SIFFlog, days 5-7
Tuesday, following the 4:30p screening of Manufactured Landscapes at Pacific Place, my SIFF companion for the afternoon -- we'll call her "K" -- asked me: "Why…
Tonight's Recommended Show: "Crazy Love" at Pacific Place
"Some love never dies, it just gets twisted." This according to one of the talking heads in Crazy Love, the brilliant, messed-up documentary about some not-as-brilliant, more-messed-up…
SIFFlog, days 1-4
After a fun (and boozy!) opening night gala, SIFF's Memorial Day weekend screenings went remarkably well, all things considered. Few of us realize what goes…
SIFF 2007 highlights: week 2
All-American docs, short pieces from Deutschland, and Julie Delpy's directorial debut highlight SIFF's second week (6/1-7).Don't miss: Big Rig (6/1 9:30p Egyptian; 6/2 3:15p Egyptian)This…
Tonight's Recommended Show: "Once" at SIFF Cinema
The only SIFF screening of this irresistible Irish film takes place today at 6:30p at SIFF Cinema. And tickets are going fast.But don't think Once…
Tonight's Recommended Show: SIFF opening night at McCaw Hall
Ready to "find true film"?More to the point: ready to stand in queue?Well, it's time to start doing just that, because SIFF kicks off tonight…
YouTube: Veronica Mars fraks up
A sweet one-minute dollop of postmodern Veronica Mars goodness, in which everyone's favorite teen sleuth adopts the Battlestar Galactica cuss word "frak". (Spoiler-free for those…
SIFF 2007 highlights: week 1
A sweet indie musical, a quirky Kiwi buzzmaker, and a fierce urban mindtrip are among the must-sees on tap for 5/25-31.Don't miss: Aachi & Ssipak…
Tonight's Recommended Show: "Iphigenia in Aulis" at Washington Ensemble Theatre
WET's third-season finale is the gorgeous, intensely physical Iphigenia in Aulis, playing Thursdays through Mondays at the former Little Theater.Words tend to evade me when…
SIFF 2007 preview
Has a year really gone by since Seattle's annual cinema megathon last took over the city? Yes, and get ready to start standing in queue,…