One SIFFter’s coverage of most of his SIFF 2025 views.
Author: Tony Kay
SIFF 2025 Notebook: The Glass Web
This rainy city has always felt like a perfect Ground Zero for film noir, and Seattle’s been packing Noir Czar Eddie Muller’s touring Noir City film festival for years.
So it’s no surprise a noir did surface during the Festival. Kudos to SIFF, however, for getting their mitts on a genuine film noir curiosity (in 3D, no less) that also happens to kinda rule.
Final Destination: Bloodlines does the reboot thing right
No one would likely accuse the Final Destination horror franchise of being high art, but all five previous entries in the series deliver their respective thrills consistently.
Death of a Unicorn doesn’t know what the Hell it is, but you won’t be bored
Death of a Unicorn (2025 | USA | 104 minutes | Alex Scharfman) Make no mistake: Like the mythical beast name-dropped in …
Does Wolf Man deliver enough bite for modern audiences?
Wolf Man (2024 | USA | 103 minutes | Leigh Whannell) When director Leigh Whannell was tapped by Universal Pictures a few …
Nosferatu takes Robert Eggers Back to the Gothic Well
Nosferatu (2024 | USA, UK, Hungary | 133m | Robert Eggers) Writer/director Robert Eggers represents a genuine rarity in modern cinema—an idiosyncratic auteur who’s …
Are you not entertained by Gladiator II? It depends
Gladiator II (2024 | USA/United Kingdom | 148 minutes | Ridley Scott) Director Ridley Scott’s Gladiator became a stealth box-office smash back in …
Smile 2 serves up a Popstar Horror Picture Show
Smile 2 (2024 | USA | 127 minutes | Parker Finn) On a superficial level, Smile 2, writer/director Parker Finn’s sequel to …
A Legendary Italian Composer Lends Live Backup to a Horror Classic
Italian horror cinema from the ‘70s and ‘80s has amassed a fervent cult over the last four decades, and one of the …
Maxxxine Serves up Girl Power Marinated in Gore and Grime
Maxxxine (2024 | USA | 104 minutes | Ti West) Maxxxine may be set in a Reagan-era Los Angeles that’s been buffed …