Jamie Foxx steps into greatness portraying the musical legend. So who’s to quibble over a little extra melodrama?
BOLLYWOOD/HOLLYWOOD Opens Fri., Sept. 5, at Seven Gables It took some work to wring such a mirthless send-up out of…
Opens at Metro and others theaters, Fri., May 19. Rated PG. 96 minutes.
Flat fairy tales.
Local film events and specialty venues.
A truck, a girl, and a fateful intersection.
A SIFF documentary shows how filmmakers are increasingly finding the most compelling subjects under the same roof.
Reassessing the movie that ended a director’s career.
CHASING LIBERTY Opens Fri., Jan. 9, at Pacific Place From a postcard sent to Seattle Weekly from the 18-year-old daughter…
The annual complaint from local filmmakers about SIFF is, “Why didn’t my movie make it into the festival?” Well, having…
MGM Home Entertainment, $29.98.
Oddball auteur David O. Russell makes the movie he wanted to make. If you don’t see the point, that really doesn’t seem to matter.
Sacrilege? No, for once a remake makes sense—and will make more people mad than Michael Moore.
Foreign Films Break Out All Over Town
Documentary director spends seven years tailing two bands, getting arrested in the process. It was time well spent.
Opens Fri., Feb. 24, at Uptown
Fox Home Entertainment, $29.98
Zhang Yimou takes the politics out of his new historical romance. But the movie also feels like opera with the music taken out.
Opens at Egyptian, Fri., July 7. Rated R. 100 minutes.
The secret rules governing why the Oscars always go to the blandest movies.
