Zheng's Movie Blog

I saw two excellent plays recently. Both involved Asian Americans and sex. Well, they were actually about love and relationships, but both ...

October turned out to be a milestone month for me as a filmmaker. Two of my short films were screened at film festivals right here in Se...

So... When it was all said and done, I managed to catch 57 shows at SIFF 2011, including 48 feature films and 9 shorts packages. It was a r...

Aside from seeing films and talking with filmmakers, SIFF also provides ample opportunities to mingle with fellow festival goers and friendl...

My final weekend of SIFF turned out to be quite rewarding, with five very different films that I enjoyed watching. Romeos (Germany) - B+ A t...

The Catechism Cataclysm (USA) - B The most puzzling thing about " Cat Cat " (as someone called it) is that I actually enjoyed it! ...

For the second time this SIFF, I was shut out of a sold-out screening. And for the second time, I ended up watching a Hollywood blockbuster ...

Jun 8-12 (Subject to Change) Go to http://www.siff.net/festival/index.aspx for full details or to buy tickets. PAC: Pacific Place; EGY: Egy...

As much as I have gotten better with speculating whether I would enjoy seeing a particular film, it can still be an unpredictable experience...

My schedule only allowed me to catch three films this weekend. Luckily, two of them were highly rewarding. Do You See Colors When You Close ...

My plan was to catch the French RomCom " The Names of Love " at Pacific Place, 1:30pm, and then take a break for the next timeslot...

U2 concert; a wedding; a meeting about my autism documentary project. Those are all things that, deservingly, cut into my SIFF-going. Jun 3-...

Catching up on my reviews after a few days of being busy with a work project... Lesson Plan (USA) (Docu) - B As a technically straightforwar...

I camped out at SIFF Cinema for the final day of the ShortsFest. It was a good day with many excellent selections, and I enjoyed meeting man...

Today I took a break from the ShortsFest and watched four feature films. Seeing that they all had filmmakers attending, it was a perfect day...

An African Election (Ghana) - B This documentary holds special interest for me, because I took a trip to Ghana in the fall of 2008 for a cha...

I skipped SIFF today due to another commitment, but went over to Renton to catch the post-screening Q&A for " Paper Birds ," w...

Tyrannosaur (UK) - B(?) Seriously. Some British films should be required to have English subtitles. The accents are so thick here that I thi...

May 25 - May 30 (Subject to Change) Go to http://www.siff.net/festival/index.aspx for full details and to buy tickets. PAC: Pacific Place; E...

I watched this one at a special preview event and highly recommend it! Paper Birds (Spain) - A Screening on May 26, May 28, May 29 If you ar...

Beginners (USA) - B Oh, how I wanted to love this film. Ewan McGregor - one of the finest actors working today. Christopher Plummer - I don...

My tour of the SIFF venues continues today with the Admiral Theater in West Seattle. Some people dislike that venue; I don't really mind...