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45365 An elegiac portrait of goings-on in the middle-American town of Sydney, Ohio, 45365 is ... Details >
Leonard Cohen Live At The Isle of Wight, 1970 On August 31, 1970, 35-year-old Leonard Cohen was awakened at 2am and brought onstage to perform ... Details >
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Music Movies
Music Movies
If you love some music with your movies, mark your calendar for these upcoming screenings, where the soundtrack is a character of it's own.
Here Come the Waves: The Hazards of Love Visualized
Mar 11
(Peter Sluszka, Julia Pott, Guilherme Marcondes, Santa Maria; USA, 2009, 99 min)
After the release of The Decemberists’ The Hazards of Love last year, four filmmakers embarked on a special project to take the album to new heights. Guilherme Marcondes, Julia Pott, Peter Sluszka and Santa Maria created animated films to accompany the ambitious and acclaimed song cycle.
Leonard Cohen Live At The Isle of Wight, 1970
Sponsored by KBCS 91.3FM and Sonic Boom Records/Sony
Mar 12 - Mar 13
(Murray Lerner, USA, 1970/2009, DV-CAM, 64 min)
On August 31, 1970, 35-year-old Leonard Cohen was awakened at 2am and brought onstage to perform at the third annual Isle of Wight Music Festival. An estimated 600,000 people were waiting, energized by a legendary set by Jimi Hendrix...
"It is scandalous that Murray Lerner’s film of Cohen’s Performance at the Isle of Wight has...languished unseen for forty years. The complete set is nothing short of a revelation." -Seattle PostGlobe
Soul Nite!
Sponsored by KBCS 91.3FM (DOORS at 7:30PM)
Mar 18
It's back! Curator and host Peter Lucas presents a selection of vintage soul music performance footage on the big screen, cranked up loud. Don’t miss this all-star soul show on screen, including a rarely seen performance from the one and only wicked Wilson Pickett in celebration of his birthday!
Still Bill
Seattle Premiere Sponsored by KBCS 91.3FM and Jive Time Records
Mar 31
(Alex Vlack and Damani Baker, USA, 2009, Beta-SP, 82 min)
Soul music legend Bill Withers was an undersized, asthmatic, stuttering child from the small town of Slab Fork, West Virginia. It wasn’t until his mid-30s that the instant success of his song “Ain’t No Sunshine” would catapult the unlikely pop star into fame. This intimate documentary highlights his career, catches up with the reclusive, low-key singer at home and captures his first musical endeavors in decades.
The Mountain Goats: Life of the World to Come
Co-presented by Easy Street Records Exclusive door prizes to be raffled off before the show, including a signed copy of the upcoming limited-edition DVD!
Apr 17
(Rian Johnson, USA, 2010, Digi-Beta, 60 min)
Join us for the DVD release of this documentary about The Mountain Goats frontman John Darnielle as he returns to Pomona College—where he performed Bach minuets as an 8-year-old piano student—in The Life Of The World To Come, playing last year's Bible-based concept record of the same name in solo and duet performances.