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Before Stardom, Sandra Oh Starred in Two Memorable Films in Vancouver

The Canadian actress wowed audiences and critics in her early work.

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How Two Vancouver Musicians Find a Rhythm With Film Through Live-Scoring

Magazinist combines stage and screen through music.

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One of the Great American Novels Was Adapted in Nelson, B.C.

Filmed in Canada by a Scottish director, Housekeeping brought an “unfilmable” story to the big screen.

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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.

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How SFU Became Hollywood’s Face of the Future

Visions of the future.

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How Donald Sutherland Helped Put Hollywood North on the Map

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

The true-crime controversy of Star 80.

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The British Columbia Roots of Television’s Greatest Defence Attorney

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