Featured Film:

Lo & Behold at the SIFF Uptown

Werner Herzog and his inimitable style continues at the Uptown this week for a documentary rumination on the internet, with Lo & Behold: Reveries of the Connected World. Taking a cue perhaps from the spacey disconnections of our hyperlinked present, the film is a series of stories about the internet and its impact on human lives. Some are more compelling than others, of course, but binding it all together is Herzog’s deadpan narration, always funny, sometimes insightful, occasionally baffling. It’s not one of the prolific director’s best works, or even as good as some of his recent documentaries like Cave of Forgotten Dreams  or Encounters at the End of the World, but it’s as good a film as one is like to find in these dark days of the end of summer.

Playing This Week:

AMC Alderwood:

The Tunnel (Kim Seonghoon) Fri-Thurs

Ark Lodge Cinemas:

Captain Fantastic (Matt Ross) Fri-Thurs
Hola Mexico Film Festival Fri-Thurs

Central Cinema:

Big Trouble in Little China (John Carpenter, 1986) Fri-Weds
The Dark Crystal (Jim Henson & Frank Oz, 1982) Fri-Weds

Century Federal Way:

The Tunnel (Kim Seonghoon) Fri-Thurs
The King and I (Walter Lang, 9156) Sun & Weds Only

Grand Cinema:

Captain Fantastic (Matt Ross) Fri-Thurs
Hunt for the Wilderpeople (Taika Waititi) Fri-Thurs
Don’t Think Twice (Mike Birbiglia) Fri-Thurs
Science Fiction + Fantasy Short Film Festival Fri & Sat Only
Life, Animated (Roger Ross Williams) Tues Only
The Land (Steven Caple Jr.) Weds Only with Panel Discussion

Grand Illusion Cinema:

Fantastic Planet (René Laloux, 1973) Sat & Tues Only 35mm
The Land (Steven Caple Jr.) Fri-Thurs
Score (Radley Metzger, 1972) Weds Only

Landmark Guild 45th:

Indignation (James Schamus) Fri-Thurs
Captain Fantastic (Matt Ross) Fri-Thurs

Cinemark Lincoln Square:

100 Days of Love (Januse Mohammed Majeed) Fri-Thurs
A Flying Jatt (Remo D’Souza) Fri-Thurs
The King and I (Walter Lang, 9156) Sun & Weds Only

Regal Meridian:

Pelli Chupulu (Tharun Bhascker) Fri-Thurs

Northwest Film Forum:

Breaking a Monster (Luke Meyer) Fri-Sun
Holy Hell (Will Allen) Fri-Weds
A Quiet Place in the Country (Elio Petri, 1968) Sat & Sun Only 35mm
Made in Venice (Jonathan Pension) Thurs Only

AMC Pacific Place:

Time Raiders (Daniel Lee) Fri-Thurs

Regal Parkway Plaza:

Captain Fantastic (Matt Ross) Fri-Thurs
Rustom (Tinu Suresh Desai) Fri-Thurs

Landmark Seven Gables:

Our Little Sister (Kore-eda Hirokazu) Fri-Thurs Our Review

SIFF Film Center:

Hunt for the Wilderpeople (Taika Waititi) Fri-Thurs

Sundance Cinemas:

Don’t Think Twice (Mike Birbiglia) Fri-Thurs
The Intervention (Clea DuVall) Fri-Thurs
Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV (Takeshi Nozue) Fri-Thurs
Morris from America (Chad Hartigan) Fri-Thurs

SIFF Cinema Uptown:

Lo & Behold: Reveries of the Connected World (Werner Herzog) Fri-Thurs
Don’t Think Twice (Mike Birbiglia) Fri-Thurs
Superior (Edd Benda) Tues Only Filmmaker Q & A

Varsity Theatre:

Hunt for the Wilderpeople (Taika Waititi) Fri-Thurs
The King and I (Walter Lang, 9156) Weds Only