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Fill your fall with local film festivals

» Film screenings in New Westminster and Coquitlam

Cheryl Minns
Arts Editor
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be

ith last month’s Vancouver
International Film Festival

now in the past, it’s time to start
exploring this month’s film

film festivals will be gracing
local venues with the NewWest
FilmFest appearing at Landmark
Cinemas in New Westminster
on November 5-7, and the
Geocaching International Film
Festival taking place at the
Evergreen Cultural Centre in
Coquitlam on November 8.

The NewWest FilmFest,
formerly the New West Doc
Fest, promises an exciting three
days packed with popular,
thought-provoking films that
have toured major film festivals.
The festival will also include
Q-and-A sessions, short films,
and a tour of CG Master School
of 3D Animation & VFX.

“Our goal is to offer New
Westminster and nearby
communities a chance to see
world-class cinema in a theatre
near them,” said Deni Loubert,
who works with the festival.

“College students should
recognize many of these films
as they have generated a lot

: of hype in the last year. They :
: include This Changes Everything, :
: based on the latest Naomi :
: Klein book of the same title;

: Laura Poitras’ documentary on
: Edward Snowden, Citizenfour;
: and Jon Stewart’s directorial

: debut drama, Rosewater.”
festivals. This week, two popular :

One of the films playing on

: November 7 isa Canadian film —:
: called Borealis by Sean Garrity. It :
: follows an unemployed gambler,
: Jonah (Jonas Chernick), and

: his teenaged daughter, Aurora

: (Joey King), as they go on a road
: trip to see the Northern Lights

: before Aurora’s failing vision
leaves her completely blind.

Another film playing that

: night is Sebastian Schipper’s
: Victoria. This German heist
: thriller has won numerous

: awards and gained a great

: deal of attention because

: the entire film is shot in

: one continuous take. :
For more information on the :
: festival or to purchase tickets,
: go to NewWestFilmFest.ca

The Geocaching

: International Film Festival

: celebrates all things to do

: with geocaching, which is

: a treasure hunt created by

: participants on Geocaching.

: com. Geocachers hide objects
: in different locations around

: town and then post information
: about their hidden caches for
: other geocachers to find.

The 16 short films featured

: in GIFF are only four minutes

: long or less, and capture

: geocaching around the world.

: There will be short films from

: Australia, Germany, Japan,

: Portugal, Romania, Turkey, and
: Vietnam as well as two films

: from Canada, three from the

: UK, and four from the USA.

The managing director for

: Metro Vancouver Geocaching,
: who goes by his geocaching

: nickname Catapult Jeff,

: describes the short films as

: “wild, crazy, and fun loving.”

: They include titles such as

: Geo-Caching Freak, THE

: BEST GEOCACHING FILM

: OF ALL TIME EVER! and How
: to Geocache like a Ballerina.

: The films were selected for

: the festival from hundreds of
: submissions by geocachers.

“I don’t believe you have to

 

: bea geocacher to enjoy GIFF,”

: Jeff said. “I think it would

: certainly give an interesting

: view on the geocaching world.”

For more information

: on the NewWest FilmFest

: or to purchase tickets, go to

: NewWestFilmFest.ca, and

: for more information about

: GIFF, check out the official

: Geocaching website or the

: Metro Vancouver Geocaching
: website at MVGeocaching.com

This issue:

Naomi Klein in ‘This Changes Everything’

 

Get ready for a witch hunt

» 'The Last Witch Hunter’ movie review

Lauren Paulsen
Senior Columnist

OOOSS

T* Last Witch Hunter

is about a man named
Kaulder (Vin Diesel) who goes
after the Witch Queen (Julie
Engelbrecht) after her plague
kills his wife and daughter
during the Middle Ages. He
manages to take her out, but she
curses him with immortality
because he no longer wants

to live after completing his
revenge. Fast forward to the
present day, and Kaulder has
now lived 800 years. Witches
have formed a peace treaty
with humans, but there are still
some evil witches out there
whom Kaulder hunts down.
Throughout the years, Kaulder
has had handlers who've aided
him in his witch hunts. When
his current handler, Dolan 36th

really enjoyed Game of Thrones
: Rose Leslie’s portrayal of
: Chloe, Kaulder’s semi-love

: (Michael Caine}, suddenly dies,
: Kaulder finds it suspicious.

: He decides to look into it, and

: finds that dark magic is afoot.

The plot is fairly lacking

: and predictable, but I wouldn’t
: write this movie off altogether.
: The special effects were really
: amazing.—there were some

: disgustingly creepy monsters,
: as well as some beautiful magic
: moments. I also loved the

: witty banter between Diesel

: and Caine, especially finding

: it amusing that Diesel would

: call Caine “Kid.” I also found

: Diesel a lot more expressive

: than in his other movies. He

: still had his bad dude-vibe

: going on, but he seemed more
: vulnerable at parts than I

: have seen from his previous

: characters, such as Riddick.

As for the other actors, I

?

: interest, and I felt that her

: acting was very solid. I liked

: her character a lot, although

: I did find one aspect of her

: character to be very convenient
: to the plot, but that’s the script-
: writer’s doing, not hers.

Elijah Wood also showed

: up in this movie, playing Dolan
: the 37th, but I was disappointed
: in his acting. His character

: felt shallow, and I didn’t really
connect with him at any point.

As for Engelbrecht, this was

: her debut piece. We didn’t see

: a whole lot of her during the

: movie, but during the parts that
: we did, she did a really great job
: of being the creepy, decidedly

: evil Witch Queen. Also, congrats :
: to the Witch Queen’s makeup

: team; her appearance certainly
: gave me the heebie-jeebies.

One thing that bothered

me about this movie is the title.
: The Last Witch Hunter implies
: that Kaulder is now the only

person who hunts witches. This

: is misleading, as there are other
: people who hunt them. It has a
: nice ring to it but doesn’t really
: fit the context here. Maybe I’m

: just nitpicking, but I feel that

: if they wanted to use this title,

: then the plot should have been

: altered somewhat. Maybe that’s

: my inner writer coming out.

Basically, if you are looking

: for a movie with lots of action
: and special effects, or if you’ve
: liked Diesel’s other movies,

: then this is one you should

: see. Don’t look for a very deep
: or intricate plot, though.

Vin Diesel in ‘The Last Witch Hunter’