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Bumbershoot’s visual arts exhibits are distributed over two locations this year: Fisher

Bumbershoot’s visual arts exhibits are distributed over two locations this year: Fisher Pavilion (with a separate tent outside);…

Will The Trip to America soon follow? Coogan (left) and Brydon.

Arts & Culture

Yes, you would like a second helping. Director Michael Winterbottom and his

Yes, you would like a second helping. Director Michael Winterbottom and his two stars, Steve Coogan and Rob…

Adrift in America: Gyllenhaal, Fassbender, and Gleeson.

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Michael Fassbender is in there somewhere. The Irish-German star of Shame and

Michael Fassbender is in there somewhere. The Irish-German star of Shame and the X-Men movies spends most of…

The Activ looks for a path through the closing ice.

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I was told there would be more penguins… well, not actually. The

I was told there would be more penguins… well, not actually. The modern-day explorers in this Danish doc…

Wright before her computer capture.Quinzaine/Drafthouse Films

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Based on a 1971 sci-fi novel by Stanislaw Lem, this movie begins

Based on a 1971 sci-fi novel by Stanislaw Lem, this movie begins intriguingly as Hollywood satire. Robin Wright…

A stranger (Ian Edlund) rides into town in The New West.

Film

Now an idea made obsolete by digital video, the old unit of

Now an idea made obsolete by digital video, the old unit of cinematic measurement used to be a…

Tan’s edible Food Game.

Arts & Culture

Don’t play with your food—that may be the most frequent and earliest-recollected

Don’t play with your food—that may be the most frequent and earliest-recollected directive of childhood. But food is…

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Recently the grand marshal of Seattle’s Pride Parade, George Takei has become

Recently the grand marshal of Seattle’s Pride Parade, George Takei has become America’s favorite gay uncle. Closeted during…

Mia Kasalo as Clara, who hates the coffee grinder.

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Closely scripted and choreographed yet disarmingly casual in appearance, Ramon Zurcher’s family

Closely scripted and choreographed yet disarmingly casual in appearance, Ramon Zurcher’s family portrait is confined mostly to a…

Duplass and Moss at the magical retreat.Radius/TWC

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One of my top picks from SIFF last spring, this movie comes

One of my top picks from SIFF last spring, this movie comes swaddled in spoilers. It’s almost impossible…

Livin' the dream: Nelson (left) and Eenhoorn.Andrew Reed/Sony Pictures Classics

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You get to a certain point in life—40, 50, 70, divorce, the

You get to a certain point in life—40, 50, 70, divorce, the death of a spouse, or your…

Lovers on the run: Palacios and Vergara.Outsider Pictures

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Mexican drug cartels have become Hollywood shorthand for evil—like Indians in the

Mexican drug cartels have become Hollywood shorthand for evil—like Indians in the old days, or Nazis after that.…

Harley’s prospects seem poor.

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A dispatch from the frontlines of rural poverty, this documentary follows three

A dispatch from the frontlines of rural poverty, this documentary follows three boys (and their families) in the…

Members of Sue’s original discovery team.

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When did fossil hunting become a crime? For more than a century

When did fossil hunting become a crime? For more than a century since paleontologists and amateurs began looking…

Gleeson’s cleric appeals to his bishop (David McSavage, left).

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This is a bumpy, uneven picture full of colorful digressions—is that simply

This is a bumpy, uneven picture full of colorful digressions—is that simply to say it’s Irish?—and narrative dead-ends.…

Mystic versus skeptic: Stone and Firth.Jack English/Gravier Prods/Sony Pictures Classics

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Some movie critics must secretly hope that Woody Allen dies soon—if not

Some movie critics must secretly hope that Woody Allen dies soon—if not two decades ago—to spare us any…

The leader and his acolytes: Camara, de Molina, and Colomer.Adolfo Crespo

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Spain only seems to export its most beautiful movie stars to us,

Spain only seems to export its most beautiful movie stars to us, often via Almodovar: Antonio Banderas, Penelope…

The writer (Lynskey, left) and the troublemaker (Kendrick).Kyle Christy/Magnolia Pictures

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I think of Joe Swanberg’s latest lo-fi indie comedy as less a

I think of Joe Swanberg’s latest lo-fi indie comedy as less a successful movie than a successful situation…

The director as an infant, held by her older sister.Variance Films

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Petra Costa’s very personal documentary is about her sister Elena, 13 years

Petra Costa’s very personal documentary is about her sister Elena, 13 years older, who during the late ’80s…

Our boys go on a road trip: Crossley (left) and Burkholder.ShadowCatcher Ent.

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When a feature’s title is the name of one of its actors,

When a feature’s title is the name of one of its actors, not his character’s name, you know…