Glitch: The Rise & Fall of HQ Trivia (dir. Salima Koroma).

CNN’s documentary on the viral game show’s spectacular downfall chronicles all the usual beats about the absurdity of startup life. Framed mostly through comedian and former HQ Trivia host Scott Rogowsky’s rollercoaster experiences witnessing the meteoric success and subsequent turmoil, we learn more of the lurid details behind the mobile app’s flawed management through its dysfunctional work culture and problematic co-ounders who also created Vine.

2023 Great Outdoors Comedy Festival x Stanley Park. (via Sydney Butters)

Comedy superstars Kevin Hart and Russell Peters are coming to town to close out GOCF’s cross-country 2023 Canadian summer tour and headline Vancouver’s inaugural stop on the festival. They will be joined by former The Late Late Show bandleader Reggie Watts, known for his musical comedy stylings and beatboxing skills.

• Sept. 15: Russell Peters, Reggie Watts & Steph Tolev.
• Sept. 16: Kevin Hart & Friends and hosted by Katie Westman.

Aporia (dir. Jared Moshé) x Fantasia 2023.

Moshé questions our collective wishes and regrets about the past through his characters’ clear desires. Aporia takes a typical Twilight Zone-esque sci-fi premise and stretches it philosophically without making its ideas too complex on a limited indie film budget. It’s also a fascinating take on extending theoretical ideas into our practical world through the process of chain reactions.

Nerdstalgic x “Why Do Twin Films Get Released at the Same Time?”

How do “twin films” end up releasing in the same year? Movies like The Prestige and The Illusionist aren’t alone, with releases like A Bugs Life and Antz, or more recently, White House Down and Olympus Has Fallen.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (dir. Jeff Rowe).

[It] resets the once ubiquitous comic book and toy franchise aimed at kids back to its basic elements. As the title strongly suggests, the computer-animated superhero adventure focuses on the mutations of its characters while also highlighting them as immature teens and outsiders done in a flat animated style in the vein of the Spider-Verse films.

2023 Carnaval del Sol x David Lam Park x Yaletown.

Theater Camp (dir. Molly Gordon & Nick Lieberman).

What [it] gets so right is the very specific personalities and eccentricities of children deeply enmeshed in theatre culture and their young adult counterparts. There’s so much inherent drama mixed with codependency in the name of putting on a show and chasing the high of a performance. Gordon and Lieberman’s naturalistic yet heightened sense of artistic melodrama is hilariously on point.

Juke Fried Chicken x Downlow Chicken x Chinatown.

• DLJ chicken & ribwich sando with fried chicken, ribs, BBQ mayo sauce, pickles, slaw, and pickled red onions.
• Gluten-free “Nuggie'z”: dredged and fried nuggets with Juke honey mustard and DL sweet ‘n sour sauce; potato salad; and coleslaw.
• “Juke'n on the DL Part III” pop-up at Steel & Oak Brewing on Aug. 12.