Friday April 7 – Thursday April 13

~ Sean Gilman

Featured Film:

Makoto Shinkai’s Your Name.

The latest film from the master of sentimental anime finally opens here in the US after smashing box office records last fall throughout Asia. Shinkai is a maker of supernaturally gorgeous romances like 2007’s 5 Centimeters per Second and 2013’s The Garden of Words, and the unusually punctuated Your Name. appears to follow in this vein. Based on his own novel, it’s about a pair of teenagers, country girl and city boy, who begin intermittently switching bodies. It’s playing in both English and the original Japanese at various theatres around town, be sure to check the listings to make sure you get the proper version.

Playing This Week:

AMC Alderwood:

Your Name. (Makoto Shinkai) Fri-Thurs Our Review
John Wick: Chapter 2 (Chad Stahelski) Fri-Thurs Our Review
Hidden Figures (Theodore Melfi) Fri-Thurs Our Review
The Prison (Kim Rae-won & Han Suk-kyu) Fri-Thurs

Central Cinema:

Ghostbusters (Ivan Reitman, 1984) Fri-Mon, Weds
Friday (F. Gary Gray, 1995) Fri-Mon
Blood Diner (Jackie Kong, 1987) Tues Only

SIFF Egyptian:

Raw (Julia Ducournau) Fri-Thurs
Danger Diva (Robert McGinley) Thurs Only World Premiere, Live Performance by Thunderpussy

Century Federal Way:

Clue (Jonathan Lynn, 1985) Sun & Weds Only

Grand Cinema:

Personal Shopper (Olivier Assayas) Fri-Thurs Our Review
Land of Mine (Martin Pieter Zandvliet) Fri-Thurs
The Last Word (Mark Pellington) Fri-Tues
Brazil (Terry Gilliam, 1985) Sat Only
Ixcanul (Jayro Bustamante, 2015) Sun Only Our Review
Venice (Kiki Alvarez, 2014) Mon Only
Antarctica: Ice & Sky (Luc Jacquet) Tues Only
Real Boy (Shaleece Haas) Thurs Only

Grand Illusion Cinema:

The Void (Jeremy Gillespie & Steven Kostanski) Fri-Thurs
Kizumonogatari Part 3: Reiketsu (Tatsuya Oishi & Akiyuki Shinbo) Sat-Mon Only

Landmark Guild 45th:

Your Name. (Makoto Shinkai) Fri-Thurs Our Review Subtitled or Dubbed in English, Check Listings
Kedi (Ceyda Torun) Fri-Thurs

Cinemark Lincoln Square:

Your Name. (Makoto Shinkai) Fri-Thurs Our Review Subtitled or Dubbed in English, Check Listings
Cheliyaa (Mani Ratnam) Fri-Thurs Telugu
Kaatru Veliyidai (Mani Ratnam) Fri-Thurs Tamil
Guru (Sudha K Prasad) Fri-Thurs
Clue (Jonathan Lynn, 1985) Sun & Weds Only

Regal Meridian:

Trainspotting 2 (Danny Boyle) Fri-Thurs

Northwest Film Forum:

Cinemania (Angela Christlieb & Stephen Kijak, 2002) Fri Only 35mm
I Called Him Morgan (Kasper Collin) Starts Thurs
Surround Sound Laydown Sat Only Live music, film screening, and poetry reading!
Apple Pie (Sam Hamilton) Sun Only
A Roll for Peter Thurs Only

AMC Oak Tree:

1 Mile to You (Leif Tilden) Fri-Thurs

AMC Pacific Place:

La La Land (Damien Chazelle) Fri-Thurs Our Review
The Devotion of Suspect X (Alec Su) Fri-Thurs

Regal Parkway Plaza:

Song to Song (Terrence Malick) Fri-Thurs Our Review
The Last Word (Mark Pellington) Fri-Thurs
Hidden Figures (Theodore Melfi) Fri-Thurs Our Review
Northern Lights: A Journey to Love (Dondon S. Santos) Fri-Thurs

Seattle Art Museum:

Tokyo Story (Yasujiro Ozu, 1953) Thurs Only 35mm

Landmark Seven Gables:

Frantz (François Ozon) Fri-Thurs

SIFF Film Center:

As You Are (Miles Joris-Peyrafitte) Fri-Sun Only
All That Heaven Allows (Douglas Sirk, 1955) Tues Only

AMC Southcenter:

Your Name. (Makoto Shinkai) Fri-Thurs Our Review Subtitled Only

Sundance Cinemas:

Personal Shopper (Olivier Assayas) Fri-Thurs Our Review
Wilson (Craig Johnson) Fri-Thurs

Regal Thornton Place:

Your Name. (Makoto Shinkai) Fri-Thurs Our Review

SIFF Uptown:

Your Name. (Makoto Shinkai) Fri-Thurs Our Review Subtitled Only
Trainspotting 2 (Danny Boyle) Fri-Thurs

Varsity Theatre:

Aftermath (Elliott Lester) Fri-Thurs
The Assignment (Walter Hill) Fri-Thurs

Published by Sean Gilman