Arts & Culture
Evolution of a Criminal Runs Fri., Nov. 7–Thurs., Nov. 13 at Grand
Evolution of a Criminal Runs Fri., Nov. 7–Thurs., Nov. 13 at Grand Illusion. Not rated. 81 minutes. Plenty…
Film
Einstein is the screenwriter’s crutch. At least in the case of Christopher
Einstein is the screenwriter’s crutch. At least in the case of Christopher Nolan (writing with his brother Jonathan),…
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Seattle Art Museum director Kimerly Rorschach was hedging her language during last
Seattle Art Museum director Kimerly Rorschach was hedging her language during last month’s press launch for its awkwardly…
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Quick, can you name the short-film Oscar winners from this past March?
Quick, can you name the short-film Oscar winners from this past March? Me neither. Instead of belatedly parading…
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Somewhat contrary to expectation, this is not a documentary about a master
Somewhat contrary to expectation, this is not a documentary about a master art forger. Exposed as a fraud…
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The audience votes with its feet. At least at the museum, where
The audience votes with its feet. At least at the museum, where you’re not supposed to applaud or…
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Yumiko Glover left Japan as young college graduate and never went back.
Yumiko Glover left Japan as young college graduate and never went back. After working in business and as…
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Faster than you can say Young Adult novel, director Gregg Araki dives
Faster than you can say Young Adult novel, director Gregg Araki dives into a doomy ’80s wallow, the…
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A staple of Japanese folklore for 10 centuries, Princess Kaguya is now
A staple of Japanese folklore for 10 centuries, Princess Kaguya is now an anime eight years in the…
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Some movies are an argument against making movies; some marriages are an
Some movies are an argument against making movies; some marriages are an argument against having kids; and this…
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Justin Simien’s smart new college satire reminds you how lazy most American
Justin Simien’s smart new college satire reminds you how lazy most American comedies are. In a very different…
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They don’t make movies like this anymore, a fact that director Mathieu
They don’t make movies like this anymore, a fact that director Mathieu Amalric immediately emphasizes with The Blue…
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If you didn’t get the message in last year’s Disconnect, director Jason
If you didn’t get the message in last year’s Disconnect, director Jason Reitman is here to remind you…
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Marriage equality may be a new thing, but there’s always been equality
Marriage equality may be a new thing, but there’s always been equality in grief. The death of a…
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Seven decades after World War II, and countless movies about it, I
Seven decades after World War II, and countless movies about it, I don’t know if audiences still have…
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You’ve seen this story before, maybe twice: Tom Hanks in Captain Phillips
You’ve seen this story before, maybe twice: Tom Hanks in Captain Phillips and the Danish A Hijacking. Cutter…
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At the movies at least, the stock of righteous, muckraking journalists peaked
At the movies at least, the stock of righteous, muckraking journalists peaked with All the President’s Men. Newsmen…
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Down in the lower paragraphs of news stories about the Middle East,
Down in the lower paragraphs of news stories about the Middle East, whenever this Hamas faction or that…
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We’re in a post-apocalyptic wasteland, a walled city surrounded first by slums
We’re in a post-apocalyptic wasteland, a walled city surrounded first by slums (whose denizens are shot on sight)…
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This new sculptural installation by local artists Etta Lilienthal and Ben Zamora
This new sculptural installation by local artists Etta Lilienthal and Ben Zamora presents a tangle of old-school fluorescent…