Tim Burton

Dark Shadows: Johnny Depp in a Non-Pirate Role for Once

Pee-Wee's Big Adventure

Pee-Wee's Big Adventure

Edward Scissorhands

Beetlejuice

Edward Scissorhands

Beetlejuice

The Nightmare Before Christmas

Pee-Wee's Big Adventure

Where the Wild Things Are: Not Terrible, But in Need of Some Terror

Beetlejuice

9: Animated Puppets Survive the Apocalypse

Your Weekend Bjork & Artopia Planner

The weekend begins with Bjork in a concert documentary reviewed by Sara Brickner: For all the sad Bjork fanatics who missed her 2007 Volta tour, or for those who were there and want to relive the experience over and over again, here's the documentary, Voltaic. One evening was filmed in her hometown ... More >>

Beetlejuice

The weekend begins with Bjork in a concert documentary reviewed by Sara Brickner: For all the sad Bjork fanatics who missed her 2007 Volta tour, or for those who were there and want to relive the experience over and over again, here's the documentary, Voltaic. One evening was filmed in her hometown ... More >>

Emilie Simon

Tuesday, June 30

Under the Bed

Annex's new show is like Alice in Wonderland without the acid.

For One Brave Company, the Show Did Go On

Most theatre companies had the luxury of canceling weekend shows due to inclement weather -- even PNB's Nutcracker. But if you were Bishop Blanchet High School, and you had the Moore rented out for a four-day, six-show run of A Christmas Carol, rescheduling wasn't an option. Hence, the Greenlake-a ... More >>

The Cleverest Stunt

Ten years of cross-pollination, dark whimsy, and forks up the nose for Circus Contraption.

Edward Scissorhands

Ten years of cross-pollination, dark whimsy, and forks up the nose for Circus Contraption.

Important Questions From 1989

Come with me to 1989. Tim Burton's Batman was the No. 1 movie of the year. In music, Paula Abdul's Forever Your Girl spent 10 weeks at the top of the pop charts. George H.W. Bush was president. Charlie Royer was mayor. And the Alaskan Way Viaduct was just fine; we never worried about it.In that same ... More >>

007 Will Serve You Now

Come with me to 1989. Tim Burton's Batman was the No. 1 movie of the year. In music, Paula Abdul's Forever Your Girl spent 10 weeks at the top of the pop charts. George H.W. Bush was president. Charlie Royer was mayor. And the Alaskan Way Viaduct was just fine; we never worried about it.In that same ... More >>

Frankenweenie!

Come with me to 1989. Tim Burton's Batman was the No. 1 movie of the year. In music, Paula Abdul's Forever Your Girl spent 10 weeks at the top of the pop charts. George H.W. Bush was president. Charlie Royer was mayor. And the Alaskan Way Viaduct was just fine; we never worried about it.In that same ... More >>

Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory

Come with me to 1989. Tim Burton's Batman was the No. 1 movie of the year. In music, Paula Abdul's Forever Your Girl spent 10 weeks at the top of the pop charts. George H.W. Bush was president. Charlie Royer was mayor. And the Alaskan Way Viaduct was just fine; we never worried about it.In that same ... More >>

The Tracey Fragments: Ellen Page is chopped into pieces

Come with me to 1989. Tim Burton's Batman was the No. 1 movie of the year. In music, Paula Abdul's Forever Your Girl spent 10 weeks at the top of the pop charts. George H.W. Bush was president. Charlie Royer was mayor. And the Alaskan Way Viaduct was just fine; we never worried about it.In that same ... More >>

Penelope: Christina Ricci as Porcine Sex Symbol

Come with me to 1989. Tim Burton's Batman was the No. 1 movie of the year. In music, Paula Abdul's Forever Your Girl spent 10 weeks at the top of the pop charts. George H.W. Bush was president. Charlie Royer was mayor. And the Alaskan Way Viaduct was just fine; we never worried about it.In that same ... More >>

The Daily Wire: Freak Show

Come with me to 1989. Tim Burton's Batman was the No. 1 movie of the year. In music, Paula Abdul's Forever Your Girl spent 10 weeks at the top of the pop charts. George H.W. Bush was president. Charlie Royer was mayor. And the Alaskan Way Viaduct was just fine; we never worried about it.In that same ... More >>

Pure Cirkus

A lurid freak-show extravaganza

Murderers' Melody

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street: Sondheim Plus Blood Equals Excellence

Circus Contraption's Haunted Housewarming

A haunted new home for our local vaudevillians

A Cheerier, Wordless Scissorhands

A haunted new home for our local vaudevillians

Seattle Weekly's Recommended Events

WEDNESDAY: The Animation Show Gets Gross and John Taylor's Ships at Garde Rail

Monstrous Reality

Magical underworld provides little relief from political violence aboveground.

Aug. 16-23, 2006

Pee-Wee seeks bike, Mary Pickford versus alligators, and a Sideways-themed wine tasting at the Grand Illusion.

Circus Supreme

Circus Contraption and 520 Interchange are the stage highlights of the week.

March 8-15, 2006

This week's specialty screenings and venues.

Dave Chappelle's Block Party

Opens at Metro and other theaters, Fri., March 3. Rated R. 103 minutes.

Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

Opens Fri., Oct. 7, at Metro and others.

Cold Shoulders

Though the film looks great, there's nothing heartwarming about Tim Burton grave-robbing old movies and older legends.

Film Favorites and Calendar

Though the film looks great, there's nothing heartwarming about Tim Burton grave-robbing old movies and older legends.

The Undraped Crusader

This new Batman gains psychological depth, even if he loses a bit of his old static grandeur.

No Great Shakes

The Snicket movie gets the books' look right, if not the fear.

Ed Wood

Touchstone Home Ent., $29.99

Big Fish

Given a rich, ripe topic with an autobiographical subtext, Tim Burton still can't sort out his feelings toward Dad. Or this movie.

Arts Picks

Given a rich, ripe topic with an autobiographical subtext, Tim Burton still can't sort out his feelings toward Dad. Or this movie.

Brief Encounters

Given a rich, ripe topic with an autobiographical subtext, Tim Burton still can't sort out his feelings toward Dad. Or this movie.

Bad taste

Cartoons not for kids.

Planet of the Apes

Cartoons not for kids.

The forbidden zone

Entering hallowed ground yields a familiar remake.

The Culture Bunker

Entering hallowed ground yields a familiar remake.

Sleepy Hollow

Tim Burton's stylish retelling of the Irving tale.