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Category: Festivals
Movie Festivals around the world
SIFF 2021: Riders of Justice, Ladies of Steel, The Spy
Three feature films out of Scandanavia, each dealing with death, peril, and crime in very different ways.
SIFF 2021: East of the Mountains destroyed me
The opening scene of East of the Mountains is not something I will ever be able to forget. Ben Givens, a retired heart surgeon and widower of a year, is in his Seattle home, holding a rifle (a family heirloom, we learn later), determined to end his life.
SIFF 2021: What to expect in the week ahead!
We’ve had a whole weekend to sup up all the delicious morsels that SIFF has laid out for us, how’ve you fared …
SIFF 2021: Mogul Mowgli
Riz Ahmed’s newest is semi-autobiographical, but it’s also imaginative, sometimes fantastical, and distinctly cinematic.
SIFF 2021: It’s baaaaacccckkkk!
Y’all ready for this? I can hardly believe it, but it’s finally here. After missing all of 2020, the Seattle International Film …
The SunBreak at SIFF 2021
A handy index of all of this year’s SIFF coverage.
Roundtable: It’s Happening Again — SIFF is Virtually Back for 2021
After being one of the first festivals of 2020 to go into hibernation when confronted with the uncertainty of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Seattle International Film Festival is returning in (mostly) virtual format for 2021. Running from April 8-18 (early and abbreviated for SIFF, but still a long festival by most standards), most films will be available to at-home festival goers through their screen of choice. We chatted about our first reactions to the virtual festival, suggested strategies for approaching the program, and make some quick picks.
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: The Fallout
Megan Park’s coming-of-age film starts like a typical high school day that takes a dark turn that’s also increasingly tragically common. The result ing story of the aftermath of a school shooting is a nuanced and emotionally riveting piece of storytelling that won audience and jury awards at this year’s SXSW film festival.