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The last picture show? Jorge Jellinek hopes not.

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A Useful Life: Death and Life at a Uruguayan Cinema

From the Columbia City Cinema to the Uptown, smaller cinemas have been closing all around Seattle. And though…

Two woodsmen bond after the sauna.

Film

Steam of Life: Sauna Confessions From Finland

When was the last time, in a non-sexual context, that you saw a friend naked? Showering together after…

A plume of smoke rises from a burn of collected oil that was spilled from BP's Deepwater Horizon wellhead June 17, 2010. Photo © Daniel Beltra for Greenpeace.

Arts & Culture

The Fussy Eye: Oil and Water

Eco art, courtesy of Deepwater Horizon.

Stuart as Italy's front-page sensation of the '70s.

Film

Angel of Evil: An Italian Gangster With “More Balls Than Brains”

After Carlos and Mesrine, it seems European directors can’t get enough of those those bloody ’70s, that bell-bottomed…

Who's the better Roger Moore? Coogan (left) or Brydon?

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The Trip: Steve Coogan on a Quest to Eat

Director Michael Winterbottom had so much fun making the 2005 Tristram Shandy with comic stars Steve Coogan and…

The Fussy Eye: Hooves and Branches

Arts & Culture

The Fussy Eye: Hooves and Branches

A wooden herd.

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Visiting town during the first week of SIFF with Beginners, which opens

Visiting town during the first week of SIFF with Beginners, which opens today at the Harvard Exit, writer/director…

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When will the Spanish Civil War end? World War II, we’ll grant

When will the Spanish Civil War end? World War II, we’ll grant you a few more years and…

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Not to be confused with the Jesse Eisenberg-as-Hasidic-Jewish-drug-dealer Holy Rollers from SIFF

Not to be confused with the Jesse Eisenberg-as-Hasidic-Jewish-drug-dealer Holy Rollers from SIFF last year (though both involve conflicts…

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“I really dislike music,” says a cop ironically named Amadeus, and this

“I really dislike music,” says a cop ironically named Amadeus, and this ingenious Swedish comedy soon makes it…

The Fussy Eye: Drop by Drop

Arts & Culture

The Fussy Eye: Drop by Drop

Sweaty walls.

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Self-consciously striving to avoid every Bollywood trope and trace of Satyajit Ray,

Self-consciously striving to avoid every Bollywood trope and trace of Satyajit Ray, this Indian slum fantasia owes more…

Background: Hammering Man, hammering. Foreground: Adam Firestone, getting hammered.

Arts & Culture

Seattle’s Best Art for Out-of-Towners

How to make the accessible enjoyable for your guests.

They take a hike--into horror!

Film

YellowBrickRoad: A New Hampshire Hike Into Horror

Eight people venture into the remote woods of northern New Hampshire. Care to guess how many get out…

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Proceeding by dream logic across the Spanish countryside on an old pilgrimage

Proceeding by dream logic across the Spanish countryside on an old pilgrimage route, Finisterrae features two ghosts–figures wearing…

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In the age of Inside Job and The Big Short, you’d hardly

In the age of Inside Job and The Big Short, you’d hardly expect to see a sympathetic portrayal…

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Romeo and Juliet in contemporary Athens? Not exactly. Director Christos Nikoleris adds

Romeo and Juliet in contemporary Athens? Not exactly. Director Christos Nikoleris adds street racing, MTV cutting, Greek hip-hop,…

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There are film geeks and there are film geeks. The latter will

There are film geeks and there are film geeks. The latter will be more appreciative of this insiders’…

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If you haven’t heard of Canadian artist Emily Carr (1871-1945), this documentary

If you haven’t heard of Canadian artist Emily Carr (1871-1945), this documentary is a dull but informative account…

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SIFFKraut cops chase punk vampires!It’s time to start catching up in our

SIFFKraut cops chase punk vampires!It’s time to start catching up in our notes for films playing at SIFF…