SIFF Dispatches: Gay boys
This one goes out to the gay boys. I know we all love our formulas.…
SIFF Dispatches: AMERICAN FOLK (aka SEPTEMBER 12TH)
Fuck this movie. Fuck this movie right in its goddamned fucking ear. Fuck the message…
SIFF Dispatches: THE LANDING
What is a conspiracy theory? More than that, what is a conspiracy theory documentary? The Landing,…
SIFF Dispatches: BAD DAY FOR THE CUT
The Taken formula is an easy revenge narrative: Some complicated mafia commits an injustice against an…
Taco Break: Film Festivals and Spoilers
Doing a film festival with a pass is an amazing thing if you’re a film…
SUNSET SONG
Terence Davies can’t make a movie that’s not ultimately about himself. Sunset Song is simultaneously…
SIFF Wrapup
With the closing of the Harvard Exit, so to did the 41st Seattle International Film…
SIFF Day 24: Saying Goodbye
The last day of the 41st Seattle International Film Festival in 2015 was also the…
SIFF Day 23: The Limits of Reality
The final Saturday started with a documentary about one of the most incredulous stories you…
SIFF Days 21-22: Love Hurts
Jamshid Mahmoudi’s Iranian/Afghan semi-adaptation of Romeo and Juliet, A Few Cubic Meters of Love takes a bit…