Smashmouth Filmmaking

A Chat with Undefeated’s Oscar-Winning Director T. J. Martin

The documentary finally opens in Seattle this Friday.

03/28/2012 By Matthew Halverson

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Picnik Crashers

Why did Google kill Seattle’s prized picture-editing site?

03/23/2012 By Matthew Halverson

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The Smartest Sucker in the Room

From his humble trailer in northern Washington State, Scott Stuart ran a decade-long investment scam so lucrative you’d think he was a lifetime con artist. The truth is, everything he knew he learned from the Nigerians who bled him dry.

03/02/2012 By Matthew Halverson

Film Review

In Chronicle, Should We Have Sympathy for the Devil?

Today’s antihero is a teen with superpowers who ransacks Seattle.

02/03/2012 By Matthew Halverson

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1962 World’s Fair 50th Anniversary

Fifty years ago, the 1962 World’s Fair did more than just celebrate global culture. It put Seattle on display, inspired world leaders, and erected a certain needle-shaped tower. A look at the 184 days that changed Seattle—and the world—forever.

01/20/2012 With Kathryn Robinson, Matthew Halverson, Laura Cassidy, Christopher Werner, Laura Dannen, Brian Colella, Allecia Vermillion, and Janet Pelz By James Ross Gardner and Allison Williams

Film Fan

5 Movies We’re Dying to See

What’s in our film critic’s DVD queue this holiday week?

12/23/2011 By Matthew Halverson

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A Tuskegee Airman Goes to the Movies

Hollywood will tell the story of the Tuskegee Airmen this month. George Hickman knows more than the plot.

12/23/2011 By Matthew Halverson

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Wikispeed’s 100 Mile Per Gallon Car

With a background in software, Joe Justice is the last guy you’d expect to make cars. But if his geeky, hard-to-believe, 100-mile-per-gallon car is as awesome as he says it is, he may just revolutionize the way Detroit does business.

12/23/2011 By Matthew Halverson

Film Q&A

Simpsons Writer Dana Gould Wants You to See Plan 9 from Outer Space at SIFF

"It’s incompetence aspiring to be greatness."

12/07/2011 By Matthew Halverson

Comedy

Seattle Son Nick Thune Returns for a Night of Comedy at Intiman

He grew out his facial hair for the occasion.

11/29/2011 By Matthew Halverson

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.XXX Marks the Spot

Porn stakes out a new corner of the web.

11/23/2011 By Matthew Halverson

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How Redbox Could Take Down Netflix

Netflix is on the ropes. Can Bellevue’s Redbox land a knockout blow?

11/23/2011 By Matthew Halverson