Right off the bat (ha!), here it is: We are so fucking excited about The Dark Knight. In fact, we haven't been this excited about a movie in we don't know how long. We're not, however, going to see it tonight, nor tomorrow, nor this weekend. We're waiting until Tuesday. But that's because we're old and crusty and don't like standing in line for things. The Cinerama has show times tonight at 12:00 a.m. and......

None of this stuff about "timeless" settings for Tosca: the story takes place in Rome over a specific, eventful weekend in June, 1800, as Napoleon's troops are invading Piedmont on Italy's northern border. The story, on the other hand, is a potboiler involving a beautiful opera singer, Tosca; a fugitive politician, Angelotti; a famous painter, Cavaradossi; and a villainous police chief, Scarpia. By the end of the opera, the genuine Napoleon has won, and all......

Seattlest has seen a lotta great movies this year, but there's a special place in our heart for the one about the 'mos. No, not that one. The one overtly concerning a love that dare not speak its name. That's right, after enduring perpetual dubbing as a "gay cowboy movie," Brokeback Mountain begins its Seattle run tomorrow at two Capitol Hill cinemas, the Egyptian and the Harvard Exit. Way to know your audience, Landmark.......