We’ve had a whole weekend to sup up all the delicious morsels that SIFF has laid out for us, how’ve you fared …
Author: Morgen Schuler
SXSW 2021: The Hunt for Planet B
If you have plans for Halloween cancel them… or at least make sure to leave time to watch the launch of the James Webb telescope. If that sentence doesn’t excite or even interest you, it will after you watch The Hunt for Planet B.
SXSW 2021: Ninjababy and Our Father
Each of these films focuses on the relationships we have with our parents: one from the perspective of the parents and the …
SXSW 2021: Executive Order, a harsh truth that’s not far off from reality
This was my most anticipated film of SXSW. Not only does it star a brilliant Brazilian musician, but the narrative has potential to ignite serious discussion (heated and otherwise) regarding the slippery slope of race-based political agendas.
SXSW 2021: Ma Belle, My Beauty and See You Then
I was delighted to see more than one quality full-length film not only include LGBTQ, but also women of color prominently featured. …
SXSW 2021: Select Short Films
I think I’m the only staffer at The Sunbreak that relishes the quick thrill of short films whether animated, dramatic, documentary, or horror. I had a limited time to spread that relish this time around so I chose to focus in on the animated shorts. Below are some of my favorites.
Reflection as Settle Jewish Film Fest comes to a close
Tonight, Seattle’s Jewish Film Festival begins tonight with a total of nineteen feature films from throughout the world through March 18. It’s the twenty-sixth festival, and it’ll be entirely virtual.
Sublet shares a moment of beauty and bonding in a ravaged but splendid city
Michael, a successful travel writer, who is surprisingly uptight considering his vocation, has flown to Tel Aviv for five days to experience the city as a local (or at least attempt to).
Keep An Eye Out walks the line of charm and lunacy like a drunken frat boy during a sobriety test
Set in a French police station, Louis Fugain (Grégoire Ludig) has just found a body and, under suspicion, has been brought in for questioning by Commissaire (Chief) Buron (Benoît Poelvoorde). A majority of the film is set in the one room, with Buron interrogating Fugain on his whereabouts the night he found a man lying in a pool of blood just outside his apartment building. At times you’re left wondering if he was at the wrong place at the wrong time or if he’s truly an evil mastermind attempting to outwit a seasoned cop …
Brazil’s My Darling Supermarket explores the mundane in search of truth
Even before the pandemic hit the world like a freight train, front-line workers in supermarkets, gas stations, and fast food restaurants were under-appreciated and grossly underpaid. That doesn’t mean that they were undereducated or mindless automatons simply doing their job ad nauseam just to get a paycheck. Meaningful questions, desires and aspirations dwell within all temples of commerce and the Supermercado Veran in Sao Paolo, Brazil is no exception, which is where this story takes place.