Tim Blake Nelson

O Brother, Where Art Thou?

SIFF Week 3: 30 New Picks & Pans

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 >>

Your Weekend Art-Geek Advisory

Get your geek on tonight at Third Place in Bothell. That's what our Laura Onstot says... FRIDAY: Garth Sundem I was on the college debate team. I spent the last three months' worth of Friday nights, not in a miniskirt and halter top in Belltown, but parked on the couch watching the Sci Fi Channel. ... More >>

The Weekly Wire: This Week’s Recommended Events

Get your geek on tonight at Third Place in Bothell. That's what our Laura Onstot says... FRIDAY: Garth Sundem I was on the college debate team. I spent the last three months' worth of Friday nights, not in a miniskirt and halter top in Belltown, but parked on the couch watching the Sci Fi Channel. ... More >>

Caché, Stephen Tobolowsky's Birthday Party, and Syriana

Colonial guilt, charming stories from Hollywood, and a petro-thriller without a central character to hook us in.

Hoot

Opens at area theaters, Fri., May 5. Rated PG.

Lies Per Gallon

The damning petro-thriller Syriana rambles like an SUV on a Sunday drive.

Brief Encounters

Balseros, Millenium Actress, and More.

Roger Dodger

Balseros, Millenium Actress, and More.

The Good Girl

Balseros, Millenium Actress, and More.

Lilo & Stitch

Balseros, Millenium Actress, and More.

Beyond Good and Evil

Director explains his troubling take on the Holocaust.

Glum Expectations

There's no escape for heroine or audience in this drab world.

SIFF 2002 Films: A-J

There's no escape for heroine or audience in this drab world.

Close-up

There's no escape for heroine or audience in this drab world.

The pivot man

Hoops star is turned against his one true love.

The winners

Official SIFF awards announced.

SIFF Events

Official SIFF awards announced.

The Films: A-E

Official SIFF awards announced.

The Films: MO-S

Official SIFF awards announced.

The Soggy Bottom Boys

On the lam, but carrying a tune.

Mixed forecast

The highs and lows of winter film.

SIFFting

Assessing in advance the biggest and best SIFF to date