The Assistant (2019 | USA | 87 minutes | Kitty Green) We meet the titular assistant, portrayed with quiet reserve by Julia …
Year: 2020
Birds of Prey, an Alternate Take: Emancipation via Live-Action Cartoon
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) (2020 | USA | 109 min | Cathy Yan) Birds of …
Kids And Cinema Mix at Seattle Children’s International Film Fest
The Children’s International Film Festival Seattle is in it’s fifteenth year running and I’m more excited than ever to experience it. With …
Birds of Prey Aims to Please
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) (2020 | USA | 109 minutes | Cathy Yan) DC’s cinematic …
Roundtable: Oscar Party!
In place of our usual end of month roundup, I thought we owed it to ourselves to pontificate on Hollywood’s biggest night. …
We Believe in Dinosaurs examines the science vs religion debate through a theme park in Kentucky
We Believe in Dinosaurs (2019 | USA | 96 minutes | Monica Long Ross and Clayton Brown) In 2016, a theme park …
On Screen: Oscar Shorts, Atlantics, Botero, Citizen K, After Hours
This weekend’s Super Bowl distractions include the continuation of Cinerama’s Oscar Prep Marathon with Parasite, Uncut Gems (snubbed, but worthy!), Little Women …
On Screen: Oscar Catch-up, The Turning, Muppets, Romanians
This week’s mainstream releases include The Turning, in which Mackenzie Davis downgrades from protecting the savior of humanity in last year’s Terminator …
Guy Ritchie adds The Gentlemen to His Crime Cinema Rap Sheet
The Gentlemen (2020 | Great Britain | 110 minutes | Guy Ritchie) Guy Ritchie’s canon as a film director has alternately run …
Seattle Filmmaker Explores Friendship and Sadness in Acclaimed New Short
I’ve been following filmmaker Julio Ramirez ever since he wrote, directed, co-produced, and co-edited his feature film debut Nothing Against Life, which …