This weekend in Seattle, the tone might feel dominated by caucuses and caucus parties and thoughtful/hateful/exhausting discussion. Here’s your chance to run far away from all of the very important hand-wringing, and into the comforting embrace of a dark movie theater. We’ve put together our critics’ picks so you can avoid films like the “both inconsequential and calamitous, simultaneously sullen and earsplitting” schoolyard shoving match that is Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. If you’re looking for more options, check out our complete movie times listings, or our Things To Do calendar.
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NEW RELEASES
1. City of Gold
“A self-proclaimed “culinary geographer,” Gold logs more than 20,000 miles a year in his truck, traversing the vast grid of Los Angeles, navigating the enclaves of its nearly 20 million residents. He manages to tame its almost unfathomable scale into something that might be comprehended through Oaxacan mole, Ethiopian doro wat, and Szechuan toothpick lamb. He maps how immigrant culture has defined, and continues to define, what Los Angeles looks like—and how it tastes.” ANGELA GARBES
