Music
Less Than This
Despite its charms and stars, Sofia Coppola's latest looks too intently inwardat herself.
News
Keeping Cool in an Overheated Market
How this writer actually bought a house and lived to tell the tale. And, no, I didn't just…
Film
Why can’t Seattle’s foremost movie critic get any respect?
“This is Michael Medved, your cultural crusader!” says the Northwest’s most influential film critic, dressed Seattle casual in…
Film
All in the Family
The superstrength of Pixar's latest animated smash lies deeper than its CGI costuming.
Arts & Culture
Going Without God
Critic and comedian Julia Sweeney talks about how she gave up worrying and learned to love science.
Film
Big Fish
Given a rich, ripe topic with an autobiographical subtext, Tim Burton still can't sort out his feelings toward…
Film
Sad Songs, Manic Musicians, and Rogue Waves
Here are my six picks for SIFF, in all their oddball glory.
Arts & Culture
Shameless Shaman
KEN KESEY: Two years after his death, the books are still coming. Are they evidence of genius, or…
Arts & Culture
Death and the Playwright
There's no life in the afterlife conjured by legendary writer and human rights activist Ariel Dorfman.
Arts & Culture
Will Council Pan SCAN?
Comcast deal would fund new arts show on Seattle Channel, but force layoffs at Community Access Network.
Film
Crimes of the Art
Kevin Spacey and Kurt Russell demonstrate why winter is the darkest time of the movie year.
Film
Mondays in the Sun: A Glum Spanish Unemployment Drama
FERNANDO LEON DE ARANOA’S relentlessly dead-end melodrama about unemployed shipyard workers in Northern Spain has obviousness problems. Mondays…