Rachel Shimp

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June 7, 2013 | by Rachel Shimp

SIFF Condensed: It's a (Neurotic) Man's World

Crisis situations make for good drama, which, in the right hands, makes for good filmmaking. SIFF selections for 2013 have largely explored interpersonal and global...
May 7, 2013 | by Rachel Shimp

Stacey Rozich at Roq La Rue

Who am I? Who am I becoming? Who—are—you? Last Thursday night I thought about Alice in Wonderland as I ambled through a throng of people at the opening of...
April 26, 2013 | by Rachel Shimp

The Long, Unlikely Road to Austin

Dayna Hanson’s Improvement Club premieres at SXSW.  It’s a warm Saturday evening in 
Austin and the first week of SXSW is underway. This is the indie movie...
April 26, 2013 | by Rachel Shimp

Out of Africa, into SIFF

In late June, after the Seattle International Film Festival ends each year, its organizers might prefer to write off July as one long nap. In 2012, SIFF staffer...
April 8, 2013 | by Rachel Shimp

To Eternity: Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds at the Paramount

Yesterday I was a Nick Cave virgin. After last night's show at the Paramount, I'm forever altered: a child who's been winked at by a flasher, a widow visited by a...
March 26, 2013 | by Rachel Shimp

Stunning Seattle's Mural Project

I once took a walking tour of Manhattan with street art aficionados the Wooster Collective. The guide pointed out a wheatpasted rat by Banksy, a tile mosaic from...
March 26, 2013 | by Rachel Shimp

International Boylesque Stars in Kings

Wednesday night the Triple Door will host Kings, a boylesque revue produced by filmmaker Deirdre Allen Timmons and impresario Paula Now, formerly known as Paula...