The Seattle International Film Festival finishes this week, so seize the day and see some movies! We’ve already compiled a list of all of the picks for the full festival that you absolutely shouldn’t miss, but below, we’ve rounded up 25 movies that our critics think are worth watching during the last week. Highlights include the cult Japanese New-Wave rock comedy The Legend of the Stardust Brothers, Jim Jarmusch’s incredibly cast, amiable zombie flick The Dead Don’t Die and the closing film by Lulu Wang, The Farewell. Follow the links below for showtimes, trailers, and ticket links, and check out our SIFF Guide for the full schedule.
MONDAY
Kifaru
Ever wonder what it’s like to work as a rhino caretaker? This film follows the rangers who care for the only three northern white rhinos left in the world: Sudan, his daughter Najin, and his granddaughter Fatu. They all live together in a protected reserve in Kenya. People outside the reserve are very poor, and a rhino horn is worth a lot of money. Because of poachers, the rhinos can’t live free, they must be behind fences and guarded 24/7. Kifaru is an uplifting story about people caring for animals and working for their well-being, but it’s also a sad story about how humans are driving other species into extinction. One of the caretakers asks: “How did we get to this point? Why do we fight and plunder the world until there is nothing left?” (GILLIAN ANDERSON)
SIFF Cinema Egyptian
