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“Everything I learned I learned from the movies.”
― Audrey Hepburn
10 Past SIFF Movies No Longer Available Anywhere
Sometimes the Seattle International Film Festival is your best, last and only chance to see some great films. Here some SIFF favorites that are not available on any platform.
'Three Identical Strangers' film review: An unbelievable story's even more incredible, unsettling secrets
This unbelievable documentary recounts the truly stranger-than-fiction true story and its even more surprising underlying mystery.
2018 Seattle International Film Festival capsule movie reviews
Bite-sized capsule reviews of films screening at the 44th Seattle International Film Festival. This article will continue to be updated throughout 2018 SIFF.
2018 Seattle International Film Festival preview
The 44th Seattle International Film Festival will screen almost 170 feature-length films - here are 10 movies to put on your watch list.
'Avengers: Infinity War' film review (SPOILERS)
A spoiler-filled review of the film every Marvel Film has been leading toward. Here be spoilers.
(NO SPOILERS) 'Avengers: Infinity War' film review: How to pay off a sprawling, massive franchise
A decade of films have laid the groundwork and built up the expectations.
'The Endless' film review: Refreshing sci-fi thriller satisfies patient viewers
The indie science-fiction horror flick is a journey deeper and deeper into a seemingly tranquil commune’s warped nightmare.
'You Were Never Really Here' film review: Bold, subversive thriller upends action genre
If you took an action flick and accentuated all the quiet, humane moments between bloody fight sequences, the result would be this innovative mystery-thriller.
'Gemini' film review: Moody Hollywood thriller is style over substance
The moody crime thriller has all the hallmarks of a story that probably would have been better suited as a short film.
'A Quiet Place' film review: Sound is the enemy in this emotionally draining thriller
Go into the film cold -- know as little as possible about the premise going into the theater. Just know this is one of the great cinematic experiences of the year.
'Itzhak' film review: Meet the husband, the artist behind the violin
This intimate portrait of world renowned violinist Itzhak Perlman offers a warm look at the enthusiastic artist.
'All I Wish' film review: Sharon Stone deserves better than this tepid rom-com
The Sharon Stone dramatic-comedy is a string of clunky chapters bundled together by an uninspired gimmick.
'Ready Player One' film review: Love letter to nostalgia is a pop culture-infused ride
Fans of all things '80s rejoice! Spielberg's adaptation is a kinetic and nostalgia-drenched valentine to Easter eggs and pop culture.
'Flower' film review: Dark twists, sharp wit can't save this wilted clunker
Categorizing this indie flick "Flower" is difficult - mostly because this film simply cannot decide what it is or where its story is going.
'Unsane' film review: Soderbergh's experimental shot-on-an-iPhone psycho horror
Steven Soderbergh's unorthodox psychological horror is a deeply engaging thriller -- until the mystery is deflated way too early.
'Tater Tot & Patton' film review: An unassuming, atmospheric indie winner
A pair of stand-out lead performances and a nuanced screenplay highlight this melancholic and deliberately-paced indie drama.
'A Wrinkle in Time' film review: A rushed, messy CGI-heavy fantasy misfire
Given the erratic and jarring nature of this adaptation, the source material must be nigh unfilmable. Cramming all the world-building, heady metaphysical themes and astrophysics simply results in a movie that, at best, feels rushed and at worst, is ham-handed and clunky.
'Annihilation' film review: Esoteric, unconventional flick underwhelms
There are films that achieve the fragile dream-like experience - then there are films that force approximations of the surreal. This sci-fi thriller is the latter.
'Molly's Game' film review: Sorkin was born to write for badass Chastain
The combination of an outright badass lead performance and a sharply-honed Aaron Sorkin screenplay makes this biographical drama one of most entertaining films of the season.