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…
SIFF Takes: ShortsFest Family Picture Show
I always worry that it may be a bit impolite to recap the Shorts Fest films, since it’s not always easy to catch them outside…
SIFF Review: The Otherside
This was an interesting time for director Daniel Torok to do a documentary on underground hip-hop in Seattle. In a strange way, it either seems…
Photo Essay: SIFF Rock Doc Red Carpets! The Punk Singer & Her Aim is True
Imaginary Rich has done it again! His red carpet coverage is UNSTOPPABLE. This time he captured the arrivals for both The Punk Singer and Her Aim is True:…
SIFF Take: Peaches Does Herself
You gotta love Peaches to love this film; and I do. Her music makes me wanna dance all night, get pissed, be fierce, make out,…