Sometimes when you start going off about how *hysterically funny* someone is, people take it as a dare not to laugh. But Lauren Weedman cracks us up, and we don't care who knows it. more ›

Seattlest likes the talking pictures. We even like them when they don't talk, but that's another story. This post is all about how the Northwest Film Forum is presenting a film festival of the works of Mikio Naruse. He's been compared to Ozu and Mizoguchi, if you can imagine. Ozu! Mizoguchi! more ›