Highlights

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    • Pitfall
      Pitfall

      February 19

      Noir City: Lust and Larceny
      This independently produced gem is the most realistic exploration of adultery produced in 1940s Hollywood. Bored suburbanite Dick Powell drifts into a dalliance with hard luck model Lizabeth Scott, only to find his life and family threatened by an obsessive private eye and a jealous ex-con.

    • Prodigal Sons
      Prodigal Sons

      March 5 - 11

      When Kimberly Reed returned to Montana for her high school reunion, she expected a stir—she used to be the school’s quarterback before her sex change. But as she reconnects with her estranged brother in this personal documentary, she uncovers far more stunning secrets, including a family tie to Hollywood royalty.

    • The Postman Always Rings Twice
      The Postman Always Rings Twice

      February 21

      Noir City: Lust and Larceny
      “Their Love Was a Flame That Destroyed!” James M. Cain’s 1934 novel—essentially the blueprint for noir—was so hot, and so wrong, it took MGM 12 years to figure out how to put it on the screen, heat intact. It helped to have Lana Turner and John Garfield playing the sex-starved, ill-fated lovers who plot murder. A

    • The Seven Samurai
      The Seven Samurai

      February 14 - 15

      Kurosawa-sensei
      Akira Kurosawa’s furiously dynamic and deeply engrossing 1954 epic made an instant and dramatic impact. It not only set a dramatic template for many films to come but changed the way filmmakers imagined onscreen action.

    The Theater

    Discover extraordinary films year-round at SIFF Cinema

    SIFF Cinema is located at 321 Mercer Street at 3rd Avenue, McCaw Hall, in the heart of Seattle Center’s Theatre district.

    Showtimes and information: 206-633-7151

    SIFF Cinema is located in the Nesholm Family Lecture Hall on the lower level of Marion Oliver McCaw Hall at Seattle Center. The main entrance is directly below the skybridge from the Mercer garage at the Corner of 3rd Avenue North and Mercer Street. In addition to the Mercer garage, parking is available on the street (metered and zoned) or in adjacent pay parking lots and garages.

    Bus: Several bus routes stop within walking distance of SIFF Cinema and Seattle Center. From downtown Seattle, take routes 2, 3, or 4 to Seattle Center. From Capitol Hill, take route 8 down Denny. Visit the Metro Transit Trip Planner to find other routes to McCaw Hall.

    Monorail: For transit information from downtown on the Seattle Center Monorail, visit www.seattlemonorail.com.

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    • The Bad Sleep Well
      The Bad Sleep Well

      February 11

      Kurosawa-sensei
      After an executive plunges to his death from the seventh floor of company headquarters, his son plots an elaborate ruse to insert himself into the family of the corrupt industrialist he holds responsible.

    • The Hidden Fortress
      The Hidden Fortress

      February 12

      Kurosawa-sensei
      Akira Kurosawa’s first widescreen film is a delightfully comedic Samurai saga. Set in the 16th Century, it follows a brave general (Toshiro Mifune) who must guide a rebellious princess and a hoard of gold through enemy lines aided by a pair of bumbling peasants.

    • High and Low
      High and Low

      February 13

      Kurosawa-sensei
      Toshiro Mifune is Kingo Gondo, an honest executive who’s poised to gain control of the National Shoe Company to keep it out of the control of venal company men.