SIFF 2024 film reviews (closing weekend update!)
Our big annual cine-celebration (the 50th overall!) strikes again Thursday evening, May 9, with Thelma. This will of course be followed by plenty more to…
SIFF 2023 film reviews (final update!)
SIFF 2023 has commenced in modified hybrid form: 10 days of in-person screenings at some familiar SIFFy spots (Uptown, SIFF Film Center, Egyptian, Pacific Place,…
SIFF 2022 film reviews (final update!)
SIFF 2022 is upon us, in a hybrid edition that (as Amie ran down) includes a bunch of premieres amid over 100 features. While many…
SIFF 2021 film reviews (final update!)
SIFF 2021 is underway! Virtually! And as Amie has pointed out, there are 100ish feature-length films and shorts programs to peruse and view by EOD…
Best of SIFF 2019 series {6/14 – 6/20}
Another year, another SIFF, another Best of SIFF program. If you feel in any way under-SIFFed — and at this point I can't imagine that scenario…
SIFF 2019: week three highlights
A luscious collection of Pacific Island stories, profound documentaries about forces of nature, and one of honoree Regina Hall’s breakthrough films are among my picks…
SIFF 2019: week two highlights
An experimental documentary about two Hollywood legends, a new take on an animated masterpiece, and a sporty Iranian melodrama are among the must-see offerings in…
SIFF 2019: week one highlights
Our annual celebration of cinematic overconsumption strikes again tonight with Lynn Shelton’s Sword of Trust (details below) – and, as always, there'll be plenty more…
Best of SIFF 2018 series {6/15 – 6/21}
I gotta say, SIFF audiences made some good picks for this year’s Golden Space Needle awards: the glorious suburban-adolescence drama Eighth Grade and the heart-rending…
SIFF 2018: week three highlights
A buzzy comedy debut by Boots Riley, a tidy British melodrama starring m'lady Emma Thompson, and an irresistibly glorious Italian murder-mystery are among the must-sees…