Featured Film:

Knight of Cups at the Seven Gables and the Lincoln Square

The seventh feature from Terrence Malick, one of cinema’s most revered filmmakers, arrives on Seattle (and Bellevue) screens this week. Malick continues his push to narrative abstraction as he reunites with star Christian Bale, who previously worked with the director on The New World, one of the best films of the young century. In Knight of Cups Bale plays a successful screenwriter that sleeps with a bunch of pretty women but feels really bad about it. The film is as much a portrait of the hedonistic City of Angels, as it is of its protagonist. Come for the overlapping internal monologues, stay for Antonio Banderas diving into a pool in a tuxedo. Our Review.

Playing This Week:

Central Cinema:

The Wedding Singer (Frank Coraci, 1998) Fri-Weds
Bridesmaids (Paul Feig, 2011) Fri-Weds

Century Federal Way:

The Mermaid (Stephen Chow) Fri-Thurs Our Review 
Love Punjab (Rajiv Dhingra) Fri-Thurs
The Good, the Bad & the Ugly (Sergio Leone, 1966) Sun & Weds Only

Grand Cinema:

Son of Saul (László Nemes) Fri-Thurs
A War (Tobias Lindholm) Fri-Thurs
Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror (FW Murnau) Sun Only Live Score
Janis: Little Girl Blue (Amy Berg) Tues Only
Psycho Pass: The Movie (Zach Bolton) Tues & Weds Only
Singing’ in the Rain (Stanley Donen & Gene Kelly, 1952) Weds Only

Grand Illusion Cinema:

Requiem for the American Dream (Peter D. Hutchison, Kelly Nyks & Jared P. Scott ) Fri-Thurs Q & A Thurs Our Review
VHS Uber Alles presents Robo-C.H.I.C. (Ed Hansen & Jeffrey Mandel, 1990) Fri Only
The Sprocket Society presents Saturday Secret Matinees Sat Only
53rd Ann Arbor Film Festival Traveling Tour: Digital Program: Part A Sat & Tues Only Full Program 
The Blood of Jesus  with Hell-Bound Train (Spencer Williams, James and Eloyce Gist, 1941 & 1931) Sun Only

Landmark Guild 45th Theatre:

The Boy and the Beast (Mamoru Hosada) Fri-Thurs Dubbed and Subtitled, Check Showtimes
Psycho Pass: The Movie (Zach Bolton) Tues & Weds Only

Cinemark Lincoln Square:

Knight of Cups (Terrence Malick) Fri-Thurs Our Review
The Boy and the Beast (Mamoru Hosada) Fri-Thurs English Dubbed
Kalyana Vaibhogame (B. V. Nandini Reddy) Fri-Thurs
The Good, the Bad & the Ugly (Sergio Leone, 1966) Sun & Weds Only

Northwest Film Forum:

Echoes of Silence (Peter Emmanuel Goldman, 1967) Fri Only 16mm, Live Score
Seattle Web Fest 2016 Sat Only
The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum (Kenji Mizoguchi, 1939) Sun & Mon Only
Here Come the Videofreex (Jon Nealon & Jenny Raskin) Sun-Weds Only
Madam Phung’s Last Journey (Nguyễn Thị Thấm) Sun Only
Wings of Desire (Wim Wenders, 1987) Thurs Only

AMC Pacific Place:

The Mermaid (Stephen Chow) Fri-Thurs Our Review
Rise of the Legend (Roy Chow, 2014) Fri-Thurs Our Review

Regal Parkway Plaza:

Always Be My Maybe (Dan Villegas) Fri-Thurs
Ip Man 3 (Wilson Yip) Fri-Thurs Our Review
Ardaas (Gippy Grewal) Fri-Thurs

Scarecrow Video Screening Room:

Framing Pictures: A Floating Conversation about Film Fri Only
Troop Beverly Hills (Jeff Kanew, 1989) Sat Only
The Quiet Man (John Ford, 1952) Sun Only
The Ugly Swans (Konstantin Lopushansky, 2006) Sun Only
Humble Pie (Chris Bowman, 2007) Mon Only
Streetwise (Martin Bell, 1984) Tues Only
The Playhouse & Sherlock Jr (Buster Keaton, 1921 & 1924) Weds Only
Irma Vep (Olivier Assayas, 1996) Thurs Only

Seattle Art Museum:

Il Divo (Paolo Sorrentino, 2009) Thurs Only 35mm

Landmark Seven Gables:

Knight of Cups (Terrence Malick) Fri-Thurs Our Review

SIFF Film Center:

Son of Saul (László Nemes) Fri-Sun
Anomalisa (Charlie Kaufman & Duke Johnson) Fri-Sun Our Review 
Wrong Move (Wim Wenders, 1975) Weds Only

SIFF Cinema Uptown:

Only Yesterday (Isao Takahata) Fri-Thurs Our Podcast Subtitled and Dubbed, Check Listings
Embrace of the Serpent (Ciro Guerra) Fri-Thurs
Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror (FW Murnau) Mon Only Live Score

Sundance Cinemas:

Son of Saul (László Nemes) Fri-Thurs
Colliding Dreams (Joseph Dorman & Oren Rudavsky) Fri-Thurs

In Wide Release:

The Witch (Robert Eggers) Our Review
Hail, Caesar! (Joel & Ethan Coen) Our Review
13 Hours (Michael Bay) Our Review
The Revenant (Alejandro González Iñárritu) Our Review
The Force Awakens (JJ Abrams) Our Podcast
Sisters (Jason Moore) Our Review
Brooklyn (John Crowley) Our Review
Spotlight (Tom McCarthy) Our Review
Bridge of Spies (Steven Spielberg) Our Review

Featured Film:

2015 Favorites Return

With awards season finally behind us (for a few weeks at least), some of the best films of the past year have been returning for short engagements at area theatres. Johnnie To’s Office played one night at the Uptown a couple of weeks ago and features this weekend at the Issaquah International Film Festival. Guy Maddin’s The Forbidden Room, one of our favorite films of the year, a nesting doll of lunacy that ranks as possibly Maddin’s funniest and weirdest film, is back on Monday at the SIFF Uptown. Laurie Anderson’s heartbreaking memory film on life, death and a beloved pet Heart of a Dog plays Tuesday only at the Grand Cinema in Tacoma. And on Wednesday, Scarecrow Video’s Screening Room presents Alex Garland’s Ex Machina, starring freshly minted Oscar winner Alicia Vikander as a scheming robot built by Oscar Isaac.

Playing This Week:

 

Central Cinema:

Back to the Future (Robert Zemeckis, 1985) Fri-Weds
Army of Darkness (Sam Raimi, 1993) Fri-Weds

Century Federal Way:

The Mermaid (Stephen Chow) Fri-Thurs Our Review 
To Kill a Mockingbird (Robert Mulligan, 1962) Sun & Weds Only

Grand Cinema:

Son of Saul (László Nemes) Fri-Thurs
Heart of a Dog (Laurie Anderson) Tues Only

Grand Illusion Cinema:

A Married Woman (Jean-Luc Godard, 1964) Fri-Thurs
The Sprocket Society presents Saturday Secret Matinees Sat Only
53rd Ann Arbor Film Festival Traveling Tour: Digital Program: Part A Tues Only Full Program

Landmark Guild 45th Theatre:

The Boy and the Beast (Mamoru Hosada) Fri-Thurs Dubbed and Subtitled, Check Showtimes

Cinemark Lincoln Square:

The Boy and the Beast (Mamoru Hosada) Fri-Thurs English Dubbed
Kalyana Vaibhogame (B. V. Nandini Reddy) Fri-Thurs
Neerja (Ram Madhvani) Fri-Thurs
Jai Gangaajal (Prakash Jha) Fri-Thurs
To Kill a Mockingbird (Robert Mulligan, 1962) Sun & Weds Only

Northwest Film Forum:

Men Go to Battle (Zachary Treitz) Fri-Thurs Director & Producer in Attendance
International Women’s Day 2016 Sat Only
Love Between the Covers (Laurie Kahn) Sun-Weds Only
Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story (Daniel Raim) Sun Only
The Goalie’s Anxiety at the Penalty Kick (Wim Wenders, 1971) Thurs Only
The State of Things (Wim Wenders, 1982) Thurs Only

AMC Pacific Place:

The Mermaid (Stephen Chow) Fri-Thurs Our Review

Regal Parkway Plaza:

Always Be My Maybe (Dan Villegas) Fri-Thurs
Ip Man 3 (Wilson Yip) Fri-Thurs Our Review
Busco Novio Para Mi Mujer (Enrique Begne) Fri-Thurs

Scarecrow Video Screening Room:

9 to 5 (Colin Higgins, 1980) Fri Only
Trashgasm: Nude Nuns with Big Guns (Joseph Guzman, 2010) Sat Only Live Music
The Informer (John Ford, 1935) Sun Only
I’ve Heard the Mermaids Singing (Patricia Rozema, 1987) Sun Only
Telefon (Don Siegel, 1977) Mon Only
The Lady Vanishes (Alfred Hitchcock, 1938) Tues Only
Ex Machina (Alex Garland, 2015) Weds Only
Cleo from 5 to 7 (Agnès Varda, 1962) Thurs Only

Seattle Art Museum:

The Arabian Nights (Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1974) Thurs Only 35mm

Landmark Seven Gables:

Son of Saul (László Nemes) Fri-Thurs
A War (Tobias Lindholm) Fri-Thurs

SIFF Film Center:

The Forbidden Room (Guy Maddin) Mon Only Our Review
Alice in the Cities (Wim Wenders, 1974) Weds Only

SIFF Cinema Uptown:

Only Yesterday (Isao Takahata) Fri-Thurs Our Podcast Subtitled and Dubbed, Check Listings
The Club (Pablo Larrain) Fri-Thurs
Issaquah International Film Festival 2016 Sat & Sun Only Full Program 
The Mask You Live In (Jennifer Siebel Newsom) Thurs Only Panel Discussion

In Wide Release:

The Witch (Robert Eggers) Our Review
Hail, Caesar! (Joel & Ethan Coen) Our Review
13 Hours (Michael Bay) Our Review
The Revenant (Alejandro González Iñárritu) Our Review
The Force Awakens (JJ Abrams) Our Podcast
Sisters (Jason Moore) Our Review
Brooklyn (John Crowley) Our Review
Spotlight (Tom McCarthy) Our Review
Bridge of Spies (Steven Spielberg) Our Review

Featured Film:

Only Yesterday at the SIFF Uptown

Isao Takahata’s 1991 masterpiece is finally being released in North America, having been one of the only films produced by Studio Ghibli that Disney did not bother to make available when they controlled the rights to their films, apparently because it’s simply too real. A quiet story of a woman in her late 20s who takes a vacation in the country which inspires a series of memories of her ten year old self, the film shifts fluidly between past and present, between childhood traumas and adults dreams so deftly that the film is more rightly compared to the greatest works by Japanese masters such as Mikio Naruse or Yasujiro Ozu than the products served up lately by Disney, Dreamworks or even Pixar and Hayao Miyazaki. It’s one of the three best films Ghibli ever made (along with Miyazaki’s Kiki’s Delivery Service and Yoshifumi Kondō’s Whisper of the Heart. It’s playing in both the original Japanese and English-dubbed versions. Despite Daisy Ridley’s voice, there’s really no reason to see the latter: the film is a bit too mature for illiterate children, and if you’re old enough to like this movie, you’re old enough to read subtitles. It’s a film of such locational and cultural specificity that watching it in English is an act of destruction. We talked all about the movie and a lot of other Ghibli films besides a couple of years ago on this episode of the They Shot Pictures podcast.

Playing This Week:

Ark Lodge Cinemas:

Oscar Nominated Animated Short Films Fri-Thurs Our Review

Central Cinema:

Grease (Randal Kleiser, 1978) Fri-Weds
Mulholland Dr. (David Lynch, 2001) Fri-Weds
Velvet Goldmine (Todd Haynes, 1998) Thurs Only

Century Federal Way:

Channo Kamli Yaar Di (Pankaj Batra) Fri-Thurs

Grand Cinema:

45 Years (Andrew Haigh) Fri-Thurs Our Review
Southbound (Various) Fri & Sat Only

Grand Illusion Cinema:

The Vanished Elephant (Javier Fuentes-León) Fri-Thurs
Kizumonogatari Part 1: Tekketsu (Akiyuki Shimbou) Sat-Mon Only
The Sprocket Society presents Saturday Secret Matinees Sat Only

Landmark Guild 45th Theatre:

A War (Tobias Lindholm) Fri-Thurs

Cinemark Lincoln Square:

Neerja (Ram Madhvani) Fri-Thurs
Tere Bin Laden Dead or Alive (Abhishek Sharma) Fri-Thurs
Oscar Nominated Live Action Short Films Fri-Thurs
Oscar Nominated Animated Short Films Fri-Thurs Our Review

Regal Meridian:

45 Years (Andrew Haigh) Fri-Thurs Our Review
Busco Novio Para Mi Mujer (Enrique Begne) Fri-Thurs

Northwest Film Forum:

New Voices of World Cinema (Various) Fri Only
Hadwin’s Judgment (Sasha Snow) Fri & Sat Only
Bob and the Trees (Diego Ongaro) Fri & Sat Only
Schellen-Ursli (The Little Mountain Boy) (Xavier Koller) Sat Only
K2 and the Invisible Footmen (Iara Lee) Sat Only
Bungalow Heaven Sun Only
Drawing the Tiger (Amy Benson) Mon Only
Paris, Texas (Wim Wenders, 1984) Thurs Only

AMC Loews Oak Tree:

Anomalisa (Charlie Kaufman & Duke Johnson) Fri-Thurs Our Review

AMC Pacific Place:

Anomalisa (Charlie Kaufman & Duke Johnson) Fri-Thurs Our Review
The Mermaid (Stephen Chow) Fri-Thurs Our Review
The Monkey King 2 (Soi Cheang) Fri-Thurs

The Paramount Theatre:

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (Fred Niblo & Charles Brabin, 1925) Mon Only

Regal Parkway Plaza:

Walang Forever (Dan Villegas) Fri-Thurs
Ip Man 3 (Wilson Yip) Fri-Thurs Our Review
Busco Novio Para Mi Mujer (Enrique Begne) Fri-Thurs

Scarecrow Video Screening Room:

Edge of Tomorrow (Doug Liman, 2014) Fri Only
Night Movies (Arthur Penn, 1975) Sat Only
King of Kings (Cecl B. DeMille, 1927) Sun Only
Comedy Section Spotlight Sun Only
Chris Marker Group Mon Only

Landmark Seven Gables:

Son of Saul (László Nemes) Fri-Thurs
Rams (Grímur Hákonarson) Fri-Thurs
Oscar Nominated Animated Short Films Fri-Thurs Our Review

SIFF Film Center:

The American Friend (Wim Wenders, 1977) Weds Only

AMC Southcenter:

45 Years (Andrew Haigh) Fri-Thurs Our Review

Sundance Cinemas:

45 Years (Andrew Haigh) Fri-Thurs Our Review
Last Man on the Moon (Mark Craig) Fri-Thurs

SIFF Cinema Uptown:

Only Yesterday (Isao Takahata) Fri-Thurs Our Podcast Subtitled and Dubbed, Check Listings
45 Years (Andrew Haigh) Fri-Thurs Our Review 
Mustang (Deniz Gamze Ergüven) Fri-Thurs Our Review
Stephen Tobolowsky in person: The Primary Instinct and Groundhog Day Mon Only

In Wide Release:

The Witch (Robert Eggers) Our Review
Hail, Caesar! (Joel & Ethan Coen) Our Review
13 Hours (Michael Bay) Our Review
The Revenant (Alejandro González Iñárritu) Our Review
The Force Awakens (JJ Abrams) Our Podcast
Sisters (Jason Moore) Our Review
Brooklyn (John Crowley) Our Review
Spotlight (Tom McCarthy) Our Review
Creed (Ryan Coogler) Our Review
Bridge of Spies (Steven Spielberg) Our Review
The Martian (Ridley Scott) Our Review

Featured Film:

The Arabian Nights at the SIFF Film Center

One of the very best films of 2015 finally appears this week on Seattle Screens, with the debut of director Miguel Gomes’s three-part, six hour panorama of contemporary Portugal. Taking the story of Scheherazade as a starting point, Gomes weaves together a series of tales of varying degrees of realism (neo-, magical, sur-) to tell the story of austerity-era Portugal. A world of priapic businessmen, wandering bandits, ghost dogs, pyromaniac lovers, psychic roosters, outrageous court proceedings, an unbelievable amount of chaffinches and much much more, with a perfect soundtrack (“Perfida”, “Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft”, “Say You, Say me”) and soulful performances, it’s the masterpiece of sad absurdity our world demands.

Playing This Week:

Central Cinema:

Who Framed Roger Rabbit (Robert Zemeckis, 1988) Fri-Tues
The Third Man (Carol Reed, 1949) Fri-Tues

Century Federal Way:

A Violent Prosecutor (Lee Il-hyung) Fri-Thurs
Channo Kamli Yaar Di (Pankaj Batra) Fri-Thurs
The Maltese Falcon (John Huston, 1941) Sun & Weds Only

Grand Cinema:

45 Years (Andrew Haigh) Fri-Thurs Our Review
Oscar Nominated Live Action Short Films Tues Only

Grand Illusion Cinema:

We Are Twisted F***ing Sister! (Andrew Horn) Fri-Thurs
The Sprocket Society presents Saturday Secret Matinees Sat Only
EXcinema Group Show Tues Only

Landmark Guild 45th Theatre:

Oscar Nominated Live Action Short Films Fri-Thurs
Oscar Nominated Animated Short Films Fri-Thurs Our Review

Cinemark Lincoln Square:

Krishnashtami (Vasu Varma) Fri-Thurs
Neerja (Ram Madhvani) Fri-Thurs
Krishna Gaadi Veera Prema Gaadha (Hanu Raghavapudi) Fri-Thurs
The Maltese Falcon (John Huston, 1941) Sun & Weds Only
Oscar Nominated Live Action Short Films Fri-Thurs
Oscar Nominated Animated Short Films Fri-Thurs Our Review
Busco Novio Para Mi Mujer (Enrique Begne) Fri-Thurs

Regal Meridian:

Oscar Nominated Live Action Short Films Fri-Thurs
Oscar Nominated Animated Short Films Fri-Thurs Our Review
Busco Novio Para Mi Mujer (Enrique Begne) Fri-Thurs

Northwest Film Forum:

Ruined Heart (Khavn De La Cruz) Fri-Weds
In Football We Trust (Tony Vainuku) Sat Only
Seattle Asian-American Film Festival Fri-Sun Full Program
Morphine: Journey of Dreams (Mark Shuman) Weds Only

AMC Loews Oak Tree:

45 Years (Andrew Haigh) Fri-Thurs Our Review 
Anomalisa (Charlie Kaufman & Duke Johnson) Fri-Thurs Our Review

AMC Pacific Place:

The Mermaid (Stephen Chow) Fri-Thurs
The Monkey King 2 (Soi Cheang) Fri-Thurs

The Paramount Theatre:

Lime Kiln Club Field Day (T. Hayes Hunter, Edwin Middleton, & Sam Corker Jr., 1913) Mon Only

Regal Parkway Plaza:

Walang Forever (Dan Villegas) Fri-Thurs
Ip Man 3 (Wilson Yip) Fri-Thurs Our Review
Oscar Nominated Live Action Short Films Fri-Thurs
Oscar Nominated Animated Short Films Fri-Thurs Our Review
Busco Novio Para Mi Mujer (Enrique Begne) Fri-Thurs

Scarecrow Video Screening Room:

Psychos in Love (Gorman Bechard, 1987) Fri Only
Chinatown (Roman Polanski, 1974) Sat Only
Hallelujah (King Vidor, 1929) Sun Only
Venus Beauty Institute (Tonie Marshall, 2000) Sun Only
Pretty Poison (Noel Black, 1968) Mon Only
Saboteur (Alfred Hitchcock, 1942) Tues Only
Grindhouse Nostalgia Weds Only
Ma vie en rose (Alain Berliner, 1997) Thurs Only

Seattle Art Museum:

For a Few Dollars More (Sergio Leone, 1965) Thurs Only 35mm

Landmark Seven Gables:

Son of Saul (László Nemes) Fri-Thurs
Rams (Grímur Hákonarson) Fri-Thurs

SIFF Film Center:

Arabian Nights Vol. 1-3 (Miguel Gomes) Fri-Thurs

Sundance Cinemas:

45 Years (Andrew Haigh) Fri-Thurs Our Review
Rolling Papers (Mitch Dickman) Fri-Thurs

SIFF Cinema Uptown:

45 Years (Andrew Haigh) Fri-Thurs Our Review 
Boy and the World (Alê Abreu, 2013) Fri-Weds Our Review
Eisenstein in Guanajuato (Peter Greenaway) Fri-Thurs
Theeb (Naji Abu Nowar) Mon Only
The Human Face of Big Data (Sandy Smolan) Weds Only

Varsity Theatre:

It’s Already Tomorrow in Hong Kong (Emily Ting) Fri-Thurs Our Review 
The Maltese Falcon (John Huston, 1941) Weds Only

In Wide Release:

The Witch (Robert Eggers) Our Review
Hail, Caesar! (Joel & Ethan Coen) Our Review
13 Hours (Michael Bay) Our Review
The Revenant (Alejandro González Iñárritu) Our Review
The Force Awakens (JJ Abrams) Our Podcast
Sisters (Jason Moore) Our Review
Brooklyn (John Crowley) Our Review
Spotlight (Tom McCarthy) Our Review
Creed (Ryan Coogler) Our Review
Bridge of Spies (Steven Spielberg) Our Review
The Martian (Ridley Scott) Our Review

Featured Film:

The Seattle Screen Valentine Scene

As usual, local theatres around town have assembled a vast array of date movies this holiday weekend. The highlight of the bunch is Claire Denis’s debut feature Chocolat, playing at the Northwest Film Forum (do not confuse it with the Lasse Hallström film!) in a new 35mm print. Also at the NWFF is the latest from French director Philippe Garrel, In the Shadow of Women, an examination of the most essential and timeless element of all French cinema, infidelity. Another French classic plays at the SIFF Uptown, Jean Cocteau’s Beauty and the Beast, one of the more remarkable fantasy films ever made. They’ve matched it with Hal Ashby’s perennial favorite Harold & Maude. The 1980s are well-represented this holiday season with John Hughes’s Pretty in Pink at the Cinemark Theatres (forget Ducky and Blaine, we all know Molly Ringwald belonged with Annie Potts) and Cameron Crowe’s Seattle-set Say Anything, playing at the Central Cinema. Also at the Central, Tony Scott’s True Romance from a script by Quentin Tarantino, featuring the most romantic closing lines in all of 1990s Hollywood cinema.

Playing This Week:

Central Cinema:

Say Anything (Cameron Crowe, 1989) Fri-Tues
True Romance (Tony Scott, 1993) Fri-Tues

SIFF Egyptian:

Boy and the World (Alê Abreu, 2013) Fri-Weds Our Review

Century Federal Way:

Pretty in Pink (John Hughes, 1986) Sun & Weds Only

Grand Cinema:

45 Years (Andrew Haigh) Fri-Thurs Our Review
Oscar Nominated Animated Short Films Sat-Tues Our Review
A Fish Called Wanda (Charles Crichton, 1988) Sun Only
Psycho (Alfred Hitchcock, 1960) Weds Only

Grand Illusion Cinema:

The Treasure (Corneliu Porumboiu) Fri-Thurs
VHS Über Alles presents The Demon Lover (Donald G. Jackson & Jerry Younkins, 1983 Fri Only VHS
The Sprocket Society presents Saturday Secret Matinees Sat Only
The Best of VHSEX (Various) Sat Only VHS

Landmark Guild 45th Theatre:

Oscar Nominated Live Action Short Films Fri-Thurs
Oscar Nominated Animated Short Films Fri-Thurs Our Review

Cinemark Lincoln Square:

Fitoor (Abhishek Kapoor) Fri-Thurs
Krishna Gaadi Veera Prema Gaadha (Hanu Raghavapudi) Fri-Thurs
Pretty in Pink (John Hughes, 1986) Sun & Weds Only

Northwest Film Forum:

Chocolat (Claire Denis, 1988) Fri-Sun 35mm
In the Shadow of Women (Philippe Garrel) Fri-Sun
Never Get Tired: The Bomb the Music Industry! Story (Sara Crow) Weds Only
Ruined Heart (Khavn De La Cruz) Weds-Weds
The Anthropologist (Daniel Miller) Thurs Only

AMC Loews Oak Tree:

45 Years (Andrew Haigh) Fri-Thurs Our Review 
Anomalisa (Charlie Kaufman & Duke Johnson) Fri-Thurs Our Review

AMC Pacific Place:

Ip Man 3 (Wilson Yip) Fri-Thurs Our Review
The Monkey King 2 (Soi Cheang) Fri-Thurs
From Vegas to Macau III (Andrew Lau & Wong Jing) Fri-Thurs

The Paramount Theatre:

The Big Parade (King Vidor, 1925) Mon Only Our Podcast

Regal Parkway Plaza:

Everything About Her (Bb. Joyce Bernal) Fri-Thurs
Fitoor (Abhishek Kapoor) Fri-Thurs
Ip Man 3 (Wilson Yip) Fri-Thurs Our Review

Scarecrow Video Screening Room:

The Pink Angels (Larry G. Brown, 1972) Sat Only
It (Clarence G. Badger, 1927) Sun Only
Brother (Aleksey Balabanov, 1997) Sun Only
My Demon Lover (Charlie Loventhal, 1987) Mon Only
The Pursuit of Happyness (Gabriele Muccino, 2006) Tues Only
The Oscar (Russell Rouse, 1966) Weds Only
Romeo + Juliet (Baz Luhrmann, 1996) Thurs Only

Seattle Art Museum:

Sandra of a Thousand Delights (Luchino Visconti, 1966) Thurs Only 35mm

Landmark Seven Gables:

Son of Saul (László Nemes) Fri-Thurs

SIFF Film Center:

Rosemary’s Baby (Roman Polanski, 1968) Fri Only
The Craft (Andrew Fleming, 1996) Fri Only
Witchfinder General (Michael Reeves, 1968) Sat Only
The Devils (Ken Russell, 1971) Sat Only

Sundance Cinemas:

45 Years (Andrew Haigh) Fri-Thurs Our Review
Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words (Stig Björkman) Fri-Thurs
Southbound (Various) Fri-Thurs

SIFF Cinema Uptown:

45 Years (Andrew Haigh) Fri-Thurs Our Review 
Beauty and the Beast (Jean Cocteau, 1946) Fri-Sun
Harold & Maude (Hal Ashby, 1971) Fri-Sun
Office in 3D (Johnnie To) Mon Only Our Review Our Podcast 
The Human Face of Big Data (Sandy Smolan) Weds Only

Varsity Theatre:

It’s Already Tomorrow in Hong Kong (Emily Ting) Fri-Sun, Tues-Thurs Our Review

In Wide Release:

Hail, Caesar! (Joel & Ethan Coen) Our Review
13 Hours (Michael Bay) Our Review
The Revenant (Alejandro González Iñárritu) Our Review
The Hateful 8 (Quentin Tarantino) Our Review
The Force Awakens (JJ Abrams) Our Podcast
Concussion (Peter Landesman) Our Review
Sisters (Jason Moore) Our Review
Brooklyn (John Crowley) Our Review
Spotlight (Tom McCarthy) Our Review
Creed (Ryan Coogler) Our Review
Bridge of Spies (Steven Spielberg) Our Review
The Martian (Ridley Scott) Our Review

Featured Film:

Lunar New Year at the Pacific Place

Celebrate the Lunar New Year this week with three of the biggest Hong Kong films of the year at AMC’s flagship theatre. Donnie Yen continues his quest to transform a real-life kung fu master into a cinematic folk hero, with the help of the villainous real estate developer Mike Tyson in Ip Man 3. Soi Cheang follows up his smash hit 2014 special effects epic with The Monkey King 2, with Aaron Kwok taking the title role over from Donnie Yen in a story from Journey to the West where the godlike simian and his Buddhist monk master confront a viciously amorphous demon played by Gong Li. Finally, Chow Yun-fat is back in yet another gambling action-comedy from director Wong Jing (a genre the two pioneered 27 years ago with God of Gamblers) in From Vegas to Macau III. This one adds Andrew Lau (Infernal Affairs) as co-director along with an all-star cast of Golden Age stars such as Andy Lau, Jacky Cheung, Carina Lau and David Chiang paired with younger celebrities like Nick Cheung, Shawn Yue, and Li Yuchun. It promises questionable taste, even more questionable plotting and plenty of weird fun.

Playing This Week:

Central Cinema:

Charade (Stanley Donen, 1963) Fri-Sat, Mon-Tues Our Podcast
Humpday (Lynn Shelton, 2009) Fri-Tues

Century Federal Way:

Ip Man 3 (Wilson Yip) Fri-Thurs Our Review
To Catch a Thief (Alfred Hitchcock, 1955) Sun & Weds Only

Grand Cinema:

45 Years (Andrew Haigh) Fri-Thurs Our Review
Anomalisa (Charlie Kaufman & Duke Johnson) Fri-Thurs Our Review
Lazer Team (Matt Hullum) Fri Only
Oscar Nominated Documentary Short Films Tues Only

Grand Illusion Cinema:

Hitchcock/Truffaut (Kent Jones) Sun, Tues-Thurs
Notorious (Alfred Hitchcock, 1946) Sat, Sun & Tues Only 35mm
Mississippi Mermaid (François Truffaut, 1969) Sat, Sun & Thurs Only 35mm
Lux Lives Movie Night Fri Only Video
The Sprocket Society presents Saturday Secret Matinees Sat Only
Pieces (Juan Piquer Simon, 1982) Sat & Weds Only 35mm

Landmark Guild 45th Theatre:

Anomalisa (Charlie Kaufman & Duke Johnson) Fri-Thurs Our Review 
Oscar Nominated Live Action Short Films Fri-Thurs
Oscar Nominated Animated Short Films Fri-Thurs Our Review

Cinemark Lincoln Square:

Airlift (Raja Menon) Fri-Thurs
Bangalore Naatkal (Bhaskar) Fri-Thurs
Ghayal Once Again (Sunny Deol) Fri-Thurs
To Catch a Thief (Alfred Hitchcock, 1955) Sun & Weds Only

Regal Meridian:

Airlift (Raja Menon) Fri-Thurs

Northwest Film Forum:

Iraqi Odyssey (Samir) Fri-Mon
The Automatic Hate (Justin Lerner) Fri-Sun Q & A with Producer
Live from UB (Lauren Knapp) Weds Only
I Am A Knife With Legs (Bennett Jones) Weds Only

AMC Loews Oak Tree:

Ip Man 3 (Wilson Yip) Fri-Thurs Our Review

AMC Pacific Place:

Ip Man 3 (Wilson Yip) Fri-Thurs Our Review
The Monkey King 2 (Soi Cheang) Fri-Thurs
From Vegas to Macau III (Andrew Lau & Wong Jing) Fri-Thurs

The Paramount Theatre:

The Gold Rush (Charles Chaplin) Mon Only

Regal Parkway Plaza:

Everything About Her (Bb. Joyce Bernal) Fri-Thurs
Ip Man 3 (Wilson Yip) Fri-Thurs Our Review

Scarecrow Video Screening Room:

Ong-Bak (Prachya Pinkaew, 2003) Fri Only
The Parallax View (Alan J. Pakula, 1974) Sat Only
The Kid (Charles Chaplin, 1921) Sun Only
Working Girl (Mike Nichols, 1988) Sun Only
Bonnie & Clyde (Arthur Penn, 1967) Mon Only
Foreign Correspondent (Alfred Hitchcock, 1940) Tues Only
Gun Crazy (Tamra Davis, 1992) Weds Only
Framing Pictures: A Floating Conversation about Film Thurs Only

Landmark Seven Gables:

Son of Saul (László Nemes) Fri-Thurs

SIFF Film Center:

Regression (Alejandro Amenábar) Fri-Thurs

Sundance Cinemas:

Oscar Nominated Documentary Short Films Fri-Thurs
Regression (Alejandro Amenábar) Fri-Thurs

SIFF Cinema Uptown:

45 Years (Andrew Haigh) Fri-Thurs Our Review 
River of Fundament Acts 1-3 (Mathew Barney) Fri-Thurs In Three Parts

Varsity Theatre:

Misconduct (Shintaro Shimosawa) Fri-Thurs

In Wide Release:

Hail, Caesar! (Joel & Ethan Coen) Our Review
13 Hours (Michael Bay) Our Review
The Revenant (Alejandro González Iñárritu) Our Review
The Hateful 8 (Quentin Tarantino) Our Review
The Force Awakens (JJ Abrams) Our Podcast
Concussion (Peter Landesman) Our Review
Sisters (Jason Moore) Our Review
Brooklyn (John Crowley) Our Review
Spotlight (Tom McCarthy) Our Review
Creed (Ryan Coogler) Our Review
Bridge of Spies (Steven Spielberg) Our Review
The Martian (Ridley Scott) Our Review

Featured Film:

Two Chinese Films at the Pacific Place

A pair of big Chinese releases open this week at the AMC Pacific Place. First is Ip Man 3 (which also plays this week at the Century in Federal Way), the latest in the series of films about the kung fu master starring Donnie Yen and directed by Wilson Yip (and not to be mixed up with the other three Ip Man films, two of which were directed by Herman Yau and one by Wong Kar-wai). In this installment, Donnie’s Master Ip defends his son’s school from an army of toughs led by none other than former Heavyweight Champion Mike Tyson. Also opening is Monster Hunt, the effects-driven extravaganza that last summer became the highest grossing local film in China’s history. It’s directed by Raman Hui, a veteran of Hollywood’s Shrek series and stars Bai Baihe along with a plethora of veteran Hong Kong and Mainland stars, in a story mixing wuxia comedy and adorably goofy CGI creatures. Our Reviews

Playing This Week:

Central Cinema:

Dr. Strangelove (Stanley Kubrick, 1964) Fri-Tues
Grey Gardens (Albert & David Maysles, Ellen Hovde & Muffie Meyer, 1975) Fri-Tues
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Michel Gondry, 2004) Tues Only Brain Doctors in Attendance

Century Federal Way:

Ip Man 3 (Wilson Yip) Fri-Thurs Our Review
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (John Huston, 1948) Sun & Weds Only

Grand Cinema:

Anomalisa (Charlie Kaufman & Duke Johnson) Fri-Thurs Our Review
How to Change the World (Jerry Rothwell) Tues Only
Eyes of the Totem (WS Van Dyke, 1927) Weds Only

Grand Illusion Cinema:

World of Kanako (Tetsuya Nakashima) Fri-Thurs
Anthem of the Heart (Tatsuyuki Nagai) Fri-Sun
Heart of a Dog (Laurie Anderson) Sun-Weds
The Sprocket Society presents Saturday Secret Matinees Sat Only
Stunt Rock (Brian Tenchard-Smith, 1980) Thurs & Next Sat Only 35mm

Landmark Guild 45th Theatre:

Anomalisa (Charlie Kaufman & Duke Johnson) Fri-Thurs Our Review

Cinemark Lincoln Square:

Airlift (Raja Menon) Fri-Thurs
Nannaku Prematho (Sukumar) Fri-Thurs
Express Raja (Merlapaka Gandhi) Fri-Thurs
Soggade Chinni Nayana (Kalyan Krishna) Fri-Thurs
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (John Huston, 1948) Sun & Weds Only

Regal Meridian:

Airlift (Raja Menon) Fri-Thurs

Northwest Film Forum:

Children’s Film Festival Seattle 2016 Jan 21-31 Full Program

AMC Pacific Place:

Ip Man 3 (Wilson Yip) Fri-Thurs Our Review
Monster Hunt (Raman Hui) Fri-Thurs Our Review
Detective Chinatown (Chen Sicheng) Fri-Thurs

Regal Parkway Plaza:

All You Need Is Pag-Ibig (Antoinette Jadaone) Fri-Thurs

Scarecrow Video Screening Room:

Meet John Doe (Frank Capra, 1941) Fri Only
Pandemonium (Alfred Sole, 1982) Sat Only
Vera Cruz (Robert Aldrich, 1954) Sun Only
Chris Marker Group Mon Only
Frenzy (Alfred Hitchcock, 1972) Tues Only
Alice (Jan Švankmajer, 1988) Weds Only
The January Man (Pat O’Connor, 1989) Weds Only

Seattle Art Museum:

The Witches (Pasolini, Visconti, Rossi, De Sica & Bolognini, 1967) Thurs Only 35mm

Landmark Seven Gables:

Mustang (Deniz Gamze Ergüven) Fri-Thurs Our Review

SIFF Film Center:

Out 1: Noli me tangere (Jacques Rivette, 1971) Sun Only

Sundance Cinemas:

Lamb (Ross Partridge) Fri-Thurs

In Wide Release:

13 Hours (Michael Bay) Our Review
The Revenant (Alejandro González Iñárritu) Our Review
The Hateful 8 (Quentin Tarantino) Our Review
The Force Awakens (JJ Abrams) Our Podcast
Concussion (Peter Landesman) Our Review
Sisters (Jason Moore) Our Review
Brooklyn (John Crowley) Our Review
Spotlight (Tom McCarthy) Our Review
Creed (Ryan Coogler) Our Review
Bridge of Spies (Steven Spielberg) Our Review
The Martian (Ridley Scott) Our Review

Featured Film:

Laurie Anderson at the Grand Illusion

Extended beyond a two week run that was already an extension of a run late last year at the Northwest Film Forum, Laurie Anderson’s sprawling, funny, devastating essay film Heart of a Dog is back for four more days this week at the Grand Illusion. Ostensibly a film about her beloved dog, Anderson muses on everything from 9/11 to her own childhood memories, processing tragedy and celebrating life. Over it all, but unnamed hangs the death of her husband, Lou Reed. In conjunction, for one night only, the Grand Illusion is also playing a 35mm print of Anderson’s 1986 concert film Home of the Brave, which features William S. Burroughs.

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Playing This Week:

Central Cinema:

Some Like It Hot (Billy Wilder, 1959) Fri-Sun
Saturday Night Fever (John Badham, 1977) Fri-Sun
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Michel Gondry, 2004) Tues Only Brain Doctors in Attendance

Century Federal Way:

Nannaku Prematho (Sukumar) Fri & Sat
The Tiger (Park Hoonjung) Fri-Thurs
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (George Roy Hill, 1969) Sun & Weds Only

Grand Cinema:

Taxi (Jafar Panahi) Fri-Thurs
Labyrinth (Jim Henson, 1986) Fri, Sun, Mon & Weds Only
Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution (Stanley Nelson) Tues Only
Breakfast at Tiffany’s (Blake Edwards, 1961) Weds Only

Grand Illusion Cinema:

Heart of a Dog (Laurie Anderson) Sun-Weds
The Man Who Saved the World (Turkish Star Wars) (Çetin İnanç, 1982) Thurs Only Our Review
The Sprocket Society presents Saturday Secret Matinees Sat Only
VHS Über Alles presents Ninja: Silent Assassin (Godfrey Ho, 1987) Sat Only VHS
Home of the Brave (Laurie Anderson, 1986) Fri Only 35mm
Dreams Rewired (Manu Luksch, Martin Reinhart & Thomas Tode) Fri-Thurs Our Review

Landmark Guild 45th Theatre:

Anomalisa (Charlie Kaufman & Duke Johnson) Fri-Thurs Our Review

Cinemark Lincoln Square:

Wazir (Bejoy Nambiar) Fri-Thurs
Nannaku Prematho (Sukumar) Fri-Thurs
Express Raja (Merlapaka Gandhi) Fri-Thurs
Soggade Chinni Nayana (Kalyan Krishna) Fri-Thurs
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (George Roy Hill, 1969) Sun & Weds Only

Northwest Film Forum:

Theeb (Jani Abu Nowar) Fri-Tues
Sundance Native Lab Shorts Fri Only
Children of the Civil Rights (Julia Clifford) Sat Only Q & A After
Sex & Broadcasting Sun Only

AMC Pacific Place:

Detective Chinatown (Chen Sicheng) Fri-Thurs
Mr. Six (Guan Hu) Fri-Thurs Our Review

Regal Parkway Plaza:

All You Need Is Pag-Ibig (Antoinette Jadaone) Fri-Thurs
Dictator (Sriwass) Fri-Thurs

Scarecrow Video Screening Room:

Shampoo (Hal Ashby, 1975) Fri Only
Yeti: The Giant of the 20th Century (Gianfranco Parolini, 1977) Sat Only
Anything Goes (Lewis Milestone, 1936) Sun Only
Selma (Ava DuVernay, 2014) Mon Only
Death By Design (Peter Friedman & Jean-Francois Brunet, 1995) Tues Only
Shoot the Piano Player (François Truffaut, 1960) Weds Only

Seattle Art Museum:

I Fidanzati (Ermanno Olmi, 1963) Thurs Only 35mm

Landmark Seven Gables:

Mustang (Deniz Gamze Ergüven) Fri-Thurs Our Review

SIFF Film Center:

Nordic Lights Film Festival Fri-Sun Full Program

Varsity Theatre:

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (George Roy Hill, 1969) Weds Only
Band of Robbers (Adam & Aaron Nee) Fri-Thurs

In Wide Release:

13 Hours (Michael Bay) Our Review
The Revenant (Alejandro González Iñárritu) Our Review
The Hateful 8 (Quentin Tarantino) Our Review
The Force Awakens (JJ Abrams) Our Podcast
Concussion (Peter Landesman) Our Review
Sisters (Jason Moore) Our Review
Brooklyn (John Crowley) Our Review
Spotlight (Tom McCarthy) Our Review
Creed (Ryan Coogler) Our Review
Bridge of Spies (Steven Spielberg) Our Review
The Martian (Ridley Scott) Our Review
Sicario (Denis Villeneuve) Our Review