Our Children Runs Fri., Sept. 13–Thurs., Sept. 19 at Sundance Cinemas. Not rated. 111 minutes. This film’s original French title signals madness; even with the… Continue reading
The Muslims Are Coming! Runs Fri., Sept. 13–Thurs., Sept. 19 at
Grand Illusion. Not rated. 85 minutes. Interviewed in a laundromat, David Cross says he usually… Continue reading
Short Term 12 Opens Fri., Sept. 6 at Seven Gables.
Rated R. 96 minutes. Expanding his prior short film, Destin Cretton’s affecting little indie drama is… Continue reading
Off Label Runs Fri., Sept. 6-Thurs., Sept. 12 at Northwest Film Forum. Not rated.
80 minutes. Containing little in the way of news or information, this… Continue reading
Drinking Buddies Opens Fri., Sept. 6 at SIFF Cinema Uptown. Rated R. 90 minutes. Workplace romance is always a fraught subject, and the water-cooler flirting… Continue reading
Down in the Fisher Pavilion are four visual-arts exhibitions, one of which we’ve already covered, detritus we value. One small gallery isn’t listed on the… Continue reading
The Seattle Center Pavilion, next to the skate park, is divided into two galleries for Bumbershoot this year. One is a place of refuse, not… Continue reading
The visual-arts component of Bumbershoot can be hard to find, since the indoor venues vary from year to year. Over at the Seattle Center Pavilion,… Continue reading
A big career retrospective is equal parts biography and art, especially when it covers a half-century of work. Patti Warashina: Wit and Wisdom at the… Continue reading
I first saw Carsten Holler’s Neon Circlea few years back at Western Bridge, the now-closed SoDo gallery where collectors William and Ruth True showcased their… Continue reading
Rewind This! Runs Fri., Aug. 30–Thurs., Sept. 5 at
Grand Illusion. Not rated. 94 minutes. Beyond irony, kitsch, or nostalgia, Austin director Josh Johnson argues… Continue reading
I Declare War Runs Fri., Aug. 30–Thurs., Sept. 5 at SIFF Cinema Uptown. Not rated. 94 minutes. This Canadian-made indie, about kids playing capture-the-flag in… Continue reading
Cutie and the Boxer Opens Fri., Aug. 30 at Seven Gables.
Not rated. 82 minutes. Granted remarkable access to the lives of struggling Japanese artists Ushio… Continue reading
There are only a handful of Northwest companies with a national reputation, few of which are named for their founders. Nordstrom, Boeing, and Weyerhaeuser are… Continue reading
The World’s End Opens Fri., Aug. 23 at Sundance and other theaters. Rated R. 109 minutes. The trailers and ads for this third Edgar Wright-Simon… Continue reading
In a World... Opens Fri., Aug. 23 at Sundance and other theaters. Rated R. 93 minutes. There’s a real basis for the title and guiding… Continue reading
Terraferma Opens Fri., Aug. 16 at Varsity.
Rated R. 88 minutes. The setting is a remote volcanic island off Sicily that looks like a lot… Continue reading
The Spectacular Now Opens Fri., Aug. 16 at Harvard Exit, Lincoln Square, and Sundance Cinemas. Rated R. 95 minutes. This adaptation of a 2008 young-adult… Continue reading
Sign Painters Runs Mon., Aug. 19–Thurs., Aug. 22 at Northwest Film Forum. Not rated.
80 minutes. The more I type, the worse my handwriting gets. And… Continue reading
The Pirogue Runs Fri., Aug. 16–Thurs., Aug. 22 at Northwest Film Forum. Not rated.
87 minutes. Where’s Matt Damon when you need him? So soon after… Continue reading
