SIFF ’19: ‘YESTERDAY’ Part Sunny Beatles Musical, Part Terrible Rom-Com
A movie review of 'Yesterday' directed by Danny Boyle and starring Himesh Patel as part of our coverage of the 2019 Seattle International Film Festival.
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SIFF ’19: Zom-Com ’THE DEAD DON’T DIE’ Is Stiff Attempt at Satire
A movie review of Jim Jarmusch's 'The Dead Don't Die' starring Adam Driver and Bill Murray as part of our 2019 Seattle International Film Festival coverage.
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SIFF ’19: ‘WILD ROSE’ A Fierce And Ill-Mannered Country Music Come-Up
A review of 'Wild Rose' directed by Tom Harper and starring Jessie Buckley as part of our 2019 Seattle International Film Festival coverage.
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SIFF ’19: ‘THE NIGHTINGALE’ Warbles A Brutal Tale of Colonial Oppression
A film review of 'The Nightingale' written and directed by Jennifer Kent and starring Aisling Franciosi and Baykali Ganambarr as part of our 2019 Seattle International Film Festival coverage.
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SIFF ’19: Deadpan ‘THE ART OF SELF-DEFENSE’ Brilliantly Sharpens Riley Stearn’s Dark Wit
A movie review of 'The Art of Self-Defense' written and directed by Riley Stearns and starring Jesse Eisenberg as part of our 2019 Seattle International Film Festival coverage.
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SIFF ’19: ‘LATE NIGHT’ Millennial-splains Entertainment to Baby Boomers
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.
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SIFF ’19: Confident ‘BRITTANY RUNS A MARATHON’ Is a Big Fat Crowdpleaser
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.
REVIEW
Lynn Shelton’s ‘SWORD OF TRUST’ To Open 45th Seattle International Film Festival
Founded in 1976, SIFF creates experiences that bring people together to discover extraordinary films from around the world with the Seattle International Film Festival, SIFF Cinema, and SIFF Education. Recognized…
INTERVIEW
Talking (in French) with Michel Hazanavicius & Berenice Bejo of THE ARTIST
The Artist was an unprecedented film. Movies don’t come in black and white anymore. And no one would think to make a silent black-and-white film in 2010. When you chat with the brains behind the film, it makes sense. These are incredibly French, reserved folk who speak in hushed tones. I’ve spent a lot of time in...
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40 Film Reviews for SIFForty
Some said it couldn’t be done but goddamnit, I did it. 40 films single-handedly seen by this one naive film critic. I’ve all but overdosed on cinema. I’m obese on art films. I’m constipated by having seen films from the US, the UK, Spain, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Norway, Australia, Hong Kong, Chile, South Korea, Canada, France,...