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About Andrew Hamlin

Andrew is NWAW's regular movie reviewer. He also covers arts and literature features.

“The Gentlemen”: Make a Gentlemen’s agreement to skip this one

February 7, 2020 By Andrew Hamlin

Guy Richie’s new action comedy “The Gentlemen” has one of those twisting, turning plots that’s hard to follow, and deliberately so.

Filed Under: At the Movies, Feature stories Tagged With: 2020, VOL 39 NO 6 | FEBRUARY 8 - FEBRUARY 14

“Quezon’s Game”

January 24, 2020 By Andrew Hamlin

The historical epic “Quezon’s Game” opens with a 1944 newsreel unfolding in a small screening room.

Filed Under: At the Movies, Feature stories Tagged With: 2020, VOL 39 NO 4 | JANUARY 25 - JANUARY 31

“Beyond Bollywood” takes the full measure of Indian-Americans

November 27, 2019 By Andrew Hamlin

The Museum of History and Industry (MOHAI)’s exhibit “Beyond Bollywood: Indian Americans Shape the Nation” didn’t originate in Seattle. But MOHAI’s guest curator Amy Bhatt wanted to make sure that local audiences saw a special, unique version.

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features, Feature stories Tagged With: 2019, VOL 38 NO 49 | NOVEMBER 30 - DECEMBER 6

“The Brothers Paranormal” brings folks (and ghosts) on home to roost

October 25, 2019 By Andrew Hamlin

As you might well expect from a play called “The Brothers Paranormal,” certain thriller aspects of the paranormal goings-on have to remain hidden from the general public. But director Mimi Katano was willing to let a few pennies drop.

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features, Profiles Tagged With: 2019, VOL 38 NO 44 | OCTOBER 26 - NOVEMBER 1

“Parasite” — The slow creep of societal bloodsucking

October 25, 2019 By Andrew Hamlin

Folks showed up early and in long lines for the sneak preview in Seattle of Joon-ho Bong’s new film “Parasite,” winner of the prestigious Palme d’Or prize at the Cannes Film Festival. Bong’s seventh feature film, as a director, was the first film to win the prize with a unanimous vote from the judges, since 2013.

Filed Under: At the Movies, Feature stories Tagged With: 2019, VOL 38 NO 44 | OCTOBER 26 - NOVEMBER 1

“Abominable” — Amenable all-terrain ardent action

September 27, 2019 By Andrew Hamlin

“Abominable” opens with a monster-eye view shot, fairly long, of the monster’s escape from a high-security detention area. Large, strong, and not verbal but capable of emotive grunts and hums, the huge beast fights its way to freedom, into the city beyond its prison—which, we learn quickly, is Shanghai, China’s most populous urban area.

Filed Under: At the Movies, Feature stories Tagged With: 2019, VOL 38 NO 40 | SEPTEMBER 28 - OCTOBER 4

Abbas Kiarostami Retrospective

September 13, 2019 By Andrew Hamlin

The master Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami (1940-2016) stuck to his filmmaking ways, even through his final illness, spending as much time as his health permitted on an abstract, feature-length project.

Filed Under: At the Movies, Feature stories Tagged With: 2019, VOL 38 NO 38 | SEPTEMBER 14 - SEPTEMBER 20

Carrie Yamaoka brings decay, detritus, and determinism to Henry Art Gallery

July 26, 2019 By Andrew Hamlin

Four views of a disco ball, stacked vertically. The ball itself has all the mirrored facets necessary to throw rainbow points of light around a room, but the photos are black and white, and the ball itself looks flattened, as if stepped on by a giant.

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features, Feature stories Tagged With: 2019, VOL 38 NO 31 | JULY 27 - AUGUST 2

“7th and Jackson”: A musical meeting of minds, Sara Porkalob style

July 26, 2019 By Andrew Hamlin

Intertwining history, psychology, emotion, and the hit music of yesteryear together in an ambitious dinner theatre project might seem like a big bite to take.

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features, Feature stories Tagged With: 2019, VOL 38 NO 31 | JULY 27 - AUGUST 2

“The Third Wife”: A Vietnamese tale of duty, sacrifice, and strength

July 19, 2019 By Andrew Hamlin

Ash Mayfair, born and raised in Vietnam and schooled in film at New York University, chose a story from her own family tree for her striking debut feature, “The Third Wife.”

Filed Under: At the Movies, Feature stories Tagged With: 2019, VOL 38 NO 30 | JULY 20 - JULY 26

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