Featured Film:
Noir City at the SIFF Egyptian
Our Featured Film is a no-brainer this week, as Eddie Muller is back with another festival of film noir, this year focusing on noirs from the 1950s. All the shows are playing at the Egyptian, many of them on 35mm, and it’s a superb mix of recognized classics, underseen gems and films even a long-time noir fan like me doesn’t know anything about. If you’ve seen the big names (Touch of Evil, Kiss Me Deadly, Pickup on South Street), don’t miss the less well-known, but just as good, File of Thelma Jordan, Angel Face, Nightfall and Murder by Contract. The latter plays back-to-back with Touch of Evil on Wednesday night, which is as good a single night of movies that Seattle is likely to get this year. Best thing to do though is to go to some shows you don’t know anything about: you’re almost certain to find something special.
Playing This Week:
Gully Boy (Zoya Akhtar) Fri-Thurs
The Wandering Earth (Frant Gwo) Fri-Thurs
Afro-Punk (James Spooner, 2003) Thurs Only
Black Panther (Ryan Coogler) Fri-Tues
Sweet Sweetback’s Badasssss Song (Melvin Van Peebles) Fri-Mon, Weds
Roma (Alfonso Cuarón) Fri-Thurs
Trapped (Richard Fleischer, 1949) Fri Only 35mm
The File on Thelma Jordon (Robert Siodmak, 1950) Fri Only 35mm
The Well (Russell Rouse, 1949) Sat Only
Detective Story (Detective Story, 1951) Sat Only
The Turning Point (William Dieterle, 1952) Sat Only
Angel Face (Otto Preminger, 1953) Sat Only 35mm
Pickup on South Street (Samuel Fuller, 1953) Sun Only
City That Never Sleeps (John H. Auer, 1953) Sun Only
Pushover (Richard Quine, 1954) Sun Only 35mm
Private Hell 36 (Don Siegel, 1954) Sun Only 35mm
Kiss Me Deadly (Robert Aldrich, 1955) Mon Only 35mm
Killer’s Kiss (Stanley Kubrick, 1955) Mon Only 35mm
The Scarlet Hour (Michael Curtiz, 1956) Mon Only 35mm
A Kiss Before Dying (Gerd Oswald, 1956) Mon Only 35mm
Nightfall (Jacques Tourneur, 1956) Tues Only 35mm
The Burglar (Paul Wendkos, 1956) Tues Only 35mm
Touch of Evil (Orson Welles, 1958) Weds Only
Murder by Contract (Irving Lerner, 1958) Weds Only 35mm
The Crimson Kimono (Samuel Fuller, 1959) Thurs Only 35mm
Odds Against Tomorrow (Robert Wise, 1959) Thurs Only
The Wandering Earth (Frant Gwo) Fri-Thurs
Extreme Job (Lee Byung-heon) Fri-Thurs
Fall in Love at First Kiss (Chen Yu-Shan) Fri-Thurs
Kala Shah Kala (Amarjit Singh) Fri-Thurs
My Fair Lady (George Cukor, 1964) Sun & Weds Only
2019 Oscar Documentary Shorts (Various) Fri-Thurs
2019 Oscar Animated Shorts (Various) Fri-Thurs
2019 Oscar Live Action Shorts (Various) Fri-Thurs
An American Tail (Don Bluth, 1986) Sat Only Free Screening
The Lobster (Yorgos Lanthimos, 2015) Sat Only
Bathtubs over Broadway (Dava Whisenant) Tues Only
Laurel & Hardy Short Films (Various) Weds Only
Donnybrook (Tim Sutton) Fri-Thurs
Saturday Secret Matinee Sat Only 16mm
Anandi Gopal (Sameer Vidwans) Fri-Thurs
Dev (Rajath Ravishankar) Fri-Thurs In Tamil or Telugu, Check Listings
Gully Boy (Zoya Akhtar) Fri-Thurs
URI (Aditya Dhar) Fri-Thurs
Lover’s Day (Omar Lulu) Fri & Sat Only In Telugu with No Subtitles
Nine (Januse Mohammed Majeed) Sat & Sun Only
Natasaarvabhowma (Pawan Wadeyar) Sat & Sun Only
My Fair Lady (George Cukor, 1964) Sun & Weds Only
Gully Boy (Zoya Akhtar) Fri-Thurs
The Wandering Earth (Frant Gwo) Fri-Thurs
Mirai (Mamoru Hosada) Mon Only Our Review Our Other Review Dubbed
To Sleep with Anger (Charles Burnett, 1990) Fri & Sat Only
Audition (Takashi Miike, 1999) Fri-Sun
Children’s Film Festival Seattle 2019 Sat Only
Tivoli (Alberto Isaac, 1975) Sun Only
Wings of Desire (Wim Wenders, 1987) Mon & Tues Only
The Worlds of Ursula K. LeGuin (Arwen Curry) Mon-Weds
Kaili Blues (Bi Gan, 2015) Weds & Next Tues Only
Ganja & Hess (Bill Gunn, 1973) Thurs Only
2019 Oscar Animated Shorts (Various) Fri-Thurs
2019 Oscar Live Action Shorts (Various) Fri-Thurs
The Wandering Earth (Frant Gwo) Fri-Thurs
The Wandering Earth (Frant Gwo) Fri-Thurs
Fall in Love at First Kiss (Chen Yu-Shan) Fri-Thurs
Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga (Shelly Chopra Dhar) Fri-Thurs
Gully Boy (Zoya Akhtar) Fri-Thurs
The Magic Flute (Ingmar Bergman, 1975) Thurs Only
2019 Oscar Documentary Shorts (Various) Fri-Thurs
2019 Oscar Animated Shorts (Various) Fri-Thurs
2019 Oscar Live Action Shorts (Various) Fri-Thurs
The Invisibles (Claus Räfle) Fri-Sun
My Fair Lady (George Cukor, 1964) Sun & Weds Only
Seattle Screen Scene 