Two documentaries about the performing arts: prodigious pianists and a spectacular failure of capitalism.
Category: Reviews
Fast X: Infinity War?
Fast X is the tenth F&F movie and it’s reported to be the penultimate in the franchise. Number eleven will be the final chapter. Or maybe not. How many farewell tours has KISS embarked on? Either way, Fast X is the first half of what will likely be a film epic. In 2025, we’ll see things blow up in ways people in 2023 never dreamed of. Consider it: Fast and the Furious: Infinity War.
SIFF 2023: Circus of the Scars Revisits Jim Rose’s crazed Circus Sideshow
For a few years in the ‘90s, The Seattle-born Jim Rose Circus Sideshow was everywhere. How this band of sideshow misfits scraped, lifted, regurgitated, and self-mutilated their way to international notoriety (for awhile, at least) is told with a veteran carnival barker’s rumpled, robust zing in Chickory Wees’ great documentary.
SIFF 2023: Adoptees find their places in Egghead & Twinkie and The Quiet Migration
Two stories of adoptees finding their places, screening as part of the Seattle International Film Festival.
SIFF 2023: The Last Exit, Douglas Sirk, and Satan Wants You
Reviews of three films playing at the Seattle International Film Festival; all will stream on SIFF.tv next week.
SIFF 2023: teen angst with ANU and I Like Movies
Short reviews of SIFF films, both about kids having a tough time.
SIFF 2023: Meaningful vacations in The Eight Mountains and Chile ’76
Reviews from the Seattle International Film Festival.
SIFF 2023: Recommendations for Opening Weekend
It’s here! SIFF opens its 49th annual festival on Thursday night with Celine Song’s exceptional debut feature Past Lives. Here at the SunBreak, we’re excited to dive back into the city’s biggest festival for film fans. To help you navigate the deluge, we each identified a few recommendations for films screening over this coming days.
A poignant portrait of real life versus art in The Worst Ones
In an attempt at authenticity in his new film, the director, Gabriel (Johan Heldenbergh), seeks out youth from a housing project in a rural suburb in France. One young boy, Ryan (Timéo Mahaut), is the focus of the film and while he creates the mystique and gritty character they’re looking for, he’s already neglected by an unstable mother, having trouble in school and barely hanging on by the merciful love of his older sister.
SIFF 2023: SunBreak Index
An annotated list of all of the SunBreak’s coverage of the 49th Seattle International Film Festival, which runs from May 11-21 in person and May 22-28 online.