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SIFF News: Local Filmmakers Try to Crack Hollywood
Most of us locals merely attend SIFF to watch movies. A few actually get to see their own…
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Paprika: Loopy Anime Reaches Into Your Head
Based on a serialized novel by Yasutaka Tsutsui, this loopy anime from director Satoshi Kon (Millennium Actress) isn’t…
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Joy in the Cannes Bubble
Last weekend, as Jerry Bruckheimer’s pirates were once again storming the international box office, the Cannes Film Festival…
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Michael Moore Takes Fest by the Nuts
I never gave much thought to the subject of health insurance until, in October of 2005, an odd…
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My Blueberry Nonsense, and Other Multi-Culti Mash-Ups
The world’s pre-eminent film festival celebrated its 60th birthday party, the opening banquet catered by the world’s hippest—or…
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Palm Fronds and Consolation Prizes
The 60th Cannes Film Festival was a generous one—and so was its jury, bestowing the Palme d’Or on…
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SIFF News: Seattle Filmmakers Outsourced to India!
“We’re both fighting that push to go to L.A.,” says John Jeffcoat of himself and his writing partner,…
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SIFF Week Two: Picks and Pans
Angel-A What if you took It’s a Wonderful Life and replaced George Bailey with a scruffy Parisian con…
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Steel City: Ugly Betty Tries Kitchen-Sink Drama
Textured with the smoggy grays and troubadour blues of his provincial Illinois homeland, writer-director Brian Jun’s likable, downbeat…
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Gracie: Like a Distaff Rocky in Cleats
In what could be construed as a very expensive home movie, the Shues (siblings Elisabeth and Andrew, of…
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Mr. Brooks: Kevin Costner Follows the 12 Steps–to Death!
Bloody disappointing, that’s what Mr. Brooks is. Kevin Costner plays a respectable Portland businessman who kills for thrills,…
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SIFF Week One: Picks and Pans
Aachi & Ssipak Is Aachi & Ssipak a good movie? Not really. Is it awesome and worthwhile in…
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The Life and Times of Yva Las Vegass: Seattle Musician Gives Success the Middle Finger
Thirteen years ago, former Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic’s wife threw him a surprise birthday party. For entertainment, she…
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Ping Pong: Behold My Paddles of Fury!
Who knew that being a great Ping-Pong player requires “running till you puke blood and training till you…
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The King of Kong: Old-School Arcade Gamers Go to War
Axed from his engineering job at Boeing on the day he signed a new mortgage, Steve Wiebe could’ve…
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Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End: 21 Jump Street Crosses Exile on Main St.
And so Disney’s immense, booty-busting, pro-piracy epic has come to an End. I doubt very much that Pirates…
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Bug: Friedkin’s Back From the (Almost) Dead With Off-Broadway Adaptation
Made on the cheap for the horror-loving kids at Lionsgate, this freaky-deaky psycho-thriller from New Hollywood survivor William…
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Shrek the Third: Three Helpings Is One Too Many
Coming out of Shrek the Third, I asked the two smart preteen girls I had in tow what…
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The Page Turner: Dont Bury Claude Chabrol Just Yet
Sure The Page Turner looks and sounds like an NPR junkie’s idea of thrill-crazy hothouse fare, but the…