Travels with Charley and The Play's the Thing
Travels with Charley Book-It at Center House Theatre The year was 1960. Twenty-one years had passed since the publication of his masterpiece The Grapes of…
Fahrenheit 9/11
"You don't have to be in Washington to work." By now you've surely heard about all the hoo-haw surrounding Michael Moore's lefty latest. About how…
FOUR Film Reviews: The Day After Tomorrow, The Tesseract, Cowards Bend the Knee, Triple Agent
The Day After Tomorrow After watching the new Roland Emmerich (Independence Day, Godzilla) summer popcorn extravaganza, I leaned over to my friend and whispered, "Republicans…
Coffee and Cigarettes
"You're having coffee and cigarettes for lunch? That's not healthy!" Once you have accepted the fact that you are an addicted smoker, it becomes apparent…
Seattle International Film Festival: SIFF 2004 Reviews
SIFF 2004 recap and reviews "The best contemporary movies are coming from Asian countries." -- French master Patrice Leconte on the state of world cinema…
Seattle International Film Festival: 2004 Picks and Previews
"Different new things" is the catchphrase/slogan for SIFF 2004. Too bad Thursday's opening night film, a schmaltzy drama better suited to the PAX network or…
Crowns, Train of Thought, and Carlotta's Late Night Wing Ding
Crowns Intiman Theatre The Intiman opens its 32nd season with this well-staged and surprisingly soul-stirring look at the cultural, religious, and symbolic importance of hats.…
The Beauty of the Father
The Leo K. wraps up its short (2-play) season with this strange, vibrant, enthralling look at a deliciously fucked-up family on Spain’s Costa del Sol.…
Dogville
Nicole Kidman is on my nerves. She’s too into looking cute lately. Did you see her in Cold Mountain? Hello, it’s set in the Civil…
Bon Voyage, I'm Not Scared, Seattle Neutrino Project
Bon Voyage I love me some cinema, but it's only once in a great while that a film like Bon Voyage comes along to remind…