Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
ENTERTAINMENT
COMMODORE
LIVE MUSIC
(
www.commodoreballroom.ca
;
868 Granville St; 10)
Local bands know they've made it
when they play Vancouver's best mid-sized venue, a restored art deco ballroom that
still has the city's bounciest dance floor - courtesy of tires placed under its floorboards.
If you need a break from your moshing, collapse at one of the tables lining the perimet-
er, catch your breath with a bottled Stella and then plunge back in. The Commodore has
been entertaining locals since 1929 and everyone from Count Basie to the Dead
Kennedys has played here over the years (although they apparently weren't on the same
bill).
PACIFIC CINÉMATHÈQUE
CINEMA
(
www.cinematheque.bc.ca
;
1131 Howe St; tickets $11, double bills $14; 10)
This beloved
cinema operates like an ongoing film festival with a daily-changing program of movies.
A $3 annual membership is required - organize it at the door - before you can skulk in
the dark with other chin-stroking movie buffs, who would probably name their children
after Fellini and Bergman if they averted their gaze from the screen long enough to
have a relationship.
The high point of the year for some is August's annual classic film noir season.
VANCITY THEATRE
CINEMA
(
www.viff.org
;
1181 Seymour St; tickets $11, double bills $14; 10)
The state-of-the-art
headquarters of the Vancouver International Film Festival screens a wide array of
movies throughout the year in the kind of auditorium that cinephiles dream of: gener-
ous legroom, wide armrests and great sight lines from each of its 175 seats. It's a place
where you can watch a four-hour subtitled epic about a dripping tap and still feel com-
fortable.
