Calendar
Branded to Kill
May 11, 2016
(Seijun Suzuki, Japan, 1967, B&W, DCP, Japanese with English subtitles, 91 min)
This fractured film noir is the final provocation that got Suzuki fired from Nikkatsu Studios, simultaneously making him a counterculture hero and putting him out of work for a decade. An anarchic send-up of B movie clichés, it stars Jo Shishido as an assassin who gets turned on by the smell of cooking rice, and whose failed attempt to kill a victim (a butterfly lands on his gun) turns him into a target himself.
Electonomicon - Art Walk
FREE EVENT! Curated by Amber Cortes, videos live mixed by Edward Wolcher.
May 12, 2016
Footage of our 2016 presidential candidates mashed with agit-prop films, heavy-metal music videos, surrealist movies, and the occult with psychedelic musical undertones. Wander around, grab a drink, hang out in the lobby.
Spring Night, Summer Night
Restored 35mm print!
May 13, 2016
(J.L. Anderson, United States, 1967, 35mm, 82 min)
Director J.L. Anderson’s remarkable first—and only—feature, Spring Night, Summer Night has been claiming the attentions of a growing number of critics as it has gradually emerged from a decades-long obscurity following screenings, in recent years, at the Museum of Modern Art and the Rural Route Film Festival. This stunning new preservation print promises to bring the film an even wider audience and will no doubt be seen as one of the great re-discoveries of this year’s Festival.
Seattle Documentary Association: Boys on the Inside
Free event!
May 15, 2016
Boys on the Inside is a feature documentary film about 'boy' culture in women's prisons in Washington State. This will be a work-in-progress screening focused on initial character profiles within the film.
I Am Thalente
Seattle premiere!
May 16, 2016
(Natalie Johns, United States, 2015, 80 min)
I Am Thalente is a coming of age story that captures a three-year window of time in Thalente Biyela’s life as he transitions from teenager to young man, from living on the streets of South Africa to pursuing his dream of a career in skateboarding.
#WhoAreWeCelebrating? Twitter Conversation & Live Forum
Co-presented with Reel Grrls
Live conversation at the Forum & on Twitter
#WhoAreWeCelebrating
Free event!
May 19, 2016
Northwest Film Forum and Reel Grrls host an in-person and online discussion at the intersection of feminism, film, and community responses to sexual violence. On May 17, 2016, Nicole Brodeur published a piece on the Seattle International Film Festival's selection of Woody Allen’s Cafe Society for their opening night film.
Puget Soundtrack: Under the Cherry Moon
May 19, 2016
(Prince, US, 1986, 98 min)
We are proud to present Under the Cherry Moon, the lace-festooned directorial debut of too-soon-departed national treasure Prince. Join His Royal Badness on an unabashedly frilly, cheesily seductive joyride through the French Riviera with Christopher Tracy (Prince) and Tricky (Jerome Benton of The Time), gigolos by profession, who set out to woo the effetely naive trust fund flapper Mary Sharon (Kristin Scott Thomas) and seduce her out of a $50 million inheritance.
Men In War
Restored 35mm print!
May 20, 2016
(Anthony Mann, United States, 1957, 35mm, 102 min)
Following his brutal film noirs for Eagle-Lion and a memorable series of psychological westerns with James Stewart, director Anthony Mann made a brace of adult chamber films for Philip Yordan’s Security Pictures, God’s Little Acre (1958) and Men In War. What All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) and The Story of G.I. Joe (1945) were to the great world wars, Men In War is to the Korean War.
Belladonna of Sadness
May 20 - May 26, 2016
(Eiichi Yamamoto, 1973, Japan, DCP, 93 min)
Based on a 1812 French history of witchcraft and the occult, produced by the grandfather of Japanese anime, and considered one of the most anticipated restorations of 2016, Belladonna of Sadness is the final film in the Animerama trilogy (Metropolis, Astro Boy).
Moomins on the Riviera
Co-presented with the Nordic Heritage Museum! Join us for Moomins crafts and coloring in the lobby before the show! Age 6+
May 21 - May 22, 2016
(Finland/France, animation, 2014, 80 min) In English.
The Moomins, Snorkmaiden and Little My, in search of adventures, set sail for the Riviera. After a journey fraught with menacing storms and desert island dangers, Moominpappa befriends an aristocrat and adopts the name "de Moomin." That sends an exasperated Moominmamma to the relative calm of their trusty old boat, to wait for her family to come to their senses.This gorgeously hand drawn animation feature, celebrating Tove Jansson’s beloved comic strips, has charmed audiences worldwide with its messages of cross-cultural understanding and finding joy in the small things of family life.
You're Lookin' at Country: Tough Love (Parenting Edition)
Featuring COUNTRY-OKE after the show!
May 21, 2016
Forget Dr. Spock! For the sake of the children, we urge you to attend this master class in parenting, with tuneful tips culled from classic video performances by child-rearing experts including Conway Twitty, Loretta Lynn, George Jones, and the late, great Merle Haggard.
Die Schattenparker
Co-presented with Zeitgeist Northwest Seattle Chapter Followed by a panel discussion
May 22, 2016
Die Schattenparker is a film about what in Germany are known as Wagenplätze, or mobile home squats. Consisting mainly of renovated construction trailers from the former East Germany, these encampments sprung up in every major German city following the decline of the traditional German squat scene in the '90s.
Women on the Brink: Voice & Vision
Free event!
May 26, 2016
Women on the Brink: Voice & Vision is an evening of literary and film arts celebrating the fierce feminine in support of free self defense classes for women on Capitol Hill.
The Long Voyage Home
Restored 35mm print!
May 27, 2016
(John Ford, United States, 1940, 35mm, 103 min)
The powers and fascinations of director John Ford and playwright Eugene O’Neill are happily met in this 1940 feature dramatizing the lives of men who serve as crew members aboard commercial freighters. Like O’Neill, Ford nursed a lifelong obsession with sailing and the sea, and had spent his early years in Portland, Maine, amid the maritime culture that this picture describes.
Silver Ochre: Who Are US 2016
May 28, 2016
Observations from the 21st century American road
Open House with New Executive Director
Free event! Come meet our new director!
May 31, 2016
Northwest Film Forum has a new Executive Director! Courtney Sheehan has served as program and then as artistic director since fall 2013.
Raiders! and The Adaptation - Double Feature
Filmmakers Chris Strompolos and Eric Zala in attendance!
Jun 02, 2016
Join us for a double-feature of Raiders!: The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made and its titular fan film, Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Adaptation! Experience the backstory behind the incredible shot-for-shot remake of Steven Spielberg's Raiders of the Lost Ark (executed entirely by an ingenious group of Mississippi teenagers in the '80s!), and then keep your seats to enjoy the fan film itself.
Sweet Bean
Seattle premiere!
Jun 02 - Jun 05, 2016
(Naomi Kawase, Japan, 2015, DCP, 113 min)
Known for her meditative, intimate character studies that approach “fiction with a documentarian’s gaze,” Naomi Kawase returns with her new film Sweet Bean. The story begins as a reluctant pastry chef, Sentaro is visited by an unlikely applicant for part-time help, a 76-year-old woman named Tokue whose difficult past will slowly come to light and alter the younger man’s outlook on life.
Destiny
New restoration!
Jun 01 - Jun 05, 2016
(Fritz Lang, Germany, 1921, DCP, 94 min)
The Song Collector
Film subject and director in attendance!
Jun 05, 2016
(Erik Koto, United States, 2016, 54 min)
Set high in the Indian Himalaya, Ladakh is home to a rich Buddhist culture and an ancient tradition of folk singing; Morup Namgyal is Ladakh's greatest folk artist and is committed to preserving his musical heritage. Through the lives of three generations of the Namgyal family, The Song Collector explores the uneasy relationship between culture and development and ultimately offers a new vision, inspired by the Buddhist concept of the ‘middle path’, that seeks to find a beneficial coexistence between tradition and modernization.
Cine-meme: Homocene
Free event! Live video mixing!
Jun 09, 2016
At Film Forum June 9 from 5-8pm, a special edition of Cine-meme featuring the best of gay art house cinema and random internet ephemera. Wander in, grab a drink, and check out the live-mixed video mash-ups along with music. See you there!
Horror: NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 2
Co-presented with Three Dollar Bill Cinema
Hosted by Scott & Lance, hosts of Cineoke
Happy Hour at 7:00pm in the lobby
Jun 09, 2016
(Jack Sholder, U.S., 1985, 85 min)
Jesse Walsh and his family have moved into the home of the sole survivor of Freddy Krueger’s 1984 killing spree. It isn’t long before Jesse is plagued with nightmares and violent urges as Freddy’s spirit seeks to possess his body, turning it into an instrument of MURDEROUS MAYHEM!