Friday July 28 – Thursday August 3

~ Sean Gilman

Featured Film:

Landline at the Uptown and the AMC Seattle

Gillian Robespierre and Jenny Slate’s follow-up to Obvious Child, one of the finest romantic comedies of the decade, is a more expansive film, following the cracking up of a New York family in the mid-90s as two sisters (Slate and Abby Quinn) discover their father (John Turturro) has been cheating on their mother. It’s a coming of age story in triplicate, focusing on women dealing with crises at different stages of life (along the lines of Sylvia Chang’s 20 30 40). I wrote a bit about it at SIFF this year, and this week Melissa takes a longer look at it. Landline opens at the Uptown and what we’ve apparently agreed to call the “AMC Seattle 10” (formerly the Seattle Sundance, formerly the Metro Cinemas).

Playing This Week:

AMC Alderwood:

The Big Sick (Michael Showalter) Fri-Thurs Our Review
A Ghost Story (David Lowery) Fri-Thurs Our Review

Ark Lodge Cinemas:

The Big Sick (Michael Showalter) Fri-Thurs Our Review

Central Cinema:

Point Break (Kathryn Bigelow, 1991) Fri-Weds Our Podcast
Bring It On (Peyton Reed, 2000) Fri-Tues
Come Drink with Me (King Hu, 1966) Weds Only Our Review Our Podcast

Crest Cinema Center:

The Hero (Brett Haley) Fri-Thurs
Paris Can Wait (Eleanor Coppola) Fri-Thurs

SIFF Egyptian:

A Ghost Story (David Lowery) Fri-Thurs Our Review

Century Federal Way:

Vekh Barataan Chaliyaan (Ksshitij Chaudhary) Fri-Thurs
The Black Prince (Kavi Raz) Fri-Thurs
Fast Times at Ridgemont High (Amy Heckerling, 1982) Sun & Weds Only

Grand Cinema:

Maudie (Aisling Walsh) Fri-Thurs
A Ghost Story (David Lowery) Fri-Thurs Our Review
The Big Sick (Michael Showalter) Fri-Thurs Our Review
Dave Made a Maze (Bill Watterson) Fri Only
Tommy (Ken Russell, 1975) Sat Only
Moka (Frederic Mermoud) Tues Only
Deconstructing the Beatles: Rubber Soul (Scott Freiman) Weds Only
Eyes of the Totem (WS Van Dyke, 1927) Thurs Only

Grand Illusion Cinema:

Endless Poetry (Alejandro Jodorowsky) Fri-Thurs

Cinemark Lincoln Square:

A Ghost Story (David Lowery) Fri-Thurs Our Review
The Big Sick (Michael Showalter) Fri-Thurs Our Review
Lady Macbeth (William Oldroyd) Fri-Thurs
Fidaa (Sekhar Kammula) Fri-Thurs
Mubarakan (Anees Bazmee) Fri-Thurs
Vikram Vedha (Pushkar and Gayathri) Fri-Thurs
Gautham Nanda (Sampath Nandi) Fri-Thurs
Fast Times at Ridgemont High (Amy Heckerling, 1982) Sun & Weds Only

Regal Meridian:

City of Ghosts (Matthew Heineman) Fri-Thurs
The Big Sick (Michael Showalter) Fri-Thurs Our Review

Northwest Film Forum:

Restless Creature: Wendy Whelan (Linda Saffire & Adam Schlesinger) Fri-Sun, Weds-Thurs
VIDEOJOY (Tommy Swenson) Fri Only
The Ornithologist (João Pedro Rodrigues) Weds-Sun

AMC Oak Tree:

Scales: Mermaids Are Real (Kevan Peterson) Fri-Thurs

AMC Pacific Place:

Wolf Warrior 2 (Wu Jing) Fri-Thurs

Regal Parkway Plaza:

The Big Sick (Michael Showalter) Fri-Thurs Our Review

AMC Seattle:

Landline (Gillian Robespierre) Fri-Thurs Our Review
The Big Sick (Michael Showalter) Fri-Thurs Our Review
Lady Macbeth (William Oldroyd) Fri-Thurs
A Ghost Story (David Lowery) Fri-Thurs Our Review

Seattle Art Museum:

People Will Talk (Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1951) Thurs Only

SIFF Film Center:

Mali Blues (Lutz Gregor) Fri-Sun

AMC Southcenter:

A Ghost Story (David Lowery) Fri-Thurs Our Review

Regal Thornton Place:

The Big Sick (Michael Showalter) Fri-Thurs Our Review

SIFF Uptown:

Landline (Gillian Robespierre) Starts Thurs Our Review
Lady Macbeth (William Oldroyd) Fri-Thurs
The Little Hours (Jeff Baena) Fri-Thurs Our Review
The Beguiled (Sofia Coppola) Fri-Thurs Our Review
Raiders of the Lost Ark/Temple of Doom (Steven Spielberg, 1981/1984) Thurs Only 35mm Double Feature

Varsity Theatre:

Maudie (Aisling Walsh) Fri-Thurs
Neither Wolf nor Dog (Steven Lewis Simpson) Fri-Thurs
Fast Times at Ridgemont High (Amy Heckerling, 1982) Weds Only
Grateful Dead Meet Up 2017 Tues Only

In Wide Release:


Baby Driver (Edgar Wrighht) Our Review
Guardians of the Galaxy 2 (James Gunn) Our Review

Published by Sean Gilman