Well, after two full days of filmery, we made it back from Toronto in one piece, but not before seeing our last movie of the fest, Sean Penn's powerful adaptation of Into the Wild, Jon Krakauer's mega-selling non-fiction book about the insatiable wanderlust that led a young man to drop out of society, tramp around the country for two years, and ultimately die alone in middle-of-nowhere Alaska (for a more detailed summary, check out the paperback's cover). more ›

Continuing on our quest to catch up on the Oscar-nominated films, Seattlest went last night to see Capote, playing at the Harvard Exit (and now, thanks to Oscar-inspired wider release, also in Kirkland). We stopped along the way at Bailey/Coy to buy the book the movie's more or less about, which we haven't read, and scowled at the ratfink Now, a Major Motion Picture! sticker, announcing that we never got around to reading until the movie came out. more ›