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Carl Spence

  • Blogs

    October 21, 2011

    Mayor McGinn Stars, Sort of, at SIFF's Uptown Reopening

    ​Standing outside the ticket booth, flanked by balloons, Mayor Mike McGinn was one of the demi-celebrities attending SIFF's gala reopening of the Uptown last night. SIFF even rented klieg lights to celebrate the occasion, though renovations aren't yet complete on the renamed SIFF Cinema at the ... More >>

  • Arts

    September 14, 2011

    Coming Soon to LQA

    SIFF didn't plan on running a multiplex. Then the Uptown fell into its hands.

  • Film

    May 19, 2010

    Welcome to SIFF 2010

    SIFF didn't plan on running a multiplex. Then the Uptown fell into its hands.

  • Film

    May 12, 2010

    SIFF Steams Forward, With New Headquarters Soon to Follow

    SIFF didn't plan on running a multiplex. Then the Uptown fell into its hands.

  • Film

    May 20, 2009

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

    SIFF didn't plan on running a multiplex. Then the Uptown fell into its hands.

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    April 30, 2009

    SIFF Just as Long, Slightly Smaller

    The press gathered today at Seattle Center to see what SIFF hopes to be its future headquarters: the humble Alki Room (northeast of KeyArena, near the Vera Project and DuPen Fountain). There, a short walk from SIFF Cinema (at McCaw Hall), the film festival hopes to build a permanent home. It's curre ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 23, 2008

    The Battle After SIFF

    The press gathered today at Seattle Center to see what SIFF hopes to be its future headquarters: the humble Alki Room (northeast of KeyArena, near the Vera Project and DuPen Fountain). There, a short walk from SIFF Cinema (at McCaw Hall), the film festival hopes to build a permanent home. It's curre ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 1, 2008

    SIFF to Eastside: Drop Dead

    The press gathered today at Seattle Center to see what SIFF hopes to be its future headquarters: the humble Alki Room (northeast of KeyArena, near the Vera Project and DuPen Fountain). There, a short walk from SIFF Cinema (at McCaw Hall), the film festival hopes to build a permanent home. It's curre ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2008

    Rumblings From the Indie Film Scene

    The press gathered today at Seattle Center to see what SIFF hopes to be its future headquarters: the humble Alki Room (northeast of KeyArena, near the Vera Project and DuPen Fountain). There, a short walk from SIFF Cinema (at McCaw Hall), the film festival hopes to build a permanent home. It's curre ... More >>

  • Arts

    September 28, 2005

    Space Soon Empty

    The press gathered today at Seattle Center to see what SIFF hopes to be its future headquarters: the humble Alki Room (northeast of KeyArena, near the Vera Project and DuPen Fountain). There, a short walk from SIFF Cinema (at McCaw Hall), the film festival hopes to build a permanent home. It's curre ... More >>

  • Arts

    September 14, 2005

    Fresh Faces

    Our 2005 guide to who's new and what to do.

  • Arts

    September 14, 2005

    More New Faces

    Our 2005 guide to who's new and what to do.

  • Film

    September 24, 2003

    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.

  • Film

    September 1, 1999

    1 Reel Film Festival

    Official Seattle Weekly Guide

  • Film

    May 19, 1999

    SIFF Notes

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

  • Film

    May 19, 1999

    SIFF diary

    Crowds, transit tips, sightings, and best bets.

  • News

    May 5, 1999

    SIFFting

    Assessing in advance the biggest and best SIFF to date

  • Film

    May 13, 1998

    Here comes the Spain again

    SIFF celebrates the resurgence of Spanish cinema.

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