Featured Film:
Baahubali 2 at Various Multiplexes
One of the most-anticapted movies of 2017 opens this week at the Lincoln Square, the Meridian, the Parkway Plaza in Tukwila, the Century in Federal Way and the AMC in Lynnwood (along with a handful of other theatres in outlying areas). The sequel to the 2015 epic Baahubali: The Beginning, Baahubali 2: The Conclusion promises more of the same from director SS Rajamouli: lush romance, bloody battles, and a fantastical CGI mise-en-scène beyond the bounds of acceptability in decrepit Hollywood. In the first part, a young man of immense strength named Shividu, living in an isolated village, discovered that he was the disinherited prince of a glorious kingdom. A lengthy flashback revealed the treachery of his uncle in (probably) murdering his father after a mighty battle in which Shividu’s father was declared king. We’ll have at least one review of the movie up this week as soon as we can see it. Note that there are three different versions playing around town, in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu. The film was made in Telugu, and tickets for it in that language are the most expensive, followed in price by tickets for the shows in Tamil, and finally Hindi, which appear to be regularly priced. The movie is only playing in its original Telugu version at Cinemark/Century theatres.
Playing This Week:
Baahubali 2 (SS Rajamouli) Fri-Thurs Hindi
The Mayor (Park Inje) Fri-Thurs
Colossal (Nacho Vigalondo) Fri-Thurs
Their Finest (Lone Scherfig) Fri-Thurs
Kedi (Ceyda Torun) Fri-Thurs
Colossal (Nacho Vigalondo) Fri-Thurs
Robocop (Paul Verhoeven, 1987) Fri-Mon, Weds
The Breakfast Club (John Hughes, 1985) Fri-Mon
Evangelion 1.0: You Are (Not) Alone (Hideaki Anno, Kazuya Tsurumaki & Masayuki, 2007) Fri Only
Howl’s Moving Castle (Hayao Miyazaki, 2004) Fri Only
Akira (Katsuhiro Otomo, 1988) Fri & Mon Only
Ponyo (Hayao Miyazaki, 2008) Sat Only English Dubbed
Princess Mononoke (Hayao Miyazaki, 1997) Sat Only
The Red Turtle (Michaël Dudok de Wit, 2016) Sat Only
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (Shinichirō Watanabe, 2001) Sat Only
Ghost in the Shell (Mamoru Oshii, 1996) Sat & Tues Only
Porco Rosso (Hayao Miyazaki, 1992) Sun Only
Spirited Away (Hayao Miyazaki, 2001) Sun Only
Grave of the Fireflies (Isao Takahata, 1988) Sun Only
Castle in the Sky (Hayao Miyazaki, 1986) Sun Only
From Up on Poppy Hill (Gorô Miyazaki, 2011) Mon Only
My Neighbor Totoro (Hayao Miyazaki, 1988) Mon Only
Akira (Katsuhiro Otomo, 1988) Fri & Mon Only
The Secret World of Arrietty (Hiromasa Yonebayashi, 2010) Tues Only
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (Hayao Miyazaki, 1984) Tues Only Our Podcast
Ghost in the Shell (Mamoru Oshii, 1996) Sat & Tues Only
Pom Poko (Isao Takahata, 1994) Weds Only
Kiki’s Delivery Service (Hayao Miyazaki, 1989) Sun Only Our Podcast
Paprika (Satoshi Kon, 2006) Weds Only
Colossal (Nacho Vigalondo) Fri-Thurs
Baahubali 2 (SS Rajamouli) Fri-Thurs Hindi, Tamil & Telgu, Check Listings
Manje Bistre (Baljit Singh Deo) Fri-Thurs
The Mayor (Park Inje) Fri-Thurs
Men in Black (Barry Sonnenfeld, 1997) Sun & Weds Only
Their Finest (Lone Scherfig) Fri-Thurs
Tommy’s Honour (Jason Connery) Fri-Thurs
Raw (Julia Ducournau) Fri & Sat Only
The Midnight Orchestra (Jerome Cohen-Olivar, 2015) Mon Only
Karl Marx City (Petra Epperlein & Michael Tucker (III)) Tues Only Directors in Attendance
Ayanda (Sara Blecher) Mon Only
Tanna (Martin Butler & Bentley Dean) Tues Only
The Fits (Anna Rose Holmer) Weds Only
The Transfiguration (Michael O’Shea) Fri-Thurs
Your Name. (Makoto Shinkai) Fri-Thurs Our Review Subtitled or Dubbed in English, Check Listings
Colossal (Nacho Vigalondo) Fri-Thurs
Baahubali 2 (SS Rajamouli) Fri-Thurs Hindi, Tamil & Telgu, Check Listings
Your Name. (Makoto Shinkai) Fri-Thurs Our Review Subtitled
Their Finest (Lone Scherfig) Fri-Thurs
Men in Black (Barry Sonnenfeld, 1997) Sun & Weds Only
Baahubali 2 (SS Rajamouli) Fri-Thurs Hindi
Trainspotting 2 (Danny Boyle) Fri-Thurs
Their Finest (Lone Scherfig) Fri-Thurs
Karl Marx City (Petra Epperlein & Michael Tucker (III)) Fri Only Directors in Attendance
Shungu: The Resilience of a People (Saki Mafundikwa, 2009) Sun Only Director in Attendance
Punishment Park (Peter Watkins, 1971) Weds Only
Their Finest (Lone Scherfig) Fri-Thurs
Love Off the Cuff (Pang Ho-cheung) Fri-Thurs
Battle of Memories (Leste Chen) Fri-Thurs
Baahubali 2 (SS Rajamouli) Fri-Thurs Hindi
Trainspotting 2 (Danny Boyle) Fri-Thurs
Their Finest (Lone Scherfig) Fri-Thurs
Can’t Help Falling in Love (Mae Czarina Cruz-Alviar) Fri-Thurs
Good Morning (Yasujiro Ozu, 1959) Thurs Only 35mm
Graduation (Cristian Mungiu) Fri-Thurs Our Review
My Entire High School Sinking into the Sea (Dash Shaw) Fri-Sun Our Review
Inland Empire (David Lynch, 2006) Thurs Only
Colossal (Nacho Vigalondo) Fri-Thurs
Their Finest (Lone Scherfig) Fri-Thurs
Your Name. (Makoto Shinkai) Fri-Thurs Our Review Subtitles
Your Name. (Makoto Shinkai) Mon, Tues & Thurs Only Our Review Subtitled Only
My Entire High School Sinking into the Sea (Dash Shaw) Mon-Thurs Our Review
NFFTY 2017 Fri-Sun Full Program
Cinema Twain (Val Kilmer) Thurs Only Val Kilmer in person
Queen of the Desert (Werner Herzog, 2015) Fri-Thurs Our Review
Below Her Mouth (April Mullen) Fri-Thurs
Voice from the Stone (Eric D. Howell) Fri-Thurs
In Wide Release:
Seattle Screen Scene 