SIFF 2015: Week Two Highlights
A twisty Norwegian drama, a charming lesson in Euro-male anatomy, and the year's quietest superhero movie are three great options during SIFF's second week (5/22…
SIFF 2015: Week One Highlights
Our beloved movie gorge-a-thon kicks off tonight with Spy, an amusing Paul Feig / Melissa McCarthy collaboration that spoofs and reveres great spy thrillers. It's…
IT FOLLOWS
“It’s slow, but it’s not dumb.” ~ Hugh, IT FOLLOWS Imagine going on a date with someone you really, really like, enjoying a romantic lakeside…
Gone Girl
Firstly: I am one of “those people” who ripped through Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girlnovel in record time, gasping the entire way and freaking out over…
Happy Christmas
I’m not sure if Director Joe Swanberg intended for Happy Christmas to pass The Bechdel Test, but I’m happy to report that Happy Christmas DOES,…
SIFF Take: How to Train Your Dragon 2
It feels a bit unseemly to trumpet such a mainstream movie during this Festival of the Wonderfully Obscure, but How to Train Your Dragon 2…
SIFF 2014: Closing Weekend Highlights
The end of this year’s cinema mega-thon is nigh, and if you've slacked on your SIFFage there's still time to do something about it. Here…
Rigor Mortis (Geung si)
{Rigor Mortis opens in Seattle on Friday, 6/6, and is screening at AMC Pacific Place} I was pretty psyched to watch Rigor Mortis (especially since…
SIFF Take: God Help the Girl
Prior to seeing God Help the Girl, I’d only been a somewhat-interested fan of Stuart Murdoch and Belle & Sebastian—hearing their most popular songs in…
SIFF Take: Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter
Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter is based on an urban legend that a Japanese woman mistook Fargo for a documentary and came looking for the treasure…