SIFF Review: Jump
Jump is an exhilirating time-running-out heist movie with meatheaded goons, a sadistic low-level crime boss, The Last Job, a crime that could save someone’s ass… all…
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 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…
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…