Subject: Tilda Swinton

• Respectful Dissent at the Cinema

  October 10, 2008

• Beltway Bumblers

  The Coen brothers' dark comedy--almost redundant, I know--Burn After Reading got not so much love in September from critics (including our own), and only one award nomination this month, from those mysterious folks at the Golden Globes. Coming to DVD next Tuesday, the movie made me laugh, and quit a bit. (My dissent here.) If you want full, psychologically rounded characters, look elsewhere. The Coen universe amounts to a parade of fools who deserve violent deaths, and usually receive them. Thou

  December 18, 2008

• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: Brad Pitt Goes Forrest Gump

  December 24, 2008

• Zeitgeist: The Films of Our Times

  November 12, 2008

• Burn After Reading: Coen Brothers Make a Sour Business of Comedy

  September 10, 2008

• SIFF: Week 3 Picks & Pans

  Slovenly gays resist gentrification. Iranian trannies overcome Islamic strictures. Cannibalism in the Andes. The first mumblecore horror film. See our SIFF Guide 2008 for more.

  June 4, 2008

• Michael Clayton: George Clooney Anchors Superior Courtroom Drama

  October 3, 2007

• Fall Preview: Brad Pitt and Company Stake Their Oscar Claims

  September 19, 2007

• Strange Culture: WMDs Found in Artist’s Attic

  September 12, 2007

• Will Ferrell on Ice! Plus Other Releases

  September 5, 2007

• DVDs of the Week

  March 1, 2006

• Keane

  Runs Fri., Dec. 16–Thurs., Dec. 22, at Varsity.

  December 14, 2005

• In Like a Lamb

  Mild but pleasing, The Chronicles of Narnia succeeds more with the CG effects than the kids.

  December 7, 2005

• El Crimen Perfecto

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

  September 21, 2005

• Broken Flowers

  Also: Caterina in the Big City, The Chumscrubber, The Edukators, Saint Ralph, and Save the Green Planet.

  August 3, 2005

• I See Evil Dudes

  February 16, 2005

• From Park Slope to Park City

  February 2, 2005

• This Week's Attractions

  April 28, 2004

• This Week's Attractions

  January 14, 2004

• SIFF 2002 Golden Space Needle Awards

  June 19, 2002

• SIFF 2002 Films: R-Z

  May 15, 2002

• The Deep End

  April 10, 2002

• The defiant ones

  March 27, 2002

• Take the plunge

  August 15, 2001

• The War Zone

  December 15, 1999

• Bacon, raw

  October 14, 1998

• The Limits of Control: More Low-Key Shenanigans From Jim Jarmusch.

  May 6, 2009

• PICK Crude: Our Thirsty SUVs Destroy Latin America

  October 21, 2009

• Where in the World Are Paul Allen's Yachts?

  ​With his net worth last estimated by Forbes at $10.5 billion, Microsoft co-founder and international man of leisure Paul Allen has seen his wealth slide with the rest of us impacted by the recession. Forbes ranked him 19th among world billionaires in 2007, 41st last year, and 32nd this year. (He was third in 2003.) Damningly, Forbes wrote in April, the South Lake Union land baron and Seahawks owner "has lost 36% of his fortune in the last 12 months." But thanks to the invaluable Web sit

  November 2, 2009