"Trouble the Water," a documentary directed by Carl Deal and Tia Lessin, benefits from a uniquely personal approach to the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina.
October 16, 2008
"Battle in Seattle": Writer-director Stuart Townsend makes an impressive debut with this exciting, well-cast, somewhat preachy docudrama about the protests against the World Trade Organization that closed downtown Seattle in 1999.
September 18, 2008
"Elegy," adapted from Philip Roth's novella "The Dying Animal," is a marvelous vehicle for Sir Ben Kingsley. He plays an aging, sexually active literature professor who is just beginning to realize his vulnerability.
August 8, 2008
Movie review: "American Teen" is Nanette Burstein's revealing documentary about seniors at Warsaw Community High School in Indiana.
August 1, 2008
Nanette Burstein directed "American Teen," a Sundance Film Festival prize winner about high-school seniors at Warsaw High in Indiana. It opens Friday in Seattle for a regular run.
July 29, 2008
Movie reviewer John Hartl's favorite movies at Seattle International Film Festival 2008 included "Boy A," "Edge of Heaven," "Man on Wire," "Stranded."
June 16, 2008
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