Bigscreen vs smallscreen > Netflix at Cannes Jerrison Oracion Senior Columnist here was a lot of controversy in this year’s Cannes Film Festival. Some of the films that were in the Official Selection this year are being released or shown on Netflix, though they will not be shown in most movie theatres in North America. This is caused by the advance in technology, witha lot of people watching films on Netflix instead of at the movie theatre. This led to a debate during the film festival of whether a movie should be shown on the big screen before it is available in Netflix. Also, a lot of people talked about whether one of the Netflix films should get the coveted Palme d’Or award. Netflix has caused a splash in the past few years ever since they first offered original content. When they showed controversial mature shows—including House of Cards and 13 Reasons Why— many people thought that Netflix would replace television. Two of the films that were in the official selection at Cannes will be offered, as well as Okja and Noah Baumbach’s next film New and Selected. In comparison, Todd Haynes’ next film Wonderstruck will be available on streaming exclusively through Amazon Prime Video. because the film is released by Amazon Studios, though it will be released in the movie theaters first. Okja is a film made by the same person that made The Host, Bong Joon Ho, that talks about a girl discovering a monster in a forest. New and Selected is a family drama featuring Adam Sandler, possibly part of Sandler's own Netflix contract. A lot of people had different opinions about the topic of Netflix originals at Cannes. The president of the jury, Pedro Almodovar, said that he thinks that a film should always be screened in a theatre. Jury screenshot from Netflix film ‘Okja’ which premiered at Cannes member Will Smith sees films in both the movie theater and on Netflix, and his children, Jaden and Willow, uses Netflix to discover films. The people that were involved in Okja did not say much about the topic with Joon Ho, though film star Tilda Swinton told Variety “We came here to show the film at the Cannes Film Festival. We get the wonderful opportunity and privilege to screen our film on that screen.” In my opinion, a film should be seen in a movie theater because you get to experience a big event and you can discuss the film during the intermission or after it’s over. Also, you get to laugh at something on the screen and have other reactions with the rest of the audience, which improves the experience. In the end, The Square got the Palme d’Or this year, and now we have to wait to see if these two films are great. Okja will be available on June 28. Vancouver's bandwagon problem isn't a problem > Enjoying sports without paying attention year-round is fine Greg Waldock Staff Writer ancouver is a city of sports bandwagoners. We only cheer the Canucks when they’re ahead, we only pay attention to the Whitecaps when soccer is fashionable in North America, and we only care about baseball when Toronto somehow starts winning. It’s pretty hard to argue with the raw numbers that prove it. Low turnout at Canucks games when we're behind, extremely high turnout when we make it to Game Seven. We get disproportionately passionate when we're paying attention, like that one time some Vancouverites got so mad at Boston that people rioted and burned down a bus... but maybe it’s not a bad thing. Or at the very least, it’s understandable. The bandwagoning, I mean, not the bus-burning. Getting into sports is much less a passive thing than many sports fans believe. It’s a real hobby, like playing Magic: The Gathering, or being a huge movie buff. It requires a lot of time just to memorize the names of players on your home team, let alone players on other teams or in other leagues. It can be a really major time commitment, even if it doesn’t feel like one, because so much of that information is absorbed through TV after a long day of work or at the bar during dinner, and then processed during the games themselves. And then there’s the financial barrier, with tickets being so expensive in Vancouver that it’s only worth the price for regular season games if you're already invested in that particular game with those particular players. So why do so many people get invested at all in this city? Due to the diverse and multicultural nature of the city, I think many Vancouverites actively resist the human need for tribalism. Sports are a way to create, and join, an “in-group” not based around the normal things like ethnicity or class. It lets us get all “patriotic” and expressive about our love for Vancouver (and Canada at large during the Olympics) without the guilt of knowing how damaging rampant patriotism is the rest of the year. Also, it gives a chance to exercise our combination inferiority/superiority complex by throwing the worst insults at Americans and Toronto. Ultimately, most people in Vancouver just don't have the inclination to be involved in something as intensive as sports. Only rooting for the Canucks at playoffs or only watching the Whitecaps when they’re fashionable is a way to have fun with other Vancouverites without participating in sports as a hobby. It’s about the community, not the sport itself.