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    Film
    Viggo Mortensen's 'Captain Fantastic' was shot in Goldbar, Sultan, Snohomish, and a Kirkland hospital. Photo by Cathy Kanavy
    How to Find Your Way Through the Overwhelming...
    By Robert Horton • May 18, 2016 1:30 am

    There’s a kind of madness at loose here, from the sheer number of films (something in the neighborhood of 250 features this year, from 85 different countries) to the variety of events involved.

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    The Meddler. Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics
    ‘The Meddler’ Is Too Sitcom-Safe to Truly Transcend...
    By Robert Horton • May 11, 2016 1:30 am

    Susan Sarandon smothers in her latest role.

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    Captain America: Civil War. Courtesy of Marvel
    ‘Captain America: Civil War’ Will Make America Wait...
    By Robert Horton • May 4, 2016 1:30 am

    Too much of Civil War involves ginning up the phony conflict and preparing future storylines.

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    Papa: Hemingway in Cuba. Photo courtesy Yari Film Group.
    Papa: Hemingway in Cuba Is Respectable But Dull
    By Robert Horton • April 27, 2016 1:30 am

    It’s just another in a long line of ‘meh’ Hemingway films.

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    Ooo la la. Photo courtesy Magnolia Pictures.
    ‘Golden Days’ Is Glowing, and Very, Very French
    By Robert Horton • April 20, 2016 1:30 am

    My Golden Days is a typically ardent example of the French coming-of-age film—maybe too typical at times, although it has surprises in store.

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    There Is No Way a Chet Baker Film Can End Happily
    There Is No Way a Chet Baker Film...
    By Robert Horton • April 6, 2016 1:30 am

    Despite the clumsiness, the film casts a spell. Its jazz rhythm has something to do with this.

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    Midnight Special. Courtesy of Warner Bros.  (DETAIL)
    Serious to a Fault, ‘Midnight Special’ Could Have...
    By Robert Horton • March 30, 2016 1:30 am

    Remniscent of Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Jeff Nichols’ new film, featuring a supernatural boy, misses the fun that made its precursors shine.

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    Krisha Film photo. Courtesy Hoody Boy Productions (detail)
    ‘Krisha’ Turns a Thanksgiving Reunion Into a Cornucopia...
    By Robert Horton • March 23, 2016 4:30 am

    If you thought your family was bad, wait until you see this film.

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    Esperanza Spalding. Photo courtesy of the artist (detail)
    The Top 12 Things to Do This Week
    By Seattle Weekly • March 11, 2016 4:30 am

    Esperanza Spalding, Susan Orlean, The Flavr Blue, David Crosby and more.

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    A scene from 'Knight of Cups.' (detail) Courtesy of Filmnation Entertainment
    Terrence Malick’s ‘Knight of Cups’ Is a King-Sized...
    By Seattle Weekly • March 11, 2016 4:30 am

    In the filmmaker’s latest, moments pass like sands through the hourglass, or tears in rain, or whatever other greeting-card profundity you want to offer.

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    Donnie Yen takes the lead as Ip Man. Photo courtesy of Well Go USA
    From the outside, my barbershop on First Hill...
    By Robert Horton • January 19, 2016 7:11 pm

    From the outside, my barbershop on First Hill looks like every Main Street America tonsorial parlor, complete with the striped…

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    Donnie Yen takes the lead as Ip Man. Photo courtesy of Well Go USA
    From the outside, my barbershop on First Hill...
    By Robert Horton • January 18, 2016 12:16 pm

    From the outside, my barbershop on First Hill looks like every Main Street America tonsorial parlor, complete with the striped…

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    Michael Stone (voiced by David Thewlis) in a solitary moment.
    “Scrambled is my favorite eggs style. What about...
    By Robert Horton • January 11, 2016 10:14 pm

    “Scrambled is my favorite eggs style. What about yours?” The speaker is Lisa, a lonely, sincere, somewhat vapid woman sharing…

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    The Revenant is a huge whopping spectacle, the likes of which have
    The Revenant is a huge whopping spectacle, the...
    By Robert Horton • January 6, 2016 10:21 am

    The Revenant is a huge whopping spectacle, the likes of which have rarely been seen since Cecil B. DeMille ordered…

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    Edgar Ramirez takes the Swayze role in the Point Break remake.
    FILM Opening Friday Point Break Yes, it’s the...
    December 21, 2015 2:34 pm

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    Opening Friday Event Yadda. (NR) Details Event Yadda. (NR) Details….. TK few
    Opening Friday Event Yadda. (NR) Details Event Yadda....
    December 18, 2015 5:04 pm

    Opening Friday Event Yadda. (NR) Details Event Yadda. (NR) Details….. TK few openings this dead week……see the Film 2016 grid…

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    Thursday night marked the official red-carpet opening of the 41st edition of
    Thursday night marked the official red-carpet opening of...
    May 15, 2015 11:56 am

    Thursday night marked the official red-carpet opening of the 41st edition of the Seattle International Film Festival at McCaw Hall….

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    Tobolowsky in a pensive backstage moment. Courtesy of David Chen
    You may know him as Sandy Ryerson on...
    By Sean Axmaker • May 12, 2015 6:30 pm

    You may know him as Sandy Ryerson on Glee or Stu Beggs on Californication or Ned Ryerson in Groundhog Day—the…

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    Portanova pictured at Scarecrow Video.
    Talking about supposedly true Bigfoot stories with John...
    By Mark Rahner • May 12, 2015 6:23 pm

    Talking about supposedly true Bigfoot stories with John Portanova, I stop him for a clarification: Does he mean true or…

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    Over the years, and there have been many, I have heard the
    Over the years, and there have been many,...
    By Brian Miller • May 12, 2015 6:20 pm

    Over the years, and there have been many, I have heard the mandarins of SIFF say “We’re slimming down the…

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