Deep SIFF: Beautiful Darling: The Life and Times of Candy Darling, Andy Warhol Superstar
"People who I interviewed said she was the most genuine person they had ever met" director James Rasin told me in an interview about Candy…
Deep SIFF: Meet Monica Velour
"Basically, I told her I want to blow Samantha Jones into tiny little pieces" Keith Bearden, the writer and director of the often very funny…
Deep SIFF: Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist, Rebel
In the fascinating and thorough new documentary Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist, Rebel, you don't learn much about the larger-than-life, octogenarian character who spends most of…
Imaginary Interview: SIFF
If you've been to TIG any time over the past twenty days or so, you've noticed that the Seattle International Film Festival is one of…
Deep SIFF: Wheedle's Groove
You could probably be forgiven if the first time you thought of Seattle as having a vibrant music scene was when MTV first aired "Smells…
SIFF Take: Cherry
Cherry centers around Aaron, a seventeen year old freshman at some unnamed Ivy League university. He's sensitive and smart but still in his awkward teenage…
SIFF Take: Beyond Ipanema
Beyond Ipanema isn't a documentary about the excellent Brazilian music that people in the US should know about, it's about the Brazilian music that Americans already know…
Deep SIFF: The Dry Land
For well over a century and going soon into two, people have accepted the common phrase "war is hell" as a universal truth. While likely…
Deep SIFF: A Little Help
Laura Pehlke has a life that looks good on paper in A Little Help, an engrossing dramedy from director Michael J. Weithorn that just made…
SIFF Take: Amplified Seattle
Amplified Seattle is a compliment to Lynn Shelton’s forthcoming $5 Cover: Seattle MTV web series and is best viewed as an introduction to Seattle music.…