CINEMA | Charlize Theron Drops A 'Bombshell' on Fox News

"Sushi is not a liberal food."

I'm not sure a semi-comedic docudrama about the real-life Fox News sexual harassment scandal focused on problematic anchor Megyn Kelly as the reluctant heroine was such a wise idea. Comedy director Jay Roach recreates much of the drama around the news channel's controversial coverage of recent events for his dramatization of the state of American news and toxic workplace treatment towards women in Bombshell.

CINEMA | To Hell and Back – Sam Mendes Remembers '1917'

"I hoped today would be a good day. Hope is a dangerous thing."

British filmmaker Sam Mendes has crafted a truly stunning WWI drama. Simply titled 1917, the film takes a continuous one-shot, nearly real-time approach to tell its basic men-on-a-mission story. Partially based on Mendes' paternal grandfather Alfred Mendes' own real-life accounts, it captures the absolute grind and depth of the day-to-day horrors of war as seen from the frontline trenches.

FEAST | Fresh Sheet x Coquille Fine Seafood x Gastown

Gastown—(November 18, 2019) Coquille Fine Seafood has been around now for a minute now after initially opening to much anticipation and fanfare thanks to its sterling pedigree inherited from team L'Abattoir and their renowned "slaughterhouse" location just a few blocks away.

SCREEN | Shia LaBeouf Relives His Childhood – 'Honey Boy'

"You wouldn't be here if I didn't pay you."

Child star turned troubled adult actor Shia LaBeouf fictionalizes his notorious life in the deeply affecting Honey Boy. Written by LaBeouf himself and directed by first-time filmmaker Alma Har'el, the rambling semi-autobiographical film is a both moving portrait of the actor's erratic childhood as a Disney star then a therapeutic exploration of his life and abusive history with his estranged father.

CINEMA | Daniel Craig Solves 'Knives Out' – A Joyful Whodunit

"You all love twisting the knife into one another."

Talented filmmaker Rian Johnson returns to original storytelling for his cleverly fresh take on an Agatha Christie whodunit murder mystery detective story. Knives Out unfolds as a purely fun, ensemble picture about one truly awful (very rich and very white) extended family initially assembling for the birthday then unexpected subsequent funeral of the head of the family, an 85-year-old mystery novelist.

TREAT | Beta5 Chocolates x Café Opening x Strathcona

Strathcona—(November 14, 2019) After various pop-ups and making the most of the original dessert commissary, the award-winning Beta5 Chocolates and owner/pastry chef Adam Chander have finally opened a proper café space, dubbed "Beta5 V2.0", next door from their home base on Industrial Avenue—finally replacing their makeshift storefront.

CINEMA | Mister Rogers Spends 'A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood'

"You love broken people like me."

Director Marielle Heller, in a few short years, has wondrously expressed her talent for retelling and fictionalizing the real-life stories of fascinating people through her first three films. Co-starring America's sweetheart Tom Hanks as beloved children's television host Fred Rogers, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood is actually a story about Rogers' followers and the kids across America he helped raise and their feelings as adults.

CINEMA | Martin Scorsese Paints 'The Irishman' on Netflix

"You don’t know how fast time goes by until you get there."

Master filmmaker Martin Scorsese—has never been shot and won the Oscar for The Departed, 2007—and his storied collaborator Robert De Niro dramatize the violent life of alleged Philadelphia mafia hitman Frank "The Irishman" Sheeran. Based on former prosecutor Charles Brandt's book I Heard You Paint Houses (as the film is actually titled onscreen) and Sheeran's own deathbed confessions, The Irishman is pure Scorsese cinema told through the lens of organized crime and the legacies of corrupt men.

KAFFE | New in Town x Flourist Mill & Bakery x East Van

"This is not grocery store flour."

Kensington–Cedar Cottage—East Vancouver's new Flourist Mill & Bakery (formerly known as Grain) is the local brand's first proper brick-and-mortar shop and café from the well-known premium dry good purveyors.