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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(The Vashon Island Film Festival ran August 13–16 for its fifth year. Check out Alan Motley’s Labrador: Autopsy of Silence movie review, fresh from the fest. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) Everyone is a suspect. That was […]

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(The Vashon Island Film Festival ran August 13–16 for its fifth year. Check out Alan Motley’s The Life We Leave movie review, fresh from the fest. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) There is a moment in The Life […]

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(The Vashon Island Film Festival runs August 13–16 for its fifth year. Check out Alan Motley’s Aanikoobijigan movie review, fresh from the fest. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) There is a point when the language used to describe […]

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(The Vashon Island Film Festival runs August 13–16 for its fifth year. Check out Alan Motley’s Tony movie review, fresh from the fest. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) I absolutely loved Tony, so let me just […]

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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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