Film
Oslo, August 31st: A Junkie’s Long Day of Regret
As an actor, Anders Danielsen Lie has a frail, almost birdlike quality. He’s like some creature plucked too…
Film
Ultrasonic: Are Conspiracy Theories Contagious?
If you’re going to save yourself from self- indulgence as the writer/director/star/ composer of a shoestring indie, you’d…
Arts & Culture
Arts: Gary Hill’s Funhouse at the Henry
This big retrospective is anything by academic.
Film
SIFF: Innocence and Experience
You’ll find two main varieties of SIFFgoers at the Seattle International Film Festival, now in its 38th year.…
Film
SIFF: A Q&A With Lynn Shelton
It’s quite the honor to be selected as SIFF’s opening-night feature, particularly when Lynn Shelton’s Your Sister’s Sister…
Film
The Cup: Tears at the Horse Track
Because so many Americans closely follow Australian horse racing, we can assume you already know the true-life story…
Film
#ReGENERATION: Far From Wall Street, a Call to Activism
After making the festival circuit in 2010, this youth-oriented call to activism has been tweaked to include Occupy…
Film
Death of a Superhero: The Portrait of an Angry Young Artist
Adapting his 2006 young-adult novel, Anthony McCarten doesn’t mishandle the material—the story of a 15-year-old Dublin kid hoping…
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Sabrina Lantos/Sony Pictures ClassicsGreta Gerwig and Adam Brody flaunt their footwork.The Dinner:
Sabrina Lantos/Sony Pictures ClassicsGreta Gerwig and Adam Brody flaunt their footwork.The Dinner: crab ravioli, at The Tin Table…
Film
Indie Game: The Movie: The Downside to Freelancing for Microsoft
Seattle is home to legions of pallid, sleep-deprived programmers, and Microsoft’s Xbox gaming platform is central to this…
Film
Overnight: Next Time Take the Train
If you’re going to trap the leads of a romantic comedy on a red-eye flight from L.A. to…
Arts & Culture
Visual Arts: The Greatest Hits of Gay Art at TAM
Does gay art really need its own separate show? This big survey doesn't make the case.
News
Last year, the parent company of Landmark Theatres put the movie circuit
Last year, the parent company of Landmark Theatres put the movie circuit up for sale, but there were…
Film
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia: Finding the Body Is Secondary
When even the cops in this Turkish police story begin joking about bladder control, you know you’re in…
Film
They Call It Myanmar: Lifting the Curtain: A Burma Documentary Is Suddenly Topical
Much less the rabble-rouser than 2008’s Burma VJ, Robert H. Lieberman’s two years of firsthand reportage from that…
