Last night, the Paramount finished up its three-film silent German Expressionist festival with Asphalt, a 1929 movie by Joe May. With Dennis James helming the Mighty Wurlitzer, we headed back in time to Berlin. more ›

PHOTOGRAPHY: The Jonas Bendiksen exhibit at the Photographic Center Northwest is worth visiting on the strength of the image above alone. The title of his book Satellites refers both to the space junk that occasionally comes crashing to Earth as well as to the former Soviet republics in which he shot these pictures. more ›

One of the great things about the German Expressionist era is that the films are so much fun to watch -- they're some of the hardest working visuals in show business. But at the Paramount, you also get Dennis James on the Mighty (Liberace-Lookin') Wurlitzer, and for the first time at the Paramount, we enjoyed the sound up in the balcony. Whoever placed the organ's pipes knew what they were doing -- we felt like we had our "stereophonic" headphones on. And who knew a pipe organ could create such a snappy snare drum roll? more ›