I’ve been following the Romanian Film Festival for several years now, happily. It’s easily been one of the most worthwhile film fests …
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On Stream: Dick Johnson is Dead, French Cinema Now, SJFF, SQFF, and Nightstream on the Horizon
Dick Johnson is Dead (2020 | USA | 90 minutes | Kirsten Johnson) Kirsten Johnson is a cameraperson, her father Dick is …
The Ugly Truth Comes to Light in The Swerve
The Swerve | 2020 | United States | 95 minutes | Dean Kapsalis To a non-fan of horror cinema, the notion of …
SunBreak Round Table: Local Sightings 2020
The 23rd iteration of the Northwest Film Forum’s venerable Local Sightings Film Festival kicks off today, Friday, September 18, and like everything …
On Stream: I’m Thinking of Ending Things, Mulan, Local Streams
I’m Thinking of Ending Things (2020 | USA | 133 minutes | Charlie Kaufman) For arthouse film nerds, the weekend’s most anticipated …
On Stream: Virtual Festivals, Fashion Cinema, Herzog, Soul, Tesla, Class Action Park
This weekend marks the tenuous return of movies to theaters: the New Mutants, the beleaguered entry from 20th Century‘s remaining slice of …
You’ll Get Yocks, Rock, and Shocks out of Uncle Peckerhead
Uncle Peckerhead (2020 | USA | 96 minutes | Matthew John Lawrence) With his sophomore feature film Uncle Peckerhead, writer/director Matthew John Lawrence …
On Screen: Seattle Queer Film Festival, Orcas Island Film Festival, Bong Joon-ho retrospective
I’ll be heading off to Orcas Island Film Festival for the weekend. Make the trip to Eastsound and soak up some of …
The Seattle Literary Scene Is Ready for Its Closeup
In successive weekends, two large-scale movies that were adapted from novels written by Seattle-based authors came out (The Art of Racing in …
SIFF 2019: SunBreak Index
The Seattle International Film Festival is a massive event that spans more than three weeks. We’ll be posting about it through the …