Ron Howard dives into the dark scheming heart of humanity in recounting a true story of self-promotional Galapagos settlers in the 1930s.
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SIFF Interview: Director Megan Griffiths reflects on Year of the Fox and the Seattle film scene
In 2023 Megan Griffiths debuted Year of the Fox at SIFF and Morgen had the delightful opportunity to interview our local director darling about this new venture collaborating with writer Eliza Flug (whose life the story is based on). You can now see this dark and thought-provoking drama at SIFF Film Center through 7/13.
Eva Victor’s Sundance standout Sorry, Baby returns to Seattle
Everyone was right: Eva Victor’s wondrously delicate and wry Sorry Baby is definitely the film of Sundance (and later, SIFF). As producers, Barry Jenkins and Adele Romanski basically never miss. It’s now back in Seattle.
The Life of Chuck reaches for multitudes
Told in three acts in reverse, Mike Flanagan has made a lovely little Stephen King adaptation about how Tom Hiddleston came to be an exceptional dancer who contains multitudes.
SIFF 2025: SunBreak Index
An ongoing annotated list of all of the SunBreak’s coverage of the 51th Seattle International Film Festival, which runs from May 15-25 in person and May 26-June 1 online.
SIFF 2025 Notebook: Meeting With Pol Pot and The New Year That Never Came spotlight the history of Communism
This year at SIFF I was struck by two films seemingly about the same thing (dictatorships disguised as Communism), but from completely different perspectives (and in different countries). While the story, the people and the outcomes varied, the toll on the peoples of both countries were felt just as palpably. I didn’t expect to be so intrigued and taken in by these stories but here we are. Below I give you the low down on each and why I think, if you can manage it, you should seek them out at a SIFF venue if they run them again outside of the festival.
SIFF 2025 Notebook: Color Book, New Jack Fury, Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass, Scarecrow in a Garden of Cucumbers
One SIFFter’s coverage of most of his SIFF 2025 views.
SIFF 2025 Roundtable: Festival Exit Survey, Golden SunBreak Awards
The in-person portion of SIFF’s 51st Seattle International Film Festival ended on Sunday with the Golden Space Needle Awards and a full day of theatrical screenings. Never fear, this year’s “Escape to the Reel World” continues through June 1st online with a substantial portion of the program available for streaming (included for most pass types, or $20 individual films).
SIFF 2025 Notebook: Boy Troubles (Rebuilding, The Things You Kill, Good Boy)
My closing weekend at SIFF inadvertently turned into a trio of films loosely themed about men figuring their stuff out, often alone, in desolate spaces.
SIFF 2025 Notebook: Documentary Competition, part 1
SIFF is wrapping up this weekend and there are only a few more days before it’s all done. Eight films are in the Documentary Competition and I’ve seen them all.