AltWeeklies Wire
You Might Think I'm Crazynew
A good deal of the fun in this documentary, as we follow Chappelle from his Ohio retreat to Brooklyn, is to see how fully he's got his wits about him.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
03-01-2006 |
Reviews
Bitching About the Oscarsnew
Fewer and fewer people are willing to leave their home to see a movie, so why should they even care about the Oscars on TV, or what critics think?
Seattle Weekly |
Tim Appelo and Brian Miller |
03-01-2006 |
Movies
Tags: The Oscars
Factasianew
Evidence reigns supreme in the new documentary boom.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
02-08-2006 |
Movies
Swing Your Pardnernew
Brokeback Mountain is the perfect date movie for straight guys.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
01-04-2006 |
Movies
Tags: Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain
King of Heartsnew
Love conquers CGI in Peter Jackson's retelling of the great ape story.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
12-15-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: King Kong, Peter Jackson
Lies Per Gallonnew
This damning petro-thriller rambles like an SUV on a Sunday drive.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
12-07-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Stephen Gaghan, Syriana
Hogwarts and Hormonesnew
The dancing lessons are as scary as the dragons for our pubescent wizards.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
11-16-2005 |
Reviews
The Art of Terrornew
Artists and writers try to make sense of 9/11, Kaczynski, Iraq, McVeigh and basic terror.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
11-02-2005 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
An Interview with Anthony Swoffordnew
Times have changed, and the wars with them, and the erstwhile college teacher who wrote the book Jarhead takes a suitably long view of the literature of war.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
11-02-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Jarhead, Sam Mendes
Unsure Shotnew
A new film depicts how a kid became a killer, almost, during the frustrating first Gulf War. Its main achievement is to get us inside Anthony Swofford's "empty vessel," the mind of a Marine, a "jarhead," as it is first formed by hardship, then filled with horror.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
11-02-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Jarhead, Sam Mendes
Love in the Late Afternoonnew
Steve Martin stretches his novella into a modest, melancholy and affecting film.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
10-26-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Steve Martin, Shopgirl
Head Casenew
Both patient and shrink could use some meds. So could the movie.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
10-20-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Marc Forster, Stay
My Beautiful Careernew
How did the newsroom suddenly become so gorgeous?
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
10-20-2005 |
Media
Tags: media
Publish and Perishnew
The writer will do anything to get his book. The film shows at what a profound moral cost.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
10-20-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Capote, Bennett Miller
An Interview With David Strathairnnew
"There could never be an Edward R. Murrow today," says the man who portrays him in George Clooney's documentary.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
10-12-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
