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After a very long awards season, the 94th Academy Awards will finally be presented this Sunday on ABC. Josh, Chase, and Jenn huddled together (virtually) to talk through the nominees, read the tea leaves, and make some guesses about who’s going to (and who should) win Oscars.
If you’re not already caught up on “awards fare”, the first couple months of the new year can be a prestige buffet. But it can also feel like a dumping ground before the “real” spring season of “actually good” movies picks up. Although it can be a wasteland, surely there are some gems to be found? So as we bid farewell to Dumpuary … a SunBreak Survey: what’s the best thing you saw in the last month?
Jenn and Chase are back to report on the strange goings-on of the North Bend Film Festival.
Josh, Morgen, and Chase highlight a few of our favorite movies from 2021.
After a year of virtual film festivals, shuttered theaters, and Covid-delays, it’s finally time for Hollywood to crown the best movies of 2020(ish) via handing out Academy Awards at the 93rd Oscars. On Sunday at 5 pm, Steven Soderbergh will produce a real live actual in-person awards ceremony in Los Angeles (and maybe a few satellite locations for those unable to cross the pond and quarantine). Below, we prognosticate on who will win the major awards and opine on who would get our votes if we were magically granted membership in the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences.
We’ve had a very busy eleven days covering this year’s first-ever virtual Seattle International Film Festival with roundtables and reviews of the bounty of cinema brought to our homes by technology and the tireless programmers and organizers. On Sunday night SIFF handed out awards and closed the festival with Catalan dramedy Rosa’s Wedding. Since then, the SunBreak’s SIFF Squad virtually assembled to chat about our experience with this year’s event and to rehash some of our festival favorites.
A handy index of all of this year’s SIFF coverage.
After being one of the first festivals of 2020 to go into hibernation when confronted with the uncertainty of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Seattle International Film Festival is returning in (mostly) virtual format for 2021. Running from April 8-18 (early and abbreviated for SIFF, but still a long festival by most standards), most films will be available to at-home festival goers through their screen of choice. We chatted about our first reactions to the virtual festival, suggested strategies for approaching the program, and make some quick picks.
Jenn and Morgen discuss the ins and outs of the inaugural Reel Love Fest.
Last week, Josh and Jenn made the virtual trip to Park City for the Sundance Film Festival’s attempt at going virtual. Back at sea-level, we chatted about our very online experiences and festival highlights.
