Category: Review
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Rilo Kiley Are a Hit in Woodinville
For 425: Chateau Ste. Michelle kicked off this year’s edition of its long-running summer concert series with a show from the aughts rock fixture Rilo Kiley, which recently embarked on its first tour in nearly 20 years.
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SIFF Diary: ‘Color Book,’ ‘Remaining Native,’ and More
What I saw at this year’s Seattle International Film Festival.
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‘Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning’ is a Disappointing Conclusion to a Great Franchise
A surprising lack of action and a surplus of exposition can make the movie a chore to sit through.
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‘They Cloned Tyrone’ is Amusing, But You Might Wish It Dug Deeper
Juel Taylor’s 2023 horror comedy is buoyed by charming performances from John Boyega, Teyonah Parris, and Jamie Foxx.
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Jack White Goes Back to Basics
For 425: The 49-year-old rock great made a two-evening appearance at the Paramount Theatre this week.
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Vertigo
In 2000’s ‘Suzhou River,’ Lou Ye stylishly captures the anxieties and obsessions of love out of reach.
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Body Doubles
‘Sisters,’ Brian De Palma’s 1972 thriller, foreshadows the neo-Hitchcockian greatness the filmmaker would only continue to refine.
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Two Boris Karloffs is Better Than One in ‘The Black Room’
The actor is predictably excellent in a dual role.
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‘Twins of Evil’ is Sharper Than You’d Think
Though mostly made to capitalize on the newly minted sex symboldom of identical-twin sisters Mary and Madeleine Collinson, this 1971 horror movie ends up being a decent critique of puritanical hypocrisy.
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‘Yumeji’ is an Unwieldy, Gorgeously Shot Quasi-Biopic
Seijun Suzuki’s movie about the eponymous painter and poet is almost completely incomprehensible — which proves to not be that bad a thing.
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It’s Obvious That Francis Ford Coppola Made ‘Tucker: The Man and His Dream’
It’s easy to see how this story of a beleaguered car-design pioneer would resonate with the greatness-preoccupied director.
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There Should Be More Romantic Films Like ‘The Photograph’
Writer-director Stella Meghie’s largely overlooked 2020 romantic drama feels like a throwback in the best way.
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