Friday January 6 – Thursday January 12

Featured Film:

Silence at the Meridian and the Lincoln Square

Every year it seems there’s one movie that doesn’t screen in time to make it onto end of the year lists, but that if it had, would have done quite well. This year, it’s Martin Scorsese’s Silence, which would surely have placed high in our end-of-the-year poll had it played here in time. As it is, it’s eligible for our 2017 poll, but will probably be forgotten by then. But regardless, it’s one of the best films of 2016, the story of Portuguese Jesuits attempting to evade persecution in 17th Century Japan, it’s at once remarkably nuanced in its exploration of faith and colonialism while remaining resolutely materialist and physical. The worthy final piece of Scorsese’s great trilogy of explicitly religious films, alongside The Last Temptation of Christ and Kundun.

Playing This Week:

AMC Alderwood:

Jackie (Pablo Larraín) Fri-Thurs
Master (Cho Uiseok) Fri-Thurs
Lost & Found (Joseph Itaya) Fri-Thurs

Central Cinema:

Blade Runner (Ridley Scott, 1982) Fri-Tues The Final Cut
The Last Starfighter (Nick Castle, 1984) Fri-Mon

SIFF Egyptian:

Jackie (Pablo Larraín) Fri-Thurs

Century Federal Way:

Master (Cho Uiseok) Fri-Thurs
Carousel (Henry King, 1956) Sun & Weds Only
One Piece Film: Gold (Hiroaki Miyamoto) Tues Only

Grand Cinema:

Jackie (Pablo Larraín) Fri-Thurs

Grand Illusion Cinema:

Mifune: The Last Samurai (Steven Okazaki) Fri-Thurs
Saturday Secret Matinees: Presented by the Sprocket Society (Various directors & years) Sat Only 16mm

Landmark Guild 45th:

One Piece Film: Gold (Hiroaki Miyamoto) Tues Only

Cinemark Lincoln Square:

Silence (Martin Scorsese) Fri-Thurs Our Review
Dangal (Nitesh Tiwari) Fri-Thurs
Jackie (Pablo Larraín) Fri-Thurs
Carousel (Henry King, 1956) Sun & Weds Only
One Piece Film: Gold (Hiroaki Miyamoto) Tues Only

Regal Meridian:

Silence (Martin Scorsese) Fri-Thurs Our Review
Dangal (Nitesh Tiwari) Fri-Thurs

Northwest Film Forum:

Harry Benson: Shoot First (Justin Bare & Matthew Miele) Fri-Thurs
2016 Sundance Film Festival Short Film Tour Weds Only
Il Solengo (Alessio Rigo de Righi & Matteo Zoppis) Starts Thurs

AMC Pacific Place:

Railroad Tigers (Ding Sheng) Fri-Thurs Our Review
One Piece Film: Gold (Hiroaki Miyamoto) Tues Only

Regal Parkway Plaza:

Jackie (Pablo Larraín) Fri-Thurs
Dangal (Nitesh Tiwari) Fri-Thurs

Seven Gables:

Jackie (Pablo Larraín) Fri-Thurs

SIFF Film Center:

The Uncondemned (Michele Mitchell & Nick Louvel) Weds Only Director Q&A
Nordic Lights Film Festival Starts Thurs Full Program

Sundance Cinemas:

Nocturnal Animals (Tom Ford) Fri-Thurs

SIFF Uptown:

Labyrinth (Jim Henson, 1986) Sun Only Quote-along

In Wide Release:

Hidden Figures (Theodore Melfi) Our Review
Fences (Denzel Washington) Our Review
La La Land (Damien Chazelle) Our Review
Assassin’s Creed (Justin Kurzel) Our Review
Moonlight (Barry Jenkins)  Our Review
Arrival (Denis Villeneuve) Our Review