Sasquatch 2014, Day 3
I have to admit, I kind of like the new Sasquatch schedule of Friday-Sunday instead of the old late Friday-Monday. It’s a little less tiring,…
Chinese Puzzle (Casse-tête chinois)
{Chinese Puzzle opens in Seattle on Friday, 5/30, and is screening at Landmark’s Seven Gables Theatre} Cédric Klapisch continues his story of writer Xavier Rousseau—and…
Maleficent
{Maleficent opens in Seattle on Friday, 5/30, and is screening at AMC Pacific Place, Pacific Science Center IMAX®, Ark Lodge Cinemas, the Varsity Theatre, and…
Sasquatch 2014, Day 2
Saturday turned out to be the sunniest and hottest day of the weekend. It seemed that a good amount of the festival goers tended to…
SIFF Take: Time Lapse
Time travel movies, particularly lower budget ones, are starting to be so prolific at festivals that it’s easy to get jaded, or to at least…
SIFF Take: Born to Fly
If Evel Knievel had been into dance, a bit LESS risk averse, and had a borderline cult-like following then Born to Fly would be about…
SIFF Take: Why Don’t You Play in Hell
Equal parts Yakuza drama, slavish love story to classic cinema shot on film, romantic comedy and over the top bloodbath, the Venn diagram intersection of…
The German Doctor
{The German Doctor opens in Seattle on Friday, 5/23 and is screening at Sundance Cinemas Seattle & Lincoln Square Cinemas} Eeeesh. From the moment you…
SIFF Take: 1,000 Times Good Night
1,000 Times Good Night might be described as “the SIFF’iest movie ever.” Juliette Binoche plays Rebecca, a photojournalist who specializes in shining the light on…
SIFF Take: Lucky Them
The complete opposite of the devastating Eden (SIFF, 2012), Lucky Them is a part comedy, part “eesh, I can identify with that” romance, but not…