AltWeeklies Wire
See It Now, All Over Againnew
Don't believe the liberal media, George Clooney powerfully reminds us -- unless you're prepared to live with the grim alternative.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
10-12-2005 |
Reviews
No Great Shakesnew
Science, drama, travelogue -- there's a jumble of themes in this quake book that would be more solid told separately.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
10-12-2005 |
Nonfiction
Master of Disasternew
Earthquakes aren't the only unmet natural crises this British author sees for America.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
10-12-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Sense and Shagabilitynew
Can the smart sister and the hot sister ever learn to get along? Even a few guys may get caught up in their dilemma.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
10-05-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Curtis Hanson, In Her Shoes
Feathers and Furnew
Everybody loves penguins, but there's another animal star lurking at the box office -- if you can see the elusive beast.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
10-05-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Carroll Ballard, Duma
No Exitnew
Theme-park workers can't escape, and the director, too, seems stuck in a rut.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
09-07-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: The World, Jia Zhang-ke
An Interview with Fernando Meirellesnew
Appropriate to the maker of a globe-trotting conspiracy thriller with a firm foot in the Third World, Brazilian director Fernando Meirelles was thoroughly international in his outlook while discussing The Constant Gardener during a recent visit to Seattle.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
08-31-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Beyond Bordersnew
Globalization is the new villain in an effective international thriller.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
08-31-2005 |
Reviews
An Interview with Werner Herzognew
Timothy Treadwell's first encounters with bears were something like an epiphany, and he considered it his holy duty to protect them, Werner Herzog says.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
08-10-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Werner Herzog, Grizzly Man
Into the Wildnew
Werner Herzog finds one of his very best subjects by accident. His wonderfully foolhardy hero, however, is on a fatal journey of self-discovery.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
08-10-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Werner Herzog, Grizzly Man
Wheeled Apparitionsnew
In Seattle, bicyclists' high-profile political statement is also a savvy urban-art installation.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
08-10-2005 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
Go Ahead, Climb a Rocknew
Notwithstanding a cluster of deaths this summer, statistics say mountaineering has actually gotten safer.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
07-20-2005 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
The Marriage Reloadednew
Holster your weapons, please. Firepower overwhelms star power in this off-target comedy.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
06-08-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Doug Liman, Mr. and Mrs. Smith
The Class Warriornew
Ron Howard strips a genuine working man's hero of his social significance. But our Wal-Mart nation will probably still cheer.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
06-01-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Cinderella Man, Ron Howard
Seattle International Film Festivalnew
Introduction and index to stories previewing the monthlong festival of more than 300 movies.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
05-18-2005 |
Movies