SIFF 2018 Edition: Best of SIFF, Week Two — Tigers Are Not Afraid

Tigers Are Not Afraid starts in fact and ends in myth. Much like Pan's Labyrinth, the film follows a girl (named Estrella and played by Paola Lara) who uses fantasy to deal with a grisly reality. In Pan's Labyrinth, the reality was Franco's Fascist rule of Spain. Tigers Are Not Afraid deals with a more recent nightmare: …

SIFF 2018 Edition: Capsule Reviews, Week Two

Here are my capsule reviews for the second week of the festival. None of these films have release dates outside of the festival, except for some of the web series. Again, my ratings are: 1=Awful. Major flaws in plot/characters/writing/filmmaking. No reason to see this film unless you have to, and then I still wouldn't. 2=Okay …