SIFF 2017: Closing Roundtable
Tony: Well, after three weeks of rampant, citywide cinephilia, the marathon that is SIFF 2017 has finished. Josh: Not quite! We still …
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SIFF 2023: Shout at the devil with Even Hell Has Its Heroes and Satan Wants You
Short reviews of two documentaries: Even Hell Has Its Heroes, about the NW rock band Earth, and Satan Wants You about the Canadian roots of the Satanic panic.
SIFF DocFest 2022: Chop & Steele
Joe and Nick are also pranksters and their pranks are often hilarious. They created characters who have been successful in duping local TV news programs. Programmers desperate for time to fill on the air, but no time for a quick Google search, have been a ripe target for them. Hilarity ensues when TV anchors try to maintain professionalism when talking to a yoyo master who doesn’t know any yoyo tricks or chefs that don’t actually know how to cook. But it was the characters of “Chop and Steele” that landed them in some trouble
SIFF 2022: Midnighters Roundup
Although its “WTF” category was nearly as expansive as ever, this year’s truncated SIFF only featured three actual “playing-at-midnight” midnighters. Jenn takes a look at what worked and what didn’t.
SIFF DocFest 2021: Storm Lake
Most people haven’t heard of the Storm Lake Times newspaper for the same reason they likely haven’t heard of the Nome (Alaska) Nugget or, say, the Daily World from my hometown of Aberdeen, WA. But the Storm Lakes Times fills an important role in informing the citizens of Buena Vista County, Iowa. Despite having a circulation not much over 3,000 for a bi-weekly, small-community newspaper, it won a Pulitzer Prize in 2017 for editorial writing and exposing corruption in the agriculture industry.
SIFF DocFest 2021: The Neutral Ground, North By Current
Two documentaries where the filmmaker’s identity comes into play in the telling of a larger story, streaming now at SIFF DocFest.
SIFF DocFest 2021: In Balanchine’s Classroom, Try Harder!
Two documentaries about different types of classroom experiences, now streaming at SIFF DocFest.
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 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: 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.