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Bill Maher
New Rule: If Bill Maher is in town for one night and you arent at least curious, youre…
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Play The Story
Ever heard of Louis Le Prince (1842-1890)? Of course not, because the French-born inventor mysteriously disappeared on a…
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Monsieur Verdoux
Running Friday through Thursday this week at NWFF, Charlie Chaplins 1947 serial-killer comedy Monsieur Verdoux effectively assassinated his…
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Considering that Huckleberry Finn is a serious contender for the title of
Considering that Huckleberry Finn is a serious contender for the title of Great American Novel (its a lot…
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Eddie Izzard
While the future of Eddie Izzard’s brilliant FX drama The Riches may be up in the air (damn…
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The Wizard of Oz
SIFF begins a series of six Saturday morning family flicks with this 1939 classic, meaning Dorothy, Toto, and…
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Hot Fuzz
Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg have built their 2007 buddy-cop homage-parody on everything from The Wicker Man to…
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Bottle Rocket
And thus, in 1996, was the Wes Anderson juggernaut launched upon unsuspecting white urbanites who thereafter, by indie…
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Screwball at SAM
SAM concludes its comedy series with George Stevens’ 1943 The More the Merrier, which finds comedy, and love,…
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Terry Gilliams 1998 Fear conveys perfectly what it feels like to come down from a hit of bad…
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Teacher: How Should I Feel About This Massage?
Dear Uptight Seattleite, A friend and I stopped by a U. District bar after a hard day of…
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Having already been through town this May to read from his new
Having already been through town this May to read from his new YA novel Little Brother (Tor Teen,…
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Cory Doctorow’s writing rides the powerful wave of technological change. The wild
Cory Doctorow’s writing rides the powerful wave of technological change. The wild futures of Down and Out in…
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Yesterday’s Tomorrow
A photography professor of mine used to always repeat this mantra: Pre-visualization is everything. In other words, great…
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Seattle International Beerfest
Heres the cure for the common wine snob: the Seattle International Beerfest. All weekend, Friday through Sunday, you…
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To Catch a Thief
A new print is promised for Alfred Hitchcocks 1955 classic To Catch a Thief, which pairs his two…
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My Guantánamo Diary
Prior documentaries have shown us the KFC, McDonalds, and Starbucks that serve Gitmos jailors. And the air-conditioned green…
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Nearly Dan
Nearly Dan may not have the Top-40 renown of its near namesake, but it has the chopsmandatory when…
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Fireworks
If youre the type who prefers to stay on the right side of the law, then you better…