Tropical Malady
"When I gave you the Clash tape, I forgot to give you my heart. You can have it today." "All of us are by nature…
Mid-Summer Curtain Call
Fair-weather theatrical offerings past, present, and future. Summer in Seattle means theater, theater, theater! OK, not even I believe that. But there are some decent…
Bust
Comic self-portraitist Lauren Weedman came into my life with her short story (or is it a shameful non-fiction confession?) “Diary of a Journal Reader”. It…
SIFF 2006 wrap report
Another Seattle International Film Festival has come and gone. And 25 days, 418 films, 22 US premieres and 19 world premieres later, the miracle-workers otherwise…
SIFF 2005 reviews
Alpha below, max rating **** Jump: A-C | D-K | L-R | S-Z 2046 **½In Wong Kar-wai's latest, a newpaper and pulp fiction writer has…
SIFF 2006 mid-festival report
Following my second of five SIFF screenings one recent Sunday, and after a quick glance at a highlighted Excel printout detailing my movie-packed upcoming week,…
What is Sexy?
The first half of WET's What is Sexy? has all the giddy, naughty humor you'd expect from... well, a WET offering called What is Sexy?.…
Seattle International Film Festival 2006 preview
It's time for SIFF again. Yes, already. And if you thought last year's acclaimed local month-long cinema celebration was mega-normous, a glimpse at the 2006…
Crash
"How, in the lunacy of your mind, is hip-hop the music of the oppressor?"Back in the late mid-90s, long before gaining fame as screenwriter of…
Hard Candy
"By the way, I fucking hate Goldfrapp." Judge Marilyn Milian is never better, sassier, or more entertaining than when I have cause to procrastinate. And…