MOSCOW — The day after receiving his new Russian passport from President Vladimir Putin, French actor Gerard Depardieu flew Sunday to the provincial town of… Continue reading
Barry Mendel has great taste. The longtime producer’s filmography runs the gamut, from Academy Award best-picture nominees (“The Sixth Sense,” “Munich”) to comedies (“Rushmore,” “Bridesmaids”)… Continue reading
The “Twilight” finale had better reviews than the franchise’s previous four movies, but you’d never know it from the Razzie nominations singling… Continue reading
Throughout the long and convoluted history of “Psycho’s” main character, the big question has been: What made Norman Bates become a knife-wielding, murderous dual personality?… Continue reading
Given the state of artistic freedom in Iran, it makes sense that Abbas Kiarostami, the critically lauded dean of Iranian filmmakers, has been globetrotting of… Continue reading
Rare is the thriller that goes as completely and utterly wrong as “The Call” does at almost precisely the one-hour mark. Which is a crying… Continue reading
Snohomish County Film noir: A series of film noir hosted by Jon Noe at 7:30 p.m. Thursdays at Historic Everett Theatre, 2911 Colby Ave., Everett;… Continue reading
NASCAR drivers, ice skaters, zookeepers, whatever — and… Continue reading
“The Gatekeepers” did not win the Oscar for best documentary feature this year (the wonderful “Searching for Sugar Man” took the award), but director Dror… Continue reading
The adventurous British director Sally Potter has staked out a place for herself as an experimental moviemaker who keeps a foot in the mainstream. In… Continue reading
There’s a fun B-movie lurking somewhere inside the overblown mess of “Olympus Has Fallen,” but it only comes out in fits and starts. This thing… Continue reading
Snohomish County Film noir: A series of film noir hosted by Jon Noe at 7:30 p.m. Thursdays at Historic Everett Theatre, 2911 Colby Ave., Everett;… Continue reading
Tina Fey makes funny TV shows, funny movies and funny books. Director Paul Weitz often goes for something beyond funny: emotional stories of parents and… Continue reading
A movie adaptation of Jack Kerouac’s novel “On the Road” was conceived immediately upon the book’s landmark publication in 1957, and lots of people have… Continue reading
Nobody said evolution was easy. Just look at the Crood family, a caveman clan; every day is like re-inventing the wheel. Or in this case,… Continue reading
Spring break: It’s every bit as much fun as you think it is. Until it isn’t. “Spring Breakers” is Harmony (“Gummo”) Korine’s fever-dream of something… Continue reading
“Les Miserables” If you like the story by Victor Hugo that’s set during the French Restoration without all the singing, then this is the DVD… Continue reading
Elle Fanning does some incredible work as a teenager caught up in the anti-nukes activism of 1960s London in the new coming-of age drama “Ginger… Continue reading
Two anonymous donors have stepped forward to help secure the future of the Olympic Theatre. For more than a year, people worried that… Continue reading
in every sense — monastery in Romania, a place where the trappings of the 21st century… Continue reading