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Ha-ha! You stepped in dog poo! Lacy and Slate.A24 Films

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Opens Fri., June 20 at Guild 45th and Lincoln Square. Rated R.

Opens Fri., June 20 at Guild 45th and Lincoln Square. Rated R. 85 minutes. Written and directed by…

Dunne, flanked by Graye and Martin.discoverersmovie.com

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The DiscoverersOpens Fri., June 20 at Varsity. Not rated. 104 minutes.Griffin Dunne,

The Discoverers Opens Fri., June 20 at Varsity. Not rated. 104 minutes. Griffin Dunne, where ya been? The…

Collette’s journalist goes digging into her own archives.

Arts & Culture

Lucky Them Runs Fri., June 13–Thurs., June 26 at Northwest Film Forum.

Lucky Them Runs Fri., June 13–Thurs., June 26 at Northwest Film Forum. 
Rated R. 96 minutes. Something about…

Fishburne as the mysterious Dr. Damon.Ursula Coyote/ Focus Features

Arts & Culture

The Signal Opens Fri., June 13 at Sundance and other theaters. Rated

The Signal Opens Fri., June 13 at Sundance and other theaters. Rated PG-13. 97 minutes. Sci-fi, like real…

Journey into the past: Kulesza (left) and Trzebuchowska.Music Box Films

Arts & Culture

Ida Opens Fri., June 13 at Sundance Cinemas and SIFF Cinema Uptown.

Ida Opens Fri., June 13 at Sundance Cinemas and SIFF Cinema Uptown. 
Rated PG-13. 80 minutes. After the…

Gordon in the early ‘70s.

Arts & Culture

Supermensch Opens Fri., June 13 at Seven Gables. Rated R. 84 minutes.

Supermensch Opens Fri., June 13 at Seven Gables. 
Rated R. 84 minutes. The subtitle of Mike Myers’ first…

Sarandon plays the Pat Morita role.Compass/Millennium Ent.

Arts & Culture

Ping Pong Summer Runs Fri., June 6–Thurs., June 12 at Northwest Film

Ping Pong Summer Runs Fri., June 6–Thurs., June 12 at Northwest Film Forum. 
Not rated. 92 minutes. I…

Vidal at his writing desk.Amnesia LLC/Sundance Selects/IFC

Arts & Culture

Gore Vidal: The UnitedStates of Amnesia Opens Fri., June 6 at Varsity.

Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia Opens Fri., June 6 at Varsity. 
Not rated. 89 minutes. When…

Film

You look familiar, says the casting director at an audition, but he

You look familiar, says the casting director at an audition, but he can’t place the face. “I was…

Vargas with his mother, Emelie Salinas, before leaving the Philippines.documentedthefilm.com

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Documented Runs Fri., May 30–Thurs., June 5 at Grand Illusion. Not rated.

Documented Runs Fri., May 30–Thurs., June 5 at 
Grand Illusion. Not rated. 95 minutes. Good journalists don’t necessarily…

Martine and Xavier (Tautou and Duris) connect again, this time in NYC.

Arts & Culture

Chinese Puzzle Opens Fri., May 30 at Seven Gables. Rated R. 117

Chinese Puzzle Opens Fri., May 30 at Seven Gables. 
Rated R. 117 minutes. In three agreeable films covering…

Telford says his next script will have nothing to do with Idaho.

Film

You may recall seeing a short film at SIFF ’12 called The

You may recall seeing a short film at SIFF ’12 called The Last Virgin, about a drunken teenage…

Lilith (Bado) with her father (Diego Peretti)Samuel Goldwyn Films

Arts & Culture

The German Doctor Opens Fri., May 23 at Sundance and Lincoln Square.

The German Doctor Opens Fri., May 23 at Sundance and Lincoln Square. Rated PG-13. 93 minutes. There’s a…

Favreau does his own knife work, of course.Merrick Morton/Open Road Films

Arts & Culture

Chef Opens Fri., May 23 at Majestic Bay, Sundance, and Lincoln Square.

Chef Opens Fri., May 23 at Majestic Bay, 
Sundance, and Lincoln Square. 
Rated R. 115 minutes. There is…

Mbatha-Raw as our conflicted heroine.David Appleby/Fox Searchlight

Arts & Culture

Belle Opens Fri., May 23 at Guild 45th, Meridian, and Lincoln Square.

Belle Opens Fri., May 23 at Guild 45th, Meridian, and Lincoln Square. Rated PG. 105 minutes. The rule…

Smith at the old newsboy shack.

Film

You can’t go home again—only Matt Smith did. Twice. Raised in the

You can’t go home again—only Matt Smith did. Twice. Raised in the old Catholic enclave on the east…

A songbook, “Song of the Milky Way,” from the 1931 movie Milky Way.

Arts & Culture

“People were very uncomfortable showing it,” says Robert Levenson of the decorative

“People were very uncomfortable showing it,” says Robert Levenson of the decorative art and design objects he began…

Ridley is also a playwright, novelist, and regular contributor to NPR.

Film

Speaking from Los Angeles, writer/director John Ridley is well aware of Seattle’s

Speaking from Los Angeles, writer/director John Ridley is well aware of Seattle’s expectations for his SIFF-opening Jimi Hendrix…

Hardy on his solo journey.A24 Films

Arts & Culture

Locke Opens Fri., May 16 at Harvard Exit. Rated R. 85 minutes.

Locke Opens Fri., May 16 at Harvard Exit. 
Rated R. 85 minutes. Bane has a problem. And by…

From left: Drury, Lowry, and Peterson in Yoyogi Park.John Jeffcoat

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His last film at SIFF, the 2007 comedy Outsourced, was about a

His last film at SIFF, the 2007 comedy Outsourced, was about a Seattle tech worker sent to a…