This weekend was the Seventh Annual Science Fiction & Fantasy Short Film Festival, which is definitely one of the cooler things about being a film fan in Seattle. And being a film fan in Seattle is pretty cool already. SFFSFF … Continue reading
This is the first year I attended the Maelstrom International Fantastic Film Festival, a weekend-long festival highlighting genres that don’t tend to be selected for more traditional programs. The festival itself was in its third year, and while I believe … Continue reading
I haven’t written about the other National Theatre Live broadcasts I’ve seen this year — they may be shown at the cinema, but they aren’t films — but I did want to mention Frankenstein. SIFF Cinema made a weekend of … Continue reading
The biggest benefit of participating in the Oscars Death Race this year was that it forced me to make the effort to see a few more in the theater that I might otherwise have pushed to DVD. * Black Swan … Continue reading
I’m pretty sure that I haven’t made it out for the SciFi shorts since the very first year they did it, which is pretty appalling. This is their sixth year, running two feature-length sessions full of short films at the … Continue reading
* I love short films, but they can be ridiculously hit or miss. The Best of SIFF shorts package was the perfect solution. Every film in it was well-done, regardless of if it was to my taste. Notable to me: … Continue reading
Now that no one cares, let’s react a bit to the Oscar Nominated Short Films. Animated: French Roast (France): The coolest thing about this short is that about half of the action takes place in the mirror behind a customer … Continue reading
* Last Chance Harvey. I heard the mixed reviews, but I wanted to see it anyway because you know what? I love Emma Thompson. Also, I love romances where the protagonists are not 25. So I do not give a … Continue reading
Finally, I saw some collections of shorts: The Third Annual Science Fiction Short Film Festival showed in two parts at the Cinerama.I feel like the lineup was weaker this year. My favorites were Operation: Fish (I have no idea if … Continue reading
* Death at a Funeral is a tightly-written, beautifully acted farce. Good comedy is hard to do well & generally painfully underrated. I went to this one largely because the cast included Alan Tudyk & Peter Dinklage, and both were … Continue reading