TwoOhSix Picks - 2018 Issaquah International Film Festival

The 2018 Issaquah International Film Festival will take place during the weekend of September 15th and 16th at the Issaquah Cinebarre 8 in Issaquah, WA. The movies are totally free to attend although you do have to reserve your tickets through the official film festival website. Yes, you heard that right, the entire festival is free! Take a moment to recover from that fact and then check out the movies I picked as the ones you don't want to miss.

Prospect - SIFF 2018 Movie Review

The Movie: Prospect

The Director: Zeek Earl and Chris Caldwell

The Cast: Sophie Thatcher, Pedro Pascal, Jay Duplass, Andre Royo, Sheila Vand, Anwan Glover

The Story: A teenage girl and her father travel to a remote moon on the hunt for elusive riches. But there are others roving the moon's toxic forest and the job quickly devolves into a desperate fight to escape.

Blindspotting - SIFF 2018 Movie Review

The Movie: Blindspotting

The Director: Carlos López Estrada

The Cast: Daveed Diggs, Rafael Casal, Janina Gavankar, Jasmine Cephas Jones, Ethan Embry

The Story: Lifelong friends Daveed Diggs and Rafael Casal co-wrote and star in this timely and wildly entertaining story about the intersection of race and class, set against the backdrop of a rapidly gentrifying Oakland.

TwoOhSix Recap: 2018 Seattle International Film Festival

Twenty five festival days, forty one movies, four interviews, and countless kernels of popcorn. Covering my home town film festival is always a major highlight of my year. Being immersed in film, film fans, and film makers is an experience well worth the late nights, popcorn dinners, and utter exhaustion by the time it's all said and done. This recap includes four sections: capsule reviews, full reviews, interviews, and my top ten favorite films from this year's festival.

TwoOhSix Interviews - Director Pascal Plante at SIFF 2018

Talking to film makers is probably the most fun and rewarding part of covering film festivals because they are always so passionate about their projects and you just feel the love and creative energy pouring out of them during the interview. Pascal Plante, director of Fake Tattoos, is a prime example of that and he gave some brilliant insight into what it took to make this wonderful film.

Fake Tattoos is an official selection of the 2018 Seattle International Film Festival.

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TwoOhSix Interviews - Director Boots Riley at SIFF 2018

Boots Riley was about to be on the red carpet at the 2018 Seattle International Film Festival and I would only have a couple minutes to speak with him. With less than three minute to work with, what do you ask a Bay Area rap legend who is about to show his debut feature film to a packed house in downtown Seattle? Watch the video to find out!

Sorry to Bother You is an official selection of the 2018 Seattle International Film Festival.

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Prospect - SIFF 2018 Capsule Review

The Movie: Prospect

The Director: Zeek Earl and Chris Caldwell

The Cast: Sophie Thatcher, Pedro Pascal, Jay Duplass, Andre Royo, Sheila Vand, Anwan Glover

The Story: A teenage girl and her father travel to a remote moon on the hunt for elusive riches. But there are others roving the moon's toxic forest and the job quickly devolves into a desperate fight to escape.

Boundaries - SIFF 2018 Capsule Review

The Movie: Boundaries

The Director: Shana Feste

The Cast: Vera Farmiga, Christopher Plummer, Lewis MacDougall, Bobby Cannavale, Kristen Schaal, Christopher Lloyd, Peter Fonda

The Story: Laura and her son Henry are forced to drive her estranged, pot-dealing, carefree father Jack across country after being kicked out of a nursing home.

Rust (Ferrugem) - SIFF 2018 Capsule Review

The Movie: Rust (Ferrugem)

The Director: Aly Muritiba

The Cast: Tifanny Dopke, Giovanni De Lorenzi, Enrique Diaz, Clarissa Kiste, Igor Augustho

The Story: Tati and Renet were already trading pics, videos and music by their cell phones, and on the last school trip they started making eye contact. However, what could be the beginning of a love story, turns to an end.

Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts - SIFF 2018 Movie Review

The Movie: Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts

The Director: Mouly Surya

The Cast: Marsha Timothy, Dea Panendra, Egi Fedly, Yoga Pratama, Rita Matu Mona

The Story: Marlina lives quietly in Sumba until one day a man named Markus and his gang tries to rob her house and she kills him. Eventually, she is haunted by Markus, and her life turns in 180 degrees.

The Miseducation of Cameron Post - SIFF 2018 Capsule Review

The Movie: The Miseducation of Cameron Post

The Director: Desiree Akhavan

The Cast: Chloë Grace Moretz, Sasha Lane, Forrest Goodluck, John Gallagher Jr, Jennifer Ehle, Emily Skeggs, Owen Campbell

The Story: In 1993, a teenage girl is forced into a gay conversion therapy center by her conservative guardians.

Puzzle - SIFF 2018 Capsule Review

The Movie: Puzzle

The Director: Marc Turtletaub

The Cast: Kelly Macdonald, Irrfan Khan, Liv Hewson, David Denman

The Story: Agnes, taken for granted as a suburban mother, discovers a passion for solving jigsaw puzzles which unexpectedly draws her into a new world - where her life unfolds in ways she could never have imagined.

Under the Tree (Undir trénu) - SIFF 2018 Capsule Review

The Movie: Under the Tree (Undir trénu)

The Director: Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson

The Cast: Steinþór Hróar Steinþórsson, Edda Björgvinsdóttir, Sigurður Sigurjónsson, Lára Jóhanna Jónsdóttir, Þorsteinn Bachmann, Selma Björnsdóttir, Dóra Jóhannsdóttir, Sigríður Sigurpálsdóttir Scheving

The Story: When Baldwin and Inga's next door neighbors complain that a tree in their backyard casts a shadow over their sundeck, what starts off as a typical spat between neighbors in the suburbs unexpectedly and violently spirals out of control.

The Place - SIFF 2018 Capsule Review

The Movie: The Place

The Director: Paolo Genovese

The Cast: Valerio Mastandrea, Marco Giallini, Alba Rorhwarcher, Vittoria Puccini, Rocco Papaleo

The Story: The fates of an apparently random group of strangers who each come into contact with a mysterious figure who they believe possesses the power to grant any wish, in return for which they must carry out a task he assigns them.

Bodied - SIFF 2018 Movie Review

The Movie: Bodied

The Director: Joseph Kahn

The Cast: Calum Worthy, Jackie Long, Rory Uphold, Jonathan Park, Walter Perez, Shoniqua Shandai, Anthony Michael Hall

The Story: A progressive graduate student finds success and sparks outrage when his interest in battle rap as a thesis subject becomes a competitive obsession.

The Last Suit (El último traje) - SIFF 2018 Capsule Review

The Movie: The Last Suit (El último traje)

The Director: Pablo Solarz

The Cast: Miguel Ángel Solá, Ángela Molina, Martín Piroyansky, Natalia Verbeke, Olga Boladz

The Story: An 88 year-old Jewish tailor, runs away from Buenos Aires to Poland, where he proposes to find a friend who saved him from certain death at the end of World War II.

People's Republic of Desire - SIFF 2018 Capsule Review

The Documentary: People's Republic of Desire

The Director: Hao Wu

The Story: As an entire generation has come of age on social media, virtual relationships are slowly replacing real-life human connections. And China has taken it to an extreme.

Champions (Campeones) - SIFF 2018 Movie Review

The Movie: Champions (Campeones)

The Director: Javier Fesser

The Cast: Javier Gutiérrez, Sergio Olmos, Julio Fernandez, Jesus Lago, Jesus Vidal

The Story: A basketball coach is sentenced to community service, forced to work with a team of mentally disabled players.

Leave No Trace - SIFF 2018 Capsule Review

The Movie: Leave No Trace

The Director: Debra Granik

The Cast: Ben Foster, Thomasin McKenzie, Jeff Korber, Dale Dickey

The Story: A father and his thirteen year-old daughter are living in an ideal existence in a vast urban park in Portland, Oregon, when a small mistake derails their lives forever.

TwoOhSix Interviews - Director Yixi Sun at SIFF 2018

On a rainy day in Seattle, I had an opportunity to sit down with film maker Yixi Sun to discuss her debut feature film Susu which is an official selection of the 2018 Seattle International Film Festival. Her insight and knowledge of film making is very impressive and it is obvious she has a sincere passion and joy for her craft. Our discussion covers a wide range of topics including how she made the movie, what it was like starting her own film festival, and her newfound love of popcorn.