HELLO WEED LOVERS! It’s almost time for the stone-iest time of the year… the SPLIFF Film Festival—featuring short, hilarious, trippy, and thoughtful mini-movies about cannabis—all made by stoners just like YOU!

At SPLIFF, you’ll see films that will make you laugh, films that will make you think, and films that will make you ask, “What the fuck was that?! It’s the world’s only film festival made for stoners, by stoners!

The fourth installment of SPLIFF debuts at the Egyptian Theater for ONE DAY ONLY on Saturday, April 30—so a sell-out is possible. Don’t be left out of the fun… GET YOUR TICKETS

Evelyn Wong has come unstuck in the multiverse, and you are invited to join her.

The literally-otherworldly Everything Everywhere All at Once is not merely a film but something like a neurological experiment. Or perhaps the last hundred years of cinema was an experiment leading up to this? You will remember not just where you were when you first saw it, but the excited conversations that you will have in the days that follow.

Living up to its name, the film is a boundlessly inventive experience, a touching family drama, an adventure, a science-fiction voyage, a fashion show, a punny tone poem, a fight, a love story. It is

A pro. Charles Mudede

On a cold and rainy late-fall night, I walked down an alley toward the door for one of Seattle’s most prestigious cultural institutions, Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley. The year was 2010. My wife and I had dressed up for a show that featured the greatest singer of that time, Cassandra Wilson. I discovered her voice back in 1993 while listening to a jazz program on KCMU (Now KEXP). The radio played her version of Robert Johnson’s “Come on in my Kitchen.” The old blues song is already haunting, and Wilson re-haunted it with a soul that tapped the deepest parts of the black American experience. That night

Alison Brie is scheduled to attend screenings of Spin Me Round, which also stars Aubrey Plaza.
Tickets for this year’s Seattle International Film Festival, which is returning this year with both in-person and virtual screenings, go on sale to the general public today at 10 am. The lineup dropped yesterday, and there’s a lot to choose from, with 262 films over 11 days (April 14–24).

To help you narrow it down, we’ve rounded up all of our top picks on our guide to what to see at SIFF, where you can browse our recommendations by venue and date, check out trailers, get tickets, and

Though there’s nothing particularly interesting about the story itself, I can’t stop thinking about FaZe x Batman, a new DC comic series that pairs Batman with the actual guys from a real-life pro gamer team. It’s a cynical campaign that comes overloaded with merch — rather than offering any details about the story, promo material focuses instead on the tie-ins with jerseys, tees, hoodies, mousepads, key caps, and a PJ set.

Incredibly, there is no associated NFT, though this collaboration is infused with that same toxic spirit.

Who do you suppose approached who with this? Did the gamers pitch themselves to Warner Bros, or did some LA executive go

Jean Nagai’s Islands—his immersive paintings are always worth seeing in person. Koplin Del Rio

Those who have spent time in the Pacific Northwest know how bright grayness can be. Though we often don’t see a lick of blue sky for days at a time, the sun’s rays get filtered through dense cloud layers, casting everything in an illuminated gray. Georgetown gallery Koplin Del Rio’s latest offering, heavy light, seems to give name to this concept. The show is a group exhibition of artists “connected to or influenced by the Pacific Northwest” in all its gray, mossy, moody, brilliant splendor. Most notably among those showing is

The cinematic event that is Memoria is an experience so poetic and profound, it left acclaimed film critic Justin Chang bowing down in front of the screen in what he described as a “quasi-religious posture that cinema at its most rapturous can inspire.” Even as this description earned the longtime stalwart of the LA Times some ribbing online, this is about as good of an entry point as one could get to understanding this film’s impact.

Making meticulous use of sound to create an evocative experience, the dedicated auteur that is director and screenwriter Apichatpong Weerasethakul has created another work of art. It washes over you with a patient

This is to all the asshole bicyclists who insist on riding on walking trails in our parks and natural areas. Y’all are some of the most entitled folks I’ve ever met. Almost every time I go for a peaceful walk on walking trails, I come across one of you.

There are signs that explicitly say “no bikes allowed on trails.” Do you really think they’re there for no reason? Newsflash: biking is bad for natural areas. The speed and weight of bikes do so much more damage than footsteps. Bikes accelerate erosion, leave v-shaped ruts in the trail, kill small plants and wildlife

Surfbort plays this weekend as a part of The Freakout Weekender. Catch them from 10:30 to 11:30 at Madame Lou’s this Friday. Courtesy Freakout Records

Every year, we tell you we’re big fans of Freakout Fest, the long-running psych rock fest in Ballard put on by Freakout Records. So it shouldn’t surprise you that we’re equally stoked for this weekend’s Freakout Weekender, presented by Freakout and The Crocodile. This fest seizes four stages across The Crocodile and Belltown Yacht Club this Friday and Saturday, featuring over 40 artists. That’s a lot to parse through, so we’re here to help. Let’s get to it.
On a miserably rainy Sunday