Cannes

Beautiful Boy: Maria Bello in a Columbine Grief-Fest

SIFF Week 1: Picks & Pans

Dogtooth: Human Guinea Pigs in Greece

The Housemaid: Domestic Intrigue in South Korea

Stage: Penguins, Episode 1

Scot Augustson’s campy nun-noir rounds out Annex’s comic triple bill.

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Scot Augustson’s campy nun-noir rounds out Annex’s comic triple bill.

Chihuly Discovers New Thespian Career at SIFF

It's officially underway. The 35th annual Seattle International Film Festival began tonight at the Paramount, where the gala opener, In the Loop, is now playing. SIFF runs through Sunday, June 14. I'll go back to report on the after-party at the Paramount (and in the street!) in a few hours. But fi ... More >>

SIFF 2009: Welcome to a Slightly Smaller, Certainly Fitter Festival

It's officially underway. The 35th annual Seattle International Film Festival began tonight at the Paramount, where the gala opener, In the Loop, is now playing. SIFF runs through Sunday, June 14. I'll go back to report on the after-party at the Paramount (and in the street!) in a few hours. But fi ... More >>

Our Man in Cannes

Maybe some titles from the Cannes Film Festival, where SIFF's Carl Spence was shopping earlier this month, will show up at SIFF 2010. Or perhaps sooner in theaters. Regardless, here's our first dispatch from critic J. Hoberman: "It's been a blood-soaked first week at the Cannes Film Festival--at le ... More >>

SIFF Planning for SIFF 2010 Already

This job is terrible. It really runs you ragged. I'm talking about the position held by SIFF's artistic director, Carl Spence. He confessed to me earlier today that he was leaving town for a week prior to the Seattle International Film Festival (which begins May 21) to fly to the Cannes Film Festiva ... More >>

Steven Soderbergh Interviewed

Soderbergh with Del Toro (Photo: Teresa Isasi/IFC Films)Our colleague Scott Foundas sat down recently with the director of Che (review here), which opens Friday, Jan. 16 at the Varsity.Steven Soderbergh tends to travel light -- even when he has a movie camera tucked away inside his suitcase. That's ... More >>

Soderbergh Explains Why Che Is So Damn Long

Soderbergh with Del Toro (Photo: Teresa Isasi/IFC Films)Our colleague Scott Foundas sat down recently with the director of Che (review here), which opens Friday, Jan. 16 at the Varsity.Steven Soderbergh tends to travel light -- even when he has a movie camera tucked away inside his suitcase. That's ... More >>

Fred Schepisi Films

Soderbergh with Del Toro (Photo: Teresa Isasi/IFC Films)Our colleague Scott Foundas sat down recently with the director of Che (review here), which opens Friday, Jan. 16 at the Varsity.Steven Soderbergh tends to travel light -- even when he has a movie camera tucked away inside his suitcase. That's ... More >>

Final Cannes-tasy?

Soderbergh with Del Toro (Photo: Teresa Isasi/IFC Films)Our colleague Scott Foundas sat down recently with the director of Che (review here), which opens Friday, Jan. 16 at the Varsity.Steven Soderbergh tends to travel light -- even when he has a movie camera tucked away inside his suitcase. That's ... More >>

Late Review: Pierre Rissient, Man of Cinema

Soderbergh with Del Toro (Photo: Teresa Isasi/IFC Films)Our colleague Scott Foundas sat down recently with the director of Che (review here), which opens Friday, Jan. 16 at the Varsity.Steven Soderbergh tends to travel light -- even when he has a movie camera tucked away inside his suitcase. That's ... More >>

Revolutionary Cinema

Soderbergh with Del Toro (Photo: Teresa Isasi/IFC Films)Our colleague Scott Foundas sat down recently with the director of Che (review here), which opens Friday, Jan. 16 at the Varsity.Steven Soderbergh tends to travel light -- even when he has a movie camera tucked away inside his suitcase. That's ... More >>

Again With the Crystal Skulls Already

Soderbergh with Del Toro (Photo: Teresa Isasi/IFC Films)Our colleague Scott Foundas sat down recently with the director of Che (review here), which opens Friday, Jan. 16 at the Varsity.Steven Soderbergh tends to travel light -- even when he has a movie camera tucked away inside his suitcase. That's ... More >>

Our Man in Cannes

Soderbergh with Del Toro (Photo: Teresa Isasi/IFC Films)Our colleague Scott Foundas sat down recently with the director of Che (review here), which opens Friday, Jan. 16 at the Varsity.Steven Soderbergh tends to travel light -- even when he has a movie camera tucked away inside his suitcase. That's ... More >>

Fresh News From Sundance

Soderbergh with Del Toro (Photo: Teresa Isasi/IFC Films)Our colleague Scott Foundas sat down recently with the director of Che (review here), which opens Friday, Jan. 16 at the Varsity.Steven Soderbergh tends to travel light -- even when he has a movie camera tucked away inside his suitcase. That's ... More >>

Mr. Bean’s Holiday: Rowan Atkinson Is Less Awful Than Usual

Soderbergh with Del Toro (Photo: Teresa Isasi/IFC Films)Our colleague Scott Foundas sat down recently with the director of Che (review here), which opens Friday, Jan. 16 at the Varsity.Steven Soderbergh tends to travel light -- even when he has a movie camera tucked away inside his suitcase. That's ... More >>

Joy Division Flick Good, But Not True, Say Band Members

Soderbergh with Del Toro (Photo: Teresa Isasi/IFC Films)Our colleague Scott Foundas sat down recently with the director of Che (review here), which opens Friday, Jan. 16 at the Varsity.Steven Soderbergh tends to travel light -- even when he has a movie camera tucked away inside his suitcase. That's ... More >>

New Order No More

Soderbergh with Del Toro (Photo: Teresa Isasi/IFC Films)Our colleague Scott Foundas sat down recently with the director of Che (review here), which opens Friday, Jan. 16 at the Varsity.Steven Soderbergh tends to travel light -- even when he has a movie camera tucked away inside his suitcase. That's ... More >>

Joy in the Cannes Bubble

Soderbergh with Del Toro (Photo: Teresa Isasi/IFC Films)Our colleague Scott Foundas sat down recently with the director of Che (review here), which opens Friday, Jan. 16 at the Varsity.Steven Soderbergh tends to travel light -- even when he has a movie camera tucked away inside his suitcase. That's ... More >>

Why No Love for Brad and Leo?

Soderbergh with Del Toro (Photo: Teresa Isasi/IFC Films)Our colleague Scott Foundas sat down recently with the director of Che (review here), which opens Friday, Jan. 16 at the Varsity.Steven Soderbergh tends to travel light -- even when he has a movie camera tucked away inside his suitcase. That's ... More >>

My Blueberry Nonsense, and Other Multi-Culti Mash-Ups

Soderbergh with Del Toro (Photo: Teresa Isasi/IFC Films)Our colleague Scott Foundas sat down recently with the director of Che (review here), which opens Friday, Jan. 16 at the Varsity.Steven Soderbergh tends to travel light -- even when he has a movie camera tucked away inside his suitcase. That's ... More >>

Michael Moore Takes Fest by the Nuts

Soderbergh with Del Toro (Photo: Teresa Isasi/IFC Films)Our colleague Scott Foundas sat down recently with the director of Che (review here), which opens Friday, Jan. 16 at the Varsity.Steven Soderbergh tends to travel light -- even when he has a movie camera tucked away inside his suitcase. That's ... More >>

Toxic Tadpole Attacks in The Host!

From Korea's U.S.-polluted sewers, a box-office monster shall arise.

Cavite, Curb Your Enthusiasm, and L'Enfant

Is Larry David a monster?

Al Gore

The entirely calm, reasonable, and persuasive star of An Inconvenient Truth.

Water

Opens at Seven Gables, Fri., May 12. Rated PG-13. 114 minutes.

Doing the 'Pu'

You've heard of SIFF and TIFF. Welcome to PIFF, the tightest ship among Asian film festivals.

Bugged

A marriage is put under the pressure of government surveillance in this rediscovered psychological thriller.

What We Wanna See

What Seattle Weekly's critics look forward to.

No Moore

What Seattle Weekly's critics look forward to.

The Ups and Downs of Opening Night

What Seattle Weekly's critics look forward to.

TIFF Picks for SIFF

With SIFF director Darryl Macdonald gone, SW critic ventures some suggestions for next year's festival programming . . . plus a few notes on the stars, of course.

Once Upon A Time In America

Warner Home Video, $26.99

Pumping iron

Warner Home Video, $26.99

Shock to the System

Corporate cubicles harbor dark secrets.

SIFF News

Week 4: A&Q.

Desolate sights

Finding art in frozen climes.

Loot

Big burglary pays unexpected dividends.

Coming attractions...

After the summer movie drought, what to expect in the next three-plus months.

SIFF aftermath

Awards, analysis, and the future.

SIFF News, Week Three

Weir is here.

Forget serious

'Tis the season of the popcorn flick.

SW crix pick SIFF flicks

'Tis the season of the popcorn flick.

SIFF Notes

Late breaking news, and notes from the field on all events SIFF.

Fall Arts Preview

Late breaking news, and notes from the field on all events SIFF.

Like a kid in a brain-candy store

Why I'm jonesing for the film fest.