A long time ago, on a streaming service too not far away from your couch, Disney+ brought live-action episodic Star Wars content onto your television. The Mandalorian was initially a simple Space Western about a bounty hunter named Din Djarin roaming the galaxy taking prisoners for cash in the topsy-turvy aftermath of reconstruction that occurred after the Rebels blew up the Death Star (the second one), killed the Evil Emperor (the first time), and everyone waking up with a Yub Nub dance hangover to piece together a New Republic. Now, after several seasons of increasingly complicated lore involving cults, factions, conspiracies, and space swords, the pair have made the leap from streaming to the big screen, but unfortunately it’s hard to call the result a movie.
Author: Josh
SIFF 2026 Roundtable: Festival Exit Survey, Golden SunBreak Awards
The 52nd Seattle International Film Festival ended on Sunday with the Golden Space Needle Awards and a full day of theatrical screenings. Before this year’s SIFF Effect fades into the ether draws to a close, the SunBreak team gathered our thoughts on this year’s festival.
SIFF 2026 Northwest Connections Notebook: Radioheart: The Drive and Times of DJ Kevin Cole
The 52nd Seattle International Film Festival kicks off this week! Running in person from May 7-17 the festival features 203 films playing in-person: with most in SIFF’s Lower Queen Anne Headquarters and at the SIFF Downtown.
SIFF 2026 Northwest Connections Notebook: Phoenix Jones: The Rise and Fall of a Real Life Superhero
The 52nd Seattle International Film Festival kicks off this week! Running in person from May 7-17 the festival features 203 films playing in-person: with most in SIFF’s Lower Queen Anne Headquarters and at the SIFF Downtown.
SIFF 2026 Northwest Connections Notebook: Powwow People
The 52nd Seattle International Film Festival kicks off this week! Running in person from May 7-17 the festival features 203 films playing in-person: with most in SIFF’s Lower Queen Anne Headquarters and at the SIFF Downtown.
SIFF 2026 Northwest Connections Notebook: The Life We Leave
The 52nd Seattle International Film Festival kicks off this week! Running in person from May 7-17 the festival features 203 films playing in-person: with most in SIFF’s Lower Queen Anne Headquarters and at the SIFF Downtown.
SIFF 2026 Northwest Connections Notebook: Again, Again
The 52nd Seattle International Film Festival kicks off this week! Running in person from May 7-17 the festival features 203 films playing in-person: with most in SIFF’s Lower Queen Anne Headquarters and at the SIFF Downtown.
SIFF 2026 Northwest Connections Notebook: Assets & Liabilities
I guess this is growing up? Set in Tacoma, Zach Weintraub’s tightly scripted feature finds his fictional counterpart “Zach” settling into the realities of adulthood: making uncomfortable calls to his property management company to weasel his way into having his starter house sold out from under his renters, spending days jockeying his tech job from home, taking care of his young daughter, noticing gray hairs and fine lines around his eyes. It happens to the best of us, gradually and then all at once.
For better and worse Billie Eilish’s new concert film with James Cameron brings fans into the arena tour
What a time it is to be a pop star. When the arena tours have done a year of sales, you can share the experience with fans who couldn’t score a ticket via the magic of the multiplex. Taylor did it with Eras, Beyonce did it with Renaissance, immortalizing their mega-shows and collecting some extra cash. Between concert films and jukebox biopics, movies that feature familiar music have become one of the surer things in a shaky industry. Now, curiously enough, it’s Billie Eilish’s turn and she’s doing so by sharing co-directing credit with none other than James Cameron and in 3D, no less. The experiment and its result is mildly perplexing.
With stunning performances, Mother Mary conjures visions of a pop star in crisis
David Lowery’s latest, Mother Mary, shares with his filmography an openness to the surreal as well as the ability to give main character energy to bolts of fabric. Bolstered by two entrancing performances from Anne Hathaway and Michaela Coel, it joins his others as deeply fascinating and surprisingly revelatory examinations of humanity.









