SOLO, SARAH DOUGHER (the mellifluous Portlandite whose current group efforts include The Crabs and Cadillaca), never blurs the line between the emotional and the intellectual; she sets up camp there, brushes away the dust, and builds a lovely little cottage of perfect pop songs. This Saturday, as she wraps up her national tour and celebrates […]
Sean Nelson
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Born to Lose
Director Mike Hodges Gambles and Wins with Croupier
LIKE SCORSESE’S TAXI DRIVER and Bresson’s Pickpocket before it, Mike Hodges’ unreleased 1998 masterpiece Croupier makes a convincing case that a sleazy, specialized profession–in this case, the guy who rolls the ball and collects the chips at a roulette table–is a perfect metaphor for existential malaise. In the role of God’s Lonely Man stands Jack […]
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Things Are Looking Undie
Microcinema Festival Looks to Complement, Not Compete with SIFF
FOR YEARS NOW, local film programmers have been trying to negotiate the annual juggernaut that is the Seattle International Film Festival. Regardless of one’s opinion of the festival itself, it’s a simple fact that trying to counterprogram an event that consolidates 200 films, 25,000 people, and the focused attention of every media outlet in the […]