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Support Your Local Indie Movie Houses This Valentine’s Weekend

Tony Kay — Fri, 13 Feb 2015 22:58:59 +0000

Sure, Valentine’s Day is just a memorial to a few brutally-executed Catholic martyrs that’s morphed into a cash-grab by candy makers, florists, and retailers of all stripes over the last century. And the pressure of having to invest as much money as possible for the sake of A Romantic Night or Weekend can be overwhelming. … Continue reading →

Short reviews of short films at STIFF

Chris Burlingame — Fri, 02 May 2014 16:01:29 +0000

STIFF, Seattle True Independent Film Festival, opens tonight and runs through next Saturday with a bunch great films, both short and feature length and as many zombie fuckfests as they can program. It’s the last year that STIFF is STIFF as we’ve come to know it as next year it rebrands as “Seattle Transmedia International … Continue reading →

It’s Easy to Get Submerged in ‘The Great Flood’

Tony Kay — Fri, 21 Mar 2014 16:55:31 +0000

A natural disaster wracks the American south, unleashing flash floods that decimate the houses and livelihoods of thousands. The camera’s eye captures sometimes surreal, sometimes poignant, always indelible imagery as nature opens up an industrial-strength can of whoop-ass on the unsuspecting populace. Ineffectual politicians tour the devastation with their chests puffed out, and you can … Continue reading →

Halloween Starts Early at the Grand Illusion This Weekend

Tony Kay — Fri, 04 Oct 2013 17:32:18 +0000

It’s October, the month when even dilettantes and fair-weather fiends dip their sensitive tootsies into the well of horror. But if you’ve got the guts (literally and metaphorically), the Grand Illusion Cinema begins their headlong, month-long march to Halloween with a bloody bang tomorrow night. Seattle’s most venerable indie theater turns into the seediest grindhouse … Continue reading →

“Wrong” Messes With Your Head Something Fierce

Tony Kay — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 19:00:48 +0000

If you see one movie showcasing the repressed memories of a dog turd this year, make damn sure it’s this one. On the face of it, Wrong lays out a far more prosaic premise than its predecessor. Despondent everyschlub Dolph (Jack Plotnick, returning from Rubber) wakes up one morning to find his beloved dog Paul has vanished, and his search for the pooch sends him headlong into encounters with a gallery of odd characters and situations.

Beware Of Mr. Baker (Never Mind About the Dogs)

Andrew Hamlin — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 02:13:46 +0000

Ginger Baker is a member of that very special club: Things that kill ordinary people, don't kill him [...] But he just keeps muttering, cursing, and tossing off bon mots.