Estonia was once part of the Soviet Republic, when such a thing existed. Its location in Northeastern Europe gave Estonian leaders a big problem during the Cold War: their people were able to access television programming from the western world (from neighbor Finland). Disco and Atomic War is a fascinating documentary about the Estonian and […]
I try to avoid using the phrase "taut thriller" but if any movie has earned that label, it’s Rapt. This glossy French film focuses on Stanislas Graff, a filthy rich CEO who gets kidnapped for ransom. The first demand is sent with one of Stanislas fingers and a request for $50 million, or more body […]
This is kind of cheating, since there’s obviously more than 3 films I think you should see at the Film Festival this weekend – but I thought I’d hit you with these and then recommend some more via SIFF Takes for full-on movie madness! Shorts Package: Pandemonium Boulevard: My favorite shorts collection this year, because […]
Bass Ackwards has a lot more charm than you’d expect from a film with that title. Main character Linas, played by Director Linas Phillips, is somewhat lost in the world – living on a friend’s couch in Seattle and filming weddings for cash. After a devastating break-up with the married woman he’s in love with […]
Air Doll is about Nozumi, an inflatable sex doll used as a substitute for lonely Hideo in place of a girlfriend. One day she finds a heart and comes to life, and starting to explore the world around her, quickly realizes she doesn’t actually love her "owner". Disguising her doll parts and applying for a […]
Kevin Kline isn’t just an “extra man,” but an “essential man,” as he likes to boast. He’s a guy brought in to charm little old ladies with lots of money and their friends at fancy parties in the most maxbialystockian of ways. His roommate is the young, naïve Paul Dano, a dismissed literature professor who […]
Alright you guys. Just in case you didn’t know: the 2010 Seattle International Film Festival Box Office is NOW OPEN! And while there are more films I want to see than are (probably) humanly possible for 1 girl to do in 4 weeks, I thought I’d give you a jumping off point by recommending 3 […]
Hardcore festival nerds probably already know this, but this Friday, 1/15 is the LAST day for early bird discounts on SIFF 2010 passes. If you order now, you can save over 40% on Platinum Passes, Full Series Passes, Secret Festival Passes, Tix to the Opening Night and Closing Night Galas, and 6-packs & 20-packs. Sure, […]
Being a rabid Paul Giamatti fangirl, I saw Cold Souls earlier this year at SIFF and have been pretty much dying for it to be released so I could harass everyone I know into going to see it. Writer and Director Sophie Barthes worked with her partner, Cinematographer Andrij Parekh, to create a film that […]
Are you infatuated with Don Draper, the mysterious and sexy adman in AMC’s series “Mad Men”? (Um, wait. Who isn’t?) Mad Men fans should check out the new documentary Art & Copy, screening at the Northwest Film Forum today through August 27th. See the real mad men and mad women behind the cultural touchstones created […]
