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Movies opening Christmas day, 2009

Sherlock HolmesDirector: Guy RitchieWith: Robert Downey, Jr., Jude Law, Rachel McAdams, Mark Strong, Eddie MarsanWhat you think of this film will have a lot to do with whether you have read the Holmes stories. I have been reading them since I was a child, and parts of t... Read more

Tim DuRoche and Judith Margles

Listen to the interview here. My guest on Art Focus this week (the 22nd) is Tim DuRoche, who curated at the new Oregon Jewish Museum The Shape of Time: Accumulations of Place and Memory. This exhibition of photography works around Jewish history in Oregon via specific lo... Read more

Moving film about South Africa at the Living Room Theater, open 12/18

EndgameDirector: Pete TravisWith: William Hurt, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Jonny Lee Miller, Mark Strong, Clarke PetersThis is Nelson Mandela’s year in the movies. Besides Invictus, he is depicted in this film as well. It is the story of how back-room negotiations resulted in M... Read more

Hiatus

Hey friends, I am off to the Middle East and will be having some guests cover for me. Enjoy! I'll be back in February with some hot new jams.-the Seamstress Read more

Movies at the multiplex and beyond, opening Dec. 18

Up in the Air, opening everywhereDirector: Jason ReitmanWith: George Clooney, Vera Farmiga, Anna Kendrick, Jason BatemanClooney has become the go-to guy for comedies with serious purpose, and he is in a good one here. I thought as I watched this that it is one of my fav... Read more

Press**Watch: revolution for the halibut

Ten years ago --plus a couple of weeks or so--I was standing outside the jail in downtown Seattle, screaming my head off. I was screaming in unison with a thousand other people, forming words to communicate with the protesters who had illegally been shoved inside the ja... Read more

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