If you are or know a pregnant woman of German, Russian, or Ukrainian descent, you have a chance to be a hero. Time is critical – become Mandi’s hero now. Mandi Schwartz, a 22-year-old member of the Yale women’s ice hockey team, has recently been diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia for the second time. She [...]
SIFF 10 counts down its final five days with a flurry of films. This year’s Gay-la gala film is Violet Tendencies starring Mindy Cohn (who is undoubtedly resigned by now to being known as “Natalie from Facts of Life”) as the queen mother of a group of gay friends who is happy to support their [...]
By Mike Caccioppoli Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work (USA, 2010) Directed by Ricki Stern & Annie Sundberg Joan Rivers is quite the woman. I must say that I didn’t have much of an opinion about her before seeing this documentary but now I do. A Piece of Work could refer to her character and [...]
By Mike Caccioppoli Beautiful Darling: The Life and Times of Candy Darling, Andy Warhol Superstar (USA, 2010) Directed by James Rasin This documentary blind sided me as I didn’t expect it to be as moving as it is. Chronicling the life of Candy Darling one of Andy Warhol’s minions, it is told mainly from the point of [...]
Foxes : Alžbeta and her big sister Tina both relocated from their village in Slovakia to cosmopolitan Dublin in the hopes of finding a better life, but even when you can’t go home again, you never really get to leave it, either. Tina, who lives in a nice house with her Irish fiancee, Steve, initially [...]
By Mike Caccioppoli Lots going on as usual at the Seattle International Film Festival so with the films beginning to pile up I will be short and sweet with the following six reviews. From Beginning to End (Brazil,2010) Directed by Aluizio Abranches This is the kind of film that couldn’t be made in this country. [...]
Sean & Jason have announced that barring a last minute miracle, they’re closing down Metblogs May 31. I will be moving all the content that once would’ve gone to Seattle Metblogs here.
The Independent Games Festival, which opened today in San Francisco, bills itself as a sort of Sundance Festival of independent game development. Now in its 12th year, the IGF allows indie game developers a chance to get together with professional peers and aspiring applicants into the industry to show off their skills, learn new techniques [...]
Happy Fat Tuesday! Cities all across America celebrate Mardi Gras but no one does it quite like New Orleans. Huge floats in huge parades attract revelers for one of the biggest parties on the planet. One of the most popular features of these parades is a tradition that dates back to the 1830s: the tossing [...]
