After Carlos and Mesrine, it seems European directors can’t get enough of those those bloody ’70s, that bell-bottomed era of…
Director Michael Winterbottom had so much fun making the 2005 Tristram Shandy with comic stars Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon…
A wooden herd.
Visiting town during the first week of SIFF with Beginners, which opens today at the Harvard Exit, writer/director Mike Mills…
When will the Spanish Civil War end? World War II, we’ll grant you a few more years and movies. But…
Not to be confused with the Jesse Eisenberg-as-Hasidic-Jewish-drug-dealer Holy Rollers from SIFF last year (though both involve conflicts of faith),…
“I really dislike music,” says a cop ironically named Amadeus, and this ingenious Swedish comedy soon makes it clear why….
Sweaty walls.
Self-consciously striving to avoid every Bollywood trope and trace of Satyajit Ray, this Indian slum fantasia owes more to American…
How to make the accessible enjoyable for your guests.
Eight people venture into the remote woods of northern New Hampshire. Care to guess how many get out alive? This…
Proceeding by dream logic across the Spanish countryside on an old pilgrimage route, Finisterrae features two ghosts–figures wearing white bed…
In the age of Inside Job and The Big Short, you’d hardly expect to see a sympathetic portrayal of unfettered…
Romeo and Juliet in contemporary Athens? Not exactly. Director Christos Nikoleris adds street racing, MTV cutting, Greek hip-hop, and elements…
There are film geeks and there are film geeks. The latter will be more appreciative of this insiders’ history of…
If you haven’t heard of Canadian artist Emily Carr (1871-1945), this documentary is a dull but informative account of a…
SIFFKraut cops chase punk vampires!It’s time to start catching up in our notes for films playing at SIFF this Memorial…
Sewer signage.
A Seattle filmmaker explores her heritage.
Since 1976, the Seattle International Film Festival has imposed its own particular burdens on the ambitious Seattle filmgoer. Having crept…