Friday night will see the kickoff of the sixth edition of the Romanian Film Festival in Seattle. It’s put on by the …
Year: 2019
One Eye Laughing, One Eye Crying: Our Recs for The 2019 Romanian Film Festival
It still feels like the ‘70s in modern Romanian cinema. And that’s a compliment of the highest order. That decade was the …
On Screen: Pain and Glory, Greener Grass, Rabid, 10 Things I Hate About You, Undercover Business Tyrants
The sun’s setting earlier and earlier and the first holiday movie has hit the theaters. But happily, you don’t need to actually …
Film Club: Dolemite is My Name, Marriage Story, Joker, and the Lighthouse were our October Favorites
It’s been a minute since we’ve gathered ’round the SunBreak table. October’s when the film calendar starts to get serious again; so …
On Screen: The Lighthouse, Dolemite is My Name, O.G. Godzilla, The Sound of Linda Ronstadt’s Voice, plus Guy Maddin
A relatively odd week for new mainstream releases , but there are plenty of independent and archival presentations to keep you busy …
On Screen: Portrait of a Lady on Fire, Parasite, and Robert Forster
This week’s two major multiplex openings are both Yes-They-Really-Made-Another-One-of-Those: Maleficent: Mistress of Evil finds Angelina Jolie back in Dark Faerie Gothmother gear …
Orcas Island Film Festival Journal: Synonyms, Jojo Rabbit, Atlantics, Honey Boy, Les Misérables, Frankie
I spent the weekend on Orcas Island for the sixth-annual Orcas Island Film Festival. Amid following many of the programmer’s extracurricular suggestions …
On Screen: Seattle Queer Film Festival, Orcas Island Film Festival, Bong Joon Ho retrospective
On Screen: Scary Clowns, Desolation Center, Picnic at Hanging Rock, First Love
The big release this week is Joaquin Phoenix’s bid for Oscar gold in the role of DC’s least funny clown. I have …
Joker Isn’t as Wild (or as Important) as It Thinks It Is
Joker (2019 | USA | 122 minutes | Todd Phillips) There’s an alternate universe somewhere, where Martin Scorsese stopped making movies around …