My SIFF watchlist hit a patch of coming-of-age movies over the last few days. A couple had me running for the fast-forward button, but these three A few others, though, had enough of a twist on the genre or point of view to hold my increasingly scattered attention.
Year: 2021
SIFF 2021: Closing Weekend Already?!?
The finish line is in sight for the 47th Annual Seattle International Film Festival
SIFF 2021: The Pink Cloud, The Dog Who Wouldn’t Be Quiet, Love Type D
Three films play with light sci-fi premises to explore different elements of the human condition.
SIFF 2021: Ma Belle, My Beauty; The Teacher; Valentina
Three stories of queer love and self-actualization from different parts of the globe.
SIFF 2021: The Earth is Blue as an Orange, Chuck Connelly: Into the Light, Little Girl
Short reviews of three documentaries about creative people stuck — due to war, personal turmoil, or prejudice — at home.
SIFF 2021 Check In: How’s your fest going?
Well, it’s halfway through SIFF and here at The Sunbreak we’re neck-deep in films from horror to comedy, short animation to feature …
SIFF 2021: Writing With Fire & The Return: Life After ISIS
Reviews of two films about women in challenging circumstances, both playing as part of SIFF’s Documentary Competition.
SIFF 2021: Some short reviews
Reviews of All Sorts, Potato Dreams of America, Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street, Super Frenchie, and Too Late.
SIFF 2021: Riders of Justice, Ladies of Steel, The Spy
Three feature films out of Scandanavia, each dealing with death, peril, and crime in very different ways.
SIFF 2021: East of the Mountains destroyed me
The opening scene of East of the Mountains is not something I will ever be able to forget. Ben Givens, a retired heart surgeon and widower of a year, is in his Seattle home, holding a rifle (a family heirloom, we learn later), determined to end his life.