The worst kind of interviews are what we in the trade call “phoners.” Face-to-face is best, and email interviews at least allow deliberate, considered answers.… Continue reading
JANUARY10 Meryl Streep plays it big and broad in the screen adaptation of Tracy Letts’ acclaimed play August: Osage County, directed by John Wells and… Continue reading
1Her See review.2The Great Beauty Paolo Sorrentino’s sensational consideration of modern-day Italy in decline uses aging playboy journalist Jep (the sublime Toni Servillo) as a… Continue reading
For Seattle TV viewers of a certain age—or any age, if you go to YouTube—there is the memory of Uncle Fran’s Musical Forest, in which… Continue reading
Some three-hour movies feel shorter than other three-hour movies. That’s one thought inspired by the hugely, rudely entertaining The Wolf of Wall Street, as compared… Continue reading
There are many movies to like this holiday season, but only one of them feels genuinely new. Instead of casting back to criminal capers of… Continue reading
January3 At SIFF, Bettie Page Reveals All celebrates the life of the pinup queen (who died in 2008), apparently with new interviews from the famously… Continue reading
Inside Llewyn Davis Opens Fri., Dec. 20 at Harvard Exit and Sundance Cinemas. Rated R. 105 minutes. When the Coen brothers make an outright comedy,… Continue reading
Anchorman 2:The Legend Continues Opens Wed., Dec. 18 at Varsity, Pacific Place, SIFF Cinema Uptown, and others. Rated PG-13. 119 minutes. Like the shark that… Continue reading
For better and worse, the holidays mean holiday movies. The new Hunger Games and Hobbit installments are already in theaters, and this week brings the… Continue reading
Let the Fire Burn Runs Fri., Dec. 6–Thurs., Dec. 12 at Varsity. Not rated. 95 minutes. Before Waco or Ruby Ridge there was Philadelphia’s MOVE… Continue reading
Know your vons! The Frye featured Albert von Keller in 2010, Gabriel von Max the following year, and now completes the von-fecta with Franz von… Continue reading
The Prime Ministers:The Pioneers Opens Fri., Nov. 29 at Sundance.
Not rated. 114 minutes. Wait, so Sandra Bullock made it back safely from space and… Continue reading
The Great Beauty Opens Fri., Nov. 29 at Varsity.
Not rated. 142 minutes. Instantly my favorite film thus far this year, Paolo Sorrentino’s account of an… Continue reading
Black Nativity Opens Wed., Nov. 27 at Pacific Place and other theaters. Rated PG. 93 minutes. Adapting Langston Hughes’ 50-year-old stage musical, itself based on… Continue reading
Nebraska Opens Fri., Nov. 22 at Guild 45th.
Rated R. 115 minutes. How many of us open those e-mails from disinherited Nigerian princes or the “You… Continue reading
The Broken Circle Breakdown Opens Fri., Nov. 22 at Varsity.
Not rated. 110 minutes. If there really are bluegrass bands in Belgium, their stories are unlikely… Continue reading
The Book Thief Opens Fri., Nov. 22 at Lincoln Square and other theaters. Rated PG-13. 125 minutes. It’s the Holocaust, so it must be Christmastime… Continue reading
The Habit 13 Seattle Public Theater at the Bathhouse, 7312 W. Green Lake Ave. N., 800-838-3006, thehabitcomedy.com. $19. 8 p.m. Fri.–Sun. Ends Dec. 1. What… Continue reading
Kill Your Darlings Opens Fri., Nov. 15 at Meridian, Sundance, and Lincoln Square. Rated R. 100 minutes. The Beat generation grew up on movies (and… Continue reading
