SIFF 2008: The Wrecking Crew
As a music reviewer who goes to lots of shows and listens to lots of records, it’s hard not to notice that there’s often a…
Best Films of 2007
There were about 1000 films given proper theatrical releases in 2007 -- and this total doesn't take into consideration increasingly popular methods of alternate distribution,…
Back Home Again: A John Denver Holiday Concert
The Seattle Rep's Back Home Again: A John Denver Holiday Concert is a big disappointment, but it's happy-spirited and well-meaning enough to make you feel…
Burn to Shine: Bright Seattle stars
Opening with a montage of Seattle, Burn to Shine's forthcoming Emerald City edition is quintessentially us. The film's opening montage pieced together clips of places…
Theater Review: Murderers
It's been an unusually cheap off-peak travel season for visitors to the Pacific Northwest. My parents are coming in from Arkansas this weekend, a friend…
Theater Review: To Kill a Mockingbird
Two recent Truman Capote biopics presented fascinating takes on Capote's longsuffering friend Harper Lee. The always-good Catherine Keener (Capote) was all quiet strength and individualistic…
Film Review: Czech Dream
Český sen (Czech Dream), a documentary in which Czech Film Academy students Vit Klusák and Filip Remunda punk Prague with an extensive media campaign for…
Theater Review: Prayer For My Enemy
Prayer for My Enemy is the latest Intiman world-premiere production by playwright Craig Lucas and director Bartlett Sher, a duo whose prior efforts have yielded…
Mid-summer movie roundup
Typical of many a summer movie season, this year's has had its share of silly, loud, teen-male-friendly fun. I'm talking Ocean's Thirteen. And Transformers. And…
SIFF Cinema presents: New Crowned Hope
Vienna decided to celebrate Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's 250th birthday in high style last year with a big-ol' festival of new music, opera, cinema, architecture, and…