film

Camp classic ‘The Room’ to screen at Cinecenta, featuring guest star Greg Sestero

 As it stands, the film remains at 24 per cent approval on the film rating website Rotten Tomatoes, but remains an underground success, resulting in annual screenings in many major…

UVic alumnus releases short film ‘Knots’ at ReelWorld

Small budget aside, Knots impresses with the quality of both its production and its acting.

Latin American and Spanish Film Week returns to Cinecenta

“Many of the films we bring will not reach Victoria if we don’t bring them,” said Dan Russek. 

6 star-studded films releasing early fall

Margot Robbie and Colin Farrell are set to stud your screen with a romantic fantasy as Robbie’s first return to screen since Barbie. Cheesy? Yes. A cute, cozy watch to…

‘War Of The Worlds’ is practically unredeemable

The film is based on the classic novel by H.G. Wells, but bears almost no resemblance to the novel — or, for that matter, to a good film.  

Ten queer films you should watch this Pride month

Led by immensely heartbreaking and nuanced performances, this melodrama is easily one of the most gorgeous, haunting, and layered portraits of queer loneliness and yearning on screen.

UVic philosophy grad shooting documentary on men’s soccer team

That identity crisis, realizing how precarious an athlete’s sense of self can be, is at the core of the documentary. Many of the athletes in the film may be uncertain…

UVic student featured in Sitting Bull documentary

"I was taught that acting is ‘living truthfully under imaginary circumstances,'" said fourth-year Indigenous Studies student Nakoda Ward.

New class highlights misrepresentation of Voodoo religion in Western society

A new class called The Representations of Voodoo in Popular Culture and Fiction (FRAN 325) is coming to the University of Victoria this 2025 spring semester. The course will be…