Featured Film:
Columbus at the Grand Cinema and the Varsity Theatre
Kogonada’s debut feature continues its Seattle-area run this week, expanding to the Grand in Tacoma and the Varsity. The film, about two lonely people (John Cho and Haley Lu Richardson) bonding over the modern architecture of Columbus, Indiana, played here at SIFF before opening theatrically in August (and it will be playing next month as well at VIFF). It’s one of the year’s most striking American films, equal parts Ozu and Linklater, and one that isn’t easily dismissed. I liked it a lot more than my colleagues here at SSS (as we discussed on our SIFF podcast), but Nathan’s review, wrestling with its flaws and strengths, is a terrific read.
Playing This Week:
ET: The Extra-Terrestrial (Steven Spielberg, 1982) Weds Only
Beauty and the Beast (Gary Trousdale & Kirk Wise) Fri-Thurs
Second Nature (Michael Cross) Fri-Thurs
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (Tobe Hooper, 1974) Thurs Only
Big Trouble in Little China (John Carpenter, 1986) Fri-Sun, Tues
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Frank Oz, 1988) Fri-Sun, Tues
True to the Game (Preston A. Whitmore II) Fri-Thurs
ET: The Extra-Terrestrial (Steven Spielberg, 1982) Sun & Weds Only
Columbus (Kogonada) Fri-Thurs Our Review Our Other Review
Rumble (Catherine Bainbridge & Alfonso Maiorana) Fri-Thurs
Babe (GChris Noonan, 1995) Sat Only Free Screening
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (Tobe Hooper, 1974) Sat Only
Pop Aye (Kirsten Tan) Tues Only
To Sir, With Love (James Clavell, 1967) Weds Only
L7: Pretend We’re Dead (Sarah Price) Fri-Sun
The Teacher (Jan Hrebejk) Fri-Thurs
Lucknow Central (Ranjit Tiwari) Fri-Thurs
Thupparivalan (Mysskin) Fri-Thurs
Poster Boys (Shreyas Talpade) Fri-Thurs
Arjun Reddy (Sandeep Reddy Vanga) Fri-Thurs
Shubh Mangal Saavdhan (Rs Prasanna) Fri-Thurs
Do It Like an Hombre (Nicolás López) Fri-Thurs
Simran (Hansal Mehta) Fri-Thurs
Kathalo Rajakumari (Mahesh Surapaneni) Fri-Thurs
Magalir Mattum (Bramma G) Fri-Thurs
ET: The Extra-Terrestrial (Steven Spielberg, 1982) Sun & Weds Only
Rebel in the Rye (Danny Strong) Fri-Thurs
Good Time (Josh & Benny Safdie) Fri-Thurs Our Review
Lane 1974 (S.J. Chiro) Fri-Weds
Shadow of the House (Allie Humenuk, 2007) Weds Only
Lane 1974 (S.J. Chiro) Starts Thurs
Twenty-Two (Ke Guo) Fri-Thurs
Beauty and the Beast (Gary Trousdale & Kirk Wise) Fri-Thurs
The Glass Castle (Destin Daniel Cretton) Fri-Thurs
Shubh Mangal Saavdhan (Rs Prasanna) Fri-Thurs
Ingrid Goes West (Matt Spicer) Fri-Thurs Our Review
Rebel in the Rye (Danny Strong) Fri-Thurs
The Confessions (Roberto Andò) Fri-Sun Only
Napping Princess (Kenji Kamiyama) Sat & Sun Only Japanese Sat, English Sun
Because of Gracia (Tom Simes) Fri-Thurs
Beauty and the Beast (Gary Trousdale & Kirk Wise) Fri-Thurs
ET: The Extra-Terrestrial (Steven Spielberg, 1982) Sun & Weds Only
The Trip to Spain (Michael Winterbottom) Fri-Thurs
Beach Rats (Eliza Hittman) Fri-Thurs Our Review
The Midwife (Martin Provost) Fri-Thurs
The Nile Hilton Incident (Tarik Saleh) Fri-Thurs
May It Last: A Portrait of the Avett Brothers (Judd Apatow & Michael Bonfiglio) Tues Only
Heather Booth: Changing the World (Lilly Rivlin) Thurs Only
Marjorie Prime (Michael Almereyda) Fri-Thurs
Step (Amanda Lipitz) Fri-Thurs
Columbus (Kogonada) Fri-Thurs Our Review Our Other Review
ET: The Extra-Terrestrial (Steven Spielberg, 1982) Weds Only
In Wide Release:
Seattle Screen Scene 