Opening ThisWeek The Gunman Opens Fri., March 20 at Sundance and other theaters. Rated R. 115 minutes. Well, someone’s been hitting…
Thursday, March 19 The King and the Mockingbird There’s a tendency for journalists to fixate on a film’s troubled production…
Stage Openings & Events Broadway Babes This “burlesque tribute to the Great White Way” stars Bunny Von Bunsmore, Crystal Tassels,…
For young soldier Gary (Jack O’Connell) and most of his British squad, Northern Ireland is more than another country. Dispatched…
At the preview for Disney’s live-action retelling of its 1950 animated favorite, I saw both young girls and grown women…
The opening sequence of Wild Tales sets up a Twilight Zone-style series of revelations, compressed into just a few minutes….
In the geek-show school of documentary, strange pockets of humanity are uncovered so we can laugh at the foibles of…
Last year brought a lot of chatter about cinema’s obligations to historical accuracy. Did Selma distort Lyndon Johnson’s role in…
Jody Lee Lipes’ documentary isn’t so much about a dance as about the process of making one. We follow choreographer…
Annie Baker’s Pulitzer winner—a magical mingling of Pinter pauses, Ibsenesque naturalism, and flashes of Pirandello—causes me cognitive dissonance. Written about…
The Chinese term guanxi, at a basic level, can refer to networking, connections, or relationships. More deeply, to a native…
Author Events Bellevue Regional Library, 1111 110th Ave. N.E., 425-450-1765, kcls.org. Eagle Harbor Books, 157 Winslow Way E. (Bainbridge Island),…
Openings & Events Change-Seed Twenty-five artists from Hong Kong seek to update the U.S. on shifts in contemporary art created…
Until recently, Jean Sibelius’ great acclaim in America during his lifetime (1865–1957) probably did him more harm than good. Being…
Maybe it’s because of BAM’s ongoing biennial show, Knock on Wood, or because all the trees are sprouting leaves and…
Opening Nights PChinglish ArtsWest, 4711 California Ave. S.W., 938-0339, artswest.org. $15–$34.50. 7:30 p.m. Wed.–Sat., 3 p.m. Sun. Ends March 29. The…
Opening ThisWeek PBallet 422 Opens Fri., March 13 at Sundance Cinemas. Not rated. 75 minutes. Jody Lee Lipes’ documentary isn’t so…
Judaism, like any major religion, has too much history to digest readily. For that reason, while the Seattle Jewish Film…
Thursday, March 12 Michelle Ellsworth Following along with Ellsworth’s work takes a lot of doing—her short bio describes her as…
Stage Openings & Events August Wilson Monologue Competition High-school actors vie for cash and a trip to the national finals…
