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4/4
|
94%
|
Patience (After Sebald) (2012) |
"
A visionary composition on a series of spoken reflections about a literary work - itself full of layered free-association - Gee's intricate, prismatic film might sound as if it must be buried in abstraction."
—
Seattle Times
Posted May 10, 2012
|
|
4/4
|
80%
|
Jean Gentil (2012) |
"
A mesmerizing, beautiful drama, "Jean Gentil" is the rare film that teaches one to see."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Apr 26, 2012
|
|
4/4
|
100%
|
This Is Not a Film (2012) |
"
The more "This Is Not a Film" underscores the cruel containment of a great artist, the more we actually become aware - very indirectly, in a very Panahi fashion - of a city in chaos outside, with sounds of gunfire and distant street blazes."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Apr 12, 2012
|
|
4/4
|
72%
|
Windfall (2012) |
"
The poignant, frightening and visually striking documentary "Windfall" places debate within a very human perspective."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Mar 1, 2012
|
|
4/4
|
87%
|
Eames: The Architect And The Painter (2011) |
"
Much like the creations of its subjects, "Eames" is itself a dazzling, sensory adventure."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Nov 25, 2011
|
|
4/4
|
96%
|
Cave of Forgotten Dreams (2011) |
"
What we get from this film: a specific and personal sense that 32,000-year-old artists, with all their ideas and passions, were not, fundamentally, that different from us."
—
Seattle Times
Posted May 5, 2011
|
|
4/4
|
90%
|
Nuremberg (2010) |
"
Despite official efforts, this is a film that can't be dismissed."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Feb 24, 2011
|
|
4/4
|
87%
|
Soundtrack For A Revolution (2009) |
"
Soundtrack may very well be the finest, broad history on film of the Southern Freedom Movement years as measured from the Montgomery bus boycott (beginning in 1955) to the assassination of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (1968)."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Apr 29, 2010
|
|
4/4
|
89%
|
Hubble 3D (2010) |
"
A typical IMAX spectacle of enormous proportions, the film is both a fantastic summary of the knowledge we've gained through Hubble and an often edge-of-your-seat documentary about some of the specialists who've serviced the telescope five times."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Mar 18, 2010
|
|
4/4
|
79%
|
William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe (2009) |
"
Kunstler's accomplishments, principles and courage are all here in Disturbing the Universe. But there is something else that adds an unexpected layer of emotional complexity."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Nov 19, 2009
|
|
4/4
|
85%
|
Soul Power (2009) |
"
Soul Power is the indispensable companion film to Leon Gast's thrilling 1996 documentary When We Were Kings."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Jul 30, 2009
|
|
4/4
|
81%
|
Unmistaken Child (2009) |
"
[Director] Baratz's access to every stage of the process -- from Zopa's selection of a candidate to the testing of that candidate to the blessing of the Dalai Lama himself -- is phenomenal, almost indescribably privileged."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Jul 16, 2009
|
|
4/4
|
92%
|
Under the Sea 3D (2009) |
"
One of the most fun and engaging IMAX movies to date."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Feb 12, 2009
|
|
4/4
|
72%
|
Fuel (2008) |
"
While Fuel takes persuasive swipes at the influence of oil-based energy companies over domestic and foreign policy, the film is more dazzling as an introduction to all kinds of clean energy alternatives many of us have never heard of."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Nov 21, 2008
|
|
4/4
|
73%
|
Alice Neel (2007) |
"
There is a great deal more to Alice's story: the avant-garde of the 1920s; the government's support of artists during the Great Depression; the feminist movement of the 1970s, during which she became an icon. This rich film captures it all."
—
Seattle Times
Posted May 16, 2008
|
|
4/4
|
89%
|
Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten (2007) |
"
Temple's film offers a rich, detailed portrait of a commanding but idealistic Strummer against the backdrop of the do-it-yourself punk ethos of the late '70s."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Nov 9, 2007
|
|
4/4
|
67%
|
Stolen (2006) |
"
Captures a great yearning among many different people across time, all affected by Gardner and her legacy, especially those parts now missing."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Jun 30, 2006
|
|
4/4
|
78%
|
CSA: Confederate States of America (2006) |
"
[Writer/Director] Willmott could have easily stumbled over his own cleverness but, as with the rest of the movie, his fantasia is intellectually rigorous and makes for stimulating debate."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Mar 24, 2006
|
|
4/4
|
80%
|
Why We Fight (2006) |
"
Even if one disagrees vehemently with Jarecki's interpretations of events and history, it's hard not to be impressed by the rigorousness with which he gathers his arguments."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Feb 10, 2006
|
|
4/4
|
91%
|
Professione: reporter (The Passenger) (1975) |
"
A movie with which one can grow old, in the same sense that one can see great productions of Hamlet at 15 and 40 and 70 years of age, measuring the relative depth of one's experience of life and the world against its mature vision."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Nov 18, 2005
|
|
4/4
|
90%
|
New York Doll (2005) |
"
Becomes a lovely portrait of a man coming back to himself, without forgetting what else he's become."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Nov 18, 2005
|
|
4/4
|
88%
|
Touch The Sound (2004) |
"
Bold and often thrilling film."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Oct 14, 2005
|
|
4/4
|
89%
|
National Geographic: Forces of Nature (2004) |
"
Often breathtaking, Forces of Nature reminds us of the true meaning of global power."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Feb 4, 2005
|
|
4/4
|
98%
|
Since Otar Left (2004) |
"
Bertuccelli tackles Since Otar Left... with the kind of ambitious imagination that makes one marvel at a natural filmmaker's unexpected and original choices."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Nov 12, 2004
|
|
4/4
|
82%
|
Amandla! A Revolution in Four Part Harmony (2003) |
"
Besides great conversation and patches of raw emotion, Amandla! has passages of wonderful music."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Oct 3, 2002
|
|
4/4
|
97%
|
Spirited Away (2001) |
"
Miyazaki, the master animator and director of the enchanting Kiki's Delivery Service and Princess Mononoke, leads us through the looking glass as never before in Spirited Away."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Sep 20, 2002
|
|
4/4
|
82%
|
Barbershop (2002) |
"
Very funny, and remarkably mature, retro-1970s ensemble comedy."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Sep 13, 2002
|
|
4/4
|
74%
|
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams (2002) |
"
For Spy Kids 2 the seams are well-hidden and a more relaxed Rodriguez is inside working his feng-shui mojo, rearranging rooms to widen the flow of inspiration. The result is a truly daft but wholly organic world fueled by free association."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Aug 7, 2002
|
|
4/4
|
89%
|
Cinema Paradiso (Nuovo Cinema Paradiso) (1988) |
"
The heightened symmetry of this new/old Cinema Paradiso makes the film a fuller experience, like an old friend haunted by the exigencies of time."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Jul 19, 2002
|
|
3.5/4
|
——
|
How to Make a Book with Steidl () |
"
Much of the film follows the fascinating production of a book full of surreptitious iPhone images by photographer Joel Sternfeld."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Mar 8, 2012
|
|
3.5/4
|
94%
|
The Secret World of Arrietty (2012) |
"
Yonebayashi is faithful to the studio's signature look and feel, but the jewel-like colors and painterly splendor of his environments are distinctively personal and presented with disarming modesty."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Feb 16, 2012
|
|
3.5/4
|
——
|
Mitchell 20: Teacher Quality Is The Answer (2011) |
"
If there is anything objective that can be said about education it's this: Good teachers matter."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Oct 20, 2011
|
|
3.5/4
|
95%
|
13 Assassins (2011) |
"
A richly cathartic experience with a wide range of emotional colors."
—
Seattle Times
Posted May 19, 2011
|
|
3.5/4
|
50%
|
Jolene (2010) |
"
Chastain proves near-heroic embodying Jolene's innate strength and incremental wisdom. Yet she also makes us understand how the heroine's wobbly resistance to manipulative characters is overwhelmed time and again."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Nov 4, 2010
|
|
3.5/4
|
79%
|
Nowhere Boy (2010) |
"
Nowhere Boy is fully accessible for everyone, not just fans."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Oct 14, 2010
|
|
3.5/4
|
93%
|
The Tillman Story (2010) |
"
Well-paced, methodical and seemingly thorough..."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Sep 2, 2010
|
|
3.5/4
|
51%
|
Agora (2010) |
"
A strikingly physical as well as thoughtful drama."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Jul 22, 2010
|
|
3.5/4
|
68%
|
Youth in Revolt (2010) |
"
Between delightful sequences of animation, vibrant performances by the likes of Justin Long, Fred Willard and Ray Liotta, and Arteta's mastery over comic tones ranging from the sensitive to the surreal, this is the rare movie one doesn't want to end."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Jan 7, 2010
|
|
3.5/4
|
97%
|
The Hurt Locker (2009) |
"
As unpredictable and tragic as it is genuinely riveting."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Jul 10, 2009
|
|
3.5/4
|
96%
|
Fados (2009) |
"
[Director] Saura's personal love of fado goes back to his youth, and Fados reflects what is clearly his deeply imaginative, inner relationship with the genre's songs about loss, shifting hopes and elusive happiness."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Apr 23, 2009
|
|
3.5/4
|
81%
|
Azur et Asmar (Azur and Asmar: The Princes' Quest) (2006) |
"
Gorgeous and mesmerizing, Azur & Asmar eschews computer-generated imagery to render a flat, storybook-style animation that never stops delighting with its ornamental detail, range of color and exotic story."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Jan 8, 2009
|
|
3.5/4
|
88%
|
Bolt (2008) |
"
Smart, sharp, original and very funny, Bolt could be the model for a certain kind of midrange, nonevent (i.e., not WALL E) animated family film that would be more welcome right now than such bizarre junk as the recent Fly Me to the Moon."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Nov 20, 2008
|
|
3.5/4
|
64%
|
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008) |
"
Happily, Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa is a worthy follow-up that builds on its predecessor's successes and adds to them."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Nov 7, 2008
|
|
3.5/4
|
63%
|
Passing Poston (2008) |
"
In the moving documentary Passing Poston, 'hell' is the word most consistently used by surviving Japanese Americans forcibly interned during World War II."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Jun 20, 2008
|
|
3.5/4
|
88%
|
Reprise (2006) |
"
Reprise is not just about engaging with or surviving through the creative instinct. It is that instinct."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Jun 20, 2008
|
|
3.5/4
|
80%
|
Daughters of Wisdom (2007) |
"
The film's subject matter is compelling enough. But what really makes Daughters of Wisdom a magical experience is the way Pearlman captures life in that valley."
—
Seattle Times
Posted May 16, 2008
|
|
3.5/4
|
78%
|
Grand Canyon Adventure: River at Risk (2008) |
"
Grand Canyon is such fun to watch with its superb, 3D quality that it's impossible not to be more caught up, albeit temporarily, in the illusion of getting splashed than in the unsettling realities of the environmental crisis it describes."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Mar 21, 2008
|
|
3.5/4
|
79%
|
Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who! (2008) |
"
This Horton Hears a Who! never loses sight of the simple but perennially powerful theme at the heart of Seuss' tale: 'a person's a person, no matter how small.'"
—
Seattle Times
Posted Mar 14, 2008
|
|
3.5/4
|
92%
|
The Cool School (2008) |
"
A lively film that doesn't linger too long on any one thought or with any one interviewee."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Feb 22, 2008
|
|
3.5/4
|
100%
|
Taxi to the Dark Side (2007) |
"
Exhaustively researched and shattering documentary by Alex Gibney."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Feb 8, 2008
|
67%
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