An arts and/or culture blog, based in Seattle.
If a generous sample of my Facebook friends and the people I follow on Twitter are any indication of a broader trend, watching “Siskel and Ebert at the Movies” was, for many of us, our first exposure to actual arts criticism. It became very clear from the social circles I run in that the passing [...]
At the risk of damning with faint praise, I’ll state unequivocally that Harmony Korine’s new movie Spring Breakers is the best film I’ve ever seen that depicts the week-long, Floridian hedonism. My hope for its subversion was confirmed when I overheard other film goers at this screening expressing their disgust as we were filing out [...]
Mary Pickford was one of the most important and popular actresses in the early days of cinema. She had appeared in over 200 films in her career, which spanned from 1909 until 1933. While known as “the girl with curls” or “America’s Sweetheart” (she was born in Toronto), Pickford was one of the most powerful [...]
The gem of a theater in the U-District, the Grand Illusion has been screening some of Woody Allen’s best movies from the 1970′s. I should have mentioned it earlier, when the series began with my very, very, very favorite film of all time, Annie Hall, at the end of December. So far, they’ve also screened the [...]
The Seattle International Film Festival is hosting a festival celebrating women filmmakers with a mini–festival that runs from Wednesday, January 23 (my birthday, in case anyone cares) through Sunday, January 27. The opening night film is Hannah Arendt, a biopic about the German-American political philosopher who coined the term “the banality of evil.” There is also a [...]
Another Rainy Saturday is an arts and culture blog based in Seattle. It was started by Chris Burlingame in 2010.
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