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A Bookish Movie Buff’s Guide to SIFF
All the SIFF films with literary pedigrees your heart could ever desire.
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King Arthur and the Bros of the Round Table
Guy Ritchie’s take on Camelot is a joyless medieval sausage fest.
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‘A Quiet Passion’ Is as Enjoyably Eccentric as Emily Dickinson’s Poetry
What could’ve been a stuffy biopic turns into a fittingly odd ode to its unconventional subject.
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A Filmic Stand to the Travel Ban
The Seventh Art Stand, a free film festival featuring Islamic works, will take over Seattle next month.
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The Plot-Free ‘Free Fire’
Ben Wheatley’s latest strips the action genre of all but its violent core.
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In Colossal, Anne Hathaway Accidentally Summons a Giant Monster in South Korea
The premise may be goofy, but the film ends up being much more than a quirky Kaiju flick.
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Walter Hill’s “The Assignment” Is Unapologetically Deranged
This action flick with an unwanted gender-reassignment surgery at its center is lurid and clunky.
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Raw Is a Cannibalistic Coming-of-Age Tale
Growing up and throwing up in this occasionally uncanny film.
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“T2 Trainspotting” Exchanges the Original’s Edge for Sentimentality
There might be something here for diehard fans, but otherwise the nostalgia’s empty.
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Justen Waterhouse’s “Darkness Film Series” Contemplates the Absence of Light
The Henry is re-examining cinema born of darkness.
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The Quiet, Stop-Motion Heart of ‘My Life as a Zucchini’
This animated Swiss Oscar nominee may have lost to ‘Zootopia,’ but its subtle soul shines regardless.
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‘Logan’—Which Should Be a Snooze-Fest Wolverine Tale—Is Actually One of Marvel’s Best
With surprisingly solid storytelling and unexpected plot points, the X-Men outing excels.
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This Powerful Series Seeks to Showcase Seattle’s Diversity
The Uncode will “create a space where black people can see one another.”
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Beneath the Love-Story Gauze of ‘A United Kingdom’ Is a Dense African History Lesson
When the heir to the Bechuanaland throne marries an Englishwoman, romantic geopolitical chess follows.
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Son of Joseph Is Biblical Without Pretension
Even with Joseph, Marie, and a donkey, this film is allegory free and upends expectation.
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German Comedy ‘Toni Erdmann’ Achieves Legitimate Filmic Madness
A goofy father saves his daughter from corporate drudgery by dressing up as a jet-setting life coach.
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‘I Am Not Your Negro’ Is Less a James Baldwin Biopic and More a New Essay From the Vital Thinker
As a speaker, he was a spellbinder, and he knew it.
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Each Shot of Pedro Almodóvar’s Julieta Is a Compositionally Rich Work of Art
The Spanish filmmaker lends his masterly touch to this novella-like film.