Blue/Orange and The Goat
Blue/Orange "You're naïve, and you're beginning to get on my wick", 7/25-8/24, Intiman Theatre An enigmatic London psychiatric patient (utterly fantastic Sylvester Foday Kamara) claims…
The Magdalene Sisters
When we first meet Bernadette (fantastic Nora-Jane Noone), two young girls are competing over which will have the privilege of brushing her lovely dark hair…
Swimming Pool
François Ozon is not a household name in the United States, and probably never will be. But I'm here to tell you that the eclectic…
Intolerable Cruelty
{Editor's note: I don't completely agree with Imaginary Harris' assessment of the new Coen Brothers film Intolerable Cruelty (I think it's definitely lackluster for the…
SIFF 2003 Picks and Previews
SIFF brought me to Seattle. It's true - I came for a visit on opening weekend in May 2000, and by the time the festival…
Seattle Fringe Festival 2003 Reviews
{max rating = ****} And the Cowgirl Jumped Over the Moon ***½ Ever-brilliant Maria Glanz sparkles in her one-woman play about cowgirl sweetheart Billie's adventures…
American Splendor
Have you seen Terry Zwigoff's Crumb (freaky doc about underground comic artist R. Crumb) and Ghost World (based on the underground-ish graphic novel by Daniel…
I Capture the Castle
In a minute I'll get to gushin' about this beautiful, enchanting film, because I'm chompin' at the bit to heap limitless praise upon it… so…
Valentín
I'm not going to let it disappoint me that SIFF's Opening Night selection, the Argentinian flick Valentín, isn't a masterpiece. It's eager to please and…
Down with Love
I love me some Ewan McGregor. He's hot, he's Scottish, he's really quite talented, and he has no qualms about getting all-the-way nekkid for the…