Arts & Culture
The Fussy Eye: A Cardboard Peak
Pretty pictures of mountain ranges are a dime a dozen in the Northwest. Even amateurs carry professional-quality digital…
Film
Seattle Lesbian & Gay Film Festival: Are We Bears or Are We Samanthas?
It’s been argued, persuasively, that the era of the drag queen is over. After Sex and the City,…
Film
The Freebie: A Marital Contract in Adultery
This likable little indie shares what might be called the Humpday paradox, minus the gay thing. In the…
Film
Sleep Furiously: A Tone Poem in Wales
A loving portrait of place, Gideon Koppel’s tribute to a very small town in Wales isn’t the kind…
Film
Cell 211: A Tense Prison Riot in Spain
Even before his first official day on the job in a Spanish prison, a newly hired guard (Alberto…
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Barry Wetcher/20th Century FoxGordon Gekko is back, with a new kid to
Barry Wetcher/20th Century FoxGordon Gekko is back, with a new kid to mentor.The Dinner: Burritos and Bud at…
Arts & Culture
The Fussy Eye: Practical Attractions
Landlords sanction artists squatting in Pioneer Square and the ID.
Film
Bunny and the Bull: Brits Traverse an Imaginary Europe
Even as the Michael Bays and James Camerons of this world push movies ever more seamlessly into digital…
Film
Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel: Like an Elegy for the Mad Men Era
The one thing no one—particularly its 84-year-old subject—wants to discuss in this very authorized, adulatory documentary is aging.…
Film
The Harimaya Bridge: Death and Healing in Japan
As a stranger in a strange land, try being an African American in Japan—it’s like being a gaijin…
Arts & Culture
Chris Engman: Tracking Time, Space, and Cinder Blocks
In desolate places, he strenuously sets up, then knocks down, the ephemeral.
Film
Soul Kitchen: A Favorite Culinary Comedy Returns From SIFF
This surefire crowd-pleaser from Fatah Akin shares the multicultural German setting of his intense prior dramas (Head-On, The…
Music
The logic as to who’s headlining the comedy stages and who’s supporting
The logic as to who’s headlining the comedy stages and who’s supporting (or roving among them) isn’t always…
Music
Seattle Street Biennale 2010 (Rainier Room)Attempting to preview this exhibit back on
Seattle Street Biennale 2010 (Rainier Room)Attempting to preview this exhibit back on Tuesday required a breathing mask. The…
Music
Fans of Sarah Silverman will recognize her wing-woman Tig Notaro from The
Fans of Sarah Silverman will recognize her wing-woman Tig Notaro from The Sarah Silverman Program. Others who don’t…
Music
This is how Chris Hardwick, an L.A. comic born and raised in
This is how Chris Hardwick, an L.A. comic born and raised in Tennessee, describes his Red State upbringing.…
Music
While I was previewing the Sounds Human exhibit in the Lopez and
While I was previewing the Sounds Human exhibit in the Lopez and Fidalgo Rooms, the Trimpin installation wasn’t…
Music
“After 25 years of service to the comedy industry, now I work
“After 25 years of service to the comedy industry, now I work in my garage?” Marc Maron sound…