries like Colombia, Mexico, India, Norway and Australia will feature
their latest Spring/Summer 2015 designs at the semi-annual
soiree, which is running into its 25th season.
Expected to be attended by over 25,000 industry insiders, socialites, celebrities, fashion media and buyers, the
event will feature creations by Renata Buzzo, the Brazilian
designer known for her signature moulage draped custommade garments, and the Young Parisian Designers Award
recipient, French-born talent Laura Laval.
The designers’ line up also includes the Italy’s Istituto Marangoni alumnus Andrea Lazzar as well as French fashion
house Givenchy’s design team member Joffrey Mongin.
Also labels like Jaesun Chung (South Korea), Också
(by designers Deisi Witz and Igor Bastos), Dawson and
Deveraux (led by designer Sophie Karen) and Japanese
menswear creator Shinya Yamaguchi will showcase their
creations at the event.
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September 12-19, 2014
Robert
AT THE MOVIESwith
Waldman
The Drop (PG) ***
Robert
Waldman
Dirty Pool!
The late great James Gandolfini, a diverse actor
if there ever was one, returns to rather familiar territory
in The Drop. Fresh fare from Fox Searchlight Pictures,
this intense drama is now unfolding at Cineplex Odeon
Theatres around B.C.
Bars are a place to meet others or to drown your sorrow
in whiskey. Those familiar with the restaurant/beverage
industry know that all sorts of characters frequent saloons.
Betting and other shady practices go hand in hand with
liquor. One Brooklyn bar is the centre of all sorts of dubious activities in The Drop.
Good employees are hard to come by, but Marvin’s bar has
an ace named Bob. Underrated actor Tom Hardy puts on a
great face as a dumb-ass in the best Forest Gump tradition
that Tom Hanks would be proud of.
Besides tending bar Bob is loyal to his uncle Marv, the
manager, played flawlessly by James Gandolfini of Sopranos fame. Both men wind up in all sorts of upheaval as a
bizarre group of tough guys infringe on their livelihoods.
Somewhat slow at times the intense pressure of the family
relationships comes to a head with rather unpredictable
results. There is a real texture to the griminess of the whole
illegal trade revolving around this one particular watering
hole, and when the violence does come it grabs you.
Forget about humour here. The only real warmth comes
from a fleeting woman named Nadia who’s made memorable by the compelling, brooding presence of Noomi
Rapace (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo).
Director Michael Roskam pulls off a well executed drama
of some low life criminals that is a fitting departure for the
always affable James Gandolfini who will be sorely missed.
James Gandolfini and Tom Hardy in The Drop
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September 12-19, 2014
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