Chris and Morgen revisit a few more films from this year’s Seattle Jewish Film Festival that deserved a little discussion.
Category: Festivals
Movie Festivals around the world
SXSW 2021: Alien on Stage
When a group of Dorset bus drivers made the very unconventional decision to abandon their holiday season pantomime in favor of a homegrown theatrical adaptation of Alien, Ridley Scott’s revered science fiction horror film, the response from local audiences was predictably muted. Luckily, the show found a life beyond their town and has been committed to film in this delightful documentary.
SXSW 2021: Not Going Quietly
When he received a surprise ALS diagnosis in in his early thirties, advocacy lawyer Ady Barkan pledged to spend the limited time he had left to live with his young family in Santa Barbara. A weekend in DC lobbying to save the Affordable Care Act, a chance meeting with a young activist in the airport, and a viral conversation with Arizona senator Jeff Flake aboard a cross-country flight changed all of that.
SXSW 2021: Potato Dreams of America
The Seattle film community got to show up “in Austin” in a big way for this year’s virtual SXSW, in the form of Wes Hurley’s autobiographical comedic feature.
SXSW 2021: Disintegration Loops
David Wexler’s music doc about William Basinski is either too short or too long to find its voice, but it subject matter is interesting nonetheless.
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.
SXSW 2021: Swan Song
Swan Song (2021 | USA | 105 minutes | Todd Stephens) The third film in writer-director Todd Stephens’ self-titled “Ohio Trilogy,” Swan …
SXSW 2021: Demi Lovato: Dancing with the Devil
Demi Lovato: Dancing with the Devil (2021 | USA | 98 minutes | Michael D. Ratner) In 2018 Demi Lovato, who had …
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).
Mazel Tov! The Seattle Jewish Film Festival kicks off tonight
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.