Vancouver culture

Is there something necessary — even community-building — about mourning this year’s loss of skating on the Rideau Canal and talking explicitly and collectively about the effects of climate change?

Also: the joys of community bookstores and Anthony Hopkins in one of his lesser works

Also: a cryptic view of Men, an Indigenous fight for land, and mild fun x2 from Disney

Also: a nifty modern western and contrasting documentaries: Navalny and Doug & the Slugs

Also a charmer from France, an immigrant success from Nova Scotia and a mass shooting from Australia

Also: a vacation puzzle in Mexico and modern young love in Paris

Also: A Canadian gem, a British period piece with nudity, and the space dreams of Elon Musk

Also a movie that bombed, a dour comic book, a boy's Broadway dreams and the race to the vaccine

Also environmental crisis , LGBTQ and jazz in 3 Canadian films

Including a robot contest, a by-gone dining experience, still-here racism and abuse exposed

Also play for the kids by a wolf and a lion, some far-out-time travel and a two-spirit Indigenous trip

Also: An athlete with daddy issues, a gypsy's curse and beware the gig economy.

Including Steven Soderbergh's new one, Liam Neeson still in action, and two women finding their way.

Also: People versus hedge funds, some eerie Canadian sci-fi, and a punk singer who should be better known.

Also: Looking at Gordon Lightfoot, Kevin Smith, and some extreme gunplay.