Tune in: new videos from Pickwick, Sean Nelson
About a month or so ago, an email came in to the imaginary inbox with a link to Pickwick's latest video effort, an outstanding feat…
SIFF Take: Short Term 12
Last year I was taken with a little film called I Am Not a Hipster, in particular the authenticity of it -- the feeling that…
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;…
Recommended SIFF + Ticket Giveaway: I Used to Be Darker {6/4 & 6/5}
I can barely watch the trailer for I Used to Be Darker without breaking down in tears, but since I haven't had a chance to…
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: Teddy Bears
Reading the description of Teddy Bears made me think that maybe I didn't want to see it. A movie about a guy trying to convince…
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 2013: Week Three Highlights
Two speculative-fiction films (one good, one terrible), a buzzy doc about backup singers, and a purgatory-set Amélie are among the highs, lows, and in-betweens of…
The 2013 Sasquatch diaries, pt. II
{This year, John in Ballard brings us all the bands that caught his attention at The Gorge during Sasquatch! 2013. Read part one of his…
SIFF Take: Mutual Friends
Ensemble romantic comedies aren't really my favorite, but there's something about Mutual Friends that makes the genre feel fresh. I think that's mostly due to…