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SIFF Week 2: Picks & Pans

By Brian Miller and SW staff

Popcorn in December

The series of Mummy pictures, launched in 1999 and staring the Cornish-trained Brendan Fraser, were better than they needed to be. In its first two installments, at least, the franchise had a certain lightness beneath all those impressive CGI effects. Fraser knew that his pre-WWII adventurer-archae ... More >>

An Oscar Winner in Seattle

The series of Mummy pictures, launched in 1999 and staring the Cornish-trained Brendan Fraser, were better than they needed to be. In its first two installments, at least, the franchise had a certain lightness beneath all those impressive CGI effects. Fraser knew that his pre-WWII adventurer-archae ... More >>

The Jane Austen Book Club: Their Estates Do Lie Adjacent…

The series of Mummy pictures, launched in 1999 and staring the Cornish-trained Brendan Fraser, were better than they needed to be. In its first two installments, at least, the franchise had a certain lightness beneath all those impressive CGI effects. Fraser knew that his pre-WWII adventurer-archae ... More >>

Fall Preview: Brad Pitt and Company Stake Their Oscar Claims

The series of Mummy pictures, launched in 1999 and staring the Cornish-trained Brendan Fraser, were better than they needed to be. In its first two installments, at least, the franchise had a certain lightness beneath all those impressive CGI effects. Fraser knew that his pre-WWII adventurer-archae ... More >>

Born on the 11th of September

Oliver Stone turns to Ground Zero, where everyone's a hero and politics don't matter. By Brian Miller

This Week's SIFF Picks

Oliver Stone turns to Ground Zero, where everyone's a hero and politics don't matter. By Brian Miller

Capote, Derailed, and A History of Violence

Oliver Stone turns to Ground Zero, where everyone's a hero and politics don't matter. By Brian Miller

El Crimen Perfecto

Also: Everything Is Illuminated, A History of Violence, Proof, A State of Mind, Thumbsucker, and The Tunnel.

Are We There Yet?

Also: The Assassination of Richard Nixon, Assault on Precinct 13, Dolls, Fear and Trembling, The Green Butchers, William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, and Notre Musique.

This Week's Attractions

Also: The Assassination of Richard Nixon, Assault on Precinct 13, Dolls, Fear and Trembling, The Green Butchers, William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, and Notre Musique.

You're on Carnal Camera

Paul Schrader fails to make suicidal sexual obsession come alive.

Daddy's girl

Press screening marred by verbal assault!

Iraq: hip-hop nation

George W. & the Funky Bunch take the Desert by Storm.

Smack daddy

Hollywood life seen through the eye of the needle.