SIFF Review: Short Stories
{Imaginary Embracey also wrote about Short Stories in his weekly SIFF wrap-up} WARNING: The preview video is NSFW, y'all. Director Mikhail Segal stayed after the…
SIFF Archival Presentation: Safety Last!
Let Safety Last! remind us of two important things: one, that SIFF also screens magnificent archival films like this one, as well as contemporary works;…
SIFF Review: Ludwig II
King Ludwig II was so outlandish, so brazen in his flamboyance, that over time even his myths have developed myths. From the little I know…
SIFF Take: Computer Chess
(n.b. Very little in this trailer is actually in the final cut of the film...) It’s well-travelled territory to discuss how hip it is to…
SIFF Takes: ShortsFest Family Picture Show
I always worry that it may be a bit impolite to recap the Shorts Fest films, since it’s not always easy to catch them outside…
The 6 Best Children’s Movies of 2012 (yup, 2012!)
Since the Magnificent Liz has been making her way through her Best of 2013, I thought, what better time to polish up the Best of…
Robot & Frank
{Robot & Frank opens at The Egyptian today, Friday 8/31, through Thursday, 9/6} The near future, as imagined by Jake Schrier in his feature film…
SIFF Take: The Mirror Never Lies
{The Mirror Never Lies screens at SIFF June 10, 2:30pm at the Harvard Exit.} I’m going to bang this out really quickly in the hopes that…
SIFF Take: The Dragon Pearl
{The Dragon Pearl screens at SIFF June 9, 1:00pm at the Kirkland Performance Center.} There are scores of truly great children’s movies, and then there are…
SIFF Take: The Family Picture Show
The Family Picture Show played to a packed house of smallfry and bigfry last Sunday afternoon, with 12 family-friendly shorts both animated and live-action. Here's…