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Documentary Films

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2010

    Good Food Screens Saturday, With Filmmakers in Attendance

    Sustainable Ballard screens Good Food, a film that explores all the moral quandaries that one's eating habits can raise: Where to shop, what meat to eat, and the pros and cons of going organic. Originally screened at SIFF and shown on PBS, this documentary features local experts talking about how t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 25, 2009

    The Midlife Power of Canadian Jewish Metal!

    ​Anvil, the band, was born before MTV, before the Internet, and before the movie This Is Spinal Tap, to which the documentary Anvil! The Story of Anvil is often unfairly compared. One of the best reviewed docs of the year, the Anvil! DVD (VH1 Films, $24.99) came out earlier this month, and the ... More >>

  • Film

    October 14, 2009

    More Than a Game: LeBron James Builds His Brand

    ​Anvil, the band, was born before MTV, before the Internet, and before the movie This Is Spinal Tap, to which the documentary Anvil! The Story of Anvil is often unfairly compared. One of the best reviewed docs of the year, the Anvil! DVD (VH1 Films, $24.99) came out earlier this month, and the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 10, 2009

    Former KOMO Reporter Sharify Will Do Stories for KING

    ​ Longtime KOMO-4 reporter John Sharify, who left the ABC affiliate two years ago and is currently general manager for Seattle Community College Television, has struck a deal to do long-form general assignment pieces for KING-5 several times per month, beginning in September. One of Sharify's ... More >>

  • Film

    May 20, 2009

    SIFF Week 1: Picks & Pans

    ​ Longtime KOMO-4 reporter John Sharify, who left the ABC affiliate two years ago and is currently general manager for Seattle Community College Television, has struck a deal to do long-form general assignment pieces for KING-5 several times per month, beginning in September. One of Sharify's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 27, 2009

    SIFF Begins Two Months Early

    Don't be alarmed. The nation's largest film festival opens for us viewers on May 21 and runs through June 14. Already you can buy passes from SIFF on its Web site. But the Seattle International Film Festival has already begun for directors participating in its Fly Filmmaking Challenge. This week, th ... More >>

  • Film

    November 19, 2008

    Fuel: One Suggestion for Our Petroleum Addiction

    Don't be alarmed. The nation's largest film festival opens for us viewers on May 21 and runs through June 14. Already you can buy passes from SIFF on its Web site. But the Seattle International Film Festival has already begun for directors participating in its Fly Filmmaking Challenge. This week, th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 11, 2008

    The Shooter and the Shouter

    Don't be alarmed. The nation's largest film festival opens for us viewers on May 21 and runs through June 14. Already you can buy passes from SIFF on its Web site. But the Seattle International Film Festival has already begun for directors participating in its Fly Filmmaking Challenge. This week, th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 9, 2008

    He Ain't Heavy, He's My Bandmate

    Don't be alarmed. The nation's largest film festival opens for us viewers on May 21 and runs through June 14. Already you can buy passes from SIFF on its Web site. But the Seattle International Film Festival has already begun for directors participating in its Fly Filmmaking Challenge. This week, th ... More >>

  • Film

    May 28, 2008

    SIFF Week 2: Picks & Pans

    What to see, or not, this week.

  • Film

    April 9, 2008

    Super High Me: Skip the Movie, Score Your Own Laughs

    What to see, or not, this week.

  • Film

    February 6, 2008

    Vince Vaughn’s Wild West Comedy Show: Backstage Bits Outshine Those in the Spotlight

    What to see, or not, this week.

  • Film

    September 19, 2007

    Fall Preview: Brad Pitt and Company Stake Their Oscar Claims

    What to see, or not, this week.

  • Film

    July 11, 2007

    Seattle Weekly PickManufactured Landscapes: Why Your iPhone Is Destroying the Environment

    What to see, or not, this week.

  • Film

    June 13, 2007

    SIFF: Rat City Rollergirls on Film!

    What to see, or not, this week.

  • Film

    June 6, 2007

    SIFF 2007: Week Three: Picks and Pans

    What to see, or not, this week.

  • Blogs

    June 5, 2007

    It's a Damn Fine Week For Strummer Fans

    What to see, or not, this week.

  • Film

    May 9, 2007

    At-Risk Youth Saved by the Power of Phat Rhymes in The Hip Hop Project

    What to see, or not, this week.

  • Music

    January 10, 2007

    Green Days

    Humboldt County has a lot more to offer than just killer weed, according to Jensen Rufe's Hype!-like documentary.

  • Film

    January 10, 2007

    Jan. 10-17, 2006

    Get ready for Indiana Jones: Part IV by watching the 1981 original.

  • Film

    October 25, 2006

    Oct. 25-Nov. 2, 2006

    Jazz cats and architects caught on film. It's crazy theory, man!

  • Film

    October 11, 2006

    Oct. 13-19, 2006

    Hedwig, depressed Swedes, and a wandering Dutch architect in Africa.

  • Film

    September 20, 2006

    Seattle Weekly PickThis Film Is Not Yet Rated

    Runs at Varsity, Fri., Sept. 22–Thurs., Sept. 28. Not rated. 100 minutes.

  • Music

    June 7, 2006

    Facing the Music

    Runs at Varsity, Fri., Sept. 22–Thurs., Sept. 28. Not rated. 100 minutes.

  • Film

    May 17, 2006

    SW Picks for SIFF

    Our 36 sight-blind choices for the festival, not otherwise covered in this guide. In addition to a few repertory titles, inclusion here means (a) the film has great buzz, (b) a trusted colleague has seen it, or (c) it has incredible locations or someone incredibly sexy in it.

  • Film

    April 19, 2006

    Lens Craft

    Documentaries stand out at this annual fest.

  • Film

    April 5, 2006

    April 5-12, 2006

    Local film events and specialty venues.

  • Film

    November 16, 2005

    New York Doll

    Runs Fri., Nov. 18–Thurs., Dec. 1, at Northwest Film Forum.

  • Film

    September 14, 2005

    Crash

    Lions Gate Home Ent., $28.98.

  • Film

    June 1, 2005

    Lords of Dogtown

    Also: Mondovino, Rock School, and The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants.

  • Film

    May 18, 2005

    Seattle Weekly's Picks

    Also: Mondovino, Rock School, and The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants.

  • Film

    May 18, 2005

    What We Wanna See

    What Seattle Weekly's critics look forward to.

  • Film

    May 4, 2005

    Eurosplash

    Hold the divas, please. New Dance Cinema fest brings serious Continental choreography to the local screen.

  • Film

    May 5, 2004

    I Would Not Like Fries With That

    Obesity-epidemic documentary appalls and convinces, even if the garnish of art is lacking.

  • Film

    November 19, 2003

    This Weeks Attractions

    Obesity-epidemic documentary appalls and convinces, even if the garnish of art is lacking.

  • Film

    November 5, 2003

    Seattle Human Rights Film Festival

    Hard truth and soft rhetoric at a political film fest.

  • Film

    May 14, 2003

    Movies A-E: From Abouna to the Eye

    Hard truth and soft rhetoric at a political film fest.

  • Film

    March 5, 2003

    'Friends Forever'

    Hard truth and soft rhetoric at a political film fest.

  • Film

    September 11, 2002

    Lovers and Other Strangers

    "Swinging" documentary lays bare the complexities of sexual liberation.

  • Film

    September 11, 2002

    Short Lens

    New-school documentaries speak from the heart.

  • Film

    September 4, 2002

    CQ

    New-school documentaries speak from the heart.

  • Film

    July 24, 2002

    Drag Art

    Achieving utopia, if only on stage

  • Film

    April 17, 2002

    The front page

    Terrible topicality distinguishes seventh annual Jewish film fest.

  • Film

    September 5, 2001

    Who loves ya, baby?

    The risks of narcissistic cinema.

  • Film

    December 27, 2000

    Sons and lovers

    When maternal love is all the affection a woman's permitted.

  • Diversions

    October 11, 2000

    Other 90210 auteurs

    Current Canuck concert cinema.

  • News

    May 5, 1999

    SIFFting

    Assessing in advance the biggest and best SIFF to date

  • Film

    July 15, 1998

    Lost in space

    How concert films free the viewer from the constraints of narrative.

  • Film

    March 25, 1998

    From Texas, tall tales and true

    Lone Star filmmakers celebrate their state of grace.

  • Film

    January 21, 1998

    The Judith festival

    A critical guide to the 1998 Women in Cinema film festival.

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