Calendar
As It Is In Heaven
Producer Nathaniel Glass in attendance!
Jul 18 - Jul 24, 2014
(Joshua Overbay, United States, 2013, DCP, 87 min)
This film drama from the American South (a region under-represented in the landscape of independent cinema) was inspired by the life of Harold Camping, the zealot (infamous or beloved, depending on who you ask) who ruled a many-million dollar fundamentalist Christian radio empire (140 stations on 4 continents) until his death in late 2013.
videOasis
Co-presented with 12toRain and City Arts Magazine
Happy hour at 7pm—Free tequila tasting bar from Sparkle Donkey (21+)!
Screening at 8pm
DJ Marco Collins in the lobby after the screening!
Apr 24 - Jul 24, 2014
Internet may have killed the video star, but music video culture is alive and kicking in the Northwest. Our quarterly showcase brings the best new PNW music videos out of the Internet ether and throws them big on the silver screen, with musicians and directors in attendance to spill the goods on the process of collaboration. Watch it bigger, listen louder, feel it realer.
Cannibal
Jul 25 - Jul 31, 2014
(Manuel Martín Cuenca, Spain, 2013, DCP, 116 min)
Carlos is a catch. Handsome, well-coiffed, chivalrous and the best tailor in Granada, he also has a proclivity for murdering and eating women. As Joe E. Lewis once said: “nobody’s perfect.” A far cry from the recent Hollywood onslaught of glamorized serial killer tales and torture porn, Cannibal deploys artful restraint in an examination of the limits of love and forgiveness in restless times.
48 Hour Film Project Meetup
Free networking + screening event!
Jul 29, 2014
Join us for a night of networking, education and celebration of Seattle filmmaking. The Seattle 48 Hour Film Project is thrilled to team up with Northwest Film Forum to host a last-dash networking event and screening of some of the top 48 Hour Films from recent years. Come by for happy hour to round out your team, get attached to a team, or maybe even start a team of your own. We’ll also be screening a handful of award-winning films to show you what makes for a great 48 Hour Film.
Llyn Foulkes One Man Band
Seattle premiere!
Aug 01 - Aug 07, 2014
(Tamar Halpern and Chris Quilty, United States, 2013, DCP, 88 min)
Part Clint Eastwood, part political anarchist: this wildly entertaining and intimate film portrait of L.A. painter and one-man-band Llyn Foulkes follows his obsessive craft and process for eight years. At age 70, Foulkes has spent an uncompromising 50 year art career refusing to sell out—but can he finally gain recognition for his achievements?
Members Only: August + September Season Launch Party
Free event for members! Followed by the Stewart-Sekuler Send-Off at 8pm!
Aug 04, 2014
Join us on August 4 for a final twelve rounds with former Film Forum program director Adam Sekuler. We're bidding farewell to Adam and Shannon Stewart as they leave Seattle for new artistic pursuits—members, come early for free drinks at 7pm!
Hiatus: A Stewart-Sekuler Send-Off
Screening and roast at 8pm!
Dance party at Velocity Dance Center at 10pm!
Aug 04, 2014
Home is where the art is, or at least that's been the case for Shannon Stewart and Adam Sekuler. These two beloved staples of the Seattle film and music scenes have offered homes for works by filmmakers, dancers, musicians, performers, and artists, in Seattle and across the country, for over a decade. As they prepare to take some time away from the Northwest to focus on their own art, we're turning our theater into theirs by opening our screen and floor to their creative output. Join us for an evening of film and dance, a roast of Adam and toast to them both, followed by a dance party in Shannon’s honor at Velocity.
Keaton as Film
Hosted by Robert Spector! Live musical accompaniment!
Aug 08, 2014
An evening of beloved Buster Keaton films, hosted by local Keaton enthusiast Robert Spector and featuring live accompaniment for Cops and The Playhouse by Jen Gilleran (percussion) and Christian Pincock (trombone/effects) of GRID.
Double Play: James Benning and Richard Linklater
Seattle premiere!
Aug 08 - Aug 14, 2014
(Gabe Klinger, United States, 2013, 70 min)
The oeuvres of experimental filmmaker James Benning and indie mainstay Richard Linklater might not appear to have much in common, but they share a decades-old friendship that began when Linklater asked Benning to show his films at the Austin Film Society. Gabe Klinger’s documentary charts their bond and bodies of work during a visit Benning paid Linklater in Texas. Required viewing for film lovers!
Exposed
Live burlesque performance by Miss Lily Verlaine! Seattle premiere!
Aug 09, 2014
(Beth B, United States, 2013, 77 min)
Director Beth B takes us into the 21st century underground and reveals a secret world of burlesque, where cutting-edge performers are taking a formerly taboo art form to new frontiers of satire, parody, and transgression.
Gustafer Yellowgold
Live music + film screening for families!
Aug 10, 2014
Bring the little ones out for a sunny show by Gustafer Yellowgold! The creations of kindie rock star Morgan Taylor (“the most original performer on the family-music scene today” —New York Magazine) are equal parts pop rock concert and hand-drawn cartoon movies. Special ticket pricing: $12 ($9 for children 12 and under).
Utopia
Aug 13, 2014
(James Benning, United States, 1998, 16mm, 93 min)
The opening credits for Utopia read: "Except for some additional ambience, the entire sound track of this film has been taken (without permission) from: Ernesto Che Guevara, the Bolivian Journal. A film by Richard Dindo. The images were found in the desert landscape from Death Valley south to, and crossing, the Mexican border."
Screen Shots at Capitol Hill Art Walk
Free event, 5pm - 8pm!
Happy hour drink prices!
Curated by Vera Petukhova!
Jul 10 - Mar 12, 2015
Join Northwest Film Forum for Screen Shots, a monthly series during Capitol Hill Art Walk. A new program every month features happy hour, video art, and sometimes special guests and lobby installations!
Je t’aime, je t’aime
New 35mm print!
Aug 15 - Aug 17, 2014
(Alain Resnais, France, 1968, 35mm, 91 min)
In tribute to the great French auteur Alain Resnais, who passed away this year, we present a new 35mm print of his only sci-fi film. As in Chris Marker's La Jetée, in Je t’aime a man is selected to travel back in time. The time machine malfunctions, and the man finds himself trapped in his own scattered memory, reliving moments of bliss and tragedy from past romances.
9th Annual Seattle Bike-In
Screening at dusk! Free event! Co-presented with the Gigantic Bicycle Festival!
Aug 16, 2014
Named as one of the reasons Pike/Pine belongs in the “Top 12 Art Places in America," the Seattle Bike-In has become a staple of the summer outdoor movie calendar. This year's event in Cal Anderson Park on Capitol Hil includes a lineup of bike shorts plus the Joseph Gordon-Levitt bike chase thriller Premium Rush!Grab your bike and your friends for a free outdoor film—summer nights never felt so right to be on two wheels.
37 Days: The Road to World War One
Free screening in honor of the WWI Centenary, August 2014!
Aug 17, 2014
(162 min)
This three-part BBC political thriller follows the catastrophic chain of events which led from the assassination of the archduke Franz Ferdinand on June 28, 1914, to the declaration of war between Britain and Germany on August 4. A tense and gripping mini series set amongst the corridors of power in London and Berlin, the film tracks the unfolding crisis through the eyes of leading politicians and civil servants, struggling to prevent the world’s first global war.
Churchill’s First World War
Free screening in honor of the WWI Centenary, August 2014!
Aug 18, 2014
(94 min)
In this dramatic documentary, 39-year-old Winston Churchill dreams of winning fame and glory. But when the disastrous Battle of Gallipoli leads to his disgrace and eventual resignation, he sets his sights on redemption. Join the future statesman in this dramatic documentary as Churchill tries to rehabilitate his reputation by taking up active service in the British Army (at the risk of death).