Seattle Jewish Film Festival 2019 spotlights ‘Leonard Bernstein: Larger Than Life’
The Seattle Jewish Film Festival, March 23-31 and April 6-7, showcases dozens of films at locations around Seattle and the Eastside. Among the highlights: “Leonard...
Dusty Somers
Dusty Somers is a lifelong Seattle native whose love of the arts has resulted in a distressingly large physical media collection. Right about now, he’s probably watching a movie, seeing a play or listening to a record.
Seattle Asian American Film Festival 2019 kicks off with a personal journey; plus Noir City and Cat Video fests
Kulap Vilaysack's “Origin Story” opens the Seattle Asian American Film Festival on Thursday, Feb. 21. It’s the first of dozens of features and shorts SAAFF...
Roger Guenveur Smith returns to Seattle with solo show ‘Frederick Douglass Now’
Roger Guenveur Smith, whose one-man shows about Rodney King and Huey P. Newton were brought to the big screen by Spike Lee, is bringing his...
Book-It’s ‘The Picture of Dorian Gray’ nails the sensual and spooky mood
Oscar Wilde’s penchant for pithy aphorisms may be his most appreciated trait now, but “Dorian Gray” succeeds on a different level: florid, eerie and murky.
Actors in ACT’s ‘The Wolves’ learn to balance the play’s soccer skills and intense emotions
The actors in Sarah DeLappe’s Pulitzer-finalist play about a high-school girls soccer team are learning soccer moves that they'll have to replicate every performance, while...
Langston Hughes African American Film Festival: Sharing stories for 15 years
LHAAFF celebrates its 15th anniversary and runs April 19-22. Short films and features from more than 30 countries will be screened, alongside parties and workshops.
‘Blockers’: Parental panic fuels raunchy, sentimental teen sex comedy
John Cena stars alongside Leslie Mann and Ike Barinholtz as parents determined to derail their daughters’ plans to have sex for the first time on...
Spotlight on: Brandon Ivie, director of ‘String’ at Village Theatre, is on a quest to find the best new musicals
In this new occasional feature in which we shine a spotlight on someone involved in arts and entertainment, Brandon Ivie, associate artistic director at Village...
Seattle Jewish Film Festival offers a ‘kaleidoscopic look’ at filmmaking
More than 30 films will be screened at the Seattle Jewish Film Festival, which runs March 10-18 and April 14-15 at various venues.
Seattle Asian American Film Festival showcases diversity
In its sixth year, the Seattle Asian American Film Festival will present 75 features and short films Feb. 22-25, mostly at Northwest Film Forum. It’s...