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SIFF Week 1: Picks & Pans

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Travis Hood, Aspiring Cowboy, Shoots Mobster Michael Corleone, Goes to Jail

​OK, I'll admit that Travis Hood didn't actually shoot Michael "Don" Corleone. Michael Corleone isn't a real person and Al Pacino, who played him in The Godfather series, hasn't been to the Portland area anytime recently. But Travis Hood did shoot the likeness of the Don, which, frankly, is th ... More >>

Dog Day Afternoon

​OK, I'll admit that Travis Hood didn't actually shoot Michael "Don" Corleone. Michael Corleone isn't a real person and Al Pacino, who played him in The Godfather series, hasn't been to the Portland area anytime recently. But Travis Hood did shoot the likeness of the Don, which, frankly, is th ... More >>

What Is That On My Plate?

Photo by Denise Sakaki​It's not often I get invited to try a Hawaiian restaurant in Kent. So, I happily obliged on Tuesday when chef Lisa Nakamura and blogger Denise Sakaki (both whom grew up in Hilo, HI) invited me out to Saimin Says. Saimin is a noodle soup, which Jay Friedman wrote about ... More >>

SIFF Countdown Begins, Now Without Al Pacino

© Universal Studios"Say hello to my little SIFF!"​Tickets for the nation's largest film festival--measured by attendance--go on sale today, and the whole schedule between Thursday, May 19 and Sunday, June 12 can also be searched via the SIFF site. Our annual guide to the Seattle International ... More >>

The Seven Worst Days for Seattle Sports in 2010

​Really, this post could have just been entitled "Your 2010 Seattle Mariners!" But that's lazy. And fails to account for the Seahawks' stupidest moment of the past year. And who would want to pass up a chance to make fun of Pete Carroll? (Answer: no one.) Let's talk trash about local sports, s ... More >>

Winners at the James Beard Awards: Round 1

​Last night was the big night for the nominees (myself included) in the James Beard Foundation Media & Book Awards--the "Oscars of the Food World" as everyone is fond of calling it, and a serious party for gastronomy's big time movers and shakers. David Chang from Momofuku was there (nominated ... More >>

Your Arts & SLU Block Party Weekend Planner

​Pay no attention to the weather. Instead, bring a sweater to the South Lake Union Block Party, which begins our weekend's fun-and-culture activities. Our Britt Thorson tells why you should head down to SLU: There's nothing like hot, sweaty people gathering together on a summer day to celebra ... More >>

This Tony Bennett Won't Be Leaving His Heart in Pullman

But he just sent Coug fans to the Boulevard of Broken Dreams. WSU head men's basketball coach Tony Bennett is head men's basketball coach no longer. (He's reportedly accepted the head coaching job at Virginia.) This wouldn't be a surprise except that, after winning AP Coach of the Year in 2007, he t ... More >>

Balls & the Bayou: Young Bleed's Southern Soul

Young Bleed rose to national prominence as an MC briefly on Master P's No Limit Records during its mid- to late-'90s heyday. Back when I was growing up in Tampa, my friends and I devoured every disc that came off the New Orleans-based No Limits assembly line (and that's the right term for the homoge ... More >>

Mickey Rourke, Bruised and Interviewed

You can read J. Hoberman's new review of The Wrestler here. Meanwhile, our colleague Scott Foundas recently sat down to talk with Mickey Rourke, who's won plaudits for his comeback role, along with plenty of Oscar talk. Here's their conversation:"I hated the '90s. The '90s fuckin' sucked," says prof ... More >>

The Godfather I and II

You can read J. Hoberman's new review of The Wrestler here. Meanwhile, our colleague Scott Foundas recently sat down to talk with Mickey Rourke, who's won plaudits for his comeback role, along with plenty of Oscar talk. Here's their conversation:"I hated the '90s. The '90s fuckin' sucked," says prof ... More >>

The Poor Man's List

You can read J. Hoberman's new review of The Wrestler here. Meanwhile, our colleague Scott Foundas recently sat down to talk with Mickey Rourke, who's won plaudits for his comeback role, along with plenty of Oscar talk. Here's their conversation:"I hated the '90s. The '90s fuckin' sucked," says prof ... More >>

Shakespeare on Film

You can read J. Hoberman's new review of The Wrestler here. Meanwhile, our colleague Scott Foundas recently sat down to talk with Mickey Rourke, who's won plaudits for his comeback role, along with plenty of Oscar talk. Here's their conversation:"I hated the '90s. The '90s fuckin' sucked," says prof ... More >>

The Godfather

You can read J. Hoberman's new review of The Wrestler here. Meanwhile, our colleague Scott Foundas recently sat down to talk with Mickey Rourke, who's won plaudits for his comeback role, along with plenty of Oscar talk. Here's their conversation:"I hated the '90s. The '90s fuckin' sucked," says prof ... More >>

88 Minutes : Hoo-Ah! Pacino Unleashed!

You can read J. Hoberman's new review of The Wrestler here. Meanwhile, our colleague Scott Foundas recently sat down to talk with Mickey Rourke, who's won plaudits for his comeback role, along with plenty of Oscar talk. Here's their conversation:"I hated the '90s. The '90s fuckin' sucked," says prof ... More >>

Seattle Lesbian & Gay Film Festival

Woody Harrelson Is Swarmed by Fag Hags!

Well, I’m Back

Peter Jackson’s Tolkien trilogy plays Pioneer Square

Please Help! I Want My Lady to Love My Beard

Peter Jackson’s Tolkien trilogy plays Pioneer Square

Ocean’s Thirteen: Charming Cheaters Grab Your Cash

We've had our fun, and now Steven Soderbergh has our money. Oh, wait, that was two movies ago.

The Hidden Blade

Showing at Varsity, Fri., July 14–Thurs., July 20. Rated R. 132 minutes.

Find Me Guilty

Opens at Metro and others, Fri., March 17. Rated R. 124 minutes.

Are We There Yet?

Also: The Assassination of Richard Nixon, Assault on Precinct 13, Dolls, Fear and Trembling, The Green Butchers, William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, and Notre Musique.

Angels in America

Also: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Coffee & Cigarettes.

Project Greenlight: The Complete Second Season

Miramax Home Entertainment, $39.99

The A-Word

Miramax Home Entertainment, $39.99

SCARFACE

Universal Home Entertainment, $26.98

Recommended Arts Events

Universal Home Entertainment, $26.98

This Week's Attractions

Universal Home Entertainment, $26.98

Gigli: The Worst Movie of 2003?

J.Lo plays a lesbian; Affleck plays dumbbut they're no less unconvincing than the rest of this Mafia flop.

Tadpole

J.Lo plays a lesbian; Affleck plays dumbbut they're no less unconvincing than the rest of this Mafia flop.

Glengarry Glen Ross

J.Lo plays a lesbian; Affleck plays dumbbut they're no less unconvincing than the rest of this Mafia flop.

Insomnia

J.Lo plays a lesbian; Affleck plays dumbbut they're no less unconvincing than the rest of this Mafia flop.

Stardust and Silicon

Hollywood send-up brings out the farcical Pacino.

Getting (Sort of) Happy

A Saturday night with Judy, Liza, and My People.

Northern exposure

Six days without sleep take their toll on a man's conscience.

World-class city, eh?

Sampling Vancouver's best restaurants.

SPD Blue

Disgruntled Seattle cop Gene McNaughton might lose his suit against the city. But a miniseries isn't out of the question.

Don't kill your television

That subject of scorn, the TV, brings comfort as well as entertainment.

Any Given Sunday

That subject of scorn, the TV, brings comfort as well as entertainment.

The Insider

Truth is the first casualty of the tobacco wars.

Fall arts preview

Film picks

Crying Uncle

Freehold's actors and a visiting director collaborate on a very Russian Vanya.