Warrior Women - SIFF 2018 Documentary Review

The Documentary: Warrior Women

The Directors: Christina D. King and Elizabth A. Castle

The Story: In the 1970s, with the swagger of unapologetic Indianness, organizers of the American Indian Movement (AIM) fought for Native liberation as a community of extended families.

The Return - SIFF 2018 Movie Review

The Movie: The Return

The Director: Malene Choi

The Cast: Karoline Sofie Lee, Thomas Hwan, Seong In-Ja

The Story: Two Danish-Korean adoptees return for the first time to the country they were once born in.

Revenge - SIFF 2018 Movie Review

The Movie: Revenge

The Director: Coralie Fargeat

The Cast: Matilda Lutz, Kevin Janssens, Vincent Colombe, Guillaume Bouchède, Jean-Louis Tribes

The Story: Never take your mistress on an annual guys' getaway, especially one devoted to hunting - a violent lesson for three wealthy married men.

Catwalk: Tales from the Cat Show Circuit - SIFF 2018 Documentary Review

The Documentary: Catwalk: Tales from the Cat Show Circuit

The Directors: Aaron Hancox and Michael McNamara

The Story: Two women compete against each other on Canada's cat show circuit.

Blue My Mind - SIFF 2018 Movie Review

The Movie: Blue My Mind

The Director: Lisa Brühlmann

The Cast: Luna Wedler, Zoë Pastelle Holthuizen, Regula Grauwiller, Yael Meier

The Story: While 15 year old Mia is trying to make new friends at a new school, her body begins a transformation that she is not expecting or able to do anything about.

Dead Pigs - SIFF 2018 Movie Review

The Movie: Dead Pigs

The Director: Cathy Yan

The Cast: Vivian Wu, Yang Haoyu, Li Meng, Mason Lee, David Rysdahl, Zazie Beetz

The Story: A bumbling pig farmer, a feisty salon owner, a sensitive busboy, an expat architect and a disenchanted rich girl converge and collide as thousands of dead pigs float down the river towards a rapidly-modernizing Shanghai.

Racer and the Jailbird (Le Fidèle) - SIFF 2018 Movie Review

The Movie: Racer and the Jailbird (Le Fidèle)

The Director: Michaël R. Roskam

The Cast: Matthias Schoenaerts, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Eric De Staercke, Jean-Benoit Ugeux, Nabil Missoumi

The Story: Set against the background of a brutal crime gang in Brussels, a tragic love story between Gigi, a high-flying gangster, and Bibi, a young racing driver with very upper-class roots.

Tigers are Not Afraid - SIFF 2018 Movie Review

The Movie: Tigers Are Not Afraid aka Vuelven

The Director: Issa López

The Cast: Paola Lara, Juan Ramón López, Tenoch Huerta, Ianis Guerrero, Rodrigo Cortes

The Story: A dark fairy tale about a gang of five children trying to survive the horrific violence of the cartels and the ghosts created every day by the drug war.

TwoOhSix Picks - SIFF 2018 Part 2

From May 17th through June 10th, the 44th Annual Seattle International Film Festival will feature over 400 films from over 90 countries around the world. After scouring the schedule for hours on end, I have compiled a list of the 20 films I am most looking forward to watching. The films are listed alphabetically and the post is split into two parts, look for a link to part one at the bottom of this post.

TwoOhSix Picks - SIFF 2018 Part 1

From May 17th through June 10th, the 44th Annual Seattle International Film Festival will feature over 400 films from over 90 countries around the world. After scouring the schedule for hours on end, I have compiled a list of the 20 films I am most looking forward to watching. The films are listed alphabetically and the post is split into two parts, look for a link to part two at the bottom of this post.

Fake Tattoos aka Les Faux Tatouages (Slamdance 2018) - Movie Review

The Movie: Fake Tattoos aka Les Faux Tatouages

The Director: Pascal Plante

The Cast: Anthony Therrien, Rose-Marie Perreault, Lysandre Nadeau, Brigitte Poupart, Nicole-Sylvie Lagarde, Léona Rousseau, Rémi Goulet, Lauren Mallais-DeLuca, Anyjeanne Savaria, Maxime-Olivier Potvin

The Story: Theo spends his 18th birthday alone, getting drunk at a brutal punk rock show. There, he meets Mag, a marginal teenager who invites him to spend the night at her place. A love story unfolds between them, but Theo has to move at the end of the summer in a small town, far away from a painful past.