A new school counselor Anamarija (Marina Redzepovic) is learning to navigate the egos and red tape of high school. Having never been staff at an institution before, she is realizing that there’s a lot more to her job than just trying to help kids.
Year: 2022
SIFF 2022: It’s Just a Phase, Honey
A lighter look at midlife crisis and how we define ourselves through the relationships we have. Emilia (Christiane Paul) a once well-received actress now stay at home mom is throwing a critical eye on her life and the once perfect relationship with her husband Paul (Christoph Maria Herbst).
In Memory, Liam Neeson is back for even more revenge
When I first saw a poster for the new Liam Neeson revenge movie Memory, I thought that it was the dumbest possible name because all of the negative headlines would write themselves. Multiple chuckleheads on Rotten Tomatoes would say something to the effect of “a movie called Memory sure isn’t very memorable.”
SIFF 2022: That’s a Wrap! Roundtable.
After eleven days of virtual and in-person screenings, partying, and celebrating independent filmmakers, the 48th Seattle International Film Festival closed on Sunday with a morning awards ceremony and an evening gala. In the afterglow of our individual festing, the SunBreak’s SIFF team gathered on the internet to debrief on this year’s event.
SIFF 2022: Know Your Place
Seattle rarely looks as good on film as when Zia Mohajerjasbi’s directing. Having made his name over a decade ago with breakout videos for Blue Scholars and Macklemore, picked up a Stranger Genius Award, and built a resume with short films, he’s returned to familiar geographies for his feature film debut. In collaboration with cinematographer Nicholas Wiesnet, he brings the rich textures of the city to the screen in a poetic narrative about the wayward path of an oversized suitcase on its way from the Central District to East Africa.
SIFF 2022: Wildhood
The overriding objective of Brettan Hannam’s film of self-discovery is conveying the multifaceted diversity of the Mi’kma’ki people and territory in Nova Scotia. While the plot armature to support that ambition is veers between melodramatic and creaky, it does succeed in presenting a rich array of compelling images and communicating heartfelt feelings.
SIFF 2022: I Am D.B. Cooper and The Pez Outlaw
D.B. Cooper could be almost anyone so he could just as easily be an old man with a limp and a Goofy sweatshirt out on bail for an assault charge named Rodney.
SIFF 2022: Talking About the Weather
In her feature film debut, Annika Pinske brings an insightful slice-of-life to the screen. Concerned with the intersecting identities of German woman, her nuanced portrait centers on a Clara, a philosophy PhD candidate in Berlin who’s creating a “second act” for herself on the precipice of turning forty.
SIFF 2022: Everybody Hates Johan, Wild Men
A dark comedy with plenty of moments to chuckle at, Everybody Hates Johan follows the life of a man, Johan Grande, born in the small town of Titran Norway. This small town had the misfortune of being close to the frontlines of World War II, but lucky for Titran the Grandes had a knack for blowing up bridges… but they also had a knack for rubbing every other townsperson the wrong way.
SIFF 2022: So Damn Easy Going
Some things that we learn from Christoffer Sandler’s sweet-hearted coming-of-age story: there’s apparently no Swedish word for the concept of “easy going” and there are people in Sweden who fall through the social safety net and can’t get their prescriptions filled at the pharmacy. So much for the Scandinavian image of social democracy utopia.