SIFF Films playing July 25 thru 31
Roman Polanski and Willie Wonka (how's that for an odd couple!) both visit SIFF Cinema this week!
Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory screens at SIFF Cinema this Saturday morning 10AM ONLY. Two Saturday's ago the Films4Families series got off to a great start! There was a big turnout and many happy children discovered how truly amazing The Wizard of Oz is when seen on a really BIG screen. To quote one little tyke: "Wow!"
This week SIFF Cinema also is playing the documentary Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired all week long. Support your SIFF Cinema and see it! :-)
For the first time since the end of SIFF 2008, there are no return arrivals of SIFF 2008 films this week, just the handful of films that have been playing for the past few weeks already (listed below)....there are, however, an amazing group of archival presentations this week that is absolutely tantalyzing. The rarest films in the bunch come to us courtesy of the Northwest Film Forum which is screening four great (and RARE!) 1960's Japanese action films that are NOT ON DVD (The Warped Ones, Glass Johnny, Velvet Hustler and A Colt is My Passport)....Arigato to NWFF for bringing us something we cannot see anywhere else, but on the big screen here in Seattle....and of course the Seattle Art Museum is spoiling us again this week with a 35mm print of another classic screwball comedy The Talk of The Town....we've also got 35mm prints of Stanley Kubrick's creepy film The Shining (midnight!), Chuck Heston as The Omega Man, and Hal Ashby's classic Shampoo in town as well as digital screenings of Raising Arizona, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) and The Last Laugh (1924). With cinematic choices like that it makes a movie fanatic very happy to live in Seattle! Yea!
BARGAIN OF THE WEEK:
$5 tickets for SIFF supporters at SIFF Cinema Tuesday night ONLY for Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
$5 tickets all shows all week for Priceless at the Admiral Theater
SIFF 2008 MOVIES SCREENING THIS WEEK (July 25 thru July 31)
Kung Fu Panda - Meridian
2.00 FOOLs Likeability rating (#15 Most Liked Feature Film!)
Encounters at the End of the World - Varsity
1.52 FOOLs Likeability rating
The Fall - Crest
1.41 FOOLs Likeability rating
Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson - Crest
1.35 FOOLs Likeability rating
Mongol - Varsity
1.08 FOOLs Likeability rating
Up the Yangtze - Crest
0.78 FOOLs Likeability rating
The Wackness - Uptown
0.40 FOOLs Likeability rating
The Last Mistress - Metro
0.15 FOOLs Likeability rating
FILMS FROM SIFF's PAST.......
Tell No One - Egyptian
2.06 FOOLs Likeability rating from SIFF 2007
(#7 Most Liked Feature Film!)
NON-SIFF CINEMATIC TREATS.....
The Warped Ones - NWFF (Friday 7pm & Saturday 9:15pm ONLY)
Glass Johnny - NWFF (Friday 9pm & Saturday 7pm ONLY)
Velvet Hustler - NWFF (Sunday 7pm & Monday 9pm ONLY)
A Colt is My Passport - NWFF (Sunday 9pm & Monday 7pm ONLY)
Your only chance to see four great Japanese action flicks from the early 1960's!
The Talk of the Town - Seattle Art Museum (Thursday night ONLY)
Three greats: Cary Grant, Jean Arthur and Ronald Colman in a classic from 1942! 35mm print!
The Shining - Egyptian (Fri & Sat MIDNIGHT ONLY)
Here's Johnny! A 35mm print of Kubrick's creepiest film. Best viewed at midnight.
Omega Man - Grand Illusion
Shock! Charlton Heston watches the film Woodstock in this 70's sci-fi cult classic. 35mm print!
Shampoo - NWFF (Tues & Weds ONLY)
Warren Beatty has lots of sex. Another 70's classic in 35mm glory!
Priceless - Admiral
Audrey Tautou in a enjoyable 2006 French comedy. Tres bon!
Raising Arizona - Central Cinema (Fri, Sat & Sun ONLY at 7pm & 9:30pm)
Screened digitally....but they serve pizza and drinks! 9:30 screenings 21&over ONLY
The Last Laugh (1924) - Metro (Wednesday 8pm ONLY) •
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) - Metro (Wednesday 6:30pm & 9:40pm ONLY)
Screened digitally....a pair of silent classics!
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