Lydia’s Film Critique: A late ’90s action-thriller double-feature

During lazy overcast days and nights, my television is plastered with simple-minded thrills. The DVD player runs on overdrive to amuse my obedient brain with good cops, bad cops, and Michael Douglas. I absorb every morsel of schlocky action. And while I sit at the edge of my crumb-infested sofa, tensions rise and fall into […]

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Vision Disturbance helps people see hope

Vision Disturbance is an odd love story written by Christina Masciotti, and Theatre Inconnu is bringing it to the stage this month. The play follows Mondo, an immigrant woman in the middle of a divorce so vicious that the stress begins to affect her eyesight—this leads to a budding romance with her optometrist. The pair […]

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News Briefs: May 8, 2024 issue

Students display work in Craigdarroch Castle Camosun Fine Furniture students, alumni, and faculty will display their work in several Victorian-style rooms in Craigdarroch Castle from Wednesday, May 8 until Sunday, May 26. Contrasting the castle’s historical features, the program’s contemporary original work is set to be the first exhibit of its kind as part of […]

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Students show passion for their projects in Camosun Comic Arts Festival

On April 18, graduating students of Camosun’s Comics & Graphic Novels (CGN) certificate program will unveil their final projects at the Camosun Comic Arts Festival, an annual event celebrating the artistic and literary achievements of CGN students. The event features original student artwork, prints, stickers, and more available to browse and purchase; the festival also […]

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Lydia’s Film Critique: Me and You and Everyone We Know

The best thing a goldfish mindlessly forgotten atop a car roof can hope for is to drive steadily. Forever. Sudden brakes are destined for a stolen soul, forever clueless of being loved. A fish won’t ever know, but Christine Jesperson always will. She is the lonely hero. It’s only blue skies in Miranda July’s Me […]

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