Calendar
The Wild Bunch
Mar 13 - Mar 19, 2009
(Sam Peckinpah, USA, 1969, 35mm, 145 min)
Master director Sam Peckinpah’s classic tale of aging desperados determined to forge one last stand is a feat of technical and artistic genius.
Rain People
Mar 18 - Mar 19, 2009
(Francis Ford Coppola, USA, 1969, Beta-SP, 102 min)
Starring Shirley Knight, James Caan and Robert Duvall, Coppola’s Rain People tells the story of a pregnant Long Island housewife who journeys across America.
Paint Your Wagon
Mar 13 - Mar 19, 2009
(Joshua Logan, USA, 1969, 35mm, 166 min)
This big-budget Western musical starring Lee Marvin, Clint Eastwood and Jean Seberg in a ménage-à-trois was the last blast from director Joshua Logan (South Pacific).
Harvard Beats Yale 29–29
Mar 20 - Mar 26, 2009
(Kevin Rafferty, USA, 2008, DigiBeta, 105 min)
Harvard stadium, November 23, 1968: for the first time since 1909, the football teams of Harvard and Yale are undefeated as they meet for their final game.
"Scores a touchdown...Everyone who participates does so with touching humility, wisdom and humor." -Seattle Times
"SW Pick: The best football movie I’ve ever seen" -Seattle Weekly
Manquér
Mar 20 - Mar 26, 2009
(Matt Daniels and Sean Pecknold, 2006, 7 min)
Plays before Harvard Beats Yale.
On Alain's 10th birthday he is given Suzette, the bicycle that carried his father to 12 Tour de France victories. Robert Henri, a notorious Tour de France loser, thinks that by stealing Suzette he may finally have a chance at victory.
The Toe Tactic
Director in attendance!
Mar 21 - Mar 22, 2009
(Emily Hubley, USA, 2008, Beta-SP, 84 min)
Animator Emily Hubley's first feature length film is an offbeat hybrid that plays on the themes of time, memory, loss and yearning. Blending fantasy and reality, animation and live action, The Toe Tactic tells the story of Mona Peek (Lily Rabe), a young woman grieving her father's death and searching for her lost wallet in a world populated by lonely neighbors, animated objects and a songwriting elevator man.
Secret Sunday Matinee II: Adventure! And Stuff!
Co-presented by The Sprocket Society and Northwest Film Forum
Mar 01 - May 24, 2009
The Secret Sunday Matinee returns, now at a different time! Relive the old-fashioned matinee with a weekly movie serial, a classic Secret Feature, plus cartoons and shorts. This spring, the 12-chapter cliffhanger is Zorro’s Fighting Legion (1939). Packed with non-stop action, it's one of the all-time best from the legendary Republic Studios!
Pig Hunt
Presented in association with The Rumpus
Mar 24, 2009
Join us for the Seattle launch of The Rumpus, a new daily online culture magazine, and the first Seattle screening of Pig Hunt. Hosted by author and editor of The Rumpus, Stephen Elliott. Rumpus contributor Ryan Boudinot will give a reading before the film and director Jim Isaac and writer/producer Robert Mailer Anderson will answer questions following the screening. The party will continue across the street at the Vermillion art gallery.
Putney Swope
Mar 25 - Mar 26, 2009
(Robert Downey, USA, 1969, Beta-SP, 84 min)
Robert Downey’s brazen and bizarre satire on race relations and consumerism became the first major hit from the Underground.
This True Story Of Dad Club
Mar 27 - Apr 02, 2009
(Craig Downing, 2006, 5 min)
Plays before Tokyo Sonata.
A memoir about the dark distance between a daughter and her father.
Chronicles Of A Professional Eulogist Field Report No. 3
Mar 27 - Apr 09, 2009
(Sarah Jane Lapp, 2006, 7 min)
Plays before Silent Light.
Jurors' Choice Award from the 25th Black Maria Film & Video Festival, in this hand drawn animated film a rabbi—make that a “grief facilitator”—shares the secrets of his trade.
Tokyo Sonata
Mar 27 - Apr 09, 2009
(Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Japan/Netherlands, 2008, 35mm, 119 min)
Taking the psychic leaps of a Haruki Murakami novel and exhibiting a playfulness that suggests Jacques Tati, Japanese director Kiyoshi Kurosawa embarks on a surprising journey. A contemporary fable masterfully pitched between comedy, tragedy and Buñuelian irrationality. Tokyo Sonata is the perfect film for a troubled historical moment.
Silent Light
Special Two-Week Engagement
Mar 27 - Apr 09, 2009
(Carlos Reygadas, Mexico/France/Netherlands/Germany, 2007, 35mm, 127 min)
Silent Light is a meditative story about one man's inescapable, passionate love for two women, and the spiritual crises and redemption that follow. The film's emotional purity is linked to the community it portrays: a group of pacifist Mennonites who have resided in the Mexican state of Chihuahua since the 1920s.
Fellini Satyricon
Apr 03 - Apr 07, 2009
(Federico Fellini, Italy, 1969, 35mm, 128 min)
Fellini’s tumultuous work of art looks at ancient Rome as it has never been seen before.
The Damned
Apr 03 - Apr 07, 2009
(Luchino Visconti, Italy, 1969, 35mm, 156 min)
The Damned is a devastating account of the rise of fascism in 1930s Germany.
Gustafer Yellowgold's Mellow Fever
Special engagement! Live performance! One day only!
Apr 05, 2009
Morgan Taylor’s Gustafer Yellowgold Show (which just had a hit run off-Broadway) is unlike anything in family entertainment.
First Charge Of The Machete
Apr 08 - Apr 09, 2009
(Manuel Octavio Gómez, Cuba, 1969, Beta-SP, 84 min)
Cuban director Gómez combines elements of documentary form with extreme stylization in this experimental retelling of a battle between Cuban rebels and the Spanish army in 1868.
The Leather Boys
Apr 09, 2009
(Sidney J. Furie, UK, 1964, 108 min)
In this striking portrayal of 1960s working class British life, sparks fly between a hunky biker and a young married couple. Racy and rough-edged, The Leather Boys shifts gears between fiery confrontations and quiet contemplation, leading to a climactic crossroads.
Gray Days
Apr 10 - Apr 16, 2009
(Katherine Leagget, 2005, 13 min)
Plays before Hunger.
A graying American population and a record number of people incarcerated present a new and disturbing issue: a dramatic increase of elderly in our state prisons.
Hunger
Apr 10 - Apr 16, 2009
(Steve McQueen, United Kingdom, 2008, 35mm, 96 min)
A tour-de-force debut by renowned British visual artist Steve McQueen, Hunger follows the final six weeks in the life of Irish hunger striker Bobby Sands.
"A superbly balanced piece of work" -Seattle Weekly
"A harrowing triumph" -Seattle Times
Ashes of American Flags
Apr 10 - Apr 11, 2009
(Brendon Canty and Cristoph Green, USA, 2009, DigiBeta, 88 min)
Ashes of American Flags is a beautifully photographed, intimate document of Chicago band Wilco along their 2008 tour. The group performs live in five quintessentially American venues: Cain’s Ballroom in Tulsa, Tipitina’s in New Orleans, The Mobile AL Civic Center, The Ryman Auditorium in Nashville and the 9:30 Club in Washington D.C. Don’t miss these two special premiere screenings.
Edward II
Apr 16, 2009
(Derek Jarman, UK, 1991, 90 min)
One of the best and boldest films from late gay director Derek Jarman, this story of a king who faces revolt over his male lover mirrors the struggles faced by British gay activists in the 1990s. Starring Tilda Swinton as the vengeful Queen Isabella and featuring Annie Lennox, this crown jewel of the New Queer Cinema movement is passionate in its politics and explicit in its sexuality.