Melissa Anderson

The Weekly Wire: This Week's Recommended Events

The Weekly Wire: This Week's Recommended Events

The Trial of Joan of Arc

The Weekly Wire: This Week's Recommended Events

Le Rayon Vert

We Were Here

The Red Shoes

Sofia Coppola's Luxury Problem

Dorff cruises aimlessly in his Ferrari F430.Merrick Morton/Focus Features​The Dinner: bacon cheeseburger and fries at Kidd Valley (531 Queen Anne Ave. N.). The Movie: Somewhere at Harvard Exit (807 E. Roy St.). The Screenplate: Did you ever feel hungry but not know what you want to eat? Or y ... More >>

SIFF Week 4: 15 New Picks & Pans

Dorff cruises aimlessly in his Ferrari F430.Merrick Morton/Focus Features​The Dinner: bacon cheeseburger and fries at Kidd Valley (531 Queen Anne Ave. N.). The Movie: Somewhere at Harvard Exit (807 E. Roy St.). The Screenplate: Did you ever feel hungry but not know what you want to eat? Or y ... More >>

SIFF Week 2: Picks & Pans

Dorff cruises aimlessly in his Ferrari F430.Merrick Morton/Focus Features​The Dinner: bacon cheeseburger and fries at Kidd Valley (531 Queen Anne Ave. N.). The Movie: Somewhere at Harvard Exit (807 E. Roy St.). The Screenplate: Did you ever feel hungry but not know what you want to eat? Or y ... More >>

The Weekly Wire: The Week's Recommended Events

Dorff cruises aimlessly in his Ferrari F430.Merrick Morton/Focus Features​The Dinner: bacon cheeseburger and fries at Kidd Valley (531 Queen Anne Ave. N.). The Movie: Somewhere at Harvard Exit (807 E. Roy St.). The Screenplate: Did you ever feel hungry but not know what you want to eat? Or y ... More >>

Word Is Out

Dorff cruises aimlessly in his Ferrari F430.Merrick Morton/Focus Features​The Dinner: bacon cheeseburger and fries at Kidd Valley (531 Queen Anne Ave. N.). The Movie: Somewhere at Harvard Exit (807 E. Roy St.). The Screenplate: Did you ever feel hungry but not know what you want to eat? Or y ... More >>

The Weekly Wire: The Week's Recommended Events

Dorff cruises aimlessly in his Ferrari F430.Merrick Morton/Focus Features​The Dinner: bacon cheeseburger and fries at Kidd Valley (531 Queen Anne Ave. N.). The Movie: Somewhere at Harvard Exit (807 E. Roy St.). The Screenplate: Did you ever feel hungry but not know what you want to eat? Or y ... More >>

The Red Shoes

Dorff cruises aimlessly in his Ferrari F430.Merrick Morton/Focus Features​The Dinner: bacon cheeseburger and fries at Kidd Valley (531 Queen Anne Ave. N.). The Movie: Somewhere at Harvard Exit (807 E. Roy St.). The Screenplate: Did you ever feel hungry but not know what you want to eat? Or y ... More >>

Seattle Lesbian & Gay Film Festival

Dorff cruises aimlessly in his Ferrari F430.Merrick Morton/Focus Features​The Dinner: bacon cheeseburger and fries at Kidd Valley (531 Queen Anne Ave. N.). The Movie: Somewhere at Harvard Exit (807 E. Roy St.). The Screenplate: Did you ever feel hungry but not know what you want to eat? Or y ... More >>

The Return of Tyler Perry

​The man cannot be stopped. His movies are never screened in advance for the press, and they usually end up winning the weekend box office battle. His latest, I Can Do Bad All by Myself, opens today at Pacific Place and other theaters. Here's Melissa Anderson's review: If you are the director ... More >>

Confessions of a Shopaholic on DVD

Before last night, I would have unabashedly told anyone who would listen that I was a huge fan of the Confessions of a Shopaholic book series. Then last night I watched the DVD. The disparity between the movie and the novels is phenomenal. While they have the same basic plot, a young girl has a huge ... More >>

The Weekly Wire: The Week’s Notable Events

Before last night, I would have unabashedly told anyone who would listen that I was a huge fan of the Confessions of a Shopaholic book series. Then last night I watched the DVD. The disparity between the movie and the novels is phenomenal. While they have the same basic plot, a young girl has a huge ... More >>

Late Review: American Violet

This film just played the Langston Hughes African American Film Festival, but the distributor waffled on giving it a release date. Surprise! It's opening today at the Meridian. Our writer Melissa Anderson saw it; here's her review: A docudrama with a good heart but a heavy hand, American Violet isn ... More >>