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Maybe it’s the titles I selected, or maybe this year’s crop of Hot Docs short documentaries is just really really strong, but many of my fave films screened so...
Director Nathan Grossman follows a group of climate scientists as they explore feelings instead of facts over the course of a therapeutic weekend in Climate in Therapy. We posed...
Although the lineup at Hot Docs is quite a bit leaner this year — 113 films being screened in 2025 vs. 168 in 2024 — there’s no shortage of...
In Parade: Queer Acts of Love & Resistance, director Noam Gonick and producer Justine Pimlott explore the history of 2SLGBTQI+ activism in Canada. We posed our Qs à la...
April 8, 2025–It’s refreshing to see more films about complex women, whether the difficult choices they make are selfless or for self-preservation. Check out these and other movies streaming...
April 7, 2025–Millions of Americans marched in the streets this past weekend on April 5th to protest the Trump administration’s reckless abuse of power, saying “Hands Off!” the Constitution...
April 6, 2025–The Seattle Jewish Film Festival wrapped up last night with the crow-pleaser Bad Shabbos, starring Kyra Sedgwick as a matriarch (I’m in denial that she has aged...
Feature documentaries may get the bulk of the attention at Hot Docs, but documentary shorts are often some of the best and most memorable of every fest, due largely...
It’s that time of year again and, although the festival has scaled back and is screening fewer documentaries than in years past (113 in 2025 vs. 168 in 2024),...
March 21, 2025–The Seattle Jewish Film Festival launches its 30th festival on March 22nd, with the anticipated Opening Night film Midas Man, a drama about Brian Epstein, the visionary...
It’s a wrap! The SIFFTY-th (sort of 50th) Seattle International Film Festival wrapped up on Sunday night. Even though the festival is relatively truncated these days, running for a...
I noticed a recurring theme in several of the films I saw at SIFF: the preservation of art, culture, and ideas in a rapidly changing world. Whether inspiring, thought-provoking,...
