Featured Film:

The Assassin at the SIFF Egyptian

The best film of the year so far, and one of the very best of the decade, opens this week at the Egyptian. Hou Hsiao-hsien’s long-awaited return, eight years after The Flight of the Red Balloon, follows on the heels of the career-long retrospective that played Seattle Screens earlier this year. His first foray into the martial arts genre, The Assassin is based on a Tang Dynasty story about a young woman assigned to kill the man she had been betrothed to a decade earlier. As she returns home to his provincial court, she observes all manner of intrigue and deception as she contemplates what her course of action should be. Meditative and gorgeous, it’s a film that defies expectations of both the wuxia genre and Hou’s career, while at the same time remaining consistent to the spirit of both. Sean’s review attempts to situate the film within generic and auteurist contexts, while Melissa’s tries to capture the emotional experience of the deeply immersive narrative. We also discussed the film on all three of our podcasts from the Vancouver International Film Festival.

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Playing This Week:

Central Cinema:

Fantastic Mr. Fox (Wes Anderson, 2009) Fri-Tues
Manhattan (Woody Allen, 1979) Fri-Tues

SIFF Cinema Egyptian:

The Assassin (Hou Hsiao-hsien) Fri-Tues, Thurs Our Review, Our Other Review 
Yakuza Apocalypse (Takashi Miike) Fri & Sat Midnight Our Review

Century Federal Way:

Home Alone (Chris Columbus, 1990) Sun & Weds Only

Grand Cinema:

A Brilliant Young Mind (Morgan Matthews) Fri-Thurs
Sundance Shorts (Various) Sat & Sun, Tues & Weds
Island of Lost Souls (Erle C. Kenton, 1932) Mon Only
Ghost in the Shell: The New Movie (Kazuya Nomura) Tues & Weds Only
Of Men and War (Laurent Becue-Renard) Weds Only
The Last One (Laurent Becue-Renard) Thurs Only

Grand Illusion Cinema:

Tab Hunter Confidential (Jeffrey Schwarz) Fri-Thurs
Polyester (John Waters, 1981) Fri, Sat & Thurs Only 35mm In Odorama

Landmark Guild 45th:

Ghost in the Shell: The New Movie (Kazuya Nomura) Tues Only
Oklahoma! (Fred Zinnemann, 1955) Weds Only Our Review

Cinemark Lincoln Square:

Home Alone (Chris Columbus, 1990) Sun & Weds Only

Regal Meridian:

Goodbye Mr. Loser (Yan Fei & Peng Damo) Fri-Thurs

Northwest Film Forum:

Nasty Baby (Sebastián Silva) Fri-Thurs
Children of the Arctic (Nick Brandestini) Sat Only
Dreamcatcher (Kim Longinotto) Sun Only
Cinema Bomb Squad: Movies We Love to Hate Mon Only
Billy Strayhorn: Lush Life (Robert Levi, 2008) Weds Only

AMC Pacific Place:

Ex Files 2: The Backup Tsrikes Back (Tian Yusheng) Fri-Thurs
The Nightingale (Philippe Muyl) Fri-Thurs
The Witness (Ahn Sang-hoon) Fri-Thurs
Home Alone (Chris Columbus, 1990) Sun & Weds Only

Regal Parkway Plaza:

Heneral Luna (Jerrold Tarog) Fri-Thurs
Felix Manalo (Joel Lamangan) Fri-Thurs
Everyday I Love You (Mae Czarina Cruz) Fri-Thurs

Scarecrow Video Screening Room:

Heart of a Dog (Vladimir Bortko, 1988) Fri Only
The Golden Age of Seattle Public Access Sat Only Special Guests
The Great Beauty (Paolo Sorrentino) Sun Only
The Reckless Moment (Max Ophuls, 1949) Mon Only
Candyman (Bernard Rose, 1992) Tues Only
Head (Bob Rafelson, 1968) Weds Only
All That Jazz (Bob Fosse, 1979) Thurs Only

Seattle Art Museum:

The Bigamist (Ida Lupino, 1953) Thurs Only 35mm

Landmark Seven Gables:

The Wonders (Alice Rohrwacher) Fri-Thurs

SIFF Film Center:

Barista (Rock Baijnauth) Fri Only
Fantasia (Various, 1940) Tues Only

AMC Southcenter:

Home Alone (Chris Columbus, 1990) Sun & Weds Only

Sundance Cinemas Seattle:

Love in 3D (Gaspar Noé) Fri-Thurs
All Things Must Pass (Colin Hanks) Fri-Thurs

Regal Thornton Place:

Home Alone (Chris Columbus, 1990) Sun & Weds Only

SIFF Cinema Uptown:

Victoria (Sebastian Schipper) Fri-Thurs Our Review
Fantasia (Various, 1940) Sun Only
Clueless (Amy Heckling, 1995) Mon Only Makeover Party
Trumbo (Jay Roach) Tues Only
The Cockettes (Bill Weber and David Weissman, 2002) Weds Only
My Mother (Nanni Moretti) Thurs Only

Varsity Theatre:

I Smile Back (Adam Salky) Fri-Thurs
Home Alone (Chris Columbus, 1990) Sun & Weds Only

In Wide Release:

Bridge of Spies (Steven Spielberg) Our Review
The Martian (Ridley Scott) Our Review
Crimson Peak (Guillermo del Toro) Our Review
Steve Jobs (Danny Boyle) Our Review
Sicario (Denis Villeneuve) Our Review

Featured Film:

Jean Renoir Double Feature at the Seattle Art Museum

Tying in with their exhibit Intimate Impressionism from the National Gallery of Art, the Seattle Art Museum this Wednesday night only is presenting, on 35mm, a pair of films by director Jean Renoir, who in addition to be one of the greatest filmmakers of all-time, also happened to be the son of painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir. A Day in the Country was shot in 1936 but left unfinished, it was assembled a decade later into a 40 minute featurette and remains one of the more astonishingly perfect short story films. French Cancan, from 1954, is a glorious celebration of color and music, intersecting love triangles and rectangles forming around the invention of the 19th century’s most scandalously silly dance craze. They are two of Renoir’s very best films, and the combination is one of the unmissable film events of the season.

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Playing This Week:

Ark Lodge Cinemas:

Krush Groove (Michael Schultz, 1985) Sun Only Q & A with Kurtis Blow

Central Cinema:

Psycho (Alfred Hitchcock, 1960) Fri-Tues
Hausu (Nobuhiko Obayashi, 1977) Fri, Sun-Weds
Unity (Shaun Monson) Weds Only

SIFF Cinema Egyptian:

Animation Show of Shows (Various) Fri-Thurs

Century Federal Way:

My Fair Lady (George Cukor, 1964) Sun & Weds Only

Grand Cinema:

A Brilliant Young Mind (Morgan Matthews) Fri-Thurs
Freeheld (Peter Sollett) Fri-Thurs
Deathgasm (Jason Lei Howden) Fri & Sat Night
Eyes of the Totem (W.S. Van Dyke, 1927) Tues Only
A Brave Heart: The Lizzie Velasquez Story (Sara Hirsh Bordo) Thurs Only

Grand Illusion Cinema:

Boruto (Hiroyuki Yamashita) Fri-Thurs
VHS Über Alles presents Spookies (Brendan Faulkner & Thomas Doran, 1986) Fri Only VHS
The Sprocket Society presents Halloween Monster Mania, featuring Invasion of the Saucer-Men (Edward L. Cahn, 1957) Sat Only 16mm

Cinemark Lincoln Square:

Kanche (Krish) Fri-Thurs
Sher (Mallikarjun) Fri-Thurs
Shaandaar (Vikas Bahl) Fri-Thurs
My Fair Lady (George Cukor, 1964) Sun & Weds Only

Regal Meridian:

Goodbye Mr. Loser (Yan Fei & Peng Damo) Fri-Thurs
Dancin’ It’s On! (David Winters) Fri-Thurs

Northwest Film Forum:

Spookhaus 3: Spook There It Is A Night of Fear, Mayhem, and Debauchery Fri & Sat Only
60 Second Film Festival Sat Only
Jane B. par Agnès V. (Agnès Varda, 1988) Mon-Thurs
Kung Fu Master (Agnès Varda, 1988) Mon-Thurs
Festen (The Celebration) (Thomas Vinterburg, 1998) Tues Only
Jaco (Stephen Kijak & Paul Marchand) Weds Only

AMC Pacific Place:

The Witness (Ahn Sang-hoon) Fri-Thurs

Regal Parkway Plaza:

Dancin’ It’s On! (David Winters) Fri-Thurs
Felix Manalo (Joel Lamangan) Fri-Thurs
Freaks of Nature (Robbie Pickering) Fri-Thurs
Ladrones (Joe Menendez) Fri-Thurs
Shaandaar (Vikas Bahl) Fri-Thurs
Shareek (Navaniat Singh) Fri-Thurs

Scarecrow Video Screening Room:

The Night Strangler (Dan Curtis, 1973) Fri Only
The Shining (Stanley Kubrick, 1980) Sat Only
Alien (Ridley Scott, 1979) Tues Only
Loving (Irvin Kershner, 1970) Weds Only
Notorious (Alfred Hitchcock, 1946) Thurs Only

Seattle Art Museum:

A Day in the Country and French Cancan (Jean Renoir, 1936 & 1955) Weds Only 35mm Double Feature
One Way Street (Hugo Fregonese, 1950) Thurs Only 35mm

Landmark Seven Gables:

Experimenter (Michael Almereyda) Fri-Thurs

SIFF Film Center:

The Keeping Room (Daniel Barber) Fri-Thurs
Tales of Halloween (Various) Fri-Thurs

Sundance Cinemas Seattle:

Rosenwald (Aviva Kemper) Fri-Thurs

SIFF Cinema Uptown:

Oklahoma! (Fred Zinnemann, 1955) Tues Only Our Review
The Latin Explosion: A New America (Matthew O’Neill & Jon Alpert) Weds Only

In Wide Release:

Bridge of Spies (Steven Spielberg) Our Review
The Martian (Ridley Scott) Our Review
Crimson Peak (Guillermo del Toro) Our Review
Steve Jobs (Danny Boyle) Our Review
Sicario (Denis Villeneuve) Our Review
The Visit (M. Night Shyamalan) Our Review
Trainwreck (Judd Apatow) Our Review
Straight Outta Compton (F. Gary Gray) Our Review

Featured Film:

The Leopard Man in the Scarecrow Video Screening Room

Continuing their October series of Val Lewton masterpieces (their Cat People double feature was our Featured Film a couple weeks ago), Scarecrow Video pairs The Ghost Ship with The Leopard Man this Wednesday night, October 28th. The latter is one of director Jacques Tourneur’s unsung classics. The plot is stripped down to almost nothing and the structure is simplicity itself (65 minutes long and four deaths, roughly one every 15 minutes), but not characterization: there are at least a dozen fully-realized humans (and one cat) here, pointing the way forward to Tourneur’s evocation of small-town life in his masterpiece Stars in My Crown. Unlike Cat People, there’s no goofy mythological/Freudian underpinning to the violence. A man sees death once and then finds he cannot prevent himself from killing, again and again. A grim prognosis for the future for a film released in 1943, with pretty much the entire world at war.

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Playing This Week:

Central Cinema:

Hocus Pocus (Kenny Ortega, 1993) Fri-Tues
A Nightmare On Elm Street (Wes Craven, 1984) Fri-Weds
Find Me (David and Kathi Peters) Weds Only

SIFF Cinema Egyptian:

Victoria (Sebastian Schipper) Fri-Thurs Our Review 
Deathgasm (Jason Lei Howden) Fri & Sat Midnight

Century Federal Way:

Dracula English & Spanish Double Feature (Tod Browning & George Melford, 1931) Sun & Weds Only

Grand Cinema:

A Brilliant Young Mind (Morgan Matthews) Fri-Thurs
Meet the Patels (Ravi & Geeta Patel) Fri-Thurs
The Final Girls (Todd Strauss-Schulson) Fri & Sat Only
Court (Chaitanya Tamhane) Tues Only
Attack on Titan Part 2 (Shinji Higuchi) Tues Only

Grand Illusion Cinema:

Lifeforce (Tobe Hooper, 1985) Fri, Sat & Tues Only 35mm
Extraordinary Tales (Raul Garcia) Fri-Thurs
Scarecrow Video presents Shock & Awe: A Secret No-Budget Thriller Fest Sun Only Video
Jack Pierce, The Maker of Monsters (Strephon Taylor) Mon Only
The Best of The VCR That Dripped Blood Thurs Only VHS

Landmark Guild 45th:

Freeheld (Peter Sollett) Fri-Thurs
My Fair Lady (George Cukor, 1964) Sun & Weds Only
Attack on Titan Part 2 (Shinji Higuchi) Tues Only

Cinemark Lincoln Square:

Kanche (Krish) Fri-Thurs
Bruce Lee – The Fighter (Srinu Vaitla) Fri-Thurs
Shaandaar (Vikas Bahl) Fri-Thurs
Dracula English & Spanish Double Feature (Tod Browning & George Melford, 1931) Sun & Weds Only

Regal Meridian:

Goodbye Mr. Loser (Yan Fei & Peng Damo) Fri-Thurs
The Algerian (Giovanni Zelko) Fri-Thurs

Northwest Film Forum:

The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years (Penelope Spheeris, 1988) Sat Only Our Interview
Bezango, WA (Louise Amandes and Ron Austin) Sat Only Filmmakers in Attendance
Ben Gibbard’s Secret Screening Sat Only
Kurt Cobain About a Son (AJ Schnack, 2006) Sun Only
Spookhaus 3: Spook There It Is A Night of Fear, Mayhem, and Debauchery Thurs-Halloween Only

AMC Pacific Place:

Dracula English & Spanish Double Feature (Tod Browning & George Melford, 1931) Sun & Weds Only

Paramount Theatre:

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (Robert Weine, 1919) Mon Only

Regal Parkway Plaza:

Must Date the Playboy (Mae Cruz-Alviar) Fri-Thurs
Ladrones (Joe Menendez) Fri-Thurs
Shaandaar (Vikas Bahl) Fri-Thurs
Shareek (Navaniat Singh) Fri-Thurs

Scarecrow Video Screening Room:

Troll (John Carl Buechler, 1986) Fri Only
Troll Hunter (André Øvredal, 2011) Sat Only
Chris Marker Group Mon Only
The Hunger (Tony Scott, 1983) Tues Only
The Leopard Man (Jacques Tourner, 1943) Weds Only
The Ghost Ship (Mark Robson, 1943) Weds Only
Monster Mash Thurs Only

Seattle Art Museum:

Johnny Stool Pigeon (William Castle, 1949) Thurs Only 35mm

Landmark Seven Gables:

Beasts of No Nation (Cary Fukanaga) Fri-Thurs
Meru (Jimmy Chin & Chai Vasarhelyi) Fri-Thurs

SIFF Film Center:

Deathgasm (Jason Lei Howden) Fri-Thurs
Stray Dog (Debra Granik) Fri-Sun Only
The Decline of Western Civilization Part Three (Penelope Spheeris) Mon Only Our Interview

AMC Southcenter:

Dracula English & Spanish Double Feature (Tod Browning & George Melford, 1931) Sun & Weds Only

Sundance Cinemas Seattle:

Labyrinth of Lies (Giulio Ricciarelli) Fri-Thurs
The Amazing Nina Simone (Jeff L. Lieberman) Fri-Thurs
Meet the Patels (Ravi & Geeta Patel) Fri-Thurs

Regal Thornton Place:

Dracula English & Spanish Double Feature (Tod Browning & George Melford, 1931) Sun & Weds Only

SIFF Cinema Uptown:

Goodnight Mommy (Ulrich Seidel) Fri-Thurs
French Cinema Now Festival 2015 Fri-Thurs Full Program 
Stray Dog (Debra Granik) Mon-Thurs Only

Varsity Theatre:

Dracula (Tod Browning, 1931) Sun & Weds Only
Halloween (John Carpenter, 1978) Thurs Only

Featured Film:

The Forbidden Room at the Northwest Film Forum

One of the best films of the year opens this week at the Northwest Film Forum, Guy Maddin’s phantasmagoric ode to the weird and beautiful in cinema. A kaleidoscopic accordion of stories, about thirty different narratives, embedded within each other and branching across time, space, genre and logic, The Forbidden Room is without a doubt the most Guy Maddin film ever made, and probably his best too. We reported on it from Vancouver on The George Sanders Show, and Mike’s review is here.

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Playing This Week:

Central Cinema:

Ghostbusters (Ivan Reitman, 1984) Fri-Tues
The Evil Dead (Sam Raimi, 1982) Fri-Weds

SIFF Cinema Egyptian:

Victoria (Sebastian Schipper) Fri-Thurs Our Review

Century Federal Way:

The Throne (Lee Joon-ik) Fri-Thurs

Grand Cinema:

Coming Home (Zhang Yimou) Fri-Thurs
Peace Officer (Brad Barber & Scott Christopherson) Fri-Thurs
Run Free – The True Story of Caballo Blanco (Sterling Noren) Sun Only
Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine (Alex Gibney) Tues Only
Young Frankenstein (Mel Brooks, 1974) Weds Only
Attack on Titan Part 2 (Shinji Higuchi) Weds & Thurs Only

Grand Illusion Cinema:

The American Genre Film Archive and Something Weird Video present Smut Without Smut: The Mad Love Life of a Hot Vampire & The Haunted P***y (Ray Dennis Steckler, 1976 & Doris Wishman, 1971) Fri Only
A Nightmare On Elm Street (Wes Craven, 1984) Sat & Mon Only 35mm
A Nightmare On Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge (Jack Sholder, 1985) Sat & Tues Only 35mm
Rampaging Mutant 35mm Triple Feature Pizza Party Sun Only
Science Crazed (Ron Switzer, 1989) Weds Only
Valley of the Sasquatch and Creature from Black Lake (John Portanova, 2015 & Joy N. Houck Jr., 1976) Thurs Only Filmmaker in Attendance 35mm

Landmark Guild 45th:

Freeheld (Peter Sollett) Fri-Thurs

Cinemark Lincoln Square:

Freeheld (Peter Sollett) Fri-Thurs
Bruce Lee – The Fighter (Srinu Vaitla) Fri-Thurs
Pyaar Ka Punchnama 2 (Luv Ranjan) Fri-Thurs
Rudrama Devi (Gunasekhar) Fri-Thurs
Back to the Future Triple Feature (Robert Zemeckis) Weds Only

Regal Meridian:

Goodbye Mr. Loser (Yan Fei & Peng Damo) Fri-Thurs
Ladrones (Joe Menendez) Fri-Thurs

Northwest Film Forum:

The Forbidden Room (Guy Maddin) Fri-Thurs Our Review
Bring Me the Head of Tim Horton (Guy Maddin) Sat Afternoon Only
Ben Gibbard in Conversation with Lynn Shelton about scoring Laggies Sat Only
Urgh! A Music War (Derek Burbidge, 1981) Sat Only 35mm
Head (Bob Rafelson, 1968) Sun Only
The Seattle South Asian Film Festival Mon & Tues Full Program
The Seattle Process with Brett Hamil  Weds Only
Shredder Orpheus (Robert McGinley, 1989) Thurs Only

AMC Pacific Place:

Freeheld (Peter Sollett) Fri-Thurs

Regal Parkway Plaza:

Etiquette for Mistresses (Chito S. Roño) Fri-Thurs
Ladrones (Joe Menendez) Fri-Thurs

Scarecrow Video Screening Room:

Goodbye, Lenin! (Wolfgang Becker, 2003) Fri Only
The Invisible Man (James Whale, 1933) Sun Only
The Invisible Woman (A. Edward Sutherland & Joe May, 1940) Sun Only
Spaced Invaders (Patrick Read Johnson, 1990) Mon Only
Silence of the Lambs (Jonathan Demme, 1991) Tues Only
Night of the Demon (Jacques Tourneur, 1957) Weds Only
The 39 Steps (Alfred Hitchcock, 1935) Thurs Only

Seattle Art Museum:

Pitfall (André de Toth, 1948) Thurs Only 35mm

Landmark Seven Gables:

Beasts of No Nation (Cary Fukanaga) Fri-Thurs

SIFF Film Center:

The Seattle South Asian Film Festival Fri-Sun Full Program
Archie’s Betty (Gerald Peary) Weds Only
The Decline of Western Civilization Part One (Penelope Spheeris) Thurs Only Our Interview

Sundance Cinemas Seattle:

Mississippi Grind (Ryan Fleck & Anna Boden) Fri-Thurs
Meet the Patels (Ravi & Geeta Patel) Fri-Thurs

SIFF Cinema Uptown:

Goodnight Mommy (Ulrich Seidel) Fri-Thurs
My Fair Lady (George Cukor, 1964) Tues Only
French Cinema Now Festival 2015 Starts Thurs Full Program

Varsity Theatre:

Time Out of Mind (Oren Moverman) Fri-Thurs

Featured Film:

The Vancouver International Film Festival

We’re still in Vancouver for a few more days. It’s been a great festival so far, and we’ve managed to watch and write and podcast about a number of films that already have upcoming release dates on Seattle Screens, including Guy Maddin’s The Forbidden Room, Hou Hsiao-hsien’s The Assassin, and Rick Alverson’s Entertainment. We’ll have much more coming this week, including looks at new films from Jafar Panahi, Jia Zhangke and Sylvia Chang. Where to follow us.

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Playing This Week:

Central Cinema:

Harold and Maude (Hal Ashby, 1971) Fri-Sun
Life of Brian (Terry Jones, 1979) Fri-Tues

Crest Cinema Center:

Phoenix (Christian Petzold) Fri-Thurs Our Review

SIFF Cinema Egyptian:

Shanghai (Mikael Håfström) Fri-Weds  
A Nightmare on Elm Street (Wes Craven, 1984) Fri Midnight Only
The People Under the Stairs (Wes Craven, 1991) Sat Midnight Only

Grand Cinema:

Sleeping with Other People (Leslye Headland) Fri-Thurs
Learning to Drive (Isabel Coixet) Fri-Thurs
Pawn Sacrifice (Edward Zwick) Fri-Thurs
A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting Existence (Roy Andresson) Tues Only Our Review
Private Violence (Cynthia Hill) Weds Only
Attack on Titan Part One (Shinji Higuchi) Weds Only Our Review
When I Live My Life Over Again (Robert Edwards) Thurs Only

Grand Illusion Cinema:

Partisan (Ariel Kleiman) Fri-Thurs
Welcome To Leith (Michael Beach Nichols & Christopher K. Walker) Sat-Mon, Weds-Thurs
VHS Über Alles presents Hide and Go Shriek (Skip Schoolnik, 1988) Sat Only VHS
Iris Film Collective & EXcinema presents The End of the World Tues Only 16mm

Landmark Guild 45th:

Meru (Jimmy Chin & Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi) Fri-Thurs

Cinemark Lincoln Square:

Singh is Bling (Prabhu Deva) Fri-Thurs
Talvar (Meghna Gulzar) Fri-Thurs
The Princess Bride (Rob Reiner, 1987) Sun & Weds Only

Regal Meridian:

Sleeping with Other People (Leslye Headland) Fri-Thurs
Pawn Sacrifice (Edward Zwick) Fri-Thurs

Northwest Film Forum:

Local Sightings Closing Night: Puget Soundtrack: Ahamefule Oluo presents Police Beat  (Robinson Devor, 2005) Sat Only
Mala Mala (Antonio Santini & Dan Sickles) Thurs Only

AMC Loews Oak Tree:

Sleeping with Other People (Leslye Headland) Fri-Thurs

AMC Pacific Place:

Coming Home (Zhang Yimou) Fri-Thurs
Lost in Hong Kong (Xu Zheng) Fri-Thurs
Saving Mr. Wu (Ding Sheng) Fri-Thurs

Regal Parkway Plaza:

Sleeping with Other People (Leslye Headland) Fri-Thurs
Etiquette for Mistresses (Chito S. Roño) Fri-Thurs

Seattle Art Museum:

Ride the Pink Horse (Robert Montgomery, 1947) Thurs Only 35mm

Landmark Seven Gables:

The Second Mother (Anna Muylaert) Fri-Thurs

SIFF Film Center:

Gabo: The Creation of Gabriel García Márquez (Justin Webster) Fri-Thurs
Finding Vivian Maier (John Maloof & Charlie Siskel) Tues & Weds Only
The Salt of the Earth (Wim Wenders) Tues & Weds Only

AMC Southcenter:

Pawn Sacrifice (Edward Zwick) Fri-Thurs

Sundance Cinemas Seattle:

Coming Home (Zhang Yimou) Fri-Thurs
Going Clear (Alex Gibney) Fri-Thurs
Meet the Patels (Ravi & Geeta Patel) Fri-Thurs
Northern Soul (Elaine Constantine) Fri-Thurs

Regal Thornton Place:

Pawn Sacrifice (Edward Zwick) Fri-Thurs

SIFF Cinema Uptown:

Goodnight Mommy (Ulrich Seidel) Fri-Thurs
Racing Extinction (Louie Psihoyos) Fri-Thurs
Breathe (Mélanie Laurent) Fri-Thurs
Black Orpheus (Marcel Camus) Mon Only

Varsity Theatre:

Shanghai (Mikael Håfström) Fri-Thurs
Wildlike (Frank Hall Green) Fri-Thurs
Manhattan Short Film Festival Sat-Tues
Seattle Latino Film Festival Sat-Tues
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Extended Edition (Peter Jackson) Mon Only

Featured Film:

The Vancouver International Film Festival

It’s stretching the definition of “Seattle-area”, but that’s where most of us are going to be for the next ten days or so. We’re heading across the border to Vancouver for one of the best film festivals in North America, which features a tremendous selection of international art house films, with a special focus on East Asian cinema. We’ll have lots of coverage, with reviews and probably some podcasts too. Where to follow us.

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Playing This Week:

Central Cinema:

Rear Window (Alfred Hitchcock, 1954) Fri-Weds
The Usual Suspects (Bryan Singer, 1995) Fri-Weds

Crest Cinema Center:

Mistress America (Noah Baumbach) Fri-Thurs Our Review

SIFF Cinema Egyptian:

Stonewall (Roland Emmerich) Fri-Thurs 

Century Federal Way:

Veteran (Ryoo Seung-wan) Fri-Thurs

Grand Cinema:

Jimmy’s Hall (Ken Loach) Fri-Thurs
Learning to Drive (Isabel Coixet) Fri-Thurs
Pawn Sacrifice (Edward Zwick) Fri-Thurs
The Winding Stream (Beth Harrington) Tues Only
Dune (David Lynch) Weds Only
Attack on Titan Part One (Shinji Higuchi) Weds & Thurs Only
We Were Here (David Weissman & Bill Weber) Thurs Only

Grand Illusion Cinema:

Welcome To Leith (Michael Beach Nichols & Christopher K. Walker) Fri-Thurs
Local Sightings Film Festival Sat, Weds & Thurs

Landmark Guild 45th:

Meru (Jimmy Chin & Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi) Fri-Thurs
Attack on Titan Part One (Shinji Higuchi) Weds Only

Cinemark Lincoln Square:

Sicario (Denis Villeneuve) Fri-Thurs
Kis Kisko Pyaar Karoon (Abbas Mustan) Fri-Thurs
Pawn Sacrifice (Edward Zwick) Fri-Thurs
Katti Batti (Nikhil Advani) Fri-Thurs
Ghost (Jerry Zucker, 1990) Sun & Weds Only
Attack on Titan Part One (Shinji Higuchi) Weds & Thurs Only

Regal Meridian:

Sicario (Denis Villeneuve) Fri-Thurs
Sleeping with Other People (Leslye Headland) Fri-Thurs
Pawn Sacrifice (Edward Zwick) Fri-Thurs

Northwest Film Forum:

Local Sightings Film Festival Fri-Thurs Full Program 
Hit 2 Pass (Kurt Walker) Fri Only Our Review

AMC Loews Oak Tree:

Sleeping with Other People (Leslye Headland) Fri-Thurs

AMC Pacific Place:

Office (Johnnie To) Fri-Thurs Our Review Our Podcast
Lost in Hong Kong (Xu Zheng) Fri-Thurs
Learning to Drive (Isabel Coixet) Fri-Thurs

Kirkland Parkplace Cinema:

Learning to Drive (Isabel Coixet) Fri-Thurs
Meru (Jimmy Chin & Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi) Fri-Thurs

Regal Parkway Plaza:

Sleeping with Other People (Leslye Headland) Fri-Thurs
Learning to Drive (Isabel Coixet) Fri-Thurs
Kaun Karey Insaaf (Baljit Singh) Fri-Thurs

Scarecrow Video Screening Lounge:

Dark Star (John Carpenter, 1974) Fri Only
Wet Hot American Summer (David Wain, 2001) Sat Only
Laggies (Lynn Shelton, 2014) Sun Only
Chris Marker Group Mon Only
Back to School (Alan Metter, 1986) Tues Only
Wild Boys of the Road (William Wellman, 1933) Weds Only

Landmark Seven Gables:

The Second Mother (Anna Muylaert) Fri-Thurs

AMC Southcenter:

Pawn Sacrifice (Edward Zwick) Fri-Thurs

Sundance Cinemas Seattle:

Sleeping with Other People (Leslye Headland) Fri-Thurs
Stonewall (Roland Emmerich) Fri-Thurs
Meet the Patels (Ravi & Geeta Patel) Fri-Thurs

Regal Thornton Place:

Learning to Drive (Isabel Coixet) Fri-Thurs
Pawn Sacrifice (Edward Zwick) Fri-Thurs

SIFF Cinema Uptown:

Goodnight Mommy (Ulrich Seidel) Fri-Thurs
Racing Extinction (Louie Psihoyos) Fri-Thurs
Arcade Fire: The Reflektor Tapes (Kahlil Joseph) Fri-Thurs

Featured Film:

Office at the AMC Pacific Place

The latest from Hong Kong director Johnnie To is a musical based on a play written by Sylvia Chang, who also stars along with Chow Yun-fat. Set in the world of high finance at the time of the economic meltdown, it promises to be a fascinating companion to To’s 2011 duo of Life without Principle and Don’t Go Breaking My Heart. We’ll have full coverage coming this weekend, with reviews and a podcast recorded on-location from the theatre lobby. Our review. Our podcast.

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Playing This Week:

Ark Lodge Cinemas:

Meru (Jimmy Chin & Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi) Fri-Thurs

Central Cinema:

Chicago (Rob Marshall, 2002) Fri-Tues Our Podcast
The Shining (Stanley Kubrick, 1980) Fri-Tues
Lion’s Mane Art Collective: QTone Thurs Only

SIFF Cinema Egyptian:

Mistress America (Noah Baumbach) Fri-Thurs Our Review 
Cooties (Jonathan Milott & Cary Murnion) Fri-Weds
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (Jim Sharman, 1975) Sat Midnight Only

Century Federal Way:

Veteran (Ryoo Seung-wan) Fri-Thurs
Psycho (Alfred Hitchcock) Sun & Weds Only

Grand Cinema:

Jimmy’s Hall (Ken Loach) Fri-Thurs
Learning to Drive (Isabel Coixet) Fri-Thurs
Meru (Jimmy Chin & Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi) Fri-Thurs
Best of Enemies (Morgan Neville & Robert Gordon) Fri-Thurs
The Lives of Hamilton Fish (Rachel Mason) Sun Only
Listen to Me Marlon (Stevan Riley) Tues Only
Fresh Dressed (Sacha Jenkins) Thurs Only

Grand Illusion Cinema:

Horse Money (Pedro Costa) Fri-Thurs Our Review
A Poem is a Naked Person (Les Blank, 1974) Sat-Weds
Korla (John Turner & Eric Christensen) Thurs Only

Landmark Guild 45th:

Meru (Jimmy Chin & Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi) Fri-Thurs

Cinemark Lincoln Square:

Sleeping with Other People (Leslye Headland) Fri-Thurs
Learning to Drive (Isabel Coixet) Fri-Thurs
Bhale Bhale Magadivoi (Maruthi) Fri-Thurs
Pawn Sacrifice (Edward Zwick) Fri-Thurs
Katti Batti (Nikhil Advani) Fri-Thurs
Psycho (Alfred Hitchcock) Sun & Weds Only

Regal Meridian:

Sleeping with Other People (Leslye Headland) Fri-Thurs
Pawn Sacrifice (Edward Zwick) Fri-Thurs

Northwest Film Forum:

The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution (Stanley Nelson Jr.) Fri-Mon
Puget Soundtrack: Tim Held Presents Predator (John McTiernan, 1987) Sat Only Live Performance
Recess Monkey Presents “Hot Air!” Sun Only Live Performance

AMC Pacific Place:

Office (Johnnie To) Fri-Thurs Our Review Our Podcast
Learning to Drive (Isabel Coixet) Fri-Thurs

Kirkland Parkplace Cinema:

Learning to Drive (Isabel Coixet) Fri-Thurs
Meru (Jimmy Chin & Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi) Fri-Thurs

Regal Parkway Plaza:

Learning to Drive (Isabel Coixet) Fri-Thurs

Scarecrow Video Screening Lounge:

The Element of Crime (Lars von Trier, 1984) Fri Only
Song of the Sea (Tomm Moore, 2014) Sun Only
Clueless (Amy Heckerling, 1995) Mon Only
The Man Who Knew Too Much (Alfred Hitchcock, 1956) Tues Only
Rachel Rachel (Paul Newman, 1968) Weds Only
Ruby in Paradise (Victor Nuñez, 1993) Thurs Only

Seattle Art Museum:

Scarlet Street (Fritz Lang, 1945) Thurs Only 35mm

Landmark Seven Gables:

The New Girlfriend (François Ozon) Fri-Thurs

SIFF Film Center:

Paper Planes (Robert Connolly) Fri-Thurs

Sundance Cinemas Seattle:

Sleeping with Other People (Leslye Headland) Fri-Thurs
Rififi (Jules Dassin, 1955) Fri-Thurs

Regal Thornton Place:

Learning to Drive (Isabel Coixet) Fri-Thurs

SIFF Cinema Uptown:

Phoenix (Christian Petzold) Fri-Thurs Our Review
Decline of Western Civilization Part 1 (Penelope Spheeris, 1981) Fri Only Our Interview
Wayne’s World (Penelope Spheeris, 1992) Fri Only Our Interview 
Women in Cinema Festival Fri-Thurs
Dead End (William Wyler, 1937) Mon Only

Varsity Theatre:

Dragon Blade (Daniel Lee) Fri-Thurs Our Review
Phoenix (Christian Petzold) Fri-Thurs Our Review 
Psycho (Alfred Hitchcock) Sun & Weds Only

Featured Film:

Film Festivals Around Town

Labor Day weekend sees the arrival of a trio of miniature film festivals on Seattle Screens. The Cinerama begins a two week series of 40 fan favorite films, each playing one time only in state of the art digital presentations. The SIFF Film Center hosts a short film festival in conjunction with Bumbershoot, featuring a number of shorts that played SIFF earlier this year. And Scarecrow Video dedicates its Screening Lounge to classic films by female directors from around the world.

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Playing This Week:

Ark Lodge Cinemas:

Jimmy’s Hall (Ken Loach) Fri-Thurs
Mistress America (Noah Baumbach) Fri-Thurs Our Review

Central Cinema:

Porco Rosso (Hayao Miyazaki, 1993) Fri-Weds Subtitles on Weds Only
The Big Lebowski (The Coen Brothers, 1998) Fri-Weds
West Side Story (Robert Wise & Jerome Robbins, 1961) Thurs Only

Cinerama:

No Country for Old Men (The Coen Brothers, 2007) Fri Only
Vertigo (Alfred Hitchcock, 1958) Fri Only
The Big Lebowski (The Coen Brothers, 1998) Fri Only
Forrest Gump (Robert Zemeckis, 1994) Sat Only
Citizen Kane (Orson Welles, 1941) Sat Only
The Prisoner of Azkaban (Alfonso Cuaron, 2004) Sat Only
Inception (Christopher Nolan, 2010) Sat Only
The Wizard of Oz (Victor Fleming, 1939) Sun Only
The Sound of Music (Robert Wise, 1965) Sun Only
The Godfather (Francis Ford Coppola, 1972) Sun Only
Spirited Away (Hayao Miyazaki, 2001) Sun Only
American Graffiti (George Lucas, 1973) Mon Only
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (George Roy Hill, 1969) Mon Only
The Good, the Bad & the Ugly (Sergio Leone, 1966) Mon Only
Zombieland (Ruben Fleischer, 2010) Mon Only
Mad Max (George Miller, 1979) Tues Only
Ghostbusters (Ivan Reitman, 1984) Tues Only
The Blues Brothers (John Landis, 1980) Tues Only
Almost Famous (Cameron Crowe, 2001) Tues Only
On the Waterfront (Elia Kazan, 1954) Weds Only
Last of the Mohicans (Michael Mann, 1992) Weds Only
Pulp Fiction (Quentin Tarantino, 1994) Weds Only
Donnie Darko (Richard Kelly, 2001) Weds Only
Moulin Rouge! (Base Luhrmann, 2001) Thurs Only
Raiders of the Lost Ark (Steven Spielberg, 1981) Thurs Only
Monty Python & the Holy Grail (Terry Gilliam & Terry Jones, 1975) Thurs Only

Crest Cinema Center:

Love and Mercy (Bill Pohlad) Fri-Thurs Our Interview 

SIFF Cinema Egyptian:

Mistress America (Noah Baumbach) Fri-Thurs Our Review
Bloodsucking Bastards (Brian James O’Connell) Fri-Sat Midnight

Grand Cinema:

Phoenix (Christian Petzold) Fri-Thurs Our Review
Mistress America (Noah Baumbach) Fri-Thurs Our Review
Meru (Jimmy Chin & Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi) Fri-Thurs
Sunshine Superman (Marah Strauch) Tues Only

Grand Illusion Cinema:

The Iron Ministry (JP Sniadecki) Mon-Thurs Our Review
Top Spin (Sara Newens & Mina T. Son) Fri-Thurs

Landmark Guild 45th:

Mistress America (Noah Baumbach) Fri-Thurs Our Review
Meru (Jimmy Chin & Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi) Fri-Thurs

Cinemark Lincoln Square:

Mistress America (Noah Baumbach) Fri-Thurs Our Review
Phantom (Kabir Khan) Fri-Tues
Learning to Drive (Isabel Coixet) Fri-Thurs
Bhale Bhale Magadivoi (Maruthi) Fri-Thurs
Welcome Back (Anees Bazmee) Fri-Tues
Stripes (Ivan Reitman) Sun & Weds Only

Regal Meridian:

Irrational Man (Woody Allen) Fri-Thurs

Northwest Film Forum:

Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine (Alex Gibney) Fri-Thurs
Human Highway: Director’s Cut (Neil Young & Dean Stockwell) Fir-Sun
Dance Film Salon: Vertigo Bird and Vashava Mon Only

AMC Pacific Place:

Learning to Drive (Isabel Coixet) Fri-Thurs

Kirkland Parkplace Cinema:

Mistress America (Noah Baumbach) Fri-Thurs Our Review

Regal Parkway Plaza:

Angrej (Simerjit Singh) Fri-Thurs

Scarecrow Video Screening Lounge:

The Portrait of a Lady (Jane Campion, 1996) Fri Only Our Podcast
Starstruck (Gillian Armstrong, 1982) Sat Only
A Simple Life (Ann Hui, 2012) Sun Only
Daisies (Věra Chytilová, 1966) Mon Only
The Man Who Knew Too Much (Alfred Hitchcock, 1934) Tues Only
Cleo from 5 to 7 (Agnés Varda, 1962) Weds Only
Wishful Dancing: The Films of Kathie Kelly Thurs Only

Landmark Seven Gables:

Learning to Drive (Isabel Coixet) Fri-Thurs

SIFF Film Center:

1 Reel Film Festival  Sat-Mon

Sundance Cinemas Seattle:

Queen of Earth (Alex Ross Perry) Fri-Thurs
Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine (Alex Gibney) Fri-Thurs
Khalil Gibran’s The Prophet (Roger Allers et al) Fri-Thurs
A Borrowed Ideantity (Eran Riklis) Fri-Thurs

Regal Thornton Place:

Mistress America (Noah Baumbach) Fri-Thurs Our Review

SIFF Cinema Uptown:

Phoenix (Christian Petzold) Fri-Thurs Our Review
Bloodsucking Bastards (Brian James O’Connell) Fri-Tues, Thurs

Varsity Theatre:

Dragon Blade (Daniel Lee) Fri-Thurs