Dispatches from Sundance: a short story makes it to the big screen
Sundance 2023 Notebook: Magazine Dreams
Dispatches from Sundance: a herculean performance from one of our great actors.
Sundance Film Festival is Back in Person and Online
Despite the best laid plans to leverage last year’s fully virtual experience and start 2022 with a hybrid in-person and online festival, this winter’s steep Omicron surge found the Sundance Film Festival again pivoting to a mostly virtual format. Once again, film lovers, journalists, and critics will be experience the annual kick-off of independent film festival season mostly from their couches.
Seattle Film Critics Society announces 2022 Award Winners
Announced over nearly two hours of an enthusiastic social media rollout, the Seattle Film Critics Society announced the winners of their annual …
Seattle Film Critics Society announces 2022 Award Nominees
In a two-hour long virtual broadcast/tweetstorm, the Seattle Film Critics Society unveiled their (our) nominations for the best in 2022 film across …
A Man Called Otto: The Life and Times of the World’s Grumpiest Man
I think everyone knows someone who could be called a “creature of habit,” someone who finds comfort in a daily routine, eating the same meals, doing the same chores, like clockwork. But I don’t think many people know someone like Area Man Otto Anderson.
Tony’s Favorite Films of 2022
As per usual with years past, all my SunBreak co-conspirators saw a lot more new movies than I did this year, but …
Chris’s Favorite Films of 2022
Looking back at the movies that were released since January 1, I can’t say that I saw every movie that was on my to-watch list (and I’m still trying to get in as many as I can before midnight on 12/31) but I think there were some definite highlights. These are ten films that I loved for one reason or another. The forceful showing of speaking truth to power in Argentina, 1985, All the Beauty and the Bloodshed, and Holy Spider. The action sequences in The Batman and Everything Everywhere All at Once. The exploding farts of Jackass Forever. Of all of the years in movie history, 2022 was definitely one of them.
Morgen’s Favorite Films of 2022
As I look back on a lot of the films I’ve had the privilege to watch, I realize this year was one for working out all the pent up issues we’ve been feeling over the past few years. Whether that’s staring it in the face, laughing at it, or just making something really weird to get all the ick out… there’ve been a huge number of tender-hearted and emotionally raw films and it’s made my job pretty hard. Going through a lot of emotional crap (and I do mean crap) myself, it’s difficult to experience catharsis from so many viewpoints and not come out not feeling depleted… empty of tears, energy and emotion. Rough stuff. I cherish funny and lighthearted films now much more than before, but there are so few of them being released. It’s a time to air out our deep downs and it’ll just be tough for a while… but it’s better than keeping it inside.