Featured Film:
Noir City at the SIFF Egyptian
Lunar New Year kicks off this week with three highly anticipated sequels from China, all of which are playing at the Pacific Place, with a couple titles playing at other theatres around town, but I’d be remiss not to declare Noir City the film event of this week in Seattle. Impressario Eddie Muller is back with his usual eclectic blend of A and B features from that perennially popular period of post-war policiers. Eighteen features in all, most of which are playing on 35mm, ranging from well-known classics like The Maltese Falcon, The Big Sleep, and Mildred Pierce, to relative unknowns like I Walk Alone, The Man Who Cheated Himself and Flesh and Fantasy. But you know what, I’m sure Mr. Muller wouldn’t mind if you snuck in a screening of Detective Chinatown 2 as well.
Playing This Week:
Detective Chinatown 2 (Chen Sicheng) Fri-Thurs
The Gold Rush (Charles Chaplin, 1925) Fri-Mon
The Thing (John Carpenter, 1982) Fri-Mon
Noir City 2018 Fri-Thurs Full Program
Detective Chinatown 2 (Chen Sicheng) Fri-Thurs
Laavan Phere (Smeep Kang) Fri-Thurs
The Philadelphia Story (George Cukor, 1940) Sun & Weds Only
Paddington (Paul King, 2014) Sat Only Free Screening
Idiocracy (Mike Judge, 2006) Sat Only
2018 Oscar Nominated Animated Shorts (Various) Tues Only
The Sound of Music (Robert Wise, 1965) Weds Only Our Podcast
The Trials of Muhammad Ali (Bill Siegel 2013) Thurs Only Free Screening
Mon oncle (Jacques Tati, 1958) Thurs Only
Have a Nice Day (Liu Jian) Fri-Thurs Our Review
The Insult (Ziad Doueiri) Sat, Sun, & Tues-Thurs
Saturday Secret Matinee: Twisted Intrigues Sat Only 16mm
Canyon Cinema 50: Continuum Sat Only 16mm
Awe (Prashanth Varma) Fri-Thurs
Toliprema (Venky Atluri) Fri-Thurs
Padman (R. Balki) Fri-Thurs
Aiyaary (Neeraj Pandey) Fri-Thurs
Padmaavat (Sanjay Leela Bhansali) Fri-Thurs
The Philadelphia Story (George Cukor, 1940) Sun & Weds Only
Padman (R. Balki) Fri-Thurs
Monster Hunt 2 (Raman Hui) Fri-Thurs
Through the Repellent Fence (Sam Wainwright Douglas) Sun Only
The Gentleman Bank Robber (Julie Perini) Sun Only Fundraiser, Discussion After
Canyon Cinema 50: Decodings Weds Only 16mm
The Departure (Lana Wilson) Weds Only Discussion After
Detective Chinatown 2 (Chen Sicheng) Fri-Thurs
Monkey King 3 (Soi Cheang) Fri-Thurs
Monster Hunt 2 (Raman Hui) Fri-Thurs
Double Lover (François Ozon) Fri-Thurs
Padmaavat (Sanjay Leela Bhansali) Fri-Thurs
Ang Dalawang Mrs. Reyes (Jun Lana) Fri-Thurs
Bilal: A New Breed of Hero (Ayman Jamal & Khurram Alavi) Fri-Thurs
Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool (Paul McGuigan) Fri-Thurs
2018 Oscar Nominated Documentary Shorts (Various) Fri-Thurs
2018 Oscar Nominated Animated Shorts (Various) Fri-Thurs
2018 Oscar Nominated Live-Action Shorts (Various) Fri-Thurs
The Virgin Spring (Ingmar Bergman, 1960) Thurs Only
Birdboy: The Forgotten Children (Pedro Rivero & Alberto Vázquez) Fri-Sun
We Need to Talk About Kevin and The Messenger (Lynne Ramsay, 2011 and Oren Moverman, 2009) Thurs Only Double Feature
Detective Chinatown 2 (Chen Sicheng) Fri-Thurs
La Boda de Valentina (Marco Polo Constandse) Fri-Thurs In Spanish with No Subtitles
The Philadelphia Story (George Cukor, 1940) Sun & Weds Only
2018 Oscar Nominated Animated Shorts (Various) Fri-Thurs
2018 Oscar Nominated Live-Action Shorts (Various) Fri-Thurs
Looking Glass (Tim Hunter) Fri-Thurs
The Philadelphia Story (George Cukor, 1940) Weds Only
In Wide Release:
Seattle Screen Scene 