Never mind Ballard’s “Missing Link” or the carved-in-stone yet unfunded promise of the Seattle Bicycle Master Plan. Part of the pleasure of being a regular… Continue reading
Amateur shutterbugs, wedding parties, solitary dope smokers, tired stair-runners, miniskirted riders of the Party Bus, tourists, dog walkers, and pensive journalists—they all come to Kerry… Continue reading
While his old Microsoft buddy and co-founder Bill Gates is busy fighting malaria, the man behind the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation has been reshaping… Continue reading
Already a successful local businessman with his family’s Pacific Coast Feather Company (what could be more Northwest than feathers?), Nick Hanauer joined the ranks of… Continue reading
Still Mine Opens Fri., Aug. 2 at Harvard Exit.
Rated PG-13. 103 minutes. You could call this Canadian melodrama of octogenarians aging in place the anti-Amour,… Continue reading
Grabbers Runs Fri., Aug. 2–Thurs., Aug. 8 at
Grand Illusion. Not rated. 94 minutes. This lighthearted Irish creature-com lays out its premise a little earlier… Continue reading
The Act of Killing Opens Fri., Aug. 2 at Varsity.
Not rated. 122 minutes. “It was like we were killing . . . happily.” The speaker is Anwar Congo,… Continue reading
Formerly a TV writer for Arrested Development and Saturday Night Live, Maria Semple moved to Seattle four years ago and then made her new home… Continue reading
Since taking Sundance and SIFF by storm with her breakthrough film Humpday in 2009, Lynn Shelton has been working at a furious rate, already wrapping… Continue reading
Some visual artists leave behind pretty objects or precious trophies for millionaires to collect; others make gestures or create concepts that don’t fit so well… Continue reading
The To Do List Opens Fri., July 26 at Sundance Cinemas and other theaters. Rated R. 104 minutes. On the one hand, Aubrey Plaza seems… Continue reading
Post Tenebras Lux Runs Fri., July 26–Thurs., Aug. 1 at Northwest Film Forum. Not rated.
115 minutes. During the past decade, Mexican director Carlos Reygadas has… Continue reading
Fruitvale Station Opens Fri., July 26 at Guild 45th, Meridian, and other theaters. Rated R. 90 minutes. By an accident of timing, if not craft,… Continue reading
Crystal Fairy Opens Fri., July 26 at Varsity.
Not rated. 98 minutes. With Arrested Development back on the small screen, the selling point to Sebastian… Continue reading
Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me Runs Fri., July 19–Thurs., July 25 at
Grand Illusion. Not rated. 100 minutes. When Alex Chilton died three years… Continue reading
Like any director, Robert Redford has had to endure early rough-cut screenings of his movies, most recently The Company You Keep, with ordinary viewers in dreary… Continue reading
The Way, Way Back Opens Fri., July 12 at Guild 45th and other theaters. Rated PG-13. 102 minutes. With its promo push “from the studio… Continue reading
The Attack Opens Fri., July 12 at Sundance Cinemas. Rated R. 102 minutes. The stereotype of the suicide bomber, as we all know, is Muslim,… Continue reading
Unfinished Song Opens Fri., July 5 at Seven Gables.
Rated PG-13. 93 minutes. Terence Stamp has been around a long time, yet he’s paradoxically made… Continue reading
A Hijacking Opens Fri., July 5 at Harvard Exit.
Rated R. 99 minutes. Movies are good at showing horror or panic or a sudden flight into… Continue reading
