Category: Cinema
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A Talk with Brandon Ryan, Curator of Central Cinema’s Night and Day Film Noir Series
The Star sat down with Night and Day Film Noir Series’ curator, Brandon Ryan, and discussed what he aims to do with the series, why he feels particularly drawn to Humphrey Bogart, and the unfortunate circumstance that the movie making process ended up driving some…
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Objects in Motion: An Interview with Animator Tess Martin
Cole Hornaday talks with experimental animator Tess Martin about her work with SEAT and her part in the upcoming film, Barzan.
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Interview with David Nixon: Local Musician, Philosophy Teacher, and Director of Bladfold
José Amador talks with David Nixon, of the band “Awesome”, The Half Brothers and philosophy teacher at the University of Washington’s Bothell campus, about Bladfold, Nixon latest cinematic effort. The interview includes images and links to music from the film, as well as the movie…
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Gary Hill’s Glossodelic Attractors
Even among my friends and associates who tend to consider themselves more cultured than most, very few have heard of Gary Hill. Behind this lack of knowledge, I suspect, is the typical disdain with which Seattle often treats its own artists, preferring to fantasize that…
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A Few Clumsy Words about Jeffrey Brown
When I first moved to Boston from Seattle in my early twenties, I was filled with confusion, excitement, and the terrifying thought that I had no idea what I was doing when it came to relationships, jobs and the other mysterious workings of the world.…
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SIFF Review: Rebellion (L’Ordre et la Morale); dir. Mathieu Kassovitz (France, 2011)
There are a couple of more opportunities to catch Rebellion during this year’s SIFF; joining the Star family, Everett Rummage weighs in on this imperfect hybrid of Hollywood-style action movie and political docudrama from France.
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SIFF Review: Bonsái dir. Cristián Jiménez (Chile, 2011)
Cristián Jiménez’s Bonsái is a quiet and literate exploration of young love, the nature of nostalgia, and the way that lies and fictions are wrapped up in emotion. Jose Amador shares his impressions of the movie, that is also a selection at this year’s SIFF.
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At STIFF: This Is How I Roll
Direct from the creative minds of New York filmmakers Kat Vecchio and Joe Mihalchick is This Is How I Roll—a fresh STIFF documentary depicting men who actually strive to skate, hit and dominate just like the ladies.
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The Seattle True Independent Film Festival Deserves Your Love
The Seattle True Independent Film Festival is upon us, and here’s why you should start paying attention to it.
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Lenin in October has Seattle Jewish Film Festival audiences rolling in the aisles
What could be more fraught with hilarious peril than a scenario in which a man, with lofty dreams of owning his own restaurant, comes into a large inheritance with a stipulation that goes against, if not his own beliefs and ideals, then certainly those of…
