Black Box (2020 | USA | 100 minutes | dir: Emmanuel Osei-Kuffour Jr.) Psychological thrillers are my jam, and Emmanuel Osei-Kuffour Jr.’s Black …
Year: 2020
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 …
Watch Gloria Steinem epically shut down the haters with one weird movie
The Glorias (2020 | USA | 137 minutes | dir: Julie Taymor) The first scene of The Glorias, a regrettable biopic from …
There’s Familiar Fun to be Had in Shortcut
Of the small handful of feature films that have been rolled out in theaters and drive-ins in recent weeks, Shortcut (which opens …
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 …
On Stream: Antebellum, New Virtual Local Screenings, Carpool Cinema
Antebellum (2020 | United States | 105 minutes | Gerard Bush and Christopher Renz) Antebellum opens with a long tracking shot on …
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: Matthias & Maxime, Local Virtual Documentaries, TIFF & NWFF online
Matthias & Maxime (2019 | Canada | 119 minutes | Xavier Dolan) Despite having collected a string of prizes (including a Grand …
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 …
Triumph and Trauma drive the Nail in the Coffin
Nail in the Coffin: The Fall and Rise of Vampiro (Canada| 86 minutes | Michael Paszt) It’s cliché as all get-out, but …