How Donald Sutherland Helped Put Hollywood North on the Map

In Memoriam.

A Centrefold Model, a Shocking Murder, and the Vancouver Film It Inspired

The true-crime controversy of Star 80.

The British Columbia Roots of Television’s Greatest Defence Attorney

Raymond Burr, from Perry Mason to Out of the Blue.

The Highlander TV Series’ Swashbuckling Path Through Vancouver

The television show that stretched the limits of Vancouver’s ability to stand in for other places.

How Veterans Took Over the Hotel Vancouver and Helped Solve a Housing Crisis

The 1946 occupation of the Hotel Vancouver.

How a Former Prisoner of War Became One of Vancouver’s Most Successful Writers

James Clavell’s Shogun remains a pop culture touchstone.

The Horror Classic That Ushered In a New Era in B.C. Filmmaking

The Changeling was the greatest film of Canada’s notorious “tax shelter era.”

Two Cult Thrillers Reveal What Vancouver Fears About Itself

Both shot in the city, two films dig under the quiet exterior of Vancouver life.

The Worst Movie Ever Shot in Vancouver

How Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever crashed and burned, Vancouver-style.

How a Rough Childhood in Vancouver Inspired One of America’s Greatest Crime Novelists

Ross Macdonald drew on Canadian roots to inspire his noir fiction.