Peter Cameron – Sometimes a title says it all. Wedding Crashers, A Bridge Over the River Kwai, The Godfather, you get the drift. Then there are titles that bury the lead: Chinatown, The Third Man. Thomas Arslan’s Scorched Earth, on the other hand, is like the film: subtle.
We Have Never Been Modern (2024) Directed by Matěj ChlupáčekStarring Eliska Krenková, Miloslav König, Richard Langdon, Martha Issová and Milan Ondrik As viewed at the 50th Annual Seattle International Film Festival…
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.)
Peter Cameron – Saturday was hot. Folks from Nevada would laugh, but 73 in Seattle, for us locals, is verging on uncomfortable. What better way to escape this discomfort than to slip inside a shady cinema and watch a film?
Seattle International Film Festival May 9-19, 2024 in Seattle Day 2 Recap (Friday, May 10) The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry—especially when the POTUS lands in…
Tim Basaraba’s capsule review of Thelma, the film shown at the Seattle International Film Festival’s 2024 opening night gala.
Peter Cameron – Can a bridge be built across the chasm between a criminal and their victim? Does justice restore the wreckage a crime creates? These and other questions permeate Jeanne Herry’s stirring chamber piece, All Your Faces.
Tim Basaraba – Fifty years is a significant milestone, and this Thursday, May 9, the Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) celebrates its 50th anniversary. In September, I too will turn 50, placing both SIFF and myself in the prime of our runtime.
Peter Cameron – I was rocket-ship-excited to attend the SIFF press launch for their 50th anniversary. With 261 films from all over the world, what’s not to be excited about? As I entered the beautiful Egyptian Theatre on Capitol Hill, my excitement grew. Then the programmers started to talk.