Featured Film:

The Seattle International Film Festival, Week Three

The third week of SIFF features archival gems from King Hu (the masterpiece Dragon Gate Inn) and the Film Noir Foundation (Argentine thriller Los tallos amargos (The Bitter Stems), along with new films from Jia Zhangke, Sylvia Chang, Johnnie To, Herman Yau, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, and José Luis Guerín. The capper is a presentation of Buster Keaton’s greatest film, The General, accompanied by a new score from the incomparable Joe Hisaishi. Check out our Week Three Preview, along with our continuing coverage and the Mid-Festival Report episode of The Frances Farmer Show.

Playing This Week:

AMC Alderwood:

Love & Friendship (Whit Stillman) Fri-Thurs Our Review 
The Lobster (Yorgos Lanthimos) Fri-Thurs
The Wailing (Na Hong-jin) Fri-Thurs

Ark Lodge Cinemas:

The 2016 Seattle International Film Festival Fri-Thurs Full Program

Central Cinema:

¡Three Amigos! (John Landis, 1986) Fri-Mon
9 to 5 (Colin Higgins, 1980) Fri-Mon
Purple Rain (Albert Magnoli, 1984) Tues-Thurs Sing-along Our Podcast

SIFF Egyptian:

The 2016 Seattle International Film Festival Fri-Thurs Full Program

Century Federal Way:

The Lobster (Yorgos Lanthimos) Fri-Thurs
The Wailing (Na Hong-jin) Fri-Thurs

AMC Gateway:

Green Room (Jeremy Saulnier) Fri-Thurs Our Review
The Force Awakens (JJ Abrams) Fri – Thurs Our Podcast 

Grand Cinema:

Love & Friendship (Whit Stillman) Fri-Thurs Our Review
The Lobster (Yorgos Lanthimos) Fri-Thurs
A Bigger Splash (Luca Guadagnino) Fri-Thurs
Maya Angelou and Still I Rise (Bob Hercules & Rita Coburn Whack) Tues Only
SOMM: Into the Bottle (Jason Wise) Thurs Only

Grand Illusion Cinema:

T-Rex (Zackary Canepari & Drea Cooper) Fri-Thurs
The Case of the Three-Sided Dream (Adam Kahan, 2014) Fri-Thurs

Landmark Guild 45th:

A Bigger Splash (Luca Guadagnino) Fri-Thurs
Weiner (Josh Kriegman) Fri-Thurs

Cinemark Lincoln Square:

Love & Friendship (Whit Stillman) Fri-Thurs Our Review 
The Lobster (Yorgos Lanthimos) Fri-Thurs
The 2016 Seattle International Film Festival Fri-Thurs Full Program
A…Aa (Trivikram Srinivas) Fri-Thurs
Housefull 3 (Sajid-Farhad) Fri-Thurs

Regal Meridian:

Love & Friendship (Whit Stillman) Fri-Thurs Our Review 
The Lobster (Yorgos Lanthimos) Fri-Thurs

Northwest Film Forum:

Destiny (Fritz Lang, 1921) Fri-Sun 
Sweet Bean (Naomi Kawase) Fri-Sun
The Song Collector (Erik Koto) Sun Only Director and Subject in Attendance
Nightmare on Elm Street 2 (Jack Sholder, 1985) Thurs Only

AMC Oak Tree:

Love & Friendship (Whit Stillman) Fri-Thurs Our Review
A Bigger Splash (Luca Guadagnino) Fri-Thurs

AMC Pacific Place:

The Final Master (Xu Haofeng) Fri-Thurs Our Review
The 2016 Seattle International Film Festival Fri-Thurs Full Program

Regal Parkway Plaza:

Love & Friendship (Whit Stillman) Fri-Thurs Our Review
Housefull 3 (Sajid-Farhad) Fri-Thurs
Love Me Tomorrow (Gino Santos) Fri-Thurs

Landmark Seven Gables:

Dark Horse (Louise Osmond) Fri-Thurs
As I AM: The Life and Time$ of DJ AM (Kevin Kerslake) Weds Only

SIFF Film Center:

The 2016 Seattle International Film Festival Fri-Thurs Full Program

AMC Southcenter:

The Lobster (Yorgos Lanthimos) Fri-Thurs

Sundance Cinemas:

Love & Friendship (Whit Stillman) Fri-Thurs Our Review 
The Lobster (Yorgos Lanthimos) Fri-Thurs
Ma Ma (Julio Medem) Fri-Thurs
Almost Holy (Steve Hoover) Fri-Thurs

Regal Thornton Place:

The Lobster (Yorgos Lanthimos) Fri-Thurs

SIFF Cinema Uptown:

The 2016 Seattle International Film Festival Fri-Thurs Full Program