SIFF Double Take: Detective Dee & Marrow
I have two SIFF recommendations today at the complete opposite ends of the cinematic spectrum. Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame is…
SIFF Take: Vampire
{Vampire screens at SIFF on Wednesday, June 1, 6:30pm and Thursday, June 2, 4pm at the Egyptian; and again on Sunday, June 5, 8:30pm at…
SIFF Take: Finisterrae
The other day I was talking to a fellow festival attendee on line at a SIFF press screening. When he heard I'd seen Finisterrae it…
SIFF Take: Surrogate Valentine
Goh is San Francisco musician Goh Nakamura, and he is living the life you are, your comrades, or your indie singer-songwriter heroes are. Creating songs…
SIFF 2011: Week Two Highlights
We're nearing SIFF's halfway point, and if you've attended more than a few screenings this year I congratulate you on surviving the queues, tolerating any…
Recommended SIFF: Saigon Electric
{Saigon Electric screens again at SIFF on May 30, 3pm at Pacific Place and on June 1, 6:30pm at the Everett Performing Arts Center} I…
SIFF Take: A Cat in Paris
I sometimes like to play a little game while watching animated films called “Why Is This Movie Animated?” Animation is not a genre—we can all…
SIFF Take: Karate-Robo Zaborgar
In the case of the latest film from the director of Mutant Girls Squad and RoboGeisha, the description from the SIFF guide is quite accurate:…
SIFF Take: Boy
The film Boy, by Taika Watiti, is about a boy whom everyone calls Boy. He’s earnest and guileless, and prone to fisticuffs, but basically a…
Recommended SIFF: Treatment (aka: Sean Nelson directs!) {5/26 & 5/28}
Sean Nelson fans, you may have been asking yourself - what the hell has that guy been up to* lately? Well, here's your answer. Mr.…