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King Lines

Scaling the Most Eligible Boulder

Richie the Roma Romeo.

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The District: Hip-Hop Hungarians Threaten President Bush

Yo, check my mad Magyar rhymin’ skillz, y’all. This animated Budapest ghetto rap-sody is a mash-up between Romeo…

Better on the small screen? Rainie Yang (left) and Isabella Leong in Spider Lilies.

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Seattle Lesbian & Gay Film Festival

Woody Harrelson Is Swarmed by Fag Hags!

Here’s how Pope could distinguish himself from the disgraced Hague.

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Vote Pope: He’s Not a Liar or a Drunk

...And other campaign slogans that could help the perennial loser's chances against Jane Hague.

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Driving is confusing enough, as I was reminded during this morning’s commute,

Driving is confusing enough, as I was reminded during this morning’s commute, when I almost crashed twice into…

Director Shinkai recalls better days.

Film

5 Centimeters per Second: Puppy Love in Japan

With a title that somehow suggests porn or horror, this gentle, wistful anime triptych by Makoto Shinkai (The…

Gershon can't keep her hands off Pitt.

Film

Delirious: Gina Gershon Is Cougar-Hot

Almost an oxymoron, this stalkarazzi fairy tale constantly threatens to split apart, as writer-director Tom DiCillo (Living in…

Father Joseph Benson leads the Catholic parish visited by Seattle Presbyterians.

Film

Local Sightings Film Festival: Seattle Directors Take Their Cameras to New Orleans and the Gobi Desert

Mossy navel-gazing is too often the first impulse of Northwest indie filmmakers. After cadging money from family and…

Hamilton meets the Third World.

Film

Outsourced: SIFF Prize Winner Finally Reaches Theaters

Locally produced and the top prize winner at SIFF this year, Outsourced has all the charm and color…

Swinomish tribal member Tony Cladoosby is among the film’s first-time actors.

Film

Apart From That: Like Cassavetes in Skagit County

Like Cassavetes in the sticks, this Mount Vernon indie was self-financed and shot by Jennifer Shainin and Randy…

Freaky Beatniks

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Freaky Beatniks

Vintage LP art without a trace of kitsch

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If you wondered, during your morning commute, who were those guys with

If you wondered, during your morning commute, who were those guys with clipboards planted at some 30 key…

Nixon (right) meets some real heroes.

Film

In the Shadow of the Moon: Astronauts Make Like Al Gore

No matter how awesome the view of Earth from space, nor how thrilling the liftoff of those thundering…

Chaplin versus Hank Mann in City Lights at Siff Cinema.

Arts & Culture

Fall Film Picks

Local Sightings Film Festival Ten years have passed quickly and successfully for this annual fall showcase of features…

Alex wanted his liner changed before he died.

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Twelve Things You Never Thought You’d Hear From a Parrot

We'll miss you, Alex.

Auslander: Temptation beckons.

Arts & Culture

Fall Books Picks

Lauren Weedman Long a favorite of Seattle stage (Rash, Bust) and small screen (Almost Live), Weedman is now…

Gold medalist Brad Walker might be the best Northwest athlete you’ve never heard of.

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Why Does This World-Champion Pole Vaulter Get No Recognition at Home?

Perhaps a gold in Beijing would get Brad Walker some Seattle love.

Seattle’s Busiest Author Has No Time for the “I Have a Burning Need to Express” School of Literature

Arts & Culture

Seattle’s Busiest Author Has No Time for the “I Have a Burning Need to Express” School of Literature

Attention, J.D. Salinger and all you authors out there who have trouble completing more than one book a…

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Adultery in Amber

how many times does Danielle Darrieux faint in this movie?

Little Tramp, Big Screen

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Little Tramp, Big Screen

A showcase of silent-era comedy