Local Arts

Is there anything better than a room with a view? The lure of staying lakeside is strong, not just for the lovely views but for easy access to sandy shores and surrounding woods or vineyards. It also helps if your accommodation is top-notch.

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The Wall. Directed by Doug Liman. Starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson and John Cena. Rating: 7 (out of 10) Doug Liman shrinks the theatre and spectacle of war down to a trio of players and one shooting locale in The Wall, opening today.

Production of Sondheim classic working with raw acoustic soundscape

Band bring back the sizzle for one more night at the Commodore Ballroom

DOXA series documents all the ways things have gone wrong in the U.S.

CHRIS MARKER French filmmaker featured at the DOXA Documentary Film Festival. Alain Resnais and Chris Marker - Les statues meurent aussi (Statues Also Die) - 1953: bit.ly/N3KWyz . TRUMP PHOTOS Photographers on their best Trump shot: bit.ly/2eEOFka .

Filmmaker creates another working-class masterpiece in I, Daniel Blake

Production of Unity (1918) opens annual North Shore Zone showcase

Mireille Lebel featured in Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro at Vancouver Opera Festival