For twenty-two years now, the Local Sightings Film Festival has showcased some of the best films from the Pacific Northwest. This year’s …
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On Screen: Downton Abbey, Ad Astra, Paris is Burning, Get Out, Local Sightings, Thrash Metal, Kiarostami, and the Incredible Melting Man
At opposite ends of the historical spectrum, this week brings two promising multiplex releases: go back to jolly old England to catch …
On Screen: Issaquah Film Festival, Kiarostami Retrospective, Hustlers
As summer winds down, mainstream releases start to get a little more exciting again. The marquee title as far as I’m concerned …
On Screen: Harold and Maude, Rashomon, Honeyland
Sure, there’s a terrifying killer clown invading multiplexes across the country this weekend. If, like me, you can’t even watch the previews …
On Screen: End-of-summer Horrors, Midsommar, the Nightingale, Stephen King
Midsommar Director’s Cut: Ari Aster’s psychedelic horror about a relationship disintegrating on an ill-advised vacation among the brightly-lit rituals of a very …
Out of Town: Telluride Announces SHOW Lineup
Every year, the fall film awards campaign springs to life in a trio of Labor Day festivals: Venice, Toronto, and Telluride. While …
On Screen: The Souvenir, Blinded by the Light, Sound and Vision, Ready or Not, Buñuel
Sure, you could see Gerard Butler once again getting mixed up in an assassination attempt full of deceit and explosions, but know …
On Screen: Hedwig at Twenty, Sound & Vision, Serial Mom, The Crazies, Ray & Liz
This week’s mainstream new releases include previously-reviewed Blinded By the Light (a heart-on-it-sleeve biopic about the life-changing powers of Bruce Springsteen), Where’d …
North Bend Film Fest Brings the Weird and the Eerie to the Eastside
For the second time in as many years, the North Bend Film Fest is coming to, uhh, North Bend. It has an …
Orcas Island Film Festival Reveals Thrilling Peek at 2019 Lineup
As much fun as it can be to spend nearly a month navigating a sprawling film festival marathon with SIFF, there’s also …