James Franco

Eames: The Architect and the Artist: Two Titans of Postwar Design

Did Gossip Boy Penn Badgley Win the Role of Jeff Buckley Over Robert Pattinson?

​Robert Pattinson was to said to have coveted the role, James Franco was said to be the front-runner for it, but in the end, Gossip Girl's Penn Badgley has won the role of Jeff Buckley in an upcoming biopic. R-Patz and his legions of fans are apparently "devastated," but we here at SW are exci ... 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 >>

Your Highness: James Franco Plays It Straight

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 >>

The Weekly Wire: The Week's Recommended Events

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 >>

Works of Danny Boyle

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 >>

James Franco Wants to Sit at Your Table, or Any Table

Chuck Zlotnick/Fox SearchlightThe loner (Franco) meets hikers Kate Mara (center) and Amber Tamblyn.​The Dinner: spinach salad and garlic bread at Olympia Pizza & Spaghetti House (516 15th Ave.). The Movie: 127 Hours at Guild 45 (2115 N. 45th St.). The Screenplate: While drinking alone at a b ... More >>

127 Hours: The Agony and the Ecstasy of James Franco

Chuck Zlotnick/Fox SearchlightThe loner (Franco) meets hikers Kate Mara (center) and Amber Tamblyn.​The Dinner: spinach salad and garlic bread at Olympia Pizza & Spaghetti House (516 15th Ave.). The Movie: 127 Hours at Guild 45 (2115 N. 45th St.). The Screenplate: While drinking alone at a b ... More >>

Danny Boyle Talks About 127 Hours

Chuck Zlotnick/Fox SearchlightThe loner (Franco) meets hikers Kate Mara (center) and Amber Tamblyn.​The Dinner: spinach salad and garlic bread at Olympia Pizza & Spaghetti House (516 15th Ave.). The Movie: 127 Hours at Guild 45 (2115 N. 45th St.). The Screenplate: While drinking alone at a b ... More >>

Howl: James Franco Has a Man-Crush on Allen Ginsberg

Chuck Zlotnick/Fox SearchlightThe loner (Franco) meets hikers Kate Mara (center) and Amber Tamblyn.​The Dinner: spinach salad and garlic bread at Olympia Pizza & Spaghetti House (516 15th Ave.). The Movie: 127 Hours at Guild 45 (2115 N. 45th St.). The Screenplate: While drinking alone at a b ... More >>

Skip the Praying and the Loving

​ The Dinner: Daal maharani at Jewel of India (4735 University Way N.E.) The Movie: Eat Pray Love at the Meridian. Eat Pray Love is like that friend who won't stop showing you vacation photos. For the first five minutes, you're mildly engaged--hey, there's that famous landscape/building/ster ... More >>

The Weekly Wire: This Week's Recommended Events 

​ The Dinner: Daal maharani at Jewel of India (4735 University Way N.E.) The Movie: Eat Pray Love at the Meridian. Eat Pray Love is like that friend who won't stop showing you vacation photos. For the first five minutes, you're mildly engaged--hey, there's that famous landscape/building/ster ... More >>

Gary Shteyngart

​ The Dinner: Daal maharani at Jewel of India (4735 University Way N.E.) The Movie: Eat Pray Love at the Meridian. Eat Pray Love is like that friend who won't stop showing you vacation photos. For the first five minutes, you're mildly engaged--hey, there's that famous landscape/building/ster ... More >>

SIFF Week 4: 15 New Picks & Pans

​ The Dinner: Daal maharani at Jewel of India (4735 University Way N.E.) The Movie: Eat Pray Love at the Meridian. Eat Pray Love is like that friend who won't stop showing you vacation photos. For the first five minutes, you're mildly engaged--hey, there's that famous landscape/building/ster ... More >>

Dinner & a Movie: Don't Judge Tina Fey Edition

​ The Dinner: Almond Crusted Trout and an ESB at McCormick & Schmick's (1103 First Ave.). The Movie: Date Night, at Meridian (1501 Seventh Ave). The Screenplate: Given the success of 30 Rock for Tina Fey, and the acclaim for The Office for Steve Carrel, it's a little hard to understand why t ... More >>

Golden Globes Preview and Predictions

Remember last year's Golden Globe ceremony?  Don't strain too hard - it didn't exist.  The Writers Guild strike, and the Actors Guild's reluctance to cross the picket line, forced the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to reduce their usual glamor-fest to a press conference announcing ... More >>

Harvey Milk's Ain True Love

Its Golden Globe snubs aside, Gus Van Sant's Milk is a critical darling, and rightfully so. I saw it over the weekend at the Rose Theatre in Port Townsend (those who feel like the classic American movie experience is dead need only visit this little gem to be convinced otherwise). The performances ... More >>

Golden Globe's Biggest Snub

I love the Golden Globes because they're set up to recognize great work in broad comedies. Hence, well-deserved nods for James Franco (Pineapple Express) and Robert Downey Jr. (Tropic Thunder). But the Globes screwed up by putting Tom Cruise in the running for his turn as a fat, bald, crass movie ... More >>

PICK Milk: Sean Penn Goes Gay for Another Oscar

I love the Golden Globes because they're set up to recognize great work in broad comedies. Hence, well-deserved nods for James Franco (Pineapple Express) and Robert Downey Jr. (Tropic Thunder). But the Globes screwed up by putting Tom Cruise in the running for his turn as a fat, bald, crass movie ... More >>

Pineapple Express: James Franco and Seth Rogen Are Almost Totally Gay for Each Other

I love the Golden Globes because they're set up to recognize great work in broad comedies. Hence, well-deserved nods for James Franco (Pineapple Express) and Robert Downey Jr. (Tropic Thunder). But the Globes screwed up by putting Tom Cruise in the running for his turn as a fat, bald, crass movie ... More >>

SIFF Week 2: Picks & Pans

What to see, or not, this week.

James Franco Wants to Marry You

What to see, or not, this week.

Seattle Weekly Goes to Hollywood

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What to Do During the Writer's Strike, Vol. 7: Watch the 'Speechless' Campaign

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The World Widened Web

Torpid third Spidey segment sags under character bloat, mission creep, and evil schizo tap dancing. Quit while you're behind, Sam.

Nov. 1-8, 2006

A week of calamities: The Cold War, the Iraq War, and Katrina all over again.

Oct. 13-19, 2006

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

Flyboys

Opens at Meridian and other theaters, Fri., Sept. 22. Rated PG-13. 139 minutes.

Matador, The New World, and Project Runway

Killers, colonials, and the actual work involved in looking fabulous.

The Neighbor No. 13

Showing at Grand Illusion, Fri., March 10–Thurs., March 16. Rated R. 115 minutes.

Film Calendar

Showing at Grand Illusion, Fri., March 10–Thurs., March 16. Rated R. 115 minutes.

The Aristocrats

Also: Four Brothers, The Great Raid, Junebug, Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus, Sequins, and Writer of O.

Revenge of the Nerd

The eight-limbed villain eclipses the hero in this comic-book sequel. Couldn't glum, self-doubting Spidey afford to loosen up just a bit?

TV on DVD

The eight-limbed villain eclipses the hero in this comic-book sequel. Couldn't glum, self-doubting Spidey afford to loosen up just a bit?

This Week's Attractions

The eight-limbed villain eclipses the hero in this comic-book sequel. Couldn't glum, self-doubting Spidey afford to loosen up just a bit?

Corporal Punishment

Criminally bad cop flick features a lard-ass De Niro.

Whatever It Takes

A teen Cyrano for the multiplexes.