Film Awards

Thelma Schoonmaker

If You Missed Seattle Sounds On 97.3 Yesterday, We've Got the Podcast Right Here

Every Sunday at 3 p.m., KIRO's Josh Kerns and I cozy up at 97.3 to talk about shows, new music, Seattle music, and chat with folks from the national and local music scenes. In yesterday's episode, Josh and I were joined by our old friend Marco Collins -- the DJ who introduced the world to Beck and ... More >>

Iranian Treasures: A Separation and Caspian Strike Gold

Memento Films InternationalDon't shut the door on this one.​ The Dinner: Fesenjan (and more!) at Caspian (1806 136th Place Northeast, Bellevue) The Movie: A Separation at the Egyptian (805 E Pine) The Screenplate: The Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film is usually a gimmie for nations like ... More >>

Chinese Restaurant Awards Honor Vancouver's Best Dishes

Even after Conde Nast Traveler declared that "Vancouver is home to the best Chinese food in the world," many Western-born eaters remained leery about wandering into the city's unapologetically authentic dumpling houses and dim sum joints. "If you're a foodie, you understand and get it," says Craig S ... More >>

0SS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies

Even after Conde Nast Traveler declared that "Vancouver is home to the best Chinese food in the world," many Western-born eaters remained leery about wandering into the city's unapologetically authentic dumpling houses and dim sum joints. "If you're a foodie, you understand and get it," says Craig S ... More >>

Annie Hall

Even after Conde Nast Traveler declared that "Vancouver is home to the best Chinese food in the world," many Western-born eaters remained leery about wandering into the city's unapologetically authentic dumpling houses and dim sum joints. "If you're a foodie, you understand and get it," says Craig S ... More >>

No Oscar for Natalie Portman, but the Fish & Chips Are Swell

Frank Connor © 2011 Universal StudiosPortman, McBride, Franco, and Deschanel face down the wizard.​The Dinner: fish and chips at McCormick & Schmick's (1103 First Ave.). The Movie: Your Highness at Pacific Place (600 Pine St.). The Screenplate: We recently saw James Franco and Natalie Port ... More >>

Last Night's Other Musical Oscar Winner: Mocket/Bratmobile's Audrey Marrs

^^^Oscar winner. Yes, Trent Reznor fucked the Oscars like an animal last night. And Randy Newman has a suit made entirely out of gold statuettes. But were you aware of last night's other music-world Oscar winner? Audrey Marrs produced "Inside Job," the film about the 2007-2010 financial crisis that ... More >>

Pink Strippers and Social Network Nuggets: A Golden Globe-Themed Menu

Merrick Morton/Columbia Pictures​The Golden Globe Awards - forever in the shadow of its prettier older sister, the Oscars - will take place on Jan. 16. The event will no doubt be the kick off to award show viewing party season, and for the last-minute planner filled with the burning desire to ... More >>

Jack Goes Boating: Philip Seymour Hoffman Proves Surprisingly Buoyant

Merrick Morton/Columbia Pictures​The Golden Globe Awards - forever in the shadow of its prettier older sister, the Oscars - will take place on Jan. 16. The event will no doubt be the kick off to award show viewing party season, and for the last-minute planner filled with the burning desire to ... More >>

An Oscar Shot for Former Gov. Booth Gardner?

Will Gardner live long enough to see his movie win an Oscar?​The Academy Award nominations were announced on Tuesday, and there's a local connection among the short-documentary titles. The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner is a 38-minute short only screened thus far, to our knowledge, in ... More >>

Dinner & a Movie: We Regret to Inform You...

Bad news or good food should be delivered in the same manner.​The Dinner: No. 40 beef curry, beers, and chicken satay at Tup Tim Thai (118 W. Mercer St.). The Movie: The Messenger, at the Uptown (511 Queen Anne Ave. N.). The Screenplate: Iraq war movies continue to underperform at the box of ... More >>

Where Is Bob's Nobel?

​ Say what you will about Obama being given the Nobel Prize (personally, I believe him when he says he doesn't think he deserves it, but I do understand why he has accepted it), but I believe the bigger Nobel sham is the one that has been happening year after year for much too long now... Whe ... More >>

Annie Proulx

​ Say what you will about Obama being given the Nobel Prize (personally, I believe him when he says he doesn't think he deserves it, but I do understand why he has accepted it), but I believe the bigger Nobel sham is the one that has been happening year after year for much too long now... Whe ... More >>

Sean Penn's Other, Non-Oscar-Winning Role

If you watched the Oscars last Sunday, Sean Penn seemed pretty reasonable, friendly, and modest in accepting his Best Actor award for the acclaimed Milk (which continues in these local theaters). I had my money on Mickey Rourke in The Wrestler, like a lot of people, but I have to agree that on pure ... More >>

Oscar Predictions: A Cautionary Tale

As you dope your ballots for your Oscar office pool, online contest or Sunday night viewing party, I offer this tawdry tale of woe: The year is 2006. The annual Oscar party is at my apartment. And the movie to beat that year was Brokeback Mountain. As we filled out our ballots for the prediction ... More >>

Oscar Countdown: No Love for Angie

All eyes will be glued to the TV set on Sunday for the Oscars. Yet Hollywood's most glamorous power couple, Brad and Angelina, might just as well be watching from home with the rest of us schlubs. No one gives either a chance for winning in their respective star vehicles, The Curious Case of Benjami ... More >>

Wendy and Lucy Extended at NWFF

Kelly Reichardt's acclaimed little indie Wendy and Lucy (review here) ended its run at the Varsity yesterday. After opening on Jan. 23, it was only scheduled for a week's engagement. I was surprised, not having seen it yet, that it ran for another two weeks. A small film with only one recognizable n ... More >>

Oscar Parties

Kelly Reichardt's acclaimed little indie Wendy and Lucy (review here) ended its run at the Varsity yesterday. After opening on Jan. 23, it was only scheduled for a week's engagement. I was surprised, not having seen it yet, that it ran for another two weeks. A small film with only one recognizable n ... More >>

Oscar Nominations: Taking the Guesswork Out of Guessing

Screenwriter William Goldman (Butch Cassidy, Princess Bride) once summed up the movie business with the phrase "nobody knows anything."  Talent, money, marketing -- these ingredients are nice, but in the end movie success is largely a crap shoot.  Roll your dice and move your mice.Oscar wa ... More >>

New Oscar Connections for SIFF

SIFF 2009 runs May 21 through June 14. One notable change for the festival, announced earlier this month, concerns short films. (The image above is from Giving Thanks, seen at SIFF '08.) SIFF will henceforth be deemed an Academy Awards ® qualifying festival, meaning that, according to press release ... More >>

Trouble the Water

SIFF 2009 runs May 21 through June 14. One notable change for the festival, announced earlier this month, concerns short films. (The image above is from Giving Thanks, seen at SIFF '08.) SIFF will henceforth be deemed an Academy Awards ® qualifying festival, meaning that, according to press release ... More >>

PICK Trouble the Water: Hurricane Katrina Filmed From the Inside Out

SIFF 2009 runs May 21 through June 14. One notable change for the festival, announced earlier this month, concerns short films. (The image above is from Giving Thanks, seen at SIFF '08.) SIFF will henceforth be deemed an Academy Awards ® qualifying festival, meaning that, according to press release ... More >>

Blood Simple

SIFF 2009 runs May 21 through June 14. One notable change for the festival, announced earlier this month, concerns short films. (The image above is from Giving Thanks, seen at SIFF '08.) SIFF will henceforth be deemed an Academy Awards ® qualifying festival, meaning that, according to press release ... More >>

Ripple Effect: Forest Whitaker Wants You to Bang His Wife

SIFF 2009 runs May 21 through June 14. One notable change for the festival, announced earlier this month, concerns short films. (The image above is from Giving Thanks, seen at SIFF '08.) SIFF will henceforth be deemed an Academy Awards ® qualifying festival, meaning that, according to press release ... More >>

The African Queen

SIFF 2009 runs May 21 through June 14. One notable change for the festival, announced earlier this month, concerns short films. (The image above is from Giving Thanks, seen at SIFF '08.) SIFF will henceforth be deemed an Academy Awards ® qualifying festival, meaning that, according to press release ... More >>

Late Review: Trouble the Water

SIFF 2009 runs May 21 through June 14. One notable change for the festival, announced earlier this month, concerns short films. (The image above is from Giving Thanks, seen at SIFF '08.) SIFF will henceforth be deemed an Academy Awards ® qualifying festival, meaning that, according to press release ... More >>

Stuff White People Like

SIFF 2009 runs May 21 through June 14. One notable change for the festival, announced earlier this month, concerns short films. (The image above is from Giving Thanks, seen at SIFF '08.) SIFF will henceforth be deemed an Academy Awards ® qualifying festival, meaning that, according to press release ... More >>

Stay Classy, Mercer Street!

SIFF Cinema maintains property values with rep series

Vedder Snubbed by Oscar

SIFF Cinema maintains property values with rep series

Oscars in Fragments

SIFF Cinema maintains property values with rep series

Actor Heath Ledger Found Dead

SIFF Cinema maintains property values with rep series

Michel Legrand

Watch what happens—when a ‘60s icon leads a jazz trio

Joy in the Cannes Bubble

Watch what happens—when a ‘60s icon leads a jazz trio

Palm Fronds and Consolation Prizes

Watch what happens—when a ‘60s icon leads a jazz trio

Seattle Jewish Film Festival

Give us a festival—any festival, please!—to avoid Norbit and The Number 23.

Bring that Oscar Home to Seattle

Give us a festival—any festival, please!—to avoid Norbit and The Number 23.

Oscar Predictions

Give us a festival—any festival, please!—to avoid Norbit and The Number 23.

What's up Monday

The "golden hour."

Tim and Brian Bitch About the Oscars

Fewer and fewer people are willing to leave their home to see a movie. Should they even care about the Oscars on TV? Or what we critics think?

Golden Weather?

A partly cloudy look at the summer movies ahead.

Golden

Steve Wiecking

Queens of Scots

Lynne Ramsay and Samantha Morton deliver an art-film masterpiece.

Best Sporting Oscar

Lynne Ramsay and Samantha Morton deliver an art-film masterpiece.

Quick Oscar Reads

Emanuel Levy, Mason Wylie & Damien Bono, and Gail Kinn & Jim Piazza.

The defiant ones

No envelopes, please.

Blurbed!

Poor word choice draws national attention!

Made

Poor word choice draws national attention!

All that glitters

The journal of an Oscar junkie.

Get Bruce!

The other side of the laughter.