The Seattle Cinema Scene is a guide to the city’s art-houses and theaters that specialize in the old, the unknown and cult classics available to filmgoers on a daily basis. For specific screen-times, click the theatre’s name.
Perhaps the big offbeat choice of the weekend, the hard-to-find, critically adored Margaret finally hits Seattle. The sophomore effort of Kenneth Longeran (You Can Count On Me), it’s the story of a teenage girl (Anna Paquin) who witnesses, and perhaps causes, a tragedy and the complicated trapping that come with it. Patrons can also find Norwegian Wood, based on the best-selling Haruki Murakami book, and Werner Herzog’s highly praised doc Cave of Forgotten Dreams.
A trio of comedies are playing at CC this week, with Parenthood and Team America: World Police getting full runs and the classic Groundhog Day playing only on the titular holiday.
Do you like seeing women eat eyeballs? Then the Midnight Madness selection The Theatre Bizarre is for you!
A slew of things get some play in the U District. There’s a thriller about hikers finding a girl buried alive (A Lonely Place to Die), a popular anime (Fullmetal Alchemist: the Sacred Star of Amos), a lengthy interview with a legendary comic creator (Warren Ellis: Captured Ghosts) and some movie the kids are talking about a guy who drives a lot (Drive).
If The Artist has made you hungry for silent cinema, perhaps the 1928 romantic drama Street Angel made satiate that appetite. Also available is a movie focusing on life in early twentieth-century Oregon (How the Fire Fell) and a documentary about acclaimed Swiss artist (Max Bill – The Master’s Vision).
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