Email Author Brian Miller

Awards

• 2008 - Pacific Northwest Excellence in Journalism Awards/Society of Professional Journalists Region 10, published December 19, 2007

  "The SW Treatment"

• 2008 - National Association of Black Journalists Awards, published November 7, 2007

  "Fantasy Island"

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2012 Stories by Brian Miller

• Steel Petals

  published May 23, 2012

  Ginny Ruffner is, deservedly, a local art institution. A breakout star during the '80s, she suffered a debilitating car crash... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Jack Black's True-Life Texas Crime Tale. And a Steak Burrito

  published May 18, 2012

  The Dinner: Steak burrito, at Blue Water Taco Grill (515 Queen Anne Ave. N.). The Movie: Bernie, at the Meridian (1501 Seventh Ave.). The Screenplate: What is the official food of Texasr I say Mexic... More >>

• SIFF: A Q&A With Lynn Shelton

  published May 16, 2012

  It's quite the honor to be selected as SIFF's opening-night feature, particularly when Lynn Shelton's Your Sister's... More >>

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  COVER STORY

  SIFF: Innocence and Experience

  published May 16, 2012

  You'll find two main varieties of SIFFgoers at the Seattle International Film Festival, now in its 38th year. First are the... More >>

• Thai Food and Backstage Love

  published May 11, 2012

  The Dinner: Phad Thai, at Phuket (517 Queen Anne Ave. N.). The Movie: Children of Paradise, at SIFF Film Center (305 Harrison St. in Seattle Center). The Screenplate: People do crazy things for love... More >>

• The Cup: Tears at the Horse Track

  published May 9, 2012

  Because so many Americans closely follow Australian horse racing, we can assume you already know the true-life story of jockey Damien Oliver... More >>

• #ReGENERATION: Far From Wall Street, a Call to Activism

  published May 2, 2012

  After making the festival circuit in 2010, this youth-oriented call to activism has been tweaked to include Occupy Wall Street, but it... More >>

• Death of a Superhero: The Portrait of an Angry Young Artist

  published May 2, 2012

  Adapting his 2006 young-adult novel, Anthony McCarten doesn't mishandle the material—the story of a 15-year-old Dublin kid hoping to lose... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Let's Go Dancing With Greta Gerwig!

  published Apr 27, 2012

  The Dinner: crab ravioli, at The Tin Table (915 E. Pine St.). The Movie: Damsels in Distress, at Harvard Exit. The Screenplate: Whit Stillman loves dancing, and his endearing new oddball of a campus... More >>

• Indie Game: The Movie: The Downside to Freelancing for Microsoft

  published April 25, 2012

  Seattle is home to legions of pallid, sleep-deprived programmers, and Microsoft's Xbox gaming platform is central to this insightful new geek... More >>

• The Fussy Eye: Hey, What's an Ikat?

  published April 25, 2012

  Dig those crazy striped bathrobes! Oh, wait, they're ikats, the traditional garment of Uzbekistan. Far from the Gauguin-going throng... More >>

• Recycled Art for Earth Day

  published April 18, 2012

  Whatever happened to Earth Day? It's this Sunday, April 22—remember? Established in 1970, in large part owing to Seattle's Denis Hayes,... More >>

• Overnight: Next Time Take the Train

  published April 18, 2012

  If you're going to trap the leads of a romantic comedy on a red-eye flight from L.A. to New York, the script had better be pretty damn funny or... More >>

• Visual Arts: The Greatest Hits of Gay Art at TAM

  published April 11, 2012

  In the creative fields, gays are—how to put this?—well-represented, from theater to dance to Hollywood. That's no... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Metro Cinemas to Join Sundance Theater Chain

  published Apr 05, 2012

  Last year, the parent company of Landmark Theatres put the movie circuit up for sale, but there were no buyers. Among its Seattle holdings, the lease to the Neptune was transferred to Seattle Theatre ... More >>

• They Call It Myanmar: Lifting the Curtain: A Burma Documentary Is Suddenly Topical

  published April 4, 2012

  Much less the rabble-rouser than 2008's Burma VJ, Robert H. Lieberman's two years of firsthand reportage from that country was filmed... More >>

• Once Upon a Time in Anatolia: Finding the Body Is Secondary

  published April 4, 2012

  When even the cops in this Turkish police story begin joking about bladder control, you know you're in for a very long drive. From Nuri Bilge... More >>

• Artist, Heal Thyself!

  published March 28, 2012

  When a group show promises to "explore the healing power of art," I visit with clenched fists. Hey, you oil painters and interpretive dancers,... More >>

• The Christening: Film Noir From Poland

  published March 28, 2012

  Michal has a problem. His name is Janek. Janek has a problem. His name is Michal. The two friends, ex-hoodlums, meet after Janek's stint in the... More >>

• Eating Salmon with Emily Blunt and Ewan McGregor

  published Mar 23, 2012

  The Dinner: King salmon fillet, at Ivar's Salmon House (401 N.E. Northlake Way). The Movie: Salmon Fishing in the Yemen, at the Guild 45th (2115 N. 45th St.). The Screenplate: Since his 1985 breakth... More >>

• The Fussy Eye: Tunneling Into History

  published March 21, 2012

  During the March First Thursday art walk, plodding through Pioneer Square, I thought to myself, "Hey, what is that—some new gallery that... More >>

• Invincible Force: Lose Weight, Lose Your Mind

  published March 21, 2012

  Directed by Daniel Schneidkraut, Invincible Force first presents itself as some YouTube video diary from a slovenly metalhead janitor... More >>

• Fake It So Real: Semi-Pro Wrestlers in North Carolina

  published March 21, 2012

  If you've ever wanted, in a non-ironic, non-hipster sort of way, to attend a semi-pro wrestling match in small-town North Carolina, this doc is... More >>

• Jeff, Who Lives at Home: Jason Segel on a Karmic Odyssey

  published March 14, 2012

  It's obvious that Jason Segel has a face for comedy. He's got a lumpy, sad-sack mug with a dozen inflections to register disappointment,... More >>

• Adventures in Plymptoons!: Meet Cult Animator Bill Plympton

  published March 14, 2012

  Considered an infomercial for cult animator Bill Plympton, the documentary Adventures in Plymptoons! suffers from two main defects.... More >>