Sometimes those last minute dates are the hottest, and tonight we have NY Times Bestselling Author Chris Cleave taking over the Fireside Room at the Sorrento Hotel for an impromptu evening of animated conversation with Chris Higashi (co-founder of Seattle Reads) and the director of Sweet Crude, Sandy Cioffi. more ›

True Adolescents, besides being profanely hilarious, is a star-making vehicle for mumblecore's Mark Duplass. If you see one film about a Seattle indie rocker exiled to his aunt's place in Woodinville this year, this is the one. Along with a long-delayed coming-of-age story, director Craig Johnson delivers a love postcard to Washington living. more ›

SIFF is making a big deal out of snagging local director Lynn Shelton's Humpday for its Northwest Connections program; it'll be the SIFF Centerpiece Gala on Friday, June 5, and hopefully help raise money to help SIFF pay for their office relocation to the Seattle Center's Alki Room. We saw--and liked-- the "mumblecore bromance" Humpday at Sundance. We'll assume you know the HumpFest backstory. The "local" emphasis of the Northwest Connections program makes for a grab-bag experience: Sundance hit The Immaculate Conception of Little Dizzle will rub elbows with the filmed-in-Wallingford World's Greatest Dad, starring Robin Williams, and Sandy Cioffi's documentary, Sweet Crude. more ›