CJSF volunteer, Mike Hoff, reviews Canary as part of the Vancouver International Festival...

“Canary” is a science fiction film focused on privatized organ donation in the not-too-distant future. Alejandro Adams conjures a climate of corporate politics to substantiate the existence of Canary Industries, a private company which turns a profit through the provision and reclamation of human organs.

CJSF volunteer Hayley Gauvin reviews Lars Von Trier's controversial and provocative film Antichrist at this year's Vancouver Film Festival...

 There is little to no room for fence sitting when it comes to this movie. Antichrist has left audiences at Cannes, Toronto, New York, and now Vancouver at the opposite poles of outrage and elation. The film is very controversial, very graphic, and not for the faint of heart.

CJSF volunteer Mike Hoff reviews Terry Gilliam's newest film at the 28th annual Vancouver International Film Festival....

“The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus” is Terry Gilliam’s tour de force of the imagination: creatively limitless, fantastically obscure, overwhelmingly preposterous, yet visually delightful. Both humourous and profound, the riveting storyline kidnaps us and holds us hostage until the end-credits roll.

Scott Wood's reviews of the DOXA Documentary Film Festival continue...

Devil’s Bargain: A Journey into the Small Arms Trade

Director: Shelley Saywell, Canada, 2008, 89 minutes

Thursday May 28 | 6:30PM | Vancity Theatre

Canadian Premiere

An age old story... War is very profitable. In today's world, weapons filter from the world's most wealth countries, specifically the US and reach the most worn countries torn via desperate arms dealers in equaly poor countries.