Featured Film:
A Matter of Life and Death at the Beacon
It’s another strong week on Seattle Screens: SIFF favorites Lynch: A History and Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool open at the Grand and the Egyptian, respectively; an extensive retrospective of films from the American indie film distributor Factory 25 plays the Beacon, along with more in their 2010s action film series, including SPL II: A Time for Consequences and Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning; the Kiarostami retrospective moves to the SIFF Film Center with his Palme d’Or winner Taste of Cherry along with And Life Goes On (aka Life, and Nothing More…); the Northwest Film Forum hosts their annual Local Sightings Film Festival; and SAM kicks off their fall noir series with Murder, My Sweet. But our Featured Film has got to be Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger’s A Matter of Life and Death, if only because it’s the best movie playing anywhere in Seattle this week, if not this year.
Playing This Week:
Tazza: One-Eyed Jacks (Kwon Oh-Kwang) Fri-Thurs
Official Secrets (Gavin Hood) Fri-Thurs
A Matter of Life and Death (Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger, 1946) Fri, Sat, Tues & Weds
All the Light in the Sky (Joe Swanberg, 2012) Fri Only
Silver Bullets (Joe Swanberg, 2011) Fri Only
Bad Fever (Dustin Guy Defa, 2011) Sat Only
Stinking Heaven (Nathan Silver, 2015) Sat Only
The Color Wheel (Alex Ross Perry, 2011) Sat Only
The Oregonian (Calvin Reeder, 2011) Sat Only
Fake It So Real (Robert Greene, 2011) Sun Only
Better Say Something: Jay Reatard (Alex Hammond & Ian Markiewicz, 2011) Sun Only
Sun Don’t Shine (Amy Seimetz, 2011) Sun Only
Tito (Grace Glowicki) Sun Only
The Grandmaster (Wong Kar-wai, 2013) Mon Only Our Podcast
SPL II: A Time for Consequences (Soi Cheang, 2015) Mon & Weds Only Our Podcast
The Incredible Melting Man (Williams Sachs, 1977) Mon Only
Fritzcarraldo (Werner Herzog, 1982) Tues Only Beer in Attendance
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (Luis Buñuel, 1972) Weds & Thurs Only
Avengement (Jesse V. Johnson) Thurs Only
Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning (John Hyams, 2012) Thurs Only
The Third Man (Carol Reed, 1949) Fri-Weds
Half Baked (Tamra Davis, 1998) Fri-Weds
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool (Stanley Nelson) Fri-Thurs Our Review
Tazza: One-Eyed Jacks (Kwon Oh-Kwang) Fri-Thurs
Nikka Zaildar 3 (Simerjit Singh) Fri-Thurs
The Shawshank Redemption (Frank Darabont, 1994) Sun & Weds Only
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice (Rob Epstein & Jeffrey Friedman) Fri-Thurs
The Iron Giant (Brad Bird, 1999) Sat Only
Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure (Stephen Herek, 1989) Sat Only Our Podcast
Lynch: A History (David Shields) Mon & Tues Only Post-Film Discussion w/Director Monday Our Review
Anthropocene: The Human Epoch (Jennifer Baichwal, Edward Burtynsky & Nicholas de Pencier) Weds Only
Murder in the Front Row: The San Francisco Bay Area Thrash Metal Story (Adam Dubin) Fri-Sun, Tues & Thurs
Give Me Liberty (Kirill Mikhanovsky) Fri-Thurs 35mm
Gang Leader (Vikram K. Kumar) Fri-Thurs
Dream Girl (Raaj Shaandilyaa) Fri-Thurs
Official Secrets (Gavin Hood) Fri-Thurs
Ne Zha (Jiaozi) Fri-Thurs
Chhichhore (Nitesh Tiwari) Fri-Thurs
Kaappaan/Bandobast (K. V. Anand) Fri-Thurs Tamil or Telugu, Respectively Check Listings
Love Action Drama (Dhyan Sreenivasan) Fri-Thurs
Pal Pal Dil Ke Paas (Sunny Deol) Fri-Thurs
Prassthanam (Deva Katta) Fri-Thurs
The Zoya Factor (Abhishek Sharma) Fri-Thurs
Vallmiki (Harish Shankar) Fri-Thurs
The Shawshank Redemption (Frank Darabont, 1994) Sun & Weds Only
The Last Wish (Tian Yusheng) Fri-Thurs
Promare (Hiroyuki Imaishi) Fri-Thurs Subtitled
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice (Rob Epstein & Jeffrey Friedman) Fri-Thurs
Villains (Robert Olsen, Dan Berk) Fri-Thurs
Tokyo Ghoul S (Kazuhiko Hiramaki & Takuya Kawasaki) Fri Only
Local Sightings Film Festival Fri-Thurs Full Program
Midnight Diner (Tony Leung Ka-fai) Fri-Thurs Our Review
Promare (Hiroyuki Imaishi) Fri-Thurs
Bad Guys: Reign of Chaos (Son Yong-Ho) Fri-Thurs
The Last Wish (Tian Yusheng) Fri-Thurs
Ne Zha (Jiaozi) Fri-Thurs
Chhichhore (Nitesh Tiwari) Fri-Thurs
Just a Stranger (Jason Paul Laxamana) Fri-Thurs
Tod@s Caen (Ariel Winograd) Fri-Thurs
Official Secrets (Gavin Hood) Fri-Thurs
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice (Rob Epstein & Jeffrey Friedman) Fri-Thurs
Murder, My Sweet (Edward Dmytryk, 1944) Thurs Only
Taste of Cherry (Abbas Kiarostami, 1997) Fri-Sun
And Life Goes On (Abbas Kiarostami, 1992) Sat & Sun Only
Tokyo Ghoul S (Kazuhiko Hiramaki & Takuya Kawasaki) Fri Only
Official Secrets (Gavin Hood) Fri-Thurs
Villains (Robert Olsen, Dan Berk) Fri-Thurs
Tokyo Ghoul S (Kazuhiko Hiramaki & Takuya Kawasaki) Fri Only
The Shawshank Redemption (Frank Darabont, 1994) Sun, Tues & Weds Only
Raise Hell: The Life and Times of Molly Ivins (Janice Engel) Fri-Thurs
Official Secrets (Gavin Hood) Fri-Thurs
Paris is Burning (Jennie Livingston, 1990) Fri-Sun
The Last Unicorn ( Jules Bass & Arthur Rankin Jr., 1982) Sat Only
American Heretics: The Politics of Gospel (Jeanine Isabel Butler) Mon Only
Fiddlin’ (Julie Simone) Tues Only
Anthropocene: The Human Epoch (Jennifer Baichwal, Edward Burtynsky & Nicholas de Pencier) Weds Only
American Dreamer (Derrick Borte) Fri-Thurs
Bloodline (Henry Jacobson) Fri-Thurs
The Sound of Silence (Michael Tyburski) Fri-Thurs
The Shawshank Redemption (Frank Darabont, 1994) Weds Only
In Wide Release:
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