Ron Wilkinson Emotion packed thriller of America’s Southeast Asia Dunkirk. In the year of 1975 both American and the Republic of South Vietnam were struggling, against the odds, to bring peace with dignity to Southeast Asia. The Paris Peace accords of two years’ earlier had established a framework of commitment and cooperation to end the war. In
Screened at the 40th Seattle International Film Festival, Pawel Pawlikowski’s atmospheric “Ida” opened June 13, 2014 at the SIFF Cinema Uptown in Seattle. Presented in 35mm format, this film is one of the most visually striking black and white productions to be seen. Director Pawlikowski (“Last Resort,” “My Summer of Love”) works closely with Agata
Australian mystery thriller with all the grit in the outback and a little more. David Michôd ups the ante and hauls in a big one in this Aussie thriller set in the desolate outback ten year after the collapse. The collapse? The comedians in the audience will point out that the outback ten years after
Great live action footage fails to make up for poor narration and organization. It is hard to say where this film fatally diverges from what appears to be its inspiration, “Restrepo,” but it might be that the narration is the first cut. The movie is a documentary of two US military teams pushing into one
Not just another theatrical performance, Unstable Elements acts to live Screened at the 40th Seattle International Film Festival, Madeleine Sackler’s awesome, thrilling and beautiful biopic of the underground theatrical group “Unstable Elements of Belarus” is part nail biting spy story and part inspirational political performance art. The Unstable Elements performs theatrical productions critical of the
Sci-fi psychodrama that fails to deliver on the promise of a mysterious story of extra sensory perception. Mark Strong (Jim Prideaux in the 2011 remake of “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy”), comes back a good guy. He is still as cold and calculating as ever, approaching the diagnosis of his most recent case as he approached
A coming of age frolic with lessons for all ages. Take a wild ride to 1980’s Stockholm and join Klara, Bobo and Hedwig as they transform 13 year-old Swedish society and find themselves at the same time. It does not matter whether the artist is 13 or 113, the object is to make people laugh,
Then, again, so are many corporations. When Yes Men Andy Bichlbaum and Mike Bonanno launched their “Survivaballs” into New York’s East River to protest the lack of an effective United Nations climate change policy, they were not surprised when legal action ensued (“Yes, just stay to the left of the machine gun…”). In fact, they
New director William Eubank gives it a good try but fails to capitalize on a good idea, Screened at the 40th Seattle International Film Festival, computer hackers Brenton Thwaites (playing Nic Eastman) and Beau Knapp (playing Jonah Breck) receive a very mysterious message. A couple quick replies indicate they are being challenged to a computer
A minimalist investigation into Turkish women bearing the sins of the world. Screened at the 40th Seattle International Film Festival, Saodat Ismailova’s “Chilla” came as a surprise to an audience expecting the Indian crime thriller “Monsoon Shootout.” As the SIFF staff pointed out, “this is no Monsoon Shootout.” Indeed, Ismailov’s movie probably produces more lasting