One of my former Spokesman-Review colleagues is a sick little puppy. Which is the main thing that I like about the guy. He's a big fan of David Lynch and boasts a particular fondness for "Lost Highway." He likes David Cronenberg, too. So when he…
Those interested in David Fincher's forthcoming American adaptation of Stieg Larsson's "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" should find this news item interesting. Turns out Fincher has offered the role of Mikael Blomkvist to Daniel Craig (and James Bond has reportedly accepted), while narrowing the…
People can commit crimes for the best of reasons. It all depends on your perspective. For example, how do you define "crime"? Or, for that matter, how do you define "best of reasons"? The documentary "The Art of the Steal," which plays for one more…
A few years ago, a friend of mine used a feature story that I'd written to work up a concept for a feature film. We both ended up going to the family of the boy I had written about and asked them if we could…
I like to make fun of French films. That's mostly because the people who love French films absolutely loooooooovvvvvve French films. As in the woman I overheard a few years ago at the Seattle International Film Festival who was telling her friends, "If it's not…
