SIFF 2003 Picks and Previews
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…
Seattle Fringe Festival 2003 Reviews
{max rating = ****} And the Cowgirl Jumped Over the Moon ***½ Ever-brilliant Maria Glanz sparkles in her one-woman play about cowgirl sweetheart Billie's adventures…
American Splendor
Have you seen Terry Zwigoff's Crumb (freaky doc about underground comic artist R. Crumb) and Ghost World (based on the underground-ish graphic novel by Daniel…
I Capture the Castle
In a minute I'll get to gushin' about this beautiful, enchanting film, because I'm chompin' at the bit to heap limitless praise upon it… so…
Valentín
I'm not going to let it disappoint me that SIFF's Opening Night selection, the Argentinian flick Valentín, isn't a masterpiece. It's eager to please and…
Down with Love
I love me some Ewan McGregor. He's hot, he's Scottish, he's really quite talented, and he has no qualms about getting all-the-way nekkid for the…
Finding Nemo
I'm a sucker for Pixar movies, despite the unnecessary Disney cheese that invariably accompanies them. Toy Story II (which included an eye-roller of a Sarah…
Thirteen, The Other Side of the Bed, Cabin Fever
San Fernando Valley teenager Nikki Reed co-wrote and co-stars in this gritty and unnerving film based upon her own experiences as a seventh grader. Tracy…
The Man Without a Past
We now return to our regular programming — Scandinavian film reviews. Look, what can I tell you? When something as amazing as Finland's The Man…
Raising Victor Vargas and Manic
OK folks, one more stab at patriotism and I'm done. Two newly-released domestic films deserve props before I get goin' with SIFF coverage. Raising Victor…