Imaginary SIFF Interview: Ruba Nadda, Director of Cairo Time
One of my favorite films at SIFF this year was the beautiful, intuitive drama Cairo Time, written and directed by the equally beautiful and intuitive…
Deep SIFF: Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist, Rebel
In the fascinating and thorough new documentary Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist, Rebel, you don't learn much about the larger-than-life, octogenarian character who spends most of…
Imaginary Interview: SIFF
If you've been to TIG any time over the past twenty days or so, you've noticed that the Seattle International Film Festival is one of…
Deep SIFF: Wheedle's Groove
You could probably be forgiven if the first time you thought of Seattle as having a vibrant music scene was when MTV first aired "Smells…
Black Whales Studio Diary: Deeper and Weirder
We asked Alex Robert, frontman for Black Whales, to keep us posted about what's going on with the band now that they are unsigned and…
Imaginary Interview: John Goodmanson
Here at TIG, we love John Goodmanson. Not only has he worked to make some of our favorite artists sound a-mazing (from Los Campesinos, Wedding…
Deep SIFF: The Dry Land
For well over a century and going soon into two, people have accepted the common phrase "war is hell" as a universal truth. While likely…
Deep SIFF: A Little Help
Laura Pehlke has a life that looks good on paper in A Little Help, an engrossing dramedy from director Michael J. Weithorn that just made…
The Joy Formidable finally releases A Balloon Called Moaning in the US
Finally. The Welsh, indie, noise-pop band The Joy Formidable released their fantastic EP A Balloon Called Moaning in the US last week. It’s been available…
Kate Nash: Bricks are Heavy
The first time I saw British pop star Kate Nash was almost two years to the day prior to the second time I saw her…