Archive for 'Film'
An Evening With Warren Miller
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[More]
Posted: January 19th, 2012 under Art Zine, Film, Take 21.
Tags: An Evening With, Film
Iron Ladies, Gods of Carnage, and Dennis Hopper going Plumb Loco
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[More]
Posted: January 13th, 2012 under Art Zine, Art Zone @ The Movies, Film, Take 21.
Tags: Andrew Wright, Art Zone, Film, movies, Nancy Guppy
Star Wars on CityStream
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.[More]
Posted: March 30th, 2011 under City Issues, Education, Film, Take 21.
Tags: CityStream, Pacific Science Center, Seattle Center
Watch It Now: Art Zone with Nancy Guppy
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[More]
Posted: March 25th, 2011 under Art Zine, Film, Music, Take 21, Theater.
Watch It Now: Harry Potter Comes to Seattle!
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[More]
Posted: November 3rd, 2010 under Film, Literary, Parks and Recreation, Take 21.
Tags: CityStream, Seattle Center
Notes from Nancy Guppy
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[More]
Posted: June 15th, 2010 under Art Zine, Film, Take 21, Theater.
SIFF Guide #4: 6/4 – 6/7
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[More]
Posted: June 3rd, 2010 under Art Zine, Film, Take 21.
Siff Guide #3: Picks for 5/28 – 5/31
Marwencol: The true story of a man who, after suffering brain damage in a bar fight, embarked on his own form of therapy by creating a vast WW2-era village in his backyard, populated with action figures posed in scenarios that eerily -- and sometimes startlingly -- parallel his own history. Strangely beautiful,[More]
Posted: May 28th, 2010 under Art Zine, Film, Take 21.
SIFF Guide #2: Picks for 5/24 – 5/27
City of Life and Death: Director Chuan Lu, previously represented at SIFF with the remarkable action film Kekexili: Mountain Patrol, returns with an unflinching recounting of the events of 1936, when the Chinese city of Nanking was pillaged by the Japanese Army for a six-week period. Lu’s film may be shot in[More]
Posted: May 25th, 2010 under Art Zine, Film, Take 21.
Siff Guide #1: Some Pickin’, Mostly Grinnin’
Hark, the time of The Seattle International Film Festival is upon us, as you may have gleaned from the few small, subtle advertisements scattered around town. (But I kid.) Below, a few personal choices for the first weekend of what appears to be a remarkably strong lineup. Let the wild rumpus begin.[More]