Calendar
The Damned: Don't You Wish That We Were Dead
Aug 14 - Aug 20, 2015
(Wes Orshoski, 2015, USA, DCP, 110 min)
Fresh off its festival premiere, Don’t You Wish We Were Dead is the definitive story of THE pioneering punk band: THE DAMNED, from their formation in 1976 through to present day. It’s a rollicking, yet complicated journey, unflinchingly portrayed, and a must-see for any punk.
Best of Couch Fest
One Night Only!
Aug 17, 2015
To celebrate Couch Fest being acquired by the Schnit.org Film Fest, Couch Fest founders are having a party to celebrate the last 8 years.
Join us for a hand-picked lineup of the best -- and the worst! -- films as agreed on by the programmers and staff who have made the festival the oddball gem it is.
Expect charming anecdotes about how they unearthed the rare wonders, and how those stinkers made it past their discerning tastes.
We'll be giving away past festival merch, sharing memories, and raising a glass to Seattle's little festival that could, before it goes on to it's next chapter of international fame.
Bike-in at Naked City Brewery
Aug 22, 2015
This summer, our annual Bike-in movie migrates from Cal Anderson to Naked City Brewery’s screening room. Join us in Greenwood for a night of great beer and a premium selection of local short films.
Not on Netflix: Project Metalbeast: DNA Overload
Co-presented with the Scarecrow Project!
Aug 26, 2015
(Alessandro De Gaetano, 1995, United States, 92 min, VHS)
The latest edition of Not on Netflix is hosted by comedian Elicia Sanchez. Her selection: Project Metalbeast: DNA Overload. In 1974, an unhinged CIA agent injects himself with the werewolf blood he found. After a killing spree, his body is put in suspended animation, then thawed out 20 years later by his crazy boss and a team of unsuspecting doctors.
Digging for Fire
Seattle premiere
Aug 28 - Sep 03, 2015
(Joe Swanberg, 2015, United States, DCP, 85 min)
The latest film from prolific independent filmmaker Joe Swanberg (Drinking Buddies, Happy Christmas, V/H/S) follows a married couple caught in the havoc of raising a small child. Tim (Jake Johnson) and Lee (Rosemarie DeWitt) take a break from each other to gain some breathing room: Lee takes their son to visit her family while Tim stays back to reminisce with old friends.
Counting
Seattle premiere
Aug 29 - Sep 01, 2015
(Jem Cohen, United States, 2015, DCP, 111 min)
Jem Cohen’s prodigious filmography of 70 films only grows stronger with his latest creation: Counting. In the style of his previous works, this film lives at the edge of the art form. It delivers a stream of lyrical abstractions, toying with the visual and aural music of everyday life that we city dwellers have been deafened to.
New Vacation: Artist Talk
Free artist talk
Sep 01, 2015
Join us for a drink and conversation with the curator and 4 of the artists of New Vacation, a multi-channel video and storefront installation in Northwest Film Forum's windows (through September 7th). New Vacation features artists that are exploring commercialism, and gender roles through a contemporary internet aesthetic. The artists will discuss their use of feminine aesthetics and cultural commentary in contemporary new media art making.
Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine
Sep 04 - Sep 10, 2015
(Alex Gibney, United States, DCP, 2015, 127 min)
Quick on the heels of his successful documentary on the inner workings of the Church of Scientology, Alex Gibney turns on one of the most well-known minds of our time and delivers a scathing review of Jobs’ victories as well as his failures.
Human Highway
Director's Cut!
Sep 04 - Sep 06, 2015
(Dean Stockwell & Neil Young, United States, 1982, DCP, 88 min)
Filmed in the late 1970s, premiered in 1982, recut by Neil Young, a couple of decades on the midnight movie lineups in laserdisc, and now traveling the festival circuit in 2015 in its recut, definitive edition: Human Highway.
Dance Film Salon: Vertigo Bird and Vashava
Happy Hour at 6:30! Open Screening at 7:00!
Sep 07, 2015
(Sašo Podgoršek, Slovenia, 2014, DCP, 29 min)
Local choreographer and director Dayna Hanson hosts a new work-in-progress screening opportunity for local dance film work, followed by a screening and discussion of films from the dance canon.
The Mend
Seattle Premiere!
Sep 11 - Sep 17, 2015
(John Magary, 2014, United States, DCP, 111 min)
A blisteringly funny cavalcade of rage, self-doubt, lust, frustrated masculinity, and other brotherly-hand-me-downs, The Mend is an impressive debut comedy about frenetic fraternal discord. It brings to mind the chaotic exuberance of Withnail & I, rapturously shot by Chris Teague with a nearly constantly moving camera evocative of the classic composition of George Cukor and John Ford.