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This new advocacy doc is essentially the bastard child of Who Killed
This new advocacy doc is essentially the bastard child of Who Killed the Electric Car? and Fuel (also…
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How, short of total victory, do you end a war? The question
How, short of total victory, do you end a war? The question has been haunting our military and…
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Likable characters are a curse in Hollywood. Studios want someone relatable, someone
Likable characters are a curse in Hollywood. Studios want someone relatable, someone personable, someone who looks friendly on…
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Public art generally falls into two categories: 1) massive and durable enough
Public art generally falls into two categories: 1) massive and durable enough to withstand the elements (and vandals…
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At any given backyard barbecue, you’ll meet scores of Northwest climbers who’ve
At any given backyard barbecue, you’ll meet scores of Northwest climbers who’ve done Rainier and McKinley, some who’ve…
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To its credit, this is an inconclusive, narrowly focused biopic sure to
To its credit, this is an inconclusive, narrowly focused biopic sure to confound fans of Jimi Hendrix. It…
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Yes, this is a movie nominally inspired by the old ’80s TV
Yes, this is a movie nominally inspired by the old ’80s TV show. And yes, it’s essentially a…
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Why is this film not being released at Christmas? The sacred tradition
Why is this film not being released at Christmas? The sacred tradition of Jews and Chinese food and…
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This is the kind of movie that congratulates itself for casting a
This is the kind of movie that congratulates itself for casting a comedienne in a dramatic role and…
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On an institutional level, the Northwest arts and culture scene is booming
On an institutional level, the Northwest arts and culture scene is booming like Amazon. Tacoma Art Museum is…
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You get the sense that filmmaker Shaun Scott can’t stop talking about
You get the sense that filmmaker Shaun Scott can’t stop talking about history, yet he also wants to…
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A few short years ago, Domingo Martinez had the wolf at the
A few short years ago, Domingo Martinez had the wolf at the door. His graphic-design clients were disappearing.…
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There’s a built-in audience for the latest collaboration between Andre Gregory and
There’s a built-in audience for the latest collaboration between Andre Gregory and Wallace Shawn, given the widespread arthouse…
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Alan Hruska’s adaptation of his stage comedy has as its heroine a
Alan Hruska’s adaptation of his stage comedy has as its heroine a New York fiction editor, Nellie (Amy…
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Career on the skids, unable to remember his lines, performing some kind
Career on the skids, unable to remember his lines, performing some kind of Broadway abridgement of Jane Eyre,…
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At Guantanamo, we know, inmates are denied few possessions other than Korans
At Guantanamo, we know, inmates are denied few possessions other than Korans and writing paper. Sharp objects are…
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A deliberate affront to good taste and conventional notions of feminine hygiene:
A deliberate affront to good taste and conventional notions of feminine hygiene: That’s how to describe both the…
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In interviews, the actor Ben Mendelsohn has said that he was once
In interviews, the actor Ben Mendelsohn has said that he was once typecast as a handsome young bloke…
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Just as the Seahawks begin their season this week, here’s a profile
Just as the Seahawks begin their season this week, here’s a profile of an outspoken black man from…
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As the living memory of World War II nears its end, fresh
As the living memory of World War II nears its end, fresh Hollywood treatments of the war also…