‘The Green Inferno’ Brings the Gore but Misses the Mark
Director Eli Roth’s The Green Inferno opened last week, after sitting in distribution limbo for two years. So now that … Continue reading ‘The Green Inferno’ Brings the Gore but Misses the Mark
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‘Terminator: Genisys’ is a Masterpiece…Not
If, like a lot of genre fans and straight-up geeks, you revere the first two Terminator movies, it’s a strong … Continue reading ‘Terminator: Genisys’ is a Masterpiece…Not
Local Sightings Pre-Release Teases with New Talent and Films
Seattle’s own Northwest Film Forum, which runs year-round, is gearing up for the Local Sighting Film Festival, their premier showcase of … Continue reading Local Sightings Pre-Release Teases with New Talent and Films
Seattle Public Library Has Got Your Netflix-Style Streaming Right Here
Seattle Public Library has gone, well, public with their streaming media partnership with Hoopla. The collection — of movies, TV shows, albums, and audio books — is Hoopla’s, which is why I’m watching African Queen. They have 10,000 films and TV titles, Netflix has 60,000. Continue reading Seattle Public Library Has Got Your Netflix-Style Streaming Right Here
SIFF 2013 Picks (Week 2)
Here we are in the second full week of the Seattle International Film Festival, and things are starting to get a little bleary for the passholder completists running hither and yon to take advantage of their all-you-can-screen status. For the rest of us, the steady, soothing flow of movies at SIFF represents a chance to hook a few films that might otherwise slip past us. So let’s take a closer look at what’s showing the next few days. Continue reading SIFF 2013 Picks (Week 2)
Scandal! Bias! Just 3 Sports Movies at SIFF 2103
SIFF will present 272 feature films this year and only 3 of them are principally concerned with sports. While I hold out hope that “An Evening with Kyle MacLachlan” will focus on his youth golfing career in Yakima, I suspect that this will not be the case. Three nights — 1.1 percent of the festival’s entries — are all you get, sports fans. Continue reading Scandal! Bias! Just 3 Sports Movies at SIFF 2103
“Like Someone In Love” Has Wings, Doesn’t Bump Into Things
Kiraostami’s one of the few directors (try finding one inside Hollywood) who trusts his viewers to have a brain: It’s as gobsmacking as that. Kiraostami likes to cut cross-sections into people’s lives, but he doesn’t like to backtrack or future-trip. He wants you to figure things out for yourself and if you have to surmount that to make your own meanings, that’s okay too. Continue reading “Like Someone In Love” Has Wings, Doesn’t Bump Into Things