SIFF

The 50th Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) starts May 9. For Seattle movie lovers, it’s one of the most exciting times of the year. But what should you see?

CatVideoFest is an annual event featuring a 70-minute reel of over 200 cat videos. Organizer Will Braden is a former Seattle Film Institute student who has become a cat video connoisseur.

“Alan @ Work” follows Alan Chong Lau, a respected Seattle artist who supported himself for decades by working at a grocery store. The documentary, made by Doug Ing, follows Lau from 1998-2008.

Sudeshna Sen's debut feature film "Anu" is the story of a 12-year-old South Asian girl growing up in Seattle, learning how to deal with losing a loved one. The film is premiering at the Seattle International Film Festival.

The Seattle International Film Festival runs through April 24th and features films from around the world. Two of them are from local filmmakers whose films heavily center Seattle in them. "Sweetheart Deal" documents the lives of four sex workers on Aurora Avenue. While "Know Your Place" is a love letter to the constantly changing city that is Seattle.

SIFF brings the art of film noir into focus at SIFF Cinema Egyptian theater Feb. 11-17. Robin Lloyd explores the use of jazz in the popular film genre of the 1940s and 1950s.

Many of the region’s annual film festivals are going virtual this year, as the pandemic continues. That includes next year’s Seattle International Film…

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Eddie Muller — The Czar of Noir, as described by the Seattle International Film Festival — is taking a break from hosting Turner Classic Movies’ "Noir…

SIFF’s Noir City film festival kicks off Friday with 18 movies being shown over the course of a week. Author and so-called “Czar of Noir” Eddie Muller…