Posts Tagged ‘Seattle International Film Festival’
Intro To Chaplin
Allen and Edward look at the career of Charlie Chaplin in honor of SIFF Cinema’s “The Films of Charlie Chaplin” series. In this piece they discuss Charlie Chaplin, the films he made, and why he is such an iconic figure in film history.
READ MOREInterview – Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Adaptation
John interviews Chris Strompolos and Eric Zala (Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Adaptation) before the film’s engagement at SIFF Cinema.
READ MOREFilm Review – Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Adaptation
Have you ever seen a film and felt like it spoke to you? What did you do afterward? Did you watch it as many times as you possibly could? Did you show it to all of your friends? Did you research every aspect of the production…
READ MORENoir City at SIFF – Crashout
The 1955 film Crashout, from director Lewis R. Foster (Those Redheads from Seattle), is about as lean and pulpy as they come. The movie opens on a prison, about a second before a massive break. Pandemonium erupts, along with gunfire, as the guards attempt to…
READ MORENoir City at SIFF – Crack-Up
The seedy world of crime/noir stories has often crossed paths with that of the art world. In Charles Willeford’s novel A Burnt Orange Heresy (1971), he invents a new art movement called Nihilist Surrealism, which he uses as a means of his own criticism towards…
READ MOREIntro To Noir
Brandi and Allen discuss noir in honor of SIFF Cinema’s Noir City series. In this piece they discuss the origins, characteristics of noir, important movies, and its influence on modern cinema.
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