Reviews and coverage from major film festivals including Sundance, SXSW, SIFF, TIFF, and Cannes— the best and the rest of festival cinema.
A movie review of 'Late Night' directed by Nisha Ganatra and starring Emma Thompson and Mindy Kaling as part of our coverage of the 2019 Seattle International Film Festival.
A movie review of 'Blinded by the Light' directed by Gurinder Chadha and starring Viveik Kalra as coverage of the 2019 Seattle International Film Festival.
A movie review of A24's 'The Farewell' directed by Lulu Wang and starring Awkwafina as part of our coverage of the 2019 Seattle International Film Festival.
A review of 'Brittany Runs a Marathon' directed by Paul Downs Colaizzo and starring Jillian Bell as part of our 2019 Seattle International Film Festival coverage.
A capsule review of 'Sword of Trust' directed by Lynn Shelton and starring Marc Maron as coverage of the 2019 Seattle International Film Festival.
A review of Bob Byington's 'Frances Ferguson' starring Kaley Wheless from our 2019 Seattle International Film Festival coverage.
SEATTLE – Wednesday, May 1, 2019— The Seattle International Film Festival, the largest and most highly attended film festival in the United States, announced today the complete lineup of films, guests, and events for the 45th annual 25-day Festival that runs May 16 – June 9, 2019. This year, SIFF will screen 410 films representing...
Recovery is a marathon not a sprint, not that the snarky wheelchair-bound protagonist of Gus Van Sant’s Don’t Worry would be able to stand for either. Telling the true story of celebrated, irreverent Portland cartoonist John Callahan, from his reckless drinking days to his untimely paralysis to his long tenure at AA, Van Sant’s latest...
Nick Offerman plays a hipster record shop owner/has-been musician/doting father to the talented and driven Sam (Kiersey Clemons in a vibrant coming out party of a performance) as the two start an unlikely band in Brett Haley’s lovely indie musical Hearts Beat Loud. The pair share wonderful screen chemistry – Offerman has never been better...
Not even children are spared in this gritty Mexican fantasy-thriller from writer/director Issa López. Both grounded in dark realities and anchored by larger-than-life fantastical elements, Tigers Are Not Afraid shares DNA with Guillermo del Toro’s Spanish-language horrors movies (think Devil’s Backbone), which smuggle pervasive social commentary in with spooky, mythic thrills. A 10-year old girl...