Friday December 9 – Thursday December 15

~ Sean Gilman

Featured Film:

It’s a Wonderful Life at the Grand Illusion

This Christmas a venerable Seattle tradition continues as the Grand Illusion plays, on 35 millimeter film and for the next three weeks, Frank Capra’s greatest film, the grim, bleak, heart-warming holiday classic from 1946. James Stewart plays a suicidal banker reliving the agonies of his small town, small-time life of thwarted dreams with the help of a bumbling guardian angel. Donna Reed plays the gorgeous girl next door for whom he lassos not the moon but a mortgage and a passel of toothless moochers. As densely-packed with post-war anxiety and shadowy fears as any film noir, it’s desperately cheerful.

Playing This Week:

AMC Alderwood:

Manchester By The Sea (Kenneth Lonergan) Fri-Thurs
Befikre (Aditya Chopra) Fri-Thurs

Central Cinema:

Christmas Vacation (Jeremiah S. Chechik, 1989) Fri-Tues
Muppet Christmas Carol (Brian Henson, 1992) Fri-Tues

Century Federal Way:

Dhruva (Surender Reddy) Fri-Thurs
The Bounce Back (Youssef Delara) Fri-Thurs
Man Down (Dito Montiel) Fri-Thurs
From Here to Eternity (Fred Zinneman, 1953) Sun & Weds Only

Grand Cinema:

The Eagle Huntress (Otto Bell) Fri-Thurs
Manchester By The Sea (Kenneth Lonergan) Fri-Thurs
White Christmas (Michael Curtiz, 1954) Sun, Mon, Weds & Thurs Only Sing-along
Seed: The Untold Story (Jon Betz, Taggart Siegel) Tues Only

Grand Illusion Cinema:

It’s a Wonderful Life (Frank Capra, 1946) Fri-Thurs Tues Show is Free
The Passions of Carol (Shaun Costello, 1975) Sat Only
Dead West (Jeff Ferrell)  Sun Only Director Q & A

Landmark Guild 45th:

Manchester By The Sea (Kenneth Lonergan) Fri-Thurs

Cinemark Lincoln Square:

Manchester By The Sea (Kenneth Lonergan) Fri-Thurs
Befikre (Aditya Chopra) Fri-Thurs
The Polar Express (Robert Zemeckis, 2004) Fri-Thurs
Kahaani 2 (Sujoy Ghosh) Fri-Thurs
Dear Zindagi (Gauri Shinde) Fri-Thurs
Dhruva (Surender Reddy) Fri-Thurs
From Here to Eternity (Fred Zinneman, 1953) Sun & Weds Only

Regal Meridian:

Manchester By The Sea (Kenneth Lonergan) Fri-Thurs
Befikre (Aditya Chopra) Fri-Thurs

Northwest Film Forum:

Fire at Sea (Gianfranco Rosi) Fri-Sun
Movement Material (Jeremy Moss & Pamela Vail) Sun Only Artists in Attendance
Peter and the Farm (Tony Stone) Tues & Weds Only
The Eyes of My Mother (Nicolas Pesce) Weds-Sun
Oyster Factory (Kazuhiro Soda) Thurs-Sat

AMC Pacific Place:

Sword Master (Derek Yee) Fri-Thurs Our Review
I am Not Madame Bovary (Feng Xiaogang) Fri-Thurs Our Review

Pacific Science Center:

Voyage of Time (IMAX) (Terrence Malick) Fri-Thurs Our Review

Regal Parkway Plaza:

Befikre (Aditya Chopra) Fri-Thurs
The Bounce Back (Youssef Delara) Fri-Thurs
The Super Parental Guardians (Joyce E. Bernal) Fri-Thurs
Chaar Sahibzaade: Rise of Banda Singh Bahadur  (Harry Baweja) Fri-Tues
Dear Zindagi (Gauri Shinde) Fri-Thurs

Seven Gables:

The Eagle Huntress (Otto Bell) Fri-Thurs

SIFF Film Center:

The Princess Bride (Rob Reiner, 1987) Fri-Sun Quote-along
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (Mel Stuart, 1971) Fri-Sun In Smell-O-Vision

AMC Southcenter:

The Polar Express (Robert Zemeckis, 2004) Fri-Thurs

SIFF Cinema Uptown:

Manchester By The Sea (Kenneth Lonergan) Fri-Thurs

Varsity Theatre:

A Man Called Ove (Hannes Holm) Fri-Thurs
Burn Country (Ian Olds) Fri-Thurs
From Here to Eternity (Fred Zinneman, 1953) Weds Only

In Wide Release:

Moonlight (Barry Jenkins)  Our Review
Arrival (Denis Villeneuve) Our Review

Coming Soon:

La La Land (Damien Chazelle)  Our Review

Published by Sean Gilman