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Dinner & a Movie: My Date With Sandra Bullocknew
Dinner-and-a-movie joints face two main challenges: 1) having the clout to book first-run pictures from studios and 2) pricing a menu above the cheese-drenched nachos at Pacific Place yet below the $100-plus you can spend for a dinner date at Gold Class.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
01-25-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
Maas Media: How a Local Filmmaker Rediscovered Seattle’s Soulnew
As co-producer of the breakout indie hit Humpday, Jennifer Maas had the good fortune of attending Sundance and Cannes this year. She also put the finishing touches on a film of her own, Wheedle's Groove, wrapping up five years of documenting Seattle's forgotten soul scene.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian J. Barr |
12-28-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
An American Journey: Commemorating Robert Frank’s Landmark Booknew
Driving from New York to San Francisco, Robert Frank couldn't have foreseen how his photo essay The Americans would define both him and his adopted country. This short documentary is one of several tributes this year marking the 50th anniversary of that landmark book.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
12-21-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Director of 'It Might Get Loud' Talks Guitar Heroesnew
With an Oscar on the mantel for producing and directing An Inconvenient Truth, Davis Guggenheim decided to take a break from politics. So why not sit back, relax, and turn the stereo up to 11?
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
08-31-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
'Slumdog Millionaire' Director Talks About Mumbai Before the Terrornew
English director Danny Boyle was visiting Seattle a while back, raving about the inspiration Mumbai provided during the filming of his acclaimed new Slumdog Millionaire. Then we all know what happened in that city.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
12-08-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Brutal Reality of 'Heavy Metal in Baghdad'new
Few things could be deemed as authentically metal as the act of carrying cans of gasoline to band practice to power the generators you plug your amp into.
Seattle Weekly |
Hannah Levin |
06-03-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
My Brother Got Burnednew
Tiffany Burns' SIFF-screened documentary aims to clear brother Sebastian's name, and stick it to the cops in the process.
Seattle Weekly |
Nina Shapiro |
06-03-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
A Defense of Adam Sandlernew
I will argue that, beneath their frat-house veneer, Sandler's movies are as clever and heartfelt as Judd Apatow's -- and that he is the bigger influence on today's Hollywood comedies, including those made by his old roomie.
Seattle Weekly |
Mike Seely |
04-14-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
A Rare Glimpse of Kurt Cobain in Happier Timesnew
This documentary is a meditative, impressionistic look at how our region helped shape such a unique individual.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian J Barr |
06-04-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: AJ Schnack, About A Son
'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
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
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
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
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
Reality Shownew
How Gunner Palace co-director Michael Tucker, a former Army reservist, lived among the troops in Uday Hussein's old digs while they played video games, strummed guitars, improvised raps, and otherwise tried to blow off steam between dangerous patrols through Baghdad.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
03-09-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
