Using Priscilla Presley’s autobiography Elvis and Me (co-written with Sandra Harmon) as structure, Sofia Coppola presents her life as a series of baubles strung across a gossamer thread that spans the vast lonely gulf between a soda counter on an Army base in Germany in 1959 and a Las Vegas hotel in 1973.
Author: Josh
Roundtable: Killers of the Flower Moon
In his review of Killers of the Flower Moon, Chris called Martin Scorsese’s three and a half hour historical film a masterpiece and one of the best movies of 2023. Josh saw it over the weekend and immediately wanted to talk about it, so we fired up a SunBreak Roundtable to hash out some thoughts and feelings about this epic movie. Spoilers, such as they are for a century’s old well-reported true story, follow.
Orcas Island Film Festival pulls out all the stops (again)
Every autumn, locals and visitors alike flock to the quaint town of Eastsound on Orcas Island to celebrate much of the year’s …
Chloe Domont’s Sundance smash Fair Play hits Netflix
Dispatches from Sundance: a mixed bag of a modern erotic psychodrama, a revisitation of recent political events, and a herculean performance from one of our great actors.
Local Sightings kicks off 26th annual festival tonight at Northwest Film Forum
Starting tonight, the 26th Local Sightings film festival beings its ten-day run at Northwest Film Forum (and online). The annual film festival …
TIFF 2023: short dispatches from Aggro Df1ft, Dicks: the Musical!, and Poolman
Catching up with the rest of the week at the Toronto International Film Festival.
TIFF 2023: The Holdovers
Catching up with the rest of the week at the Toronto International Film Festival.
TIFF 2023: short dispatches on Hit Man, The Holdovers, and Next Goal Wins
Catching up with the rest of the week at the Toronto International Film Festival.
TIFF 2023: Origin
Ava DuVernay takes on A Whole Lot in attempting to transmute Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Isabel Wilkerson’s provocative nonfiction book Caste: the Origins of Our Discontents to the screen.
TIFF 2023: short dispatches from the Pigeon Tunnel, Origin, The Burial, and Pain Hustlers
Catching up with the rest of the week at the Toronto International Film Festival.