AltWeeklies Wire
Jottings and Wanderingsnew
Looking for a unifying new story he never finds, Gay Talese reveals bits of himself, and his writing process, in the margins.
Seattle Weekly |
Tim Appelo |
04-26-2006 |
Nonfiction
Tags: A Writer's Life, Gay Talese
Courtney's Family Cursenew
Kurt Cobain's wild widow comes from a long line of misbehaving mamas, as documented by a slew of books -- some new, some old.
Seattle Weekly |
Tim Appelo |
03-22-2006 |
Books
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
Crescent Over Puget Soundnew
Ferrigno's alternative-history novel is set in 2040 Seattle, now the capital of the Islamic Republic.
Seattle Weekly |
Tim Appelo |
03-01-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
'Not A Documentary'new
Jonathan Demme and Neil Young discuss their collaboration on this new concert film.
Seattle Weekly |
Tim Appelo |
02-15-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
In Like a Lambnew
The effects are effective in this mild but pleasing Christian allegory. So why couldn't they have replaced those bloody kids with CGI?
Seattle Weekly |
Tim Appelo |
12-07-2005 |
Reviews
Pooh on Younew
Winnie-the-Pooh has become a lifetime experience, thanks largely to the totalitarian efforts of Disney, which bought the marketing rights for a pittance.
Seattle Weekly |
Tim Appelo |
11-25-2005 |
Books
Tags: giftguide2005
Broadway Boundnew
For once, keeping a movie musical tied to the stage serves the audience best.
Seattle Weekly |
Tim Appelo |
11-25-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Chris Columbus, Rent
Stateless in Seattlenew
Jonathan Raban, a cranky, globe-trotting Englishman, sailed into town and became the premier chronicler of life and thought in the Northwest.
Seattle Weekly |
Tim Appelo |
11-16-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Larger and Smaller Than Lifenew
This scathing family fictionalization draws flaws more boldly than virtues.
Seattle Weekly |
Tim Appelo |
11-02-2005 |
Reviews
The Worst-Case Best Sellernew
Disaster lit has become a perfect storm for the publishing industry. Smell a hurricane coming? Grab your pen and notebook.
Seattle Weekly |
Tim Appelo |
10-12-2005 |
Books
Better Than Chicken Run or Corpse Bridenew
Helena Bonham Carter also stars in the other, infinitely more technically advanced stop-motion animation hit, Tim Burton's Corpse Bride, but she's a snore in that, a scream in Curse of the Were-Rabbit.
Seattle Weekly |
Tim Appelo |
10-05-2005 |
Reviews
The Paper Chasenew
Follow the money or follow the script? The real point to this fun Hollywood spoof is its prose storm of confusion.
Seattle Weekly |
Tim Appelo |
10-05-2005 |
Fiction
Tags: Rick Moody, The Diviners
The Pot Granny and the Airportnew
Without even meaning to, a distinguished Seattle grandmother recently joined a select group -- one including high-profile athletes, celebrity singers, politicians and a narcotics prosecutor -- by getting nabbed with a personal stash at an airport.
Seattle Weekly |
Tim Appelo |
08-17-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Smite Makes Rightnew
Far from Baghdad, we need a sectarian truce of our own. But are hard-believing Americans really ready for a grand compromise?
Seattle Weekly |
Tim Appelo |
08-10-2005 |
Nonfiction
