The Mystery of D.B. Cooper (2020 | USA | 90 minutes | John Dower) It has been almost fifty years since someone …
Month: November 2020
Intensity, humility and passion dominate high school baseball in Japan’s Koshien
Koshien (2020 | Japan | 94 minutes | Ema Ryan Yamazaki) Here in Seattle, and honestly all over the US, the name …
Hillbilly Elegy is Appalachian cosplay as melodrama
Hillbilly Elegy (2020 | USA | 120 minutes | Ron Howard) J.D. Vance is a venture capitalist who got his first job …
A Chef’s Voyage will make you miss eating in restaurants, if you let it
A Chef’s Voyage (2020 | USA | 90 minutes | Remi Anfosso) There’s something uniquely satisfying about watching people who are extremely …
On Stream: Steve McQueen’s Small Axe launches with the trial of the Mangrove Nine
Mangrove (2020 | UK | 124 minutes | Steve McQueen) Stop me if you’ve heard this one: a group of activists protest …
Dr. Dorothy Lewis finds sympathy for the devil in Alex Gibney’s Crazy, Not Insane
(2020 | USA | 115 minutes | Alex Gibney) Alex Gibney’s newest documentary, his second this fall, is an important contribution to …
Come Away tells the story of Alice in Wonderland and Peter Pan before they were fun
(2020 | USA | 95 minutes | dir: Brenda Chapman) Come Away purports to be a colorblind telling of the origin stories …
PNB’s Second Program Brings New Magic to the Digital Stage
There are two world premieres on the bill for Rep 2 at Pacific Northwest Ballet (tickets $29/$39), and I’m writing this in …
The Romanian Film Festival Perseveres in 2020
I’ve been following the Romanian Film Festival for several years now, happily. It’s easily been one of the most worthwhile film fests …
TSB interview: The Climb‘s breakout stars talk about their indie hit
(2019 | USA | 95 minutes | dir: Michael Angelo Covino) The Climb was a movie that I thought would be a …