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Bird Watching – Zombies!
A dear friend of mine, a literature professor at a local university, recently told me a list of feelings she believes are currently in vogue with the “hip Seattleite.” Among these: fear of clowns; love of bacon; fondness of letterpress designs of squirrels and birds;…
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Bird Watching – “The Slumber Party Massacre” series
This week, I’m continuing my quest to fill in some of the holes in my track record as a horror lover, as a part of Women in Horror month. Last week I finally watched Pet Sematary, and this week I’m visiting the Slumber Party Massacre…
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Noir City at SIFF – Don’t Bother to Knock
Tonight’s Noir City line-up at SIFF Cinema features a film that contains one of the best performances of Marilyn Monroe’s career. I believe that Monroe was a much finer actress than she is often given credit for, with her sex symbol image and tragic death…
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Noir City at SIFF – Stranger on the Third Floor
Bust out the fedoras and seamed stockings and prep your alibis. Noir City, SIFF Cinema’s annual festival showcasing the gems of film noir, kicks off its fifth series tonight. Presented in conjunction with the Film Noir Foundation, the fest will show fourteen classic films over…
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Bird Watching – Mary Lambert’s “Pet Sematary”
Because February is Women in Horror month (you can get lots of information on that here), I’ll be devoting the month’s Bird Watching columns to horror films. As a big horror fan, and as someone who pays a lot of attention to female-directed films, I’m…
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Children’s Film Festival – The Ugly Duckling
This weekend at Northwest Film Forum, the Children’s Film Festival Seattle is wrapping up their ten-day extravaganza of family-friendly programming from around the world. The final day of programming, Sunday the 6th, will repeat some of the highlights from the previous week. Included in this…
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Bird Watching – Susanne Bier’s “Brothers”
Bird Watching is a new column that will appear on Mondays, in which I’ll discuss films that were directed or written by women. I’ve only seen two of Susanne Bier‘s films, but I’m prepared to call her one of my new favorite directors. It was…
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Preview – SFFSFF at Cinerama
The Science Fiction and Fantasy Short Film Festival, affectionately known as SFFSFF (say it “siff siff”) returns to the Cinerama theater in Seattle this weekend. The sixth annual event, jointly sponsored by the Experience Music Project/Science Fiction Museum and Seattle International Film Festival, will feature…
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