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Film

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In 1982, B.C. Played Host to a Bizarre, Daring Gun Heist on the Set of First Blood

The great “Rambo robbery” was just one of several mishaps and delays on the set of Sylvester Stallone’s classic action film.

Arts

How Two Stephen King Adaptations Brought the King of Horror to B.C.

The Lower Mainland became TV’s New England, changing horror forever.

Arts

How SFU Became Hollywood’s Face of the Future

Visions of the future.

Arts

How Donald Sutherland Helped Put Hollywood North on the Map

In Memoriam.

Arts

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

The true-crime controversy of Star 80.

Arts

The British Columbia Roots of Television’s Greatest Defence Attorney

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

Arts

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.

Arts

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

James Clavell’s Shogun remains a pop culture touchstone.

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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.”

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