SIFF Take: Cloud 9
Cloud 9 has a point: your grandparents (possibly) still have a libido. The film is about an elderly woman who rediscovers her sex drive and…
SIFF 2009: Family Picture Show
My latest SIFF adventure was extra special for me because it was my son’s very first movie in a movie theater. We went to see…
SIFF Take: Ball Don't Lie
Ball Don’t Lie has the misfortune of playing at SIFF only a few days after the festival paid tribute to Spike Lee. The reason this…
SIFF Take: Downloading Nancy
In Downloading Nancy, Maria Bello is a housewife whose life has long been a series of either neglect or sexual abuse. She finds pleasure in…
SIFF Take: Carmo, Hit the Road
Carmo, Hit the Road follows two characters that are indirectly shunned from their communities in Brazil: he’s a paraplegic and she’s promiscuous and indiscriminate. Carmo…
SIFF Take: Facing Ali
According to Pete McCormack’s gripping documentary Facing Ali, Larry Holmes, the heavyweight boxing champion from 1978 to 1985, told Muhammad Ali after Holmes beat the…
Imaginary Interview: 2 Directors, 1 Deadgirl
I have to admit that while watching Deadgirl, I originally had a strong reaction against it. I just wasn’t quite sure what the directors were…
SIFF Take: The Merry Gentleman
The Merry Gentleman starts out with troubled assassin Frank Logan (Michael Keaton) finding himself unexpectedly saved one night when he spies battered-wife-in-hiding Kate Frazier (Kelly…
SIFF Take: I’m Gonna Explode
Starting out with a revenge fantasy, Voy a explotar quickly gained my interest only to lose it soon after the two troublemakers met. Roman's (Juan…
SIFF weekend 2 preview
Another weekend, another batch of SIFF suggestions. Here's one I've seen, and four I haven't (but feel confident recommending).I saw and liked:Food, Inc. (5/30 and…