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TWISTERS Review – An Intense Depiction of Very Bad Weather
A wave of happiness flooded over me with the new TWISTERS movie, a rather unique continuation of smart people going right into the path of tornados. Jan De Bont’s flawed but deliriously entertaining 1996 picture TWISTER was a huge hit in its theatrical release in 1996, and I remember seeing it in cinemas on opening […]
Contest: Win a Digital Copy of MOTHER OF ALL SHOWS from Route 504 PR!
It’s a new Get Reel Giveaway! Enter below to win an Apple TV digital copy of the Canadian indie MOTHER OF ALL SHOWS. Copies are graciously provided by our partners at Route 504 PR. Enter below to win! ABOUT: Follows Liza, who retreats to a ’70s variety show in her mind as she struggles to […]
FLY ME TO THE MOON Review – If Only Kubrick Could Have Seen This
I have always been fascinated by the era of the Space Race and everything around it. From THE RIGHT STUFF which told the story about breaking the sound barrier leading to the first round of Americans trying to fly around the planet to APOLLO 13 which is one of the best movies ever made about […]
Contest: Win an IF prize pack courtesy of Paramount Home Entertainment!
We have a BIG new contest up for IF, recently released in theatres! While we DO want you to also see this on the big screen, we can’t resist sharing this wonderful movie with our readers. Thanks to our partners at Paramount Home Entertainment, we have t-shirts, journals, light up message boards, puzzles, pens and digital […]
Contest: Win a Digital Copy of WICKED LITTLE LETTERS from Mongrel Media
It’s a post-SIFF Get Reel Giveaway for our readers! Enter below to win an Apple TV Digital Copy of WICKED LITTLE LETTERS from our partners at Mongrel Media! ABOUT: A 1920s English seaside town bears witness to a farcical and occasionally sinister scandal in this riotous mystery comedy. Based on a stranger than fiction true […]
SIFF 2024 Reaction – EMPIRE WAIST
A complete wave of happiness took over me as I bolted from a second viewing of BOB TREVINO LIKES IT all the way down to the SIFF Cinema Downtown to see the premiere screening of the wonderful indie comedy EMPIRE WAIST at the Seattle Film Festival. The movie has an additional screening on Saturday, so […]
SIFF 2024 Reaction – BOB TREVINO LIKES IT
Many people back home ask me why I travel to another city to attend movies at film festivals and why I put up with all of the cost and transit, and it’s for movies that you can’t see back home or want to discover a new talent that you may not know about. BOB TREVINO […]
SIFF 2024 Reaction – LUTHER: NEVER TOO MUCH
I am cranking out my documentary reviews for the Seattle International Film Festival today, and one to put on your radar for Sunday is the doc LUTHER: NEVER TOO MUCH about the legend known as Luther Vandross. This was also the opening night movie of HotDocs in Toronto a few weeks ago! Program Notes: There’s […]
SIFF 2024 Reaction – SUSAN FENIGER: FORKED
Hungry? Make sure you eat before or get an extra large popcorn before settling down to the enjoyable Seattle International Film Festival documentary SUSAN FENIGER: FORKED, playing Thursday at the SIFF Cinema Uptown. There are a few restaurants, Dick’s Hamburgers across the street and likely food at the SIFF lounge up the street. Just saying. […]
SIFF 2024 Reaction – WE CAN BE HEROES
I feel at times that the Seattle International Film Festival is like a “SxSW Catchup” festival for me, as earlier this week I was presented with this lovely documentary that has been making its way across the festival circuit and another one I missed in Austin. About: Hidden in New York’s Hudson Valley, far from […]
SIFF 2024 Reaction – GRANDPA GURU
More and more docs are surfacing on my radar at this year’s Seattle International Film Festival, and GRANDPA GURU is one that is based out of Seattle itself! Festival Notes: Attend the tale of Srđan “Gino” Jevđević, whose later nickname provided the title of Silvio Mirošničenko’s rock doc—an aspiring musician and free spirit who grew […]
SIFF 2024 Reaction – RESYNATOR
If you read my South By Southwest coverage this year, you may have noticed it had a LOT of gaps in coverage, mostly because I made the mistake of waiting in line too long to cover some of the much bigger movies. RESYNATOR was one that I just couldn’t fit into the schedule but after […]
SIFF 2024 Reaction – SCALA!!!
Ready for a documentary ABOUT a cinema? SCALA!!! has you covered, with two screenings happening at this year’s Seattle International Film Festival. Festival Notes: The wild history of the Scala Cinema in King’s Cross, London, a repertory house of ill repute with enough nose-thumbing alternative programming, midnight madness, illicit pornography, and transgressive politics that it […]
SIFF 2024 Reaction – RAINIER: A BEER ODYSSEY
I want to preface this reaction review by mentioning that my primary sources of drink are coffee as a delivery device of caffeine to survive film festivals and various forms of water in filtered and carbonated form, preferably without sugar. Beer is the furthest choice in my mind when selecting a drink, however I am […]