Victoria Film Festival 2021 review: Shiva BabyDirected by Emma Seligman, Shiva Baby manages to take an intentionally slow-moving plot and cram so it full of cringe-worthy, anxiety-inducing moments that I had to keep watching to see how it all played out. Shiva Baby revolves around its protagonist, Danielle (Rachel Sennott), a student paying for college through her relationship with an older […] Continue Reading |
Unsettled and Striving: Hope cannot be exhaustedA new semester is upon us. This term I’ve eased my course load knowing full well that in the wintertime, I hibernate. Like so many plants and animals, each year during this season my energy wanes while my desire to recharge and reflect waxes. Flipping the calendar always elicits in me a desire to look […] Continue Reading |
Freedom from Addiction: What lies beneathWhat lies beneath our addictions—what drives us to act addictively—is the key to going beyond our current limitations. Addictions are patterns: patterns of thought, patterns of emotional reaction, patterns of behaviour. Overcoming addiction—indeed, changing in any way—involves changing our patterns of thought, emotion, and behaviour. We can start at any of these “layers,” if you […] Continue Reading |
New Music Revue: The Pirouettes keep us grooving, reflecting with new albumThe Pirouettes Equilibre (Kidderminster Records) 4.5/5 Equilibre, the third full-length from French electronic-pop duo The Pirouettes, is an upbeat, calming, and invigorating double album—two records that mix the two members’ points of view—that that had me groovin’. Leading off this album is “Allo,” a slow number perfect for what I was doing the first time […] Continue Reading |
Victoria Film Festival 2021 review: iHumanHave you ever asked yourself what will happen if a robot controlled every aspect of your everyday life? Or if one day, instead of being policed by actual humans, you might have a robot pull you over? Norwegian director Tonje Hessen Schei answers these futuristic questions with their highly informative documentary iHuman, screening at this […] Continue Reading |
Victoria Film Festival 2021 review: Harry Chapin: When in Doubt, Do SomethingHarry Chapin was one of the most loved and respected musicians of the 1970s. His name was listed on par with Bob Dylan, Neil Young, and Cat Stevens when talking about the best songwriters of his day. But for reasons unknown, Chapin’s name has faded from popular memory; most Camosun students today probably don’t even […] Continue Reading |
New City of Victoria youth poet laureate James Summer aims to give backJames Summer has been selected as the City of Victoria’s youth poet laureate for 2021. Through the position—which is open to poets between the ages of 14 and 24—Summer will engage with youth through poetry. As part of the position, Summer, who was chosen for the position by a committee made up of people from […] Continue Reading |
Student Editor’s Letter: Waiting during the mandated lifeMaybe you’re waiting for classes to be in person again, or maybe you’re waiting for the vaccine to get rolled out to enough of us for that to happen, or maybe you’re just simply waiting in line—distanced and masked—at the grocery store. Either way, it’s more of the same these days. It’s too true. And […] Continue Reading |
50 things Camosun College needs to do in its next 50 yearsOn September 16, 1971, Camosun College first opened its doors to students. This year, the college is celebrating its 50th anniversary, and it got us thinking about how far Camosun has come in 50 years. But where does it need to go from here? We tapped into our Nexus team to get, straight from the […] Continue Reading |
Victoria Film Fest movie Coral Ghosts explores climate change through coral reefs, familyConsidering the current state of our economy and society, grocery stores, hospitals, and law enforcement are completely essential. There is no doubt about that. However, with its line-up of powerful films that bravely take on important themes, this year’s Victoria Film Festival (VFF) successfully establishes just how essential movies are to us in 2021. One […] Continue Reading |
