How Mount Rainier Helped This Woman Overcome Addiction
Jeannie Yandel talks with Dawn Brown, a participant in Seattle Union Gospel Mission's program that takes a team of homeless people who are also struggling with addiction up Mount Rainier. Brown's...
View ArticleLocal Astronaut Reviews The Portrayal Of Space In Movies
Ross Reynolds interviews Michael Barratt, a Camas, Washington born astronaut who flew on the last Space Shuttle mission, about how real space travel compares to the movie versions. He's already seen...
View ArticleWhy These Seattle 11-Year-Olds Don’t Want To Grow Up
“I just don’t want to grow up,” says the girl in Terence Brown’s documentary "The Before Project," which takes a poignant and sometimes painful look at our fleeting childhood through the eyes of...
View ArticleStill Playing: The Theater That Saw The Birth Of Cinema
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View ArticleThis Year, Women (And Girls) Rule The Big Screen
With Spy topping Hollywood's box-office charts this weekend, Melissa McCarthy becomes the latest woman to head a major box-office hit in 2015. And while that merely puts her in good company this year,...
View Article'Star Wars' Gingerbread Display One Sweet Spectacle
Right now in the lobby of the Sheraton in downtown Seattle is an ambitious project six months in the making: A gingerbread village made of hundreds of pounds of candy and cookies capturing the struggle...
View ArticleWhy The Politics Of The 'Star Wars' Universe Makes No Sense
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View ArticleThe French comic that may have influenced 'Star Wars'
Director George Lucas has cited many, many influences for his legendary Star Wars series, from Japanese director Akira Kurosawa to Joseph Campbell’s Monomyth. But a little-known influence may have come...
View ArticleThis Movie Made China Fall In Love With Seattle
Realtors say there's been a big jump in the number of Chinese nationals buying high-end homes in the Puget Sound area.Bellevue real estate agent Becco Zou said her buyers are attracted by the good...
View ArticleThat Time NPR Turned 'Star Wars' Into A Radio Drama — And It Actually Worked
This week, the latest installment in the Star Wars film saga is posting record numbers around the world. In 1981, NPR hoped the interstellar fable would do the same for its audience numbers. That's...
View ArticleOn TV, Women Who Have Abortions Are Younger, Whiter And Wealthier
Characters on television who consider or obtain abortions don't reflect the demographics of American women who choose them or their reasons for doing so, according to a recent analysis from researchers...
View ArticleThat Time NPR Turned 'Star Wars' Into A Radio Drama — And It Actually Worked
This week, the latest installment in the Star Wars film saga is posting record numbers around the world. In 1981, NPR hoped the interstellar fable would do the same for its audience numbers. That's...
View ArticleHow 'The X-Files' Turned Vancouver Into 'Hollywood North'
Bill Radke talks with CBC Radio pop culture columnist Kim Linekin about how The X-Files helped turn Vancouver, B.C. into a thriving hub for TV and film productions.
View ArticleIn Animated, Oscar-Nominated Doc, A Man Turns His Brother In For Murder
An animated film is up for best documentary short at the Oscars this year. It's only the second time an animated film has been in the running since the category was established in the 1940s. Last Day...
View ArticleOscar Victory For 'Spotlight' Gives Hope For Change Among Abuse Survivors
Bill Radke talks with Mary Dispenza, director of SNAP (Survivors Network for those Abused by Priests) in Seattle, about her reaction to "Spotlight" winning Best Picture at the Oscars Sunday night. The...
View ArticleBrown Signs Bill To Expand Oregon Film And Video Tax Credit
The list of iconic movies filmed at least partly in Oregon is long. It includes “The Goonies,” “Animal House,” and more recently, “Wild” starring Reese Witherspoon.
View Article'We Couldn't Save Them': Lessons From A Film About Family And Addiction
The new movie Krisha is a family drama about addiction and chaos. In it, a recovering addict named Krisha comes home for Thanksgiving after being away from her family for years.If the family in the...
View Article'Star Wars' Voice Actor Who, As Admiral Ackbar, Warned 'It's A Trap!' Dies At 93
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OWswac8Vs8 Erik Bauersfeld, who died Sunday at the age of 93, wasn't a household name. But his voice was famous — thanks to three little words delivered by a...
View ArticleBritish Columbia to cut film and TV tax breaks
Bill Radke speaks with Vancouver Sun columnist Vaughn Palmer about the decision in British Columbia to reduce film and TV tax breaks.
View ArticleSIFF kicks off with Woody Allen's new film. Should you watch?
Bill Radke talks with Seattle Times columnist Nicole Brodeur and The Stranger's Sean Nelson about Seattle International Film Festival's choice to open this year's festival with the new Woody Allen film.
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