Every year, the fall film awards campaign springs to life in a trio of Labor Day festivals: Venice, Toronto, and Telluride. While …
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On Screen: The Souvenir, Blinded by the Light, Sound and Vision, Ready or Not, Buñuel
Sure, you could see Gerard Butler once again getting mixed up in an assassination attempt full of deceit and explosions, but know …
On Screen: Hedwig at Twenty, Sound & Vision, Serial Mom, The Crazies, Ray & Liz
This week’s mainstream new releases include previously-reviewed Blinded By the Light (a heart-on-it-sleeve biopic about the life-changing powers of Bruce Springsteen), Where’d …
Orcas Island Film Festival Reveals Thrilling Peek at 2019 Lineup
As much fun as it can be to spend nearly a month navigating a sprawling film festival marathon with SIFF, there’s also …
On Screen: Echo in the Canyon, A Faithful Man, Cinerama’s Summer Trip
This week’s major releases include Dora the Explorer making the leap to live action with Dora and the City of Gold and …
Quentin Tarantino spins a yarn in Once Upon a Time…In Hollywood
Quentin Tarantino’s much anticipated Once Upon a Time … In Hollywood premiered at Cannes this spring and began wide release last weekend. …
Sword of Trust finds humor in historical conspiracy
In Lynn Shelton’s Sword of Trust, two women (Jillian Bell and Michaela Watkins) arrive at a recently-deceased grandfather’s house in Alabama, expecting …
Have a Cool Summer: Spider-Man & Midsommar
As we try to get into the habit of more regular, if belated, year-round film writing, two of last week’s biggest releases …
The Best Films of 2019 (So Far)
We’re halfway through the year. If the film release calendar was evenly distributed and not skewed to awards campaigns, we’d have seen …
SIFF 2019: Short Reviews (They Come Back)
The Seattle International Film Festival officially wrapped earlier this month, but we’re revisiting some of our festival highlights for posterity with short …