SIFF Take: SIFF Interviews John Waters
On Tuesday afternoon, John Waters was interviewed by SIFF’s Carl Spence before a screening of his mediocre comedy Cecil B. Demented. Although Spence was a…
SIFF Take: Mr. Big
Mr. Big is a code name for a Canadian police operation where an undercover officer pretends to be a powerful crime lord to get suspects…
SIFF Take: Young People F***ing
Young People Fucking. What a subtle title for a film. There is no ambiguity as to what this movie is about. Here’s the plot: there…
SIFF 2008: A conversation with the stars of The Wrecking Crew
One of my favorite films from the Seattle International Film Festival so far has been The Wrecking Crew a documentary about the legendary studio musicians…
SIFF Take: A Wink and a Smile
Miss Indigo Blue teaches a Seattle-based, 6-week course of burlesque dancing. A Wink and a Smile is a 90 minute documentary that follows 10 students…
SIFF '08: week one
Following an auspicious opening weekend (well, not counting Battle in Seattle), my Memorial Day got off to a decidedly inauspicious start with a convoluted, drag-ass…
SIFF Take: Ask Not; Heavy Metal in Baghdad
The military’s infamous “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” is, according to a policy expert interviewed in the new documentary Ask Not, “a policy in search of…
SIFF Take: Elite Squad
Elite Squad takes place in the late 1990s in Rio just a few months prior to a visit from the Pope. His Holiness decided that he…
SIFF: 4 days down, 21 to go
Michelle Rodriguez was inebriated on opening night! (And I mean before the "gala"!)And that was one the two thrills I can report about SIFF 2008's…
SIFF 2008: Opium: Diary of a Madwoman
Opium: Diary of a Madwoman is a uniquely unpleasant and difficult film to watch. It is slow-paced and more than a few scenes are difficult…