Archive for 'Film'
Bless This Mess Margaret, Dir. Kenneth Lonergan Now Playing at SIFF Cinema You Can Count on Me, the Oscar-nominated 2000 directorial debut of playwright Kenneth Lonergan, was a marvel in miniature: a brilliantly acted, acutely rendered character study that displayed a firm grasp of what to leave unsaid. Margaret, Lonergan’s follow-up, unfortunately
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Posted: January 27th, 2012 under Art Zine, Art Zone @ The Movies, Film, Take 21.
Tags: Andy Wright, Art Zone, Film, movies, Nancy Guppy
Haywire Dir. Steven Soderbergh Now Playing Director Steven Soderbergh has long made a habit of polishing up some pretty dusty genres, with results as varied as the glitzy heist movie (Ocean’s 11), the weepily inspirational true story (Erin Brockovich), and the all-star disaster flick (Contagion). Although a certain ironic humor pulses through
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Posted: January 24th, 2012 under Art Zine, Art Zone @ The Movies, Film, Take 21.
Tags: Andy Wright, Film
Nancy and the Zone touch all of the artistic bases as they preview the upcoming Children’s Film Festival, visit the musical plumbing at Suyama Space, run down the highlights of Sandbox Radio Live, and welcome El Vez to the studio for a lip-curlingly memorable performance. What, that’s not enough? How about a
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Posted: January 20th, 2012 under Art Zine, Film, Music, Take 21.
Tags: Art Zone, Film, Music, Nancy Guppy
Over a career spanning 54 years and an uncountable number of non-identical snowflakes, Warren Miller has devoted his life to documenting skiers going to the extreme. Writer Neal Thompson sits down for a conversation with the legendary filmmaker at Benaroya Hall, as the Seattle International Film Festival honors Miller with the Golden
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Posted: January 19th, 2012 under Art Zine, Film, Take 21.
Tags: An Evening With, Film
Now Playing: The Iron Lady, Dir. Phyllida Lloyd The closest thing Hollywood has to a literal definition of Oscar Bait, the biopic genre has long held to a strict blueprint: Find an actor with a slight resemblance to a historical figure, focus on a plot element that reductively informs all of that
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Posted: January 13th, 2012 under Art Zine, Art Zone @ The Movies, Film, Take 21.
Tags: Andrew Wright, Art Zone, Film, movies, Nancy Guppy
This week on CityStream: the Star Wars film series has been capturing the hearts and imaginations of fans for generations. And now the props, science and imagination of Star Wars are on display for fans to see. Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination is currently on exhibit at the Pacific Science Center.
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Posted: March 30th, 2011 under City Issues, Education, Film, Take 21.
Tags: CityStream, Pacific Science Center, Seattle Center
We're full of arty goodness in this week's episode with a behind-the-scenes tour of the popular "Twisted Flicks" series; a studio appearance from Seattle Art Museums' gorgeous sound sculptural costume exhibit; a profile of cartoonist, Jim Woodring; and great music from Gabriel Mintz & Friends. Watch It Now! Friday @ 8:00
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Posted: March 25th, 2011 under Art Zine, Film, Music, Take 21, Theater.
In its West Coast premier, Harry Potter the Exhibition comes to the Pacific Science Center. Now, we mere muggles have the opportunity to see how the wizards and witches of author J.K. Rowling’s beloved Harry Potter series really live. The exhibit features props and costumes from the movie, plus it gives visitors
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Posted: November 3rd, 2010 under Film, Literary, Parks and Recreation, Take 21.
Tags: CityStream, Seattle Center
Hard to believe that it’s our last Art Zone show before taking a summer break. All of us here on the AZ crew are looking forward to getting a bit of rest so that we’ll come back in the fall refreshed and ready to bring you a smashing new season of smashingly
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Posted: June 15th, 2010 under Art Zine, Film, Take 21, Theater.
Centurion: Caught behind enemy lines, a dwindling cadre of Roman Soldiers must fight their way through waves of rampaging Picts in this ridiculously satisfying thriller from the director of the horror classic The Descent. WARNING: Viewers should consider wearing a loose shirt, as watching this movie may cause an exponential growth of
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Posted: June 3rd, 2010 under Art Zine, Film, Take 21.
