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SIFF 2009: Welcome to a Slightly Smaller, Certainly Fitter Festival
There’s a theory in the art-house and indie-film world right now that after the collapse of so much…
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PICK The Brothers Bloom: Mark Ruffalo and Adrien Brody Play Lovable Con-Men
Writer-director Rian Johnson’s movies—first Brick in 2006, now The Brothers Bloom—are clever and soulful confabulations. The filmmaker, whose…
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SIFF: Off the Indie Radar
After his first feature, maverick local director David Russo may be done with movies.
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The Girlfriend Experience: Steven Soderbergh Says Its OK to Watch Porn in a Theater
The hardcore teen queen who took the name Sasha Grey and refers to her porn films as performance…
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SIFF Week 1: Picks & Pans
Thursday, May 21 7 p.m., The Paramount PICK: In the Loop Wait—they’re showing a British TV satire for…
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Terminator Salvation: We Wont Be Back
Technophobic predictions, the Terminator movies sell tickets by promising this decade’s model of killing machine: the classic V8…
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Katyn: The Anguish of Poland in WWII
A national trauma on the order of Pearl Harbor, 9/11, and the Little Bighorn all rolled into one,…
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Enlighten Up!: Yoga for Dummies
There are a number of tensions at play in Kate Churchill’s documentary about the proliferation of yoga as…
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PICK Outrage: Gays in the Republican Closet? Were Shocked!
Director Kirby Dick doesn’t actually stick his camera under any Capitol Hill bathroom stalls in this new documentary,…
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Little Ashes: That Twilight Dude Goes Totally Gay
Hoping to expand his fan base beyond Twilight-loving tween girls to Chelsea twinks, alabaster beauty Robert Pattinson plays…
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PICK Tyson: Iron Mike Shows Hes Human.
Director James Toback’s documentary about former heavyweight boxing champ Mike Tyson isn’t a traditional nonfiction portrait so much…
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A Wink and a Smile: Seattle Burlesque Documentary Shows Its Slip
Made in Seattle, A Wink and a Smile combines a survey of the underground burlesque resurgence, where the…
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Angels & Demons: Tom Hanks Banishes Evil From the Vatican
At the tail end of The Da Vinci Code, having traipsed around scenic Paris and London for over…
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Newcastle: Gays Go Surfing Down Under
Fans of Abercrombie & Fitch’s homoerotic ads, rejoice: Your flick is here. Director Dan Castle’s debut has lots…
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Lymelife: Alec Baldwin Travels Back to the 1970s
There’s nothing new under the suburban sun (save for infectious ticks) in Derick Martini’s Lymelife, whose weighty allegorical…
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[PICK]Star Trek: You Dont Have to Be a Trekkie to Love It
It’s difficult for this longtime Trekkie to review J.J. Abrams’ relaunching of the U.S.S. Enterprise. It’s difficult to…
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24 City: China Can’t Keep Pace With Its Own Development
Further confirmation of China’s Jia Zhangke as the planet’s most excitingly original filmmaker, this latest message-in-a-bottle from the…
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The Limits of Control: More Low-Key Shenanigans From Jim Jarmusch.
Jim Jarmusch’s anonymous antihero hit man (French-Ivorian actor Isaach De Bankolé), identified in the final credits as the…
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Lemon Tree: Israeli Courts Address the Occupation
The asymmetrical border dispute in Lemon Tree feels instantly familiar—and indeed Israeli director Eran Riklis’ previous drama, The…
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Is Anybody There? Michael Caine Deploys Masterful Cutesiness
Director John Crowley’s lighter follow-up to the anguished Boy A features a standard teaming of reluctant oldster and…