Friday May 15 – Thursday May 21

Featured Film:

The Seattle International Film Festival

SIFF 2015 begins and highlights of the first week include the latest and possibly final film from Studio Ghibli, the powerhouse follow-up to The Act of Killing, a pair of intriguing experimental films, all-time greats from Powell & Pressburger and Sergei Parajanov, the latest from superstar Sammi Cheng and much more. We’ll have reviews posting throughout the festival and here is our Week One Preview.

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Playing This Week:

Admiral Theater:

The Wrecking Crew (Denny Tedesco, 2008) Fri-Thurs
Iris (Albert Maysles) Fri-Thurs

Ark Lodge Cinemas:

The Salt of the Earth (Wim Wenders & Juliano Ribeiro Salgado) Fri-Thurs

Central Cinema:

Working Girl (Mike Nichols, 1988) Fri-Mon
Pootie Tang (Louis C. K., 2001) Fri-Tues

Century Federal Way:

The Blues Brothers (John Landis, 1980) Sun and Weds Only

Crest Cinema Center:

Wild Tales (Damián Szifrón) Fri-Thurs Our Preview 
What We Do in the Shadows (Jemaine Clement & Taika Waititi) Fri-Thurs Our Preview

SIFF Cinema Egyptian:

2015 Seattle International Film Festival Program Details Our Preview

AMC Loews Factoria 8:

Bombay Velvet (Anurag Kashyap) Fri-Thurs

Grand Cinema:

Clouds of Sils Maria (Olivier Assayas) Fri-Thurs Our Preview
Looney Tunes Collection Sat Only
Wild Tales (Damián Szifrón) Tues Only Our Preview 
The Wizard of Oz (Victor Fleming, 1939) Weds Only
The Dark Side of Oz (Victor Fleming, 1939) Weds Only

Grand Illusion Cinema:

Elevator presents John Wiese Fri Only Video & Live Music
Animals (Collin Schiffli) Fri-Thurs
Epic of Everest (Captain John Noel, 1924) Sat-Thurs
VHS Über Alles presents Never Too Young to Die Sat Only VHS

Harvard Exit Theatre:

2015 Seattle International Film Festival Program Details Our Preview

Cinemark Lincoln Square Cinemas:

Bombay Velvet (Anurag Kashyap) Fri-Thurs
Piku (Shoojit Sircar) Fri-Thurs
The Blues Brothers (John Landis, 1980) Sun and Weds Only
2015 Seattle International Film Festival Program Details Our Preview

Regal Meridian 16:

Bombay Velvet (Anurag Kashyap) Fri-Thurs

Northwest Film Forum:

Heaven Adores You (Nikolas Rossi) Fri-Thurs
Dance Film Salon: One Day Pina Asked. . . (Chantal Ackerman, 1983) Mon Only
Slovenian 8mm Experiments: Karpo Godina and Davorin Marc (1965-1981) Weds Only Super 8mm/35mm/digital video
Workers Film and Photo League Newsreels Thurs Only

AMC Pacific Place:

Left Ear (Alec Su) Fri-Thurs
2015 Seattle International Film Festival Program Details Our Preview

Regal Parkway Plaza:

Bombay Velvet (Anurag Kashyap) Fri-Thurs

Scarecrow Video Screening Lounge:

Beasts of the Southern Wild (Benh Zeitlin, 2012) Fri Only
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (Wes Anderson, 2004) Fri Only
Stella Dallas (King Vidor, 1937) Sun Only
The Act of Killing (Joshua Oppenheimer, 2012) Sun Only
St. Helens (Ernest Pintoff, 1981) Mon Only
The Birds (Alfred Hitchcock, 1963) Tues Only
Prom Queen: Midnight Veil Weds Only
Showgirls w/Commentary (Paul Verhoeven, 1995) Thurs Only

Seattle Art Museum:

Black Box 2.0: Landscapes, Revisited Fri Only
Confidentially Yours (François Truffaut, 1983) Thurs Only 35mm

Landmark Seven Gables:

Clouds of Sils Maria (Olivier Assayas) Fri-Thurs Our Preview

SIFF Film Center:

2015 Seattle International Film Festival Program Details Our Preview 

Sundance Cinemas Seattle:

Iris (Albert Maysles) Fri-Thurs
5 Flights Up (Richard Loncraine) Fri-Thurs

SIFF Cinema Uptown:

2015 Seattle International Film Festival Program Details Our Preview

Varsity Theatre:

Every Secret Thing (Amy J. Berg) Fri-Thurs