SIFFcast

SIFFcast, the official podcast of the Seattle International Film Festival, interviews the best filmmakers, directors, and actors in the industry. In this epsidoe, SJ Chiro sits down with producer and director Marc Turtletaub to discuss his new film Puzzle. Kelly Macdonald (Trainspotting, No Country for Old Men) stars as a suburban housewife who discovers an unexpected talent for solving jigsaw puzzles, leading her to partner with a competitive puzzle champion (Irrfan Khan, The Lunchbox) and unlock passions she had never before imagined.

SJ Chiro sits down with BLINDSPOTTING (Official Selection SIFF 2018) director Carlos López Estrada to talk about his blistering feature debut set in a rapidly gentrifying Oakland.

SJ Chiro sits down with BLINDSPOTTING (Official Selection SIFF 2018) director Carlos López Estrada to talk about his blistering feature debut set in a rapidly gentrifying Oakland.

Jeremy sits down with documentary filmmaker Kimberly Reed and investigative journalist John S. Adams to uncovers the shocking and vital truth of how American elections are bought and sold in DARK MONEY. A political thriller, the film examines one of the greatest present threats to American democracy: the influence of untraceable corporate money on our elections and elected officials. The film takes viewers to Montana—a frontline in the fight to preserve fair elections nationwide—to follow an intrepid local journalist working to expose the real-life impacts of the US Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision. The film opens at SIFF Cinema Uptown on Friday August 3rd. Film subject John Adams will be on hand for a Q&A on Friday and Saturday.

Jeremy sits down with documentary filmmaker Kimberly Reed and investigative journalist John S. Adams to uncovers the shocking and vital truth of how American elections are bought and sold in DARK MONEY. A political thriller, the film examines one of the greatest present threats to American democracy: the influence of untraceable corporate money on our elections and elected officials. The film takes viewers to Montana—a frontline in the fight to preserve fair elections nationwide—to follow an intrepid local journalist working to expose the real-life impacts of the US Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision. The film opens at SIFF Cinema Uptown on Friday August 3rd. Film subject John Adams will be on hand for a Q&A on Friday and Saturday.

SJ Chiro catches up with LAST SUIT director Pablo Solarz about his SIFF Golden Space Needle winning film.

SJ Chiro catches up with LAST SUIT director Pablo Solarz about his SIFF Golden Space Needle winning film.

SJ Chiro chats with legendary Pacific Northwest filmmaker Gus Van Sant and actress/musician Beth Ditto about their new film DON'T WORRY, HE WON'T GET FAR ON FOOT. Joaquin Phoenix gives a transformative performance in Gus Van Sant's sensitive and caustically funny portrait of Portland cartoonist John Callahan who, after a car accident leaves him disabled, uses his sardonic humor and brutal honesty to battle with a lifetime of addiction.

SJ Chiro chats with legendary Pacific Northwest filmmaker Gus Van Sant and actress/musician Beth Ditto about their new film DON'T WORRY, HE WON'T GET FAR ON FOOT. Joaquin Phoenix gives a transformative performance in Gus Van Sant's sensitive and caustically funny portrait of Portland cartoonist John Callahan who, after a car accident leaves him disabled, uses his sardonic humor and brutal honesty to battle with a lifetime of addiction.

Director Yixi Sun sits down with Jeremy to discuss her new horror film SUSU. Two Chinese students find themselves in the midst of a chilling gothic tale after they take a weekend job transcribing the archives of a famous Chinese opera star, which sends them to a secluded 16th century mansion in the British countryside whose strange occupants are hiding gruesome family secrets.