Featured Film:

Last Letter at the Pacific Place

We started Seattle Screen Scene almost four years ago because we discovered that there were a bunch of movies we really wanted to see playing in multiplexes around town. Specifically, there were Johnnie To and Tsui Hark movies playing at the Pacific Place with absolutely no press or coverage in the media, social or otherwise. Every week I go through the listings of every theatre in town hoping to find similar gems that we can review and highlight. This week, it’s Last Letter, the latest film from Japanese director Shunji Iwai (A Bride for Rip van Winkle, All About Lily Chou-Chou). It’s his first film made in China, and stars Zhou Xun (from last year’s Our Time Will Come). Like his previous Love Letter and Chang-ok’s Letter, it’s about the disappointments of life and the loves of youth, about discovering people through stories, stories told in letters. A cross-generational film about love and coping with the loss of a loved one, it’s one of the finest films to hit Seattle Screens this year and it deserves an audience. Don’t miss it.

Playing This Week:

Admiral Theater:

Die Hard (John McTiernan, 1988) Weds Only

AMC Alderwood:

Thugs of Hindustan (Vijay Krishna Acharya) Fri-Thurs
Intimate Strangers (Lee Jaegyu) Fri-Thurs

Central Cinema:

Starship Troopers (Paul Verhoeven, 1997) Fri-Tues Hecklevision Sun
The Witches (Nicholas Roeg, 1990) Fri, Sat, Mon
The Growing Season (Evan Briggs) Sun Only Director & Editor Q&A

SIFF Egyptian:

Can You Ever Forgive Me? (Marielle Heller) Fri-Weds
Reel Rock 13 (Various) Thurs Only

Century Federal Way:

Intimate Strangers (Lee Jaegyu) Fri-Thurs
Die Hard (John McTiernan, 1988) Sun & Weds Only

Grand Cinema:

Can You Ever Forgive Me? (Marielle Heller) Fri-Thurs
Tea with the Dames (Roger Michell) Fri-Thurs
Wildlife (Paul Dano) Fri-Thurs
Hausu (Nobuhiko Obayashi, 1977) Sat Only
Little Pink House (Courtney Balaker) Mon Only
Brewmaster (Douglas Tirola) Tues Only
Horn From the Heart: The Paul Butterfield Story (John Anderson) Weds Only

Grand Illusion Cinema:

Night on Earth (Jim Jarmusch, 1991) Fri-Mon & Thurs 35mm
Mystery Train (Jim Jarmusch, 1989) Fri-Sun & Tues-Thurs 35mm
Liz and the Blue Bird (Naoko Yamada) Sat-Mon, Weds
Hannah Piper Burns: Hijacked Mastery, Metaphysical Mundanity Tues Only

Cinemark Lincoln Square:

Can You Ever Forgive Me? (Marielle Heller) Fri-Thurs
A Private War (Matthew Heineman) Fri-Thurs
Suspiria (Luca Guadagnino) Fri-Thurs
Thugs of Hindustan (Vijay Krishna Acharya) Fri-Thurs
Boy Erased (Joel Edgerton) Fri-Thurs
Sarkar (A.R. Murugadoss) Fri-Thurs
Ani Dr. Kashinath Ghanekar (Abhijeet Deshpande) Fri-Thurs
Badhaai Ho (Amit Sharma) Fri-Thurs
Varathan (Amal Neerad) Sat & Sun Only
Die Hard (John McTiernan, 1988) Sun & Weds Only

Regal Meridian:

Thugs of Hindustan (Vijay Krishna Acharya) Fri-Thurs
Boy Erased (Joel Edgerton) Fri-Thurs
Prospect (Chris Caldwell & Zeek Earl) Fri-Thurs

Northwest Film Forum:

Life and Nothing More (Antonio Méndez Esparza) Fri-Weds
Tribal Justice (Anne Makepeace) Sat Only
Kuroneko (Kaneto Shindo, 1968) Sat Only
Sticky Shed Syndrome Sun Only
Meow Wolf: Origin Story (Morgan Capps & Jilann Spitzmiller) Thurs Only Skype Q&A
Narcissister Organ Player (Narcissister) Starts Thurs Skype Q&A

AMC Oak Tree:

Can You Ever Forgive Me? (Marielle Heller) Fri-Thurs

AMC Pacific Place:

Suspiria (Luca Guadagnino) Fri-Thurs
A Private War (Matthew Heineman) Fri-Thurs
Last Letter (Shunji Iwai) Fri-Thurs Our Review

Regal Parkway Plaza:

Badhaai Ho (Amit Sharma) Fri-Thurs
First Love (Paul Soriano) Fri-Thurs
Thugs of Hindustan (Vijay Krishna Acharya) Fri-Thurs

AMC Seattle:

Suspiria (Luca Guadagnino) Fri-Thurs
Wildlife (Paul Dano) Fri-Thurs
Time Freak (Andrew Bowler) Fri-Thurs

Seattle Art Museum:

Night of the Hunter (Charles Laughton, 1955) Thurs Only 35mm

SIFF Film Center:

Descent into the Maelstrom: The Untold Story of Radio Birdman (Jonathan Sequeira) Fri Only
Seattle Turkish Film Festival 2018 Fri-Sun Full Program

AMC Southcenter:

Suspiria (Luca Guadagnino) Fri-Thurs

Regal Thornton Place:

Suspiria (Luca Guadagnino) Fri-Thurs
Die Hard (John McTiernan, 1988) Sun & Weds Only

SIFF Uptown:

Suspiria (Luca Guadagnino) Fri-Thurs
Boy Erased (Joel Edgerton) Fri-Thurs
Cinema Italian Style 2018 Fri-Thurs Full Program

Varsity Theatre:

Wildlife (Paul Dano) Fri-Thurs
Liz and the Blue Bird (Naoko Yamada) Sun & Weds Only
The Advocate (Billy Clift) Tues Only
Die Hard (John McTiernan, 1988) Weds Only