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Film Review – Farewell, My Queen
What happens to the common people when great events unfold? When royalty engage in their machinations, what effect does that have on those that serve them? How are loyal servants rewarded for their years of unyielding service? Often in historical epics, these are questions that…
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Sweden has really been supplying some taught and exciting thrillers as of late. The newest example is the exciting Easy Money. Joel Kinnaman, known best in the U.S. for his lead role on AMC’s The Killing, stars as J.W. He’s a smart, slightly shy genius…
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Annie is a bit aimless and angry. Her mother has just died and her father is a long distant memory. She has just inherited the family home she grew up in until she left home as a teenager. While dealing with her mother’s funeral and…
READ MORESIFF Film Review – Elena
In the new Russian film Elena, which premiered locally at the Seattle International Film Festival, Nadezhda Markina stars as the title character. In her early 60s, she is a dutiful wife to her rather cold and curmudgeonly older husband, Vladimir (played by Andrey Smirnov). Each…
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It begins as an ultra-cute fairy tale. John Bennett, a young boy with no friends, wishes on a star for a best friend. Through some sort of unexplained magic, he is granted one in the form of a living teddy bear. And the world is…
READ MORESIFF Film Review – True Wolf
Extensions of the natural world, or thoughtless killing machines? Beautiful or scary? Creatures of myth and fairy tales, or simply misunderstood wild dogs? These debates and misconceptions about wolves have been bandied about for many years. The new documentary True Wolf seeks to dispel people’s…
READ MORESIFF Film Review – White Camellias
Premiering at the Seattle International Film Festival, Cybill Shepherd stars in the new character drama White Camellias. She plays Annie, an artist in her early 60s who has a dreamy view of the world. Constantly romanticizing a time she spent long ago in Spain, Annie…
READ MORESIFF Film Review – The Beautiful Game
When the likes of Archbishop Desmond Tutu, F.W. de Klerk, Femi Kuti, and Kofi Annan say that lessons about the world can be learned from soccer (or futbol), we should all listen. The new documentary The Beautiful Game, which is playing at the Seattle International…
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