Showing posts with label SIFF 2018. Show all posts
Showing posts with label SIFF 2018. Show all posts
Sunday, June 10, 2018
Ruin Me - SIFF 2018 Movie Review
The Movie: Ruin Me
The Director: Preston DeFrancis
The Cast: Marcienne Dwyer, Matt Dellapina, Chris Hill, Eva Hamilton, John Odom
The Story: Alexandra reluctantly tags along for Slasher Sleepout, an extreme event that is part camping trip, part haunted house, and part escape room. But when the fun turns deadly, Alex has to play the game if she wants to make it out alive.
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2018 Movie Reviews
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SIFF 2018
Friday, June 8, 2018
C’est la vie! (Le sens de la fête) - SIFF 2018 Movie Review
The Movie: C’est la vie! (Le sens de la fête)
The Directors: Olivier Nakache and Éric Toledano
The Cast: Jean-Pierre Bacri, Jean-Paul Rouve, Gilles Lellouche, Vincent Macaigne, Eye Haidara, Suzanne Clément,
The Story: A hectic wedding party held in an 17th century French palace comes together with the help of the behind-the-scenes staff.
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2018 Movie Reviews
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Jean-Pierre Bacri
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SIFF 2018
Wednesday, June 6, 2018
The Empty Hands (空手道) - SIFF 2018 Movie Review
The Movie: The Empty Hands (空手道)
The Director: Chapman To
The Cast: Stephy Tang, Chapman To, Yasuaki Kurata, Stephen Au
The Story: Half Japanese Hong Kong girl Mari Hirakawa who succeeds dojo after tragic death of her Karate master and father encounters ex-karate student, ex-yakuza Chan Keung who also succeeds the half of her father's karate dojo.
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2018 Movie Reviews
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Chapman To
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SIFF 2018
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Stephy Tang
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Yasuaki Kurata
Killing Jesús - SIFF 2018 Movie Review
The Movie: Killing Jesús
The Director: Laura Mora
The Cast: Natasha Jaramillo, Giovanny Rodriguez, Camilo Escobar, Carmenza Cossio, Juan Pablo Trujillo
The Story: A young Colombian student witnesses the cold-blooded murder of her father. After suffering the police’s ineffectiveness, she accidentally encounters the hit man responsible for the job. Driven by anger, frustration and pain, revenge seems to be her only possible choice. Inspired by true events.
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2018 Movie Reviews
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Natasha Jaramillo
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SIFF 2018
Automata - SIFF 2018 Movie Review
The Movie: Automata
The Director: Van Alan
The Cast: Basil Harris, Jen Taylor, Doug Jones, Dylan Smith
The Story: In an alternate 1930's Prohibition-era New York City, it's not liquor that is outlawed but the future production of highly sentient robots known as automatons.
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2018 Movie Reviews
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Basil Harris
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Doug Jones
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SIFF 2018
Susu - SIFF 2018 Movie Review
The Movie: Susu
The Director: Yixi Sun
The Cast: Zitong Wu, Frederick Szkoda, Steve Edwin, Lin Zhu, Junjie Mao, Roslyn Hill
The Story: Two Chinese girls take a film transcription job at a heritage English countryside mansion. Discovering entangled family secrets about the Kunqu Opera star Susu, they find it almost impossible to escape, physically and emotionally.
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2018 Movie Reviews
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SIFF 2018
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Zitong Wu
Tuesday, June 5, 2018
TwoOhSix Interviews - Karoline Sofie Lee at SIFF 2018
During the first weekend of the 2018 Seattle International Film Festival, I had the pleasure of interviewing Karoline Sofie Lee, the lead actress from The Return (TwoOhSix Review), a movie about two Korean born adoptees returning from their homes in Denmark in a quest to find their birth parents. We chatted about how she was hired for the role, making such a unique movie, and her own personal experience with the subject matter.
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Interviews
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Karoline Sofie Lee
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SIFF 2018
Sunday, June 3, 2018
A Rough Draft (Chernovik) - SIFF 2018 Movie Review
The Movie: A Rough Draft (Chernovik)
The Director: Sergey Mokritskiy
The Cast: Nikita Volkov, Severija Janusauskaite, Vilen Babichev, Olga Borovskaya, Oleg Feoktistov
The Story: A video game designer is stripped of his identity and recruited by a mysterious force to be the gatekeeper of a multi-dimensional portal.
The Field Guide to Evil - SIFF 2018 Movie Review
The Movie: The Field Guide to Evil
The Directors: Veronika Franz, Severin Fiala, Peter Strickland, Agnieszka Smoczynska, Katrin Gebbe, Can Evrenol, Calvin Reeder, Ashim Ahluwalia, Yannis Veslemes
The Cast: Sarah Navratil, Birgit Minichmayr, Jilon VanOver, Lili Epply, Claude Duhamel
The Story: A feature-length anthology film. They are known as myths, lore, and folktales. Created to give logic to mankind's darkest fears, these stories laid the foundation for what we now know as the horror genre.
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2018 Movie Reviews
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Andrzej Konopka
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Claude Duhamel
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Fatma Mohamed
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SIFF 2018
Hagazussa - A Heathen’s Curse - SIFF 2018 Movie Review
The Movie: Hagazussa: A Heathen's Curse
The Director: Lukas Feigelfeld
The Cast: Aleksandra Cwen, Celina Peter, Claudia Martini
The Story: Paranoia & Superstition in 15th Century Europe.
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2018 Movie Reviews
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SIFF 2018
Saturday, June 2, 2018
Bee Nation - SIFF 2018 Documentary Review
The Documentary: Bee Nation
The Director: Lana Šlezic
The Story: In Saskatchewan in 2016, students are competing in the first ever province-wide First Nations Spelling Bee. The winners will travel with their families to Toronto, Ontario for the 29th Annual national championships of the Spelling Bee of Canada.
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2018 Movie Reviews
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Documentary
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SIFF 2018
Friday, June 1, 2018
Waru - SIFF 2018 Movie Review
The Movie: Waru
The Directors: Briar Grace-Smith, Awanui Simich-Pene, Katie Wolfe, Renae Maihi, Casey Kaa, Chelsea Winstanley, Paula Whetu Jones, Ainsley Gardiner
The Cast: Miriama McDowell, Tanea Heke, Kararaina Rangihau, Roimata Fox, Ngapaki Moetara
The Story: A powerful and challenging story surrounding the tangi (funeral) of a small boy Waru who dies at the hands of his caregiver and how the boys death impacts the community.
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2018 Movie Reviews
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Miriama McDowell
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SIFF 2018
Wednesday, May 30, 2018
Mutafukaz - SIFF 2018 Movie Review
The Movie: Mutafukaz
The Directors: Shôjirô Nishimi and Guillaume Renard
The Cast: Orelsan, Gringe, Redouanne Harjane, Féodor Atkine, Julien Kramer, Emmanuel Karsen
The Story: Angelino, Vinz, and Willie are a trio of misfits trapped in a futuristic dystopian ghetto where every moment is filled with danger. Things start to get real weird when Angelino takes notice of a possible alien invasion and his true destiny is slowly revealed.
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2018 Movie Reviews
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SIFF 2018
Errementari: The Blacksmith and the Devil - SIFF 2018 Movie Review
The Movie: Errementari: The Blacksmith and the Devil
The Director: Paul Urkijo Alijo
The Cast: Kandido Uranga, Eneko Sagardoy, Uma Bracaglia, Ramon Aguirre, Gorka Aguinagalde
The Story: A Gothic folk tale from the 19th century Basque region that puts a young girl in the middle of a timeless battle between the living and the forces of hell.
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2018 Movie Reviews
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Kandido Uranga
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SIFF 2018
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Uma Bracaglia
Tuesday, May 29, 2018
The Bold, The Corrupt, and The Beautiful - SIFF 2018 Movie Review
The Movie: The Bold, The Corrupt, and The Beautiful
The Director: Ya-che Yang
The Cast: Kara Wai, Ke-Xi Wu, Ning Vicky Chen
The Story: Madame Tang colludes and mediates between the government and the private businesses for the benefits of her all-female family. One case does not go according to plan, and an entire family close to Madame Tang fall victim to a gruesome murder. Ambition, desire and lust eventually change Tang's relationships with her own family forever.
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2018 Movie Reviews
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Carolyn Chen
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Kara Wai
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Ming-Shuai Shih
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Moon Wang
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SIFF 2018
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Wu Ke-Xi
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Yue-Ti Liu
Monday, May 28, 2018
Supa Modo - SIFF 2018 Movie Review
The Movie: Supa Modo
The Director: Likarion Wainaina
The Cast: Stycie Waweru, Marrianne Nungo, Nyawara Ndambia, Johnson Gitau Chege, Humphrey Maina
The Story: Story of a young girl whose dream of becoming a superhero is threatened by terminal illness, inspiring her village to rally together to make her dream come true.
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2018 Movie Reviews
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SIFF 2018
Sunday, May 27, 2018
Cake General (Tårtgeneralen) - SIFF 2018 Movie Review
The Movie: Cake General (Tårtgeneralen)
The Director: Filip Hammar, Fredrik Wikingsson
The Cast: Mikael Persbrandt, Agnes Lindström Bolmgren, Helena Bergström, Tomas von Brömssen
The Story: Set in 1984, Hans Pettersson (Hasse P.) decides to create the largest sandwich cake ever made in order to put his home town, Köping, on the map.
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2018 Movie Reviews
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Mikael Persbrandt
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SIFF 2018
Saturday, May 26, 2018
The Devil's Doorway - SIFF 2018 Movie Review
The Movie: The Devil's Doorway
The Director: Aislinn Clarke
The Cast: Lalor Roddy, Ciaran Flynn, Helena Bereen, Lauren Coe
The Story: In the fall of 1960, Father Thomas Riley and Father John Thornton were sent by the Vatican to investigate a miraculous event in an Irish home for 'fallen women', only to uncover something much more horrific.
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2018 Movie Reviews
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Ciaran Flynn
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Helena Bereen
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Lalor Roddy
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Lauren Coe
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SIFF 2018
Friday, May 25, 2018
Streaker (Flitzer) - SIFF 2018 Movie Review
Movie Review: Streaker (Flitzer)
The Director: Peter Luisi
The Cast: Beat Schlatter, Doro Müggler, Bendrit Bajra, Luna Wedler, Daniel Mangisch
The Story: In order to get out of a financial crisis, high school teacher Balz Naef starts recruiting and training streakers for illegal sports betting.
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2018 Movie Reviews
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Beat Schlatter
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Luna Wedler
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SIFF 2018
Tuesday, May 22, 2018
Blindspotting - SIFF 2018 Capsule Review
Blindspotting is a modern day Do the Right Thing. It's Boyz n tha Hood flipped upside down. The story really hit home for me in a lot of different ways and by the end I was an emotional mess. It just feels so raw and real even while director Carlos López Estrada adds some very distinct and creative stylizations to the production. Blindspotting is an early contender for my year end top 10 list.
Blindspotting is an official selection of the 2018 Seattle International Film Festival.
TwoOhSix.com coverage of the 2018 Seattle International Film Festival.
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Daveed Diggs
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Ethan Embry
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Rafael Casal
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SIFF 2018
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Utkarsh Ambudkar
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Wayne Knight
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