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279: Most Anticipated Movies of 2024

May 28, 2024

Summer movie season is upon us, so it is time to pick what movies with a confirmed release date we are most excited about seeing this year!

Reviews: SIFF Documentary Round Up – Part 1

May 27, 2024

In this batch of capsule reviews from the Seattle International FIlm Festival, we’ve chosen to focus on two documentaries.

Reviews: Madame Web – Physical Release

May 24, 2024

Even at its worst, Madame Web is fascinating. The choices are almost uniformly bad, but in interesting ways that inspire more reflection.

Reviews: river

May 23, 2024

In River, the inhabitants of a small inn in the Japanese countryside suddenly find themselves in a time loop, River restricts the loop to two minutes.

Reviews: Tim Travers and the Time Traveler’s Paradox from SIFF 2024

May 22, 2024

Tim Travers creates a time machine, and a paradox when he steps through the machine over and over again creating many Tim’s.

278: 2024 SIFF Wrap Up

May 21, 2024

The 2024 Seattle International Film Festival just concluded and we wrap up some of the films we saw. Joining the show is Thomas Stoneham-Judge, of ⁠For Reel⁠.

Reviews: Hitchcock’s Pro-Nazi Film from SIFF 2024

May 20, 2024

Hitchcock’s Pro-Nazi Film looks at whether or not the esteemed director’s 1944 film Lifeboat was helping the war effort or potentially aiding the enemy.

Reviews: Ru

May 17, 2024

Ru follows the tale of Tinh, who with her family is one of many “boat people” from Southern Vietnam that relocate to Quebec.

Reviews: Humane

May 16, 2024

In Humane, Caitlin Cronenberg takes on the environment, government overreach, pandemic response plans, familial legacies, race, ableism and much more.

Reviews: Grand Theft Hamlet from Hot Docs 2024

May 15, 2024

Grand Theft Hamlet, documents the process to stage a live production of Hamlet within the virtual world of GTA during the UK’s COVID lockdown in early 2021.