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Telluride Film Festival kicked off the 50th edition of “The SHOW” on Thursday afternoon, complete with a luchador erupting from a giant cake on the town’s main thoroughfare and a host of world premiere screenings sprawling out over an extra day. Quick takes below, with updates throughout the festival.
The most mysterious of the big fall film festivals, Telluride keeps its lineup a secret until festivalgoers are already en route to the high-altitude of the San Juan mountain town. Sure enough, just as I was boarding my flight for Colorado they provided me ample reading material to prep for the extended Labor Day weekend of moviegoing.
Depression can be a black hole of emotions; a never-ending pit that is nearly impossible to claw your way out and Midday Black Midnight Blue is fully encompassed by that black hole from beginning to end. Ian, a man well into mid-life, is haunted by the joy and pain of an old flame.
SIFF was back in-person with paper ballots and back to their traditional May stomping grounds. Might the 10-day festival be the new …
Dreamin’ Wild (2022 | USA | 110 min. | Bill Pohlad) Like Bill Pohlad’s Brian Wilson biopic, Love & Mercy, his retelling of what happened when …
Two of Morgen’s favorite films from SIFF 2023 happened to be the midnight features on the first and last Friday of the fest. Find out why a wacky time-traveling joint and Taiwanese puppetry made it to the top of her list.
Two documentaries about the performing arts: prodigious pianists and a spectacular failure of capitalism.
Two stories of adoptees finding their places, screening as part of the Seattle International Film Festival.
Reviews of three films playing at the Seattle International Film Festival; all will stream on SIFF.tv next week.
Picks for the second half of the Seattle International Film Festival, plus a rundown of the guests who will be in town to support their films.
