Make Believe Seattle 2023 Review: In KC Carthew’s POLARIS, A Star Is Born
It’s not every year that a genre film comes and mesmerizes you the way KC Carthew’s Polaris does. Inevitably the film takes its inspiration from other epics to create something very different from what moviegoers are used to seeing, all the while the result is an action-packed, epic fantasy fable that hits all the right notes. Its youngest and lead star was eleven years old at the time of its filming slate, with Korean-Canadian actress Viva Lee taking the reins as a uniquely-gifted young girl raised by a polar bear and has long since survived accordingly. Her origins unknown, her peaceful co-existence with the white-driven snowy wilderness that surrounds her is snatched upon discovering loggers chopping down trees, who then take her as captive to their junkyard fortress. An opportune moment arrives not before long to escape, resulting in a deadly chase by the village’s army of hunters and raiders […]
