Joan Allen

The Weekly Wire: The Week's Recommended Events

Julie Salamon

The Headless Woman: Car Crash and Consequences

SIFF Week 2: Picks & Pans

By Brian Miller and SW staff

When Remakes Go Wrong

Thirty-three years ago, there was a perfectly good drive-in/exploitation flick called Death Race 2000 starring David Carradine and Sylvester Stallone. The futuristic premise was that, like the Roman circus, we the violent mob would find entertainment in a cross-country race in which the motorists sc ... More >>

Trumbo: Blacklisted, But Unbowed

Thirty-three years ago, there was a perfectly good drive-in/exploitation flick called Death Race 2000 starring David Carradine and Sylvester Stallone. The futuristic premise was that, like the Roman circus, we the violent mob would find entertainment in a cross-country race in which the motorists sc ... More >>

The Rape of Europa: Those Darn Nazis!

Thirty-three years ago, there was a perfectly good drive-in/exploitation flick called Death Race 2000 starring David Carradine and Sylvester Stallone. The futuristic premise was that, like the Roman circus, we the violent mob would find entertainment in a cross-country race in which the motorists sc ... More >>

The Bourne Ultimatum: Matt Damon Is the Anti–Jack Bauer

In which our hero confronts his programmers in Langley. Bauer would not approve.

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?

Office Space

Fox Home Entertainment, $19.98.

The Upside of Anger

New Line Home Entertainment., $27.95.

Joan Allen

The mysteries of Yes.

The Beautiful Country

Also: Genesis, Happy Endings, Wedding Crashers, and Yes.

Golden Space Needle

Also: Genesis, Happy Endings, Wedding Crashers, and Yes.

Seattle Weekly's Picks

Also: Genesis, Happy Endings, Wedding Crashers, and Yes.

SIFF Without Cinerama

Also: Genesis, Happy Endings, Wedding Crashers, and Yes.

Dust to Glory

Also: Eros, The Exiles, Living Life, Off the Map, Sahara, and Schizo.

Bad Guy

Also: Ice Princess, It's Easier for a Camel, Schultze Gets the Blues, Sky Blue, and The Upside of Anger.

From Park Slope to Park City

Sundance is still a great destination for indie cinema, beneath the avalanche of bling.

Down From the Mountain

A writer braves treacherous weather, high altitudes, and long lines to reach that mother lode of cinema, Telluride.

Color my world

A different kind of red scare.