It's only playing for one week, so be sure to check out Nanking, a moving documentary about the 1937 Japanese invasion of the titular Chinese town. The film begins its theatrical run in Seattle this Friday, February 1st. The story is told through emotional interviews with Chinese survivors, archival footage, and chilling testimonies by Japanese soldiers, interwoven with readings of Westerners’ letters and diaries as performed by Woody Harrelson, Mariel Hemingway, Jurgen Prochnow, and......

Recently, we've been spending a lot of time talking about films not yet (if ever) released, but now it's time to turn our focus back to movies actually playing in theaters. Nanking, a moving documentary about the 1937 Japanese invasion of the titular Chinese town, won an editing award at last year's Sundance and also played SIFF 2007. Now the film begins its theatrical run in Seattle this Friday, February 1st. The story is......

This weekend the National Weather service is calling for mid-70s to 80 degrees. You may want to recover from heatstroke by rehydrating in an air-conditioned theater with other bepinkenned Seattleites, and their melanin-endowed friends savoring their little moment of schadenfreude. (Here's the Seattle Times cheat sheet on the various venues.) · We caught the press screening for the not entirely laugh-free Death at a Funeral with a friend who said, summing up Frank Oz's......

That Seattle WTO movie that's filming in Vancouver will allegedly shoot at least a few frames in Seattle proper this weekend. Here's an excerpt from the call for extras from the Washington State Jobs with Justice that's making the rounds: Filmmakers are in town shooting the scene "Anti-WTO Labor March." for the Hollywood movie "Battle of Seattle!" directed by Stuart Townsend, starring Charlize Theron, 'Andre 3000' Benjamin, Martin Henderson, Woody Harrelson, Ray Liotta, and Michelle......

We're anxiously awaiting the 2008 movie based on the WTO events in Seattle, although we hope "The Battle in Seattle" is only a working title. They're filming right now, but don't rush to the window hoping for a glimpse of one of the stars - We think they're in Vancouver. Yesterday four new actors were added to the project. Charlize Theron, Woody Harrelson, Ray Liotta are in it already. Andre Benjamin and Martin Henderson are......