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THE VIEW – Train Dreams

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THE CLASSIC – The King of Comedy

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THE SIP – Sakura Sour

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SPOTLIGHT ON GREAT FILMS, A SPRING COCKTAIL

By Richmond Sentinel

Published 12:55 PDT, Tue March 24, 2026

Our City Tonight

THE SIP – Sakura Sour

With spring right around the corner (hopefully), we change our cocktail focus to those liquid creations that go with warmer weather and longer days. For that, we turn to one of our “cocktail experts”, Anique White, from Glowbal Restaurant. She provided a delicious winter cocktail earlier this year and has a springtime cocktail that is equally inviting. “It’s called the Sakura Sour, and it’s inspired by Vancouver's fleeting Sakura season,” Anique tells us as she makes our cocktails. Our first sip and we’re sold on this wonderful creation. As with all our cocktails suggestions, if you can’t make it to the restaurant – in this case Glowbal – what are the ingredients for making this at home? “This delicate gin sour layers rose and lychee over bright citrus, a floral whisper balanced by coastal salinity,” she tells us. All our “cocktail experts” feel creativity and inspiration from a variety of places, and for Anique White it’s our city at this time of the year: “I love the spring season here in Vancouver, it's absolutely beautiful, but it's short and sweet so I thought why not celebrate it while we have it?” We agree. The Sakura Sour will be on the menu at Glowbal Restaurant this spring. www.glowbalgroup.com If you have questions for any of our “cocktail experts”, email at info@ourcitytonighttv.com

THE VIEW – Train Dreams

One of our favourite films of 2025 is Train Dreams. Set in the Pacific Northwest in the early part of the 20th Century, it tells the story of Robert Grainier (Joel Edgerton), a logger and railroad worker, an ordinary man living a quiet, ordinary life alone then later with a loving wife. What he sees and experiences over the course of his life – joy, profound grief, loneliness, and wonder – is all beautifully captured in this wonderful film set amongst the ever-changing American landscape. Train Dreams is not for everyone, but if character driven, poignant and atmospheric stories are to your liking, we’re sure you’ll like this film. Joel Edgerton gives the performance of his career, and the supporting – including William H. Macy, Felicity Jones and Kerry Condon – only enhance this film. Train Dreams is available on Netflix. www.netflix.com

THE CLASSIC – The King of Comedy

Here are a few films from the last 50 years which are brilliant, but also prophetic in terms of their depiction of fame, success and the pursuit of each. The Oscar-winning Network, from 1976, is brilliant in its depiction of hard, old-style TV news moving toward what would become known today as “reality TV”. It’s grotesque, cynical, and 50 years later, all too real. Another film is Martin Scorsese’s The King of Comedy, from 1982. In this dark comedy, Robert DeNiro plays Rupert Pupkin, an aspiring stand-up comedian obsessed with fame and particularly a late-night talk show host played by Jerry Lewis. Pupkin has no desire to hone his craft and work his way up the ladder, he wants it all now, and he’ll go to extraordinary, even criminal, lengths to achieve his goals. His line between fantasy and reality is blurred at best. Though social media was still several decades away when this film was released, its themes of celebrity culture, tabloid media and fame could easily be applied to our world today. DeNiro’s performance is brilliant but also cringe-worthy and uncomfortable to watch at times (think Ricky Gervais or Steve Carell in The Office). A strong supporting cast includes comedienne Sandra Bernhard, Shelley Hack (just off her role in Charlie’s Angels) and, of course, Jerry Lewis, who delivers a superb dramatic performance as the weary talk show host Jerry Langford. The King of Comedy is available for home viewing through most platforms.