Tag: Andy Wright
Art Zone @ The Movies: Margaret’s Blessed Mess
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[More]
Posted: January 27th, 2012 under Art Zine, Art Zone @ The Movies, Film, Take 21.
Tags: Andy Wright, Art Zone, Film, movies, Nancy Guppy
Art Zone @ The Movies: A-List Spin Kicks & a Gaggle of Docs
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[More]
Posted: January 24th, 2012 under Art Zine, Art Zone @ The Movies, Film, Take 21.
Tags: Andy Wright, Film
Art Zone Backstage Blog 14: A Few Hundred Words about Greg Thompson
For me, anyway, any proper remembrance of Greg Thompson, Art Zone’s resident audio expert who passed away this week, starts with the laugh. Or rather, make that THE LAUGH: a booming, galumphing torrent of sound that sounded especially startling coming from such a compact dude. Perhaps fittingly for a guy in his[More]
Posted: April 2nd, 2010 under Art Zine, Take 21.
Tags: Andy Wright
Art Zone Backstage Blog 12: Stay for the Veal
This week’s Art Zone, presented in trendy 140-character Twitter format. 8:32am: Morning Meeting. Always fun to watch crew's attempts to stay out of the way of camera and lights. I say this while lurking behind a curtain. 9:51am: Jose Gonzales is in the house, with another list of recommendations destined to drive[More]
Posted: March 5th, 2010 under Art Zine, Take 21.
Tags: Andy Wright
Art Zone Backstage Blog 11: Déjà vu All Over Again
This week’s Art Zone, presented in trendy 140-character Twitter format. 8:32am: Somber mood at the opening meeting, as it's the last day for The Amazing Sonja. Mitigated slightly by amazing assortment of parting gifts. 9:20am: Nancy reveals severely spooky-cool self-portrait of Graham Nash for upcoming segment. “Almost Cut My Hair” lyrics suddenly[More]
Posted: February 26th, 2010 under Art Zine, Take 21.
Tags: Andy Wright
Art Zone Backstage Blog 10: Rockin’ Robin (tweet, tweet, tweet)
This week’s Art Zone Open Studio show, presented in trendy 140-character Twitter format. 8am: Morning meeting. Director Travis mentions that today’s guests include one of the 12 sexiest bald men in the world. Uneasy silence follows. 8:20am: Trays of cupcakes, muffins, and other goodies everywhere. Office looks like the site of peace[More]
Posted: February 12th, 2010 under Art Zine, Take 21.
Tags: Andy Wright
Art Zone Backstage Blog 9: Climate Change
So, what happened was, the air conditioner in the Art Zone studio went kerblammo, a potentially disastrous occurrence that, in defiance of both logic and the laws of physics, somehow ended up making the studio colder. Meanwhile, my work area, which is normally so frigid that you can actually feel the air[More]
Posted: February 5th, 2010 under Art Zine, Take 21.
Tags: Andy Wright
Art Zone Backstage Blog #8: Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes
It was a bit of a transitional week at the Art Zone Studios, as we experienced a major giveth and taketh away situation in the director chair. First up, time to bid a fond farewell to Steve Wilson, who did an unbelievable job filling in for the last three months. Thanks mightily,[More]
Posted: January 22nd, 2010 under Art Zine, Take 21.
Tags: Andy Wright
Art Zone Backstage Blog #7: Don’t call it a comeback
And … we’re back? The first show of the New Year found the Art Zone crew tan, fit, rested, and ready to go. Well, rested, anyway. Still, once we worked through a few early rusty spots -- and director Steve Wilson’s desperate need for a lozenge -- the end result was a[More]
Posted: January 15th, 2010 under Art Zine, Film, Take 21.
Tags: Andy Wright
Look back at 2009 with SEATTLE CHANNEL
Take a look back at the cultural and political events that shaped 2009 with several popular SEATTLE CHANNEL programs on Cable 21: Seattle City Council 2009: A Year in Review Hosted by C. R. Douglas Plays Thursday, December 31, 6:30 p.m. Join SEATTLE CHANNEL's C.R. Douglas as he sits down for one-on-one[More]
Posted: December 30th, 2009 under City Issues, Elections, Film, Take 21.
Tags: Andy Wright, C.R. Douglas, City Council, City Inside/Out, Film, Robert Horton