Monday at Telluride has — at least in the past two years — been the sleepiest of the long weekend’s cinematic sprint. …
Category: Reviews
Telluride Journal: Motherless Brooklyn, A Hidden Life, Pain & Glory, The Climb
By the third day of Telluride, you’re well adjusted to the altitude but already feeling the effects of sleep deprivation. I made …
Telluride Journal: Waves, Family Romance LLC, Varda by Agnès, Marriage Story
Saturday is when Telluride gets really real: wake up early, take a brisk walk to the theater, and get a place in …
Telluride Journal: Ford v Ferrari, Judy, Uncut Gems
This is my third consecutive year making the trip to Telluride, Colorado for the Labor Day weekend film festival (“the Show”) at …
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 …
Sword of Trust finds humor in historical conspiracy
In Lynn Shelton’s Sword of Trust, two women (Jillian Bell and Michaela Watkins) arrive at a recently-deceased grandfather’s house in Alabama, expecting …
Have a Cool Summer: Spider-Man & Midsommar
As we try to get into the habit of more regular, if belated, year-round film writing, two of last week’s biggest releases …
The Best Films of 2019 (So Far)
We’re halfway through the year. If the film release calendar was evenly distributed and not skewed to awards campaigns, we’d have seen …
SIFF 2019: Short Reviews (They Come Back)
The Seattle International Film Festival officially wrapped earlier this month, but we’re revisiting some of our festival highlights for posterity with short …
SIFF 2019: Short Reviews (Continental Lovers)
The Seattle International Film Festival officially wrapped earlier this month, but we’re revisiting some of our festival highlights for posterity with short …