Despicable Me 2 Opens Wed., July 3 at Ark Lodge
and other theaters. Rated PG. 98 minutes. Forget the 3-D. The most important question any… Continue reading
The Wrights and the Shirleys are renowned as Seattle’s biggest collectors, but if you take a step down the tax brackets, how many have heard… Continue reading
The Rambler Runs Fri., June 28–Thurs., July 4 at Northwest Film Forum. Not rated.
97 minutes. Formerly based in Seattle, writer/director Calvin Reeder will be introducing… Continue reading
The Painting Opens Fri., June 28 at Varsity.
Not rated. 78 minutes. Suitable for older kids, Jean-Francois Laguionie’s animated French parable of class distinction takes… Continue reading
How to Make Money
Selling Drugs Runs Fri., June 28–Thurs., July 4 at Northwest Film Forum. Not rated.
96 minutes. One of my best friends is a… Continue reading
Evocateur:
The Morton Downey Jr. Movie Runs Fri., June 28–Wed., July 3 at
Grand Illusion. Not rated. 90 minutes. Today it’s easy to hate on… Continue reading
A Band Called Death Runs Fri., June 28–Thurs., July 11 at SIFF Cinema Uptown. Not rated. 98 minutes. Thirty-seven record-store clerks feared dead in Yo… Continue reading
The last show at Suyama Space was made of corrugated plastic, the sort of stuff used to make cheap yard signs. Taking a step even… Continue reading
Do you ever get the sense you’re being followed? Crossing the pedestrian bridge over 15th Avenue to the Henry Art Gallery, there isn’t a drone… Continue reading
Wish You Were Here Opens Fri., June 21 at Varsity.
Rated R. 93 minutes. Everything is easier with flashbacks. Though they can make a film harder… Continue reading
SOMM Opens Fri., June 21 at SIFF Film Center.
Not rated. 93 minutes. Reality TV and competition docs—Spellbound, Kings of Pastry, etc.—set the familiar structure for… Continue reading
Paradise: Love Opens Fri., June 21 at SIFF Cinema Uptown. Not rated. 120 minutes. The first film in Ulrich Seidl’s trilogy (all recently seen during… Continue reading
An Oversimplificationof Her Beauty Runs Fri., June 21–Thurs., June 27 at
Grand Illusion. Not rated. 89 minutes. Handmade, unique, and somewhat unclassifiable, Terence Nance’s debut… Continue reading
Much Ado About Nothing Opens Fri., June 21 at Harvard Exit and other theaters. Rated PG-13. 113 minutes. Summer is the time for Shakespeare in… Continue reading
Homebody New City Theater, 1404 18th Ave.,
271-4430, newcitytheater.org. $15–$20.
8 p.m. Fri.–Sat. Extended through July 6. I like my history plays Stoppardian, full of… Continue reading
This Is the End Opens Wed., June 12 at Varsity and
other theaters. Rated R. 106 minutes. This apocalypse comedy’s very first musical cue—KRS-One’s remix… Continue reading
Pieta Runs Fri., June 14–Thurs., June 20 at
Grand Illusion. Not rated. 104 minutes. Do not borrow money from this man’s boss. Kang-do (Lee Jung-jin)… Continue reading
Pandora’s Promise Opens Fri., June 14 at Harvard Exit.
Rated PG-13. 87 minutes. My ears prick up whenever I hear how Bill Gates and Paul… Continue reading
Before Midnight Opens Fri., June 14 at Ark Lodge,
Egyptian, Sundance Cinemas, and Kirkland Parkplace. Rated R. 108 minutes. Talk, talk, talk. Your tolerance or… Continue reading
The Prey Opens Fri., June 7 at Oak Tree.
Rated R. 102 minutes. The French maintain their love for good old American crime stories, and… Continue reading
