Double Reading

Last year’s SIFF film A Hole In My Heart has haunted me more than any of the films last year. I regret only giving it three stars. Although the movie was very fucked up and probably exploitative, it was a great work of filmmaking and definitely deserved five stars.
Unfortunately, I don’t think Container, Lukas Moodysson’s [...]

I’ve been thinking that Iceland is “the next big thing” for music for quite a few years now. After Sigur Ros proved that Bjork wasn’t the only musical genius hailing from the island country, it seemed pretty obvious that something was going on with the music scene in Iceland.
Screaming Masterpieces (or is it “Masterpiece” singular [...]

I’m glad to say that I’ve started SIFF off on a good note. And very apropos, my first film this year was a film about films: This Film Is Not Yet Rated by Kirby Dick.
Basically, This Film is a documentary about the MPAA and it’s often-criticized ratings system. Toward the end, the film delved into [...]

Just the other night Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) 2006 had its kick-off gala. The opening film was The Illusionist. I didn’t go.
But I did end up buying a bunch of tickets for other films. Here is my list, join me if you can!

This Film Is Not Yet Rated — May 27 @ 9:30 p.m. [...]

I definitely want to go again, assuming the lineup will be just as extraordinary as it was this year. Although I know some people didn’t really like the fact Madonna showed up, I really appreciate the clash of “high” and “low” culture. (Slavoj Zizek would probably call Coachella a “short circuit.”)
Now that it’s been a [...]

How Not To Open a Bottle of Beer

Being the geniuses that Katrina and I are, we figured that it would be a good idea to drink before going into the concert so that 1. we could save money on beer and 2. be a little “loosened up” so that the crowds would be easier to [...]

I guess you could say that my Coachella story starts with the Ladytron concert in Seattle on Wednesday night or the awesome time I had in San Franscisco visting Brook, but this is called “The Coachella Post,” not “Jason’s Vacation,” so I’ll try to stay on-topic.
My friend Troy and I flew in to Los Angeles [...]