In case you haven’t noticed, our movie-crazed city has a new art cinema. And the Seattle International Film Festival is feeding our fanaticism by offering year-round programming. Their sure-to-be-gargantuan 2007 festival won’t begin for a couple months yet (and you’ll be hearing a lot about it from me), but SIFF is alive and kicking (and […]
Alpha below, max rating **** Jump: A-C | D-K | L-R | S-Z 2046 **½In Wong Kar-wai's latest, a newpaper and pulp fiction writer has a string of affairs in 1960s Hong Kong. The film's narrative jumps back and forth in time, and in and out of the writer's fictional and real worlds, as characters […]
It's time for SIFF again. Yes, already. And if you thought last year's acclaimed local month-long cinema celebration was mega-normous, a glimpse at the 2006 lineup is sure to knock you on your behind… and preferably into a softly-cushioned theater seat. So get comfy, because at your grasp are 418 films (that includes features, docs, […]
Look out — here comes SIFF! And even though it's long been considered America's largest film festival, the beast just keeps on growing. Running a full 25 days and featuring a whopping 347 films (110 of which are shorts, but still), it seeks to devour every last millisecond of your free time for the next […]
SIFF 2004 recap and reviews "The best contemporary movies are coming from Asian countries." — French master Patrice Leconte on the state of world cinema "Wondrous Oblivion was in the Films 4 Families program. I don't think I'd call it a 'family film'. It was about an interracial friendship. I think a 'family film' is […]
"Different new things" is the catchphrase/slogan for SIFF 2004. Too bad Thursday's opening night film, a schmaltzy drama better suited to the PAX network or Hallmark Hall of Fame, is neither different nor new. But don't let that throw you off — overall, SIFF's 30th Anniversary lineup is a good one. Helmed by new Director […]
Show Date: June 7, 2003
Having been invited to attend the Nortec Collective show with embracey and then realizing I had absolutely NO idea who the Nortec Collective were, I decided to do a little research. I borrowed my favorite IB's copy of their disc "The Tijuana Sessions Vol. 1" and was immediately hooked (I'll talk more about the music […]
SIFF brought me to Seattle. It's true – I came for a visit on opening weekend in May 2000, and by the time the festival had ended that June, I'd moved here permanently. My point? The sheer magnitude of our city's main film event is staggering. SIFF is a colossal mamma jamma! It's the largest […]
Show Date: June 7, 2002
I've always adored They Might Be Giants. How could I not? Flood was released and my first hangover came shortly thereafter. Even god-awful retching to that CD didn't not dim the musical nightlight turned on inside the birdhouse in my soul. Flood was (and still remains) the source of many positive memories and is a […]
