Six weeks feels like a lifetime in "A Wink and a Smile," a documentary that follows 10 students through a term at Seattle's Academy of Burlesque.

In Deirdre Allen Timmons’ lighthearted documentary “A Wink and a Smile,” 10 Seattle women learn the art of burlesque. Their instructor, the very self-possessed Miss Indigo Blue, explains to ...

Made in Seattle, A Wink and a Smile combines a survey of the underground burlesque resurgence, where the traditional striptease style is often subverted to. Skip to content. Monday, June 2, 2025.

Anyone who’s interested enough in burlesque to sit through Deirdre Allen Timmons’s documentary “A Wink and a Smile” probably already knows much of what the film has to say about its often ...