Tag: 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
It's the annual celebration of the best and worst in the movie year, as a panel of Seattle's film critics sort through the highs and lows of 2011. High praise, withering invective, and delicious disagreements are guaranteed. Watch episodes of An Evening With at: www.seattlechannel.org/AnEveningWith. Premieres Thurs., Dec. 29 at 9 p.m
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Posted: December 29th, 2011 under Art Zine, Take 21, Theater.
Tags: An Evening With, Film
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
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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
As Nancy and I mention during our segment this week on Art Zone with Nancy Guppy, I will be hosting the fifth annual "Critics Wrap" at the Frye Art Museum on Thursday, Dec. 17, at 7 p.m.. It's a free event at which an esteemed panel of film critics deliver their choices
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Posted: December 11th, 2009 under Art Zine, Film, Take 21.
Tags: Film, Robert Horton
Hey Ya’ll, Isn’t Seattle the best place ever when it’s nice?! Ahhhh… love it. I’m keeping my eye out for fun and interesting art events, so, here are a few more possible outings to add to your summer art calendar...
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Posted: July 7th, 2009 under Art Zine, Film, Take 21, Theater.
Tags: Film, Fine Arts, Nancy Guppy, Theatre
On this week's "recommend something for summer" show, Nancy insisted-insisted, I tell you-that I shamelessly plug my own comic book, Rotten (co-authored with Mark Rahner, art by Dan Dougherty), the first giant issue of which is out now. Having gotten the shameless part in, I must make amends by giving some real recommendations.
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Posted: June 12th, 2009 under Art Zine, Film, Take 21.
Tags: Film, Robert Horton, Seattle Art Museum
