April 15 puts us right in the middle of National Poetry Month. That makes it as good of a time as any …
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The Occupant is a Spanish thriller with a few thrills
The Occupant (Hogar) (2020 | Spain | 103 minutes | Alex and David Pastor) Javier Muñoz is a broken man. He was …
MOVIE NEWS: May the Fourth be With You…
Washington’s Stay-at-Home order was extended through May 4, which might be the earliest theaters can reopen. Or maybe not. The movie theater …
Paranoiacs find real enemies in The Decline
The Decline (Jusqu’au déclin) (2020 | Canada | 83 minutes | Patrice Laliberté) In The Decline, a new thriller that happens to …
TSB interview: NW Film Forum’s Executive Director Vivian Hua talks about moving forward in the time of COVID-19
It’s not surprising that movie theaters have been struggling to stay afloat since the start of the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak. Any business …
FILM NEWS: the quarantine continues…
The COVID-19 quarantines are continuing with maybe some hope for things receding in mid-April. There’s not a ton going on right now, …
Vitalina Varela is a gorgeous work of filmmaking that rewards your patience
Vitalina Varela (2019 | Portugal | 124 minutes | Pedro Costa) Portuguese director Pedro Costa’s newest movie, Vitalina Varela (starring non-professional actor, …
This one time at Camp Jened…
Crip Camp (2020 | USA | 108 minutes | James Lebrecht, Nicole Newnham) If “The West Wing” was an alternate version of …
Knives come out for Phryne Fisher in Crypt of Tears
Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears (2020 | Australia | 101 minutes | Tony Tilse) In an alternative timeline, Miss Fisher …
FILM NEWS: Movies in the time of Coronavirus
SIFF 2020 IS NO MAS: This is a big one, albeit not surprising but no less heartbreaking, and Josh posted about it …