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Indie Film Review – Man Zou: Beijing to Shanghai
Jason Reid, the filmmaker who directed the critically acclaimed documentary Sonicsgate (2009), returns with a brand new film. However, his newest movie does not focus on sports, or corruption, or lies. The film is not even based in the United States. Man Zou: Beijing to…
READ MOREPreview – SFFSFF at Cinerama
The Science Fiction and Fantasy Short Film Festival, affectionately known as SFFSFF (say it “siff siff”) returns to the Cinerama theater in Seattle this weekend. The sixth annual event, jointly sponsored by the Experience Music Project/Science Fiction Museum and Seattle International Film Festival, will feature…
READ MOREIndie Film Review – Back to the Garden
In 1988, filmmaker Kevin Tomlinson took a road trip that led him through the Okanogon Valley in eastern Washington state. There, he came across many dozens of people who might be described as hippies, taking part in a “healing gathering” in the middle of a…
READ MOREIndie Film Review – NY Export: Opus Jazz
I’ve made it no secret that I am an admirer of dance. To me, dancing is probably the most expressive art form. You may not notice it at first, but dancing is all around us. When a football team scores a touchdown and the fans jump wildly…
READ MOREFilm Review – Remarkable Power!
In Remarkable Power!, late-night talk show host Jack West (played by Kevin Nealon) is found dead at the beginning of the movie. The film flashes back to explain how we got to this point. And I assure you, it’s a complex story.
READ MOREIndie Film Review – Marwencol
In April of 2000, at age 38, Mark Hogencamp was attacked outside of a bar by five young men, and beaten so severely that he spent nine days in a coma and another month in the hospital after waking up. He had brain damage to…
READ MOREIndie Film News – KCTS Introduces Reel NW with “Wheedle’s Groove”
This past Thursday, I attended quite a rollicking party at KCTS studios to kick off their new series, Reel NW. The series provides a showcase for Northwest independent film, allowing the selected documentaries, narrative features, and shorts to be made available to anyone who can…
READ MOREIndie Film Review – Easier with Practice
How nice it would be if the things we wanted just fell directly in to our laps. Never needing to work hard for it, never having to sacrifice anything, being rewarded for apparently no reason. Man, that would be nice. Well, that’s exactly what happens…
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