August 3rd, 2010
by Mackenzie McAninch
Each month, Randomville profiles an artist that Flipswitch PR provides us. For August, we’re changing things up a little by taking a look at the documentary/album/project, The Laya Project. Don’t worry, there is music involved! Laya Project Trailer 02 (Song-Tapatam) – Watch the best video clips here Laya Project’s Tsunami of Music: Sounds Embrace Survival [...]
June 20th, 2010
by JB Bonifacio
Review of SIFF 2010’s “Meet Monica Velour” (with Kim Cattrall) + Crowd Q&A & Interview with director Keith Bearden
June 17th, 2010
by Pam Inglesby and J.B. Bonafacio
The 25-day cinema-lovers marathon that is The Seattle International Film Festival ended on Sunday. Of course our two reviewers couldn’t see all 408 entries, but they did make a sizeable dent in the catalog. Read below to find out which movies they think deserve special mention. The festival awards were announced Sunday afternoon. The SIFF [...]
June 8th, 2010
by Pam Inglesby
(Rob Benedict, Michael Weithorn, Daniel Yelsky and Jenna Fischer at the world premiere of A Little Help. Photo by April Brimer). Although directors don’t like to hear this, some movies seem destined for success on Netflix rather than in theaters: you wouldn’t go out of your way to see them, but they’re a pleasant surprise [...]
March 28th, 2010
by Mackenzie McAninch
UPDATE: ON MARCH 31st, DATA RAPTURE WAS VOTED BEST FILM AND BEST ART DIRECTING FOR THIS CONTEST. WAY TO GO TEAM!!! AND YOU CAN NOW WATCH DATA RAPTURE IN ITS ENTIRETY AT THE END OF THIS STORY… Ever wonder what it’s like to make a film? Even a short film…say, five minutes? I’ve always been [...]
January 3rd, 2010
by Mackenzie McAninch
So here we are, at the end of yet another decade. We figure that all of the other entertainment sources out there are going to have all of the “Best Of’s” for the past decade, but really, won’t they all have about the same answers anyway? Instead, Randomville is choosing to focus on what happened [...]
November 9th, 2009
by Mackenzie McAninch
WATCHING SHORT FILMS IN STRANGERS’ HOUSES= AWKWARDLY AWESOME!! So when was the last time you attended a film festival that was in your neighborhood, and in strangers’ homes? The idea here is that short films (local and from all over the world, actually) are displayed in the homes of local volunteers. These willing participants open [...]
July 30th, 2009
by evan brown
And so a few weeks later, Fantasia Fest comes to a close (check out Part 1 of our coverage here). Here is a round up of the final five films I managed to see. There would have been more but I had to miss a few due to other commitments. In all honesty though, I [...]
July 17th, 2009
by evan brown
Fantasia Fest is a celebration of fantasy, horror, and Asian cinema now in its 13th year in Montreal. But since it’s brand new to me, I’m throwing myself into as many movies as possible. The festival runs from July 9th to the 29th. What will follow periodically here are mini reviews and impressions on the [...]
June 23rd, 2009
by Mackenzie McAninch
This year during The Seattle International Film Festival, we caught the film Against the Current and gave it a rating of four out of five. The sophomore effort by director Peter Callahan is the story about a seemingly “average joe” who decides to set a life goal by swimming the length of The Hudson River. [...]