Andy Bookwalter – Jess and Todd were right, as usual. For years, my sister and brother-in-law (fellow NadaMucho.com contributor Todd Terry) have been praising this festival/anti-festival located in the wildlands of Carnation, Washington, despite the fact that we’re all too old and crotchety for such shenanigans.
Matt Ashworth – There is no subtlety in Civil War, the latest from English writer/director Alex Garland (Men, Annihilation, Ex-Machina). The film dives headlong into America’s charged political landscape, making it a potent conversation starter that has quickly become A24’s second highest grossing film of all time (after 2024’s Everything Everywhere All At Once).
Tim Basaraba – I love a good dad joke. They make me chuckle. And who doesn’t like a good chuckle? Peter Luisi’s SIFF submission, Bonjour Switzerland, feels like a feature-length dad joke. The only problem is what gets lost in the sauce of translation.
Tim Basaraba – The ambitious goal for my fifth day at the Seattle International Film Festival was to catch four films. Spoiler alert: I failed.
Tim Basaraba – On Sunday, May 12, the fourth day of the 2024 Seattle International Film Festival, I found my stride and adhered to my carefully planned schedule. I aimed to watch three narrative feature films at three different locations—and I was determined not to let anything derail me. (Spoiler Alert: Something did.)
