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Sean Penn

  • Blogs

    February 24, 2012

    Toast the 2012 Best Picture Nominees With These Oscar-Inspired Drinks

    For Sunday night's Academy Award ceremonies, the simplest drink choice is Champagne. After all, what says celebration better than a glass of bubbly? But that seems like the easy way out, especially given cinema's memorable drinking moments over the years. None of the nine nominees for Best Picture t ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 1, 2011

    Sazerac Happy Hour

    For Sunday night's Academy Award ceremonies, the simplest drink choice is Champagne. After all, what says celebration better than a glass of bubbly? But that seems like the easy way out, especially given cinema's memorable drinking moments over the years. None of the nine nominees for Best Picture t ... More >>

  • Film

    November 3, 2010

    Fair Game: Sean Penn, Even More Self-Righteous Than Before

    For Sunday night's Academy Award ceremonies, the simplest drink choice is Champagne. After all, what says celebration better than a glass of bubbly? But that seems like the easy way out, especially given cinema's memorable drinking moments over the years. None of the nine nominees for Best Picture t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 20, 2010

    Eddie Vedder Got Married

    ​ Eddie Vedder and Jill McCormick got married in Oahu on Saturday. Doesn't look like Eddie shaved for the big event. (The pic's from Rolling Stone). Sean Penn and Jack Johnson both attended, and Tim Robbins was apparently the best man. But was he the "Better Man"? ... Sorry.

  • Calendar

    May 5, 2010

    Fast Times at Ridgemont High

    ​ Eddie Vedder and Jill McCormick got married in Oahu on Saturday. Doesn't look like Eddie shaved for the big event. (The pic's from Rolling Stone). Sean Penn and Jack Johnson both attended, and Tim Robbins was apparently the best man. But was he the "Better Man"? ... Sorry.

  • Blogs

    February 26, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    February 20, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    February 4, 2009

    Server Reboot Wednesday: Oscar Preview Edition

    I love the Oscars. This is the time of year that I live at the movie theater, eating way too much popcorn and diving headlong into those movies that the Academy deems "Oscar-worthy."

  • Film

    December 31, 2008

    The 12 Best Films of 2008: Now in Alphabetical Order!

    I love the Oscars. This is the time of year that I live at the movie theater, eating way too much popcorn and diving headlong into those movies that the Academy deems "Oscar-worthy."

  • Calendar

    December 10, 2008

    Fast Times at Ridgmont High

    I love the Oscars. This is the time of year that I live at the movie theater, eating way too much popcorn and diving headlong into those movies that the Academy deems "Oscar-worthy."

  • Film

    October 15, 2008

    What Just Happened: Robert De Niro Cast in Mirthless Hollywood Satire

    I love the Oscars. This is the time of year that I live at the movie theater, eating way too much popcorn and diving headlong into those movies that the Academy deems "Oscar-worthy."

  • Blogs

    May 27, 2008

    Revolutionary Cinema

    I love the Oscars. This is the time of year that I live at the movie theater, eating way too much popcorn and diving headlong into those movies that the Academy deems "Oscar-worthy."

  • Blogs

    May 21, 2008

    Our Man in Cannes

    I love the Oscars. This is the time of year that I live at the movie theater, eating way too much popcorn and diving headlong into those movies that the Academy deems "Oscar-worthy."

  • Film

    April 9, 2008

    New on DVD: Javier Bardem Still Super Scary in NCFOM

    I love the Oscars. This is the time of year that I live at the movie theater, eating way too much popcorn and diving headlong into those movies that the Academy deems "Oscar-worthy."

  • Film

    January 9, 2008

    Seattle Weekly PickWar Made Easy: Or, How Bush Snookered Big Media

    I love the Oscars. This is the time of year that I live at the movie theater, eating way too much popcorn and diving headlong into those movies that the Academy deems "Oscar-worthy."

  • Blogs

    November 23, 2007

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

    I love the Oscars. This is the time of year that I live at the movie theater, eating way too much popcorn and diving headlong into those movies that the Academy deems "Oscar-worthy."

  • Blogs

    September 26, 2007

    Krakauer's Conspicuous Silence

    I love the Oscars. This is the time of year that I live at the movie theater, eating way too much popcorn and diving headlong into those movies that the Academy deems "Oscar-worthy."

  • Film

    September 26, 2007

    Into the Wild: Sean Penn Does Right by Jon Krakauer

    I love the Oscars. This is the time of year that I live at the movie theater, eating way too much popcorn and diving headlong into those movies that the Academy deems "Oscar-worthy."

  • Film

    September 19, 2007

    Fall Preview: Brad Pitt and Company Stake Their Oscar Claims

    I love the Oscars. This is the time of year that I live at the movie theater, eating way too much popcorn and diving headlong into those movies that the Academy deems "Oscar-worthy."

  • Blogs

    August 21, 2007

    Into the Wild

    I love the Oscars. This is the time of year that I live at the movie theater, eating way too much popcorn and diving headlong into those movies that the Academy deems "Oscar-worthy."

  • Film

    September 20, 2006

    All the King's Men

    Sean Penn can't pull his weight in treatment of American classic.

  • Film

    September 13, 2006

    Lemming, Mountain Patrol (Kekexili), and United 93

    Charlotte Rampling heads into David Lynch country.

  • Arts

    August 2, 2006

    A Schmear for Sean Penn

    The star has a bagel moment in Seattle. Plus: News from Artist Trust and West Edge Sculpture Invitational.

  • Film

    May 4, 2005

    The Corporation

    Zeitgeist Video, $29.99.

  • Film

    January 19, 2005

    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.

  • Arts

    September 8, 2004

    The Bigger Picture

    Northwest Film Forum returns, bigger, better, and easier to get to.

  • Film

    May 19, 2004

    This Week's Attractions

    Northwest Film Forum returns, bigger, better, and easier to get to.

  • Film

    November 26, 2003

    The Sit-Down

    Northwest Film Forum returns, bigger, better, and easier to get to.

  • Film

    November 26, 2003

    21 Grams

    Admirably serious and powerfully cast, this fate-heavy drama squeezes all the life out of death.

  • Film

    October 8, 2003

    Mystic River: Clint Eastwood Meets Dennis Lehane

    On a drab, detective-show canvas, Eastwood creates a great story of crime and character.

  • Film

    September 24, 2003

    TIFF Picks for SIFF

    With SIFF director Darryl Macdonald gone, SW critic ventures some suggestions for next year's festival programming . . . plus a few notes on the stars, of course.

  • Film

    September 3, 2003

    Bollywood, The Trip, and More

    With SIFF director Darryl Macdonald gone, SW critic ventures some suggestions for next year's festival programming . . . plus a few notes on the stars, of course.

  • Film

    August 13, 2003

    Gigantic: A Tale of Two Johns, The Magdalene Sisters, and More

    With SIFF director Darryl Macdonald gone, SW critic ventures some suggestions for next year's festival programming . . . plus a few notes on the stars, of course.

  • Music

    March 19, 2003

    Brightening the Corners

    As the world grows increasingly bleak, indie-rockwunderkind Stephen Malkmus tries whistling in the dark for his band's latest, the sprawling, freewheeling Pig Lib.

  • Film

    March 5, 2003

    'Friends Forever'

    As the world grows increasingly bleak, indie-rockwunderkind Stephen Malkmus tries whistling in the dark for his band's latest, the sprawling, freewheeling Pig Lib.

  • Film

    November 13, 2002

    Boiling Over

    Well-wrought drama of troubled marriages builds to a violent storm.

  • Music

    October 23, 2002

    Adams' audiences cut like a knife; plus news on eels, Portishead, and more.

    Well-wrought drama of troubled marriages builds to a violent storm.

  • News

    September 25, 2002

    Working It, Hollywood-Style

    Punching the clock in the movies means striking a costumed pose.

  • Film

    June 12, 2002

    Traffic

    Punching the clock in the movies means striking a costumed pose.

  • Arts

    March 27, 2002

    The freshmaker

    Bartlett Sher has classics tasting cool again.

  • Film

    December 19, 2001

    Coming attractions

    What other movies to expect in early '02.

  • Film

    March 28, 2001

    Rated A.M.P.A.S.

    We would not like to thank the Academy.

  • Film

    January 31, 2001

    The parade ends

    Rebellious poet battles censorship to the last word.

  • Film

    December 13, 2000

    Mixed forecast

    The highs and lows of winter film.

  • Film

    May 3, 2000

    Up at the Villa

    Smart woman, foolish choices?

  • Music

    March 8, 2000

    Two guys, television, and lotsa free time.

    Smart woman, foolish choices?

  • Film

    December 15, 1999

    Sweet and Lowdown

    Art for the artist's sake.

  • Music

    July 7, 1999

    Pavement, Townes Van Zandt, tributes to Gram Parsons and Tom Cora

    Art for the artist's sake.

  • Film

    January 6, 1999

    Thick and Thin

    A fabled recluse delivers a mixed masterpiece.

  • Film

    December 23, 1998

    Short takes

    A fabled recluse delivers a mixed masterpiece.

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