Before this year’s Vashon Island Film Festival began, I described the experience as “Hollywood on an island for a weekend.” After spending another weekend on Vashon, I think I’ll stick with that. The fifth annual Vashon Island Film Festival came […]

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There are a few things I genuinely look forward to every year. Naked and painted-up bike riders rolling through Seattle. Blue Angels flying overhead. And Hollywood taking over an island for a weekend. That last one is the Vashon Island […]

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Everybody to Kenmure Street (which I recently reviewed), from director Felipe Bustos Sierra (Nae Pasaran), just premiered at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival. The documentary highlights a 2021 protest in Glasgow, Scotland, over a dawn raid to kidnap two immigrant […]

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(The 2026 Sundance Film Festival kicks off Thursday, January 22 and ran through Sunday, February 1 for, sadly the last time, in and around Park City, Utah. Check out Chris Reed’s Shame and Money movie review, fresh from the fest. Seen it? Join […]

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The 2026 Sundance Film Festival kicks off Thursday, January 22 and runs through Sunday, February 1 for, sadly the last time, in and around Park City, Utah. Last year’s passing of Sundance progenitor Robert Redford kind of added a real […]

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