Kathleen Murphy has bookmarked ten memorable director-performer teams for your perusal at MSN.com/Movies. The topical excuse is the latest pairing of Tim Burton and Johnny Depp on Dark Shadows, but you'll be seeing lots of pictures from that. Instead, at left meet Josef von Sternberg and Marlene Dietrich just as their seven-film run was getting underway. And do click "Read More."
Nothing's set in stone, we are but dust in the wind, and anyway Mitt Romney is going to claim credit for whatever we accomplish. So at Framing Pictures this Friday, May 11, 5 p.m. we may or may not get around to all these topics we've proposed for ourselves. Tim Burton has a new movie, Dark Shadows, which cues us to consider the improbable nature of his success in the mainstream film industry. Also, Dark Shadows is a salute to and embroidery on a late-Sixties TV show some of us know well—not necessarily the same some-of-us who came to the boffo hit The Avengers knowing well the comic book superheroes comprising the title ensemble. What size role does a shared past play in the reception—or tuning out—of movies such as these? Speaking of the past, our hosts Northwest Film Forum (1515 12th Ave.) have a Preservation film series underway—ever heard of Rex Ingram? How about the late Amos Vogel, Ernest Callenbach, and Charles Higham, three men who made different sorts of mark on film culture? We should remember. Please join the conversation with Robert Horton, Kathleen Murphy, and me. It's freewheeling, and free. —RTJ
Our annual aggregation of memorable ephemera from a season of cinema has a new home, which is itself a new home: http://www.cinephiled.com/moments-time-2013/ Go there to read all 200 entries ... and to appreciate the astute visual treatment by site shaman Noah Walden. If you'd like to read a sample here......
Sarah Stine and her husband, Todd Stine, built a house in the 2400 block of 30th Avenue West around five years ago, but as with all big projects, some things were left undone.
The Seattle Department of Transportation is proposing to improve customer service for users of Residential Parking Zones (RPZs), but some customers in areas such as Lower Queen Anne, Capitol Hill and the Pike-Pine corridor may not appreciate the effort.
Magnolia resident Eric Helm of Troop 80 became an Eagle Scout, the highest ranking in Boy Scouts, during a ceremony held July 13 at Magnolia United Church of Christ. Helm's parents, Leslie Helm and Marie Anchordoguy, as well as friends and members of the troop, attended.
The signs are gone, the front has been covered in plywood that was quickly defaced by graffiti vandals, and there's a huge hole where the parking lot used to be at the Magnolia 7-Eleven store on West Dravus Street.
Lee Agelopoulos has been in the restaurant business for more than three decades, the last 19 years of which has been in the Puget Sound area. That's included a Barlee's Café in Fremont, among many others, and now Agelopoulos and his family have opened up the Athina Grill in Lower Queen Anne.
People often ask Josephine Howell how she can be so happy.
Ranked eighth in the country, the Seattle Pacific University women's soccer team opened its 2008 campaign at Interbay Stadium with three wins and a tie.
The Christmas season won't be a merry one this year at CityTeam Ministries on Elliott Avenue West. Barring a miracle, the combination shelter, feeding center and residential treatment facility in Queen Anne will be closing its doors on Dec. 27, said program director Doug Higham.
Here's an idea of how good Britta Culbertson is. The science and art teacher at lower Queen Anne's Center School beat out 970 other educators and environmentalists around the world to be a part of the Toyota International Teacher Program's trip to the Galapagos Islands.