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June 19, 2015
Part 2 of MovieMaker Magazine's coverage of the 2015 Seattle International Film Festival, which ran from May 14 to June…
June 2, 2015
Sometimes, size does matter. Celebrated fests like Sundance, Cannes, and SXSW have nothing on the Seattle International Film Festival when…
March 25, 2015
“This one has heart.” That’s the scariest line from White God, Kornél Mundruczó’s poignant, profound film. Why? Because it’s a…
March 20, 2013
Eden, Megan Griffiths’ stunning new film, exists within the perverted—and unsettlingly pervasive—world of human sex trafficking.
April 14, 2009
He-Man headbangers beware: Anvil! The Story of Anvil will make you weep like a little girl. Screenwriter (The Terminal), first-time…
March 19, 2009
Colin Hanks is intrigued by my tape recorder. It’s an old, gray, brick-sized JC Penney model with only a cassette…
February 3, 2007
Stuart Gordon In King of the Ants, the latest cringe-fest from director Stuart Gordon, actor Chris McKenna appears to endure…
February 3, 2007
Lucy Liu and Josh Harnett in Paul McGuigan’s Lucky Number Slevin (2006). Photo: The Weinstein Company Watching cinema scribes hit…