Showing posts with label SIFF 2019. Show all posts
Showing posts with label SIFF 2019. Show all posts
Tuesday, June 18, 2019
TwoOhSix Recap: 2019 Seattle International Film Festival
Twenty five festival days, Thirty eight movies, four interviews, and countless kernels of popcorn. Covering my home town film festival is always a major highlight of the year. Being immersed in film, film fans, and film makers is an experience well worth the late nights, popcorn dinners, and utter exhaustion by the time it's all said and done.
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Friday, June 14, 2019
TwoOhSix Interviews - Bob Byington and Kaley Wheless - Creators of Frances Ferguson for SIFF 2019
Frances Ferguson is a film about an unhappy young woman who goes to extreme lengths to escape the metaphorical prison that is her life by doing something that sends her to real prison. With screenings of the movie scheduled during the 2019 Seattle International Film Festival, director Bob Byington and lead actress Kaley Wheless were on hand and set aside some time to sit down with me so that we could discuss this very particular creation.
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Thursday, June 13, 2019
TwoOhSix Interviews - Ben Kasulke Director of Banana Split for SIFF 2019
One of the first movies I watched for the 2019 Seattle International Film Festival was the super fun coming of age comedy Banana Split which was directed by Ben Kasulke who had worked for years in the Seattle area film industry before moving to California. Having an opportunity to sit down with Ben to discuss the new movie was a real treat as you can tell he has a real passion for film making and a ton of knowledge about his craft.
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Sunday, June 9, 2019
Support the Girls - SIFF 2019 Capsule Review
The Movie: Support the Girls
The Director: Andrew Bujalski
The Cast: Regina Hall, Haley Lu Richardson, Shayna McHayle, James LeGros, Dylan Gelula, AJ Michalka, Brooklyn Decker, Lea DeLaria, Jana Kramer, John Elvis
The Story: The general manager at a highway-side ''sports bar with curves" has her incurable optimism and faith, in her girls, her customers, and herself, tested over the course of a long, strange day.
The Review:
So, when the credits started rolling, I was genuinely surprised because I was still waiting for the story to start. Seriously. Nothing happens of any significance that would warrant this being a feature film. It was like four episodes of a bad sitcom strung together with no commercial breaks. Great cast, though so there's that.
Support the Girls is an official selection of the 2019 Seattle International Film Festival.
To see more reviews, interviews and festival coverage please go to:
TwoOhSix at SIFF 2019
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Ann LeuVoy
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MEMORY - The Origins of Alien - SIFF 2019 Documentary Review
The Documentary: MEMORY - The Origins of Alien
The Director: Alexandre O. Philippe
The Story: The untold origin story behind Ridley Scott's Alien - rooted in Greek and Egyptian mythologies, underground comics, the art of Francis Bacon, and the dark visions of Dan O'Bannon and H.R. Giger.
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Watch List (Maria) - SIFF 2019 Movie Review
The Movie: Watch List (Maria)
The Director: Ben Rekhi
The Cast: Alessandra de Rossi, Jake Macapagal, Arthur Acuna, Jess Mendoza, Angeli Bayani
The Story: After her husband is mysteriously killed in the drug wars of the Philippines, a widowed mother of three must confront her own darkness to protect her children from further harm.
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Alessandra de Rossi
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Jake Macapagal
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The Legend of the Stardust Brothers - SIFF 2019 Movie Review
The Movie: Hoshikuzu kyôdai no densetsu aka The Legend of the Stardust Brothers
The Director: Makoto Teduka
The Cast: Shingo Kubota, Kan Takagi, Kyoko Togawa, Kiyohiko Ozaki, Issay
The Story: In 1985, Makoto Tezuka, the son of manga genius Osamu Tezuka, was still a film student with a few experimental shorts to his credit and who was entrusted with the mission to turn an album by Haruo Chikada into a musical film.
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Fantasia 2019
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Frightfest 2019
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Enormous: The Gorge Story - 2019 SIFF Documentary Review
The Documentary: Enormous: The Gorge Story
The Director: Nic Davis
The Story: "The Gorge" has brought over 7 million fans, and the world's biggest musicians, to a patch of rural Washington farmland "150 miles from nowhere."
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Ten Years Thailand - SIFF 2019 Movie Review
The Movie: Ten Years Thailand
The Directors: Aditya Assarat, Wisit Sasanatieng, Chulayarnnon Siriphol, Apichatpong Weerasethakul
The Cast: Boonyarit Wiangnon, Kidakarn Chatkaewmanee, Tanasawan Thepsatorn, Sakda Kaewbuade
The Story: Four directors from Thailand are asked to tackle an important social or political issue and imagine how it will play out ten years into the future.
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Here Comes Hell - SIFF 2019 Movie Review
The Movie: Here Comes Hell
The Director: Jack McHenry
The Cast: Jessica Webber, Margaret Clunie, Charlie Robb, Tim Renouf, Tom Bailey
The Story: A 1930's dinner party descends into carnage, gore and demonic possession in Here Comes Hell, a genre-clashing horror comedy.
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Frightfest 2019
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Greener Grass - SIFF 2019 Capsule Review
The Movie: Greener Grass
The Directors: Jocelyn DeBoer and Dawn Luebbe
The Cast: Jocelyn DeBoer, Dawn Luebbe, Beck Bennett, Janicza Bravo, Neil Casey, Mary Holland, D'Arcy Carden, Jim Cummings
The Story: Suburban soccer moms find themselves constantly competing against each other in their personal lives as their kids settle their differences on the field.
The Review:
Imagine a movie where the creators fill every scene and every moment with the most absurdly unexpected twists and turns leaving your brain in a constant state of "WTF". That's this movie and every bit of it works brilliantly. The end result is an extremely original and insanely hilarious comedy that pokes fun at the nuances of polite society while mixing in elements of the thriller and horror genres because why not.
Greener Grass is an official selection of the 2019 Seattle International Film Festival.
To see more reviews, interviews and festival coverage please go to:
TwoOhSix at SIFF 2019
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Beck Bennett
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Dawn Luebbe
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Jim Cummings
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Jocelyn DeBoer
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Julian Hilliard
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Mary Holland
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Neil Casey
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SIFF 2019
Saturday, June 8, 2019
The Death of Dick Long - SIFF 2019 Capsule Review
The Movie: The Death of Dick Long
The Director: Daniel Scheinert
The Cast: Michael Abbott Jr., Virginia Newcomb, Andre Hyland, Sarah Baker, Jess Weixler
The Story: Dick died last night, and Zeke and Earl don't want anybody finding out how. That's too bad though, cause news travels fast in small-town Alabama.
The Review:
This movie is an interesting exploration on decision making under extreme duress, especially when needing to keep a deadly secret under wraps. The two primary characters, Zeke and Earl, are about as stereotypically Alabama as it gets and their constant stream of bad decisions makes for a lot of fun comedic moments. Not quite as insane as I was expecting but still a wild ride.
The Death of Dick Long is an official selection of the 2019 Seattle International Film Festival.
To see more reviews, interviews and festival coverage please go to:
TwoOhSix at SIFF 2019
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Jess Weixler
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Michael Abbott Jr.
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Sarah Baker
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Sunita Mani
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Virginia Newcomb
Friday, June 7, 2019
Frances Ferguson - SIFF 2019 Movie Review
The Movie: Frances Ferguson
The Director: Bob Byington
The Cast: Kaley Wheless, Nick Offerman, Keith Poulson, David Krumholtz, Martin Starr, Jennifer Prediger, Bill Wise
The Story: A small town's reaction to scandal.
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David Krumholtz
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John Gatins
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Kaley Wheless
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Keith Poulson
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Martin Starr
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Nick Offerman
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SIFF 2019
Thursday, June 6, 2019
Swinging Safari - SIFF 2019 Capsule Review
The Movie: Swinging Safari
The Director: Stephan Elliott
The Cast: Guy Pearce, Kylie Minogue, Radha Mitchell, Julian McMahon, Asher Keddie, Jeremy Sims
The Story: A teenager comes of age in a small Australian town during the 1970s when a 200-ton blue whale gets washed up on a local beach.
The Review:
This movie tries to be a lot of things. It tries to be hip and edgy and over the top funny and, while it does hit those notes here and there, the entire production is a bit of a mess and doesn't make a whole lot of sense. I tried to buy in to the style and tone of the film, it just didn't work for me.
Swinging Safari is an official selection of the 2019 Seattle International Film Festival.
To see more reviews, interviews and festival coverage please go to:
TwoOhSix at SIFF 2019
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Guy Pearce
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Jacob Elordi
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Kylie Minogue
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Radha Mitchell
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Go Back to China - SIFF 2019 Movie Review
The Movie: Go Back to China
The Director: Emily Ting
The Cast: Anna Akana, Richard Ng, Lynn Chen, Kelly Hu, Kendy Cheung
The Story: When spoiled rich girl Sasha Li blows through most of her trust fund, she is cut off by her father and forced to go back to China and work for the family toy business.
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2019 Movie Reviews
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Anna Akana
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Christina Thomas
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HIFF 2019
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Ines Laimins
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Lynn Chen
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Richard Ng
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SIFF 2019
Monday, June 3, 2019
House of Hummingbird (벌새) - SIFF 2019 Capsule Review
The Movie: House of Hummingbird
The Director: Bora Kim
The Cast: Park Ji-hu, Kim Sae-byuk, Lee Seung-yeon, Jeong In-gi
The Story: Seoul, 1994 -- in the year the Seongsu Bridge collapsed, 14-year-old Eunhee wanders the city searching for love.
The Review:
Brilliant. Just. Freaking Brilliant. This coming of age story is exactly what we needed right now. It is real, it is raw, and it is authentic. Bora Kim's story of a young girl dealing with the ups and downs of adolescence is a real treat to watch unfold even as it runs you through just about every emotion possible. Also, Park Ji-hu is absolutely stunning in her debut feature performance.
House of Hummingbird is an official selection of the 2019 Seattle International Film Festival.
To see more reviews, interviews and festival coverage please go to:
TwoOhSix at SIFF 2019
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Lynch: A History - SIFF 2019 Documentary Review
The Documentary: Lynch: A History
The Director: David Shields
The Story: Lynch: A kaleidoscopic look at NFL star Marshawn Lynch and his use of silence as a form of protest and how his journey parallels the black experience in America.
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International Falls - SIFF 2019 Movie Review
The Movie: International Falls
The Director: Amber McGinnis
The Cast: Rachael Harris, Rob Huebel, Matthew Glave, Kevin Nealon, Erik Griffin
The Story: A wife and mom with secret dreams of being a stand-up comic uses a one night stand with a burned-out touring comedian to face the harsh but funny truths of her failing marriage, neglected aspirations, and individual identity.
The Review:
As this year's festival unfolded, this movie was nowhere near my radar until a friend spoke highly of the acting performances so I figured why not give it a try. As the credits started scrolling on the screen and I started typing this review, I have to say I am in full agreement with my friend. Rachael Harris and Rob Huebel are fantastic in their roles and really sell their characters with an honesty and vulnerability that I wasn't expecting from what seemed like would be a pretty simple comedy film.
While the story is essentially a comedy, and it is very funny, there is a very mature and dramatic tone to the film that, in lesser hands could have come off as just a depressing mess. The pair play off ff each other perfectly and you really understand the struggles they are going through in their respective lives and what that baggage brings to their chance meeting. The magic of the story comes from how the two characters needed to cross paths in order to take a necessary turn in life that they have each been avoiding for years.
International Falls is an official selection of the 2019 Seattle International Film Festival.
To see more reviews, interviews and festival coverage please go to:
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Erik Griffin
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Jessie Sherman
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Rob Huebel
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Sunday, June 2, 2019
Official Secrets - SIFF 2019 Capsule Review
The Movie: Official Secrets
The Director:
The Cast: Keira Knightley, Matt Smith, Ralph Fiennes, Matthew Goode, Rhys Ifans
The Story: The true story of a British whistleblower who leaked information to the press about an illegal NSA spy operation designed to push the UN Security Council into sanctioning the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
The Review:
This is Gavin Hood's first film since Eye in the Sky which also shed light on questionable activity from the U.S. government. Keira Knightley is pretty freaking amazing in the lead role and also look for a strong performance from Ralph Fiennes because that's kind of what he does. If you enjoyed Spotlight then this is definitely a film you want to check out as it has a very similar tone and style.
Official Secrets is an official selection of the 2019 Seattle International Film Festival.
To see more reviews, interviews and festival coverage please go to:
TwoOhSix at SIFF 2019
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2019 Movie Reviews
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Hattie Morahan
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John Heffernan
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Keira Knightley
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Kenneth Cranham
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Matt Smith
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Matthew Goode
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Peter Guinness
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Ralph Fiennes
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Rhys Ifans
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SIFF 2019
The Art of Self Defense - SIFF 2019 Capsule Review
The Movie: The Art of Self Defense
The Director: Riley Stearns
The Cast: Jesse Eisenberg, Imogen Poots, Alessandro Nivola, Steve Terada, David Zellner
The Story: A man is attacked at random on the street. He enlists at a local dojo, led by a charismatic and mysterious sensei, in an effort to learn how to defend himself.
The Review:
So, you're looking for a dark, dry comedy filled with social satire? This movie does all of that brilliantly and so much more and features a performance from Jesse Eisenberg that will make you think he was born to play this role. This is the second full length feature from Riley Stearns and it is one you do not want to miss.
The Art of Self Defense is an official selection of the 2019 Seattle International Film Festival.
To see more reviews, interviews and festival coverage please go to:
TwoOhSix at SIFF 2019
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