Pass and Voucher Exclusions
SIFF Cinema vouchers (including Member, Volunteer, and other complimentary screening vouchers) are valid for most regular priced shows.
The information on this page reflects the films and classes for which SIFF Cinema vouchers are NOT valid. Please see the specific film page for restrictions or updates. Seattle International Film Festival vouchers are not valid for SIFF Cinema programming. Vouchers may be exchanged in person at the SIFF Cinema box office for admission.
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Screenings and classes NOT accepting vouchers:
Quality Ski Time Film Tour presented by Salomon
150 min.
October 6, 2025
Ski movies will forever be a part of ski culture. Nothing else can match the community and excitement created by watching films with friends. So, why would you settle for just one film? Get stoked for winter with us by watching several films, each showcasing different stories, athletes and types of skiing.
Where to Land
USA | 2025 | 75 min. | Hal Hartley
Now Playing - Oct 15, 2025
The latest feature film from legendary indie auteur, Hal Hartley! Presented by Grand Illusion Cinema.
L.A. Noir: The Two Jakes
1990 | 138 min. | Jack Nicholson
October 8, 2025
At the end of Chinatown (1978), private eye Jake Gittes (Jack Nicholson) was a shattered man, his love Evelyn Mulwray shot dead, her daughter Catherine abducted by her monstrous grandfather. In The Two Jakes (like Chinatown, written by Robert Towne), it’s ten years later in 1940s L.A., and Gittes is back on his feet, but haunted by the past, his inability to help those he loved. This time SoCal corruption centers on the black gold of oil fields, and the houses built on them. There’s another Jake (Harvey Keitel, a jittery-sexy widow (Madeleine Stowe), a murder, and an alluring embodiment of days gone by.
Videodrome (Director's Cut)
Canada | 1983 | 89 min. | David Cronenberg
October 8, 2025
Grand Illusion Cinema's annual screening of David Cronenberg's sci-fi body horror classic, in memory of William (Bill) Kennedy.
Tron: Ares
USA | 2025 | 119 min. | Joachim Rønning
Now Playing - Oct 30, 2025
Tron: Ares follows a highly sophisticated Program, Ares, who is sent from the digital world into the real world on a dangerous mission, marking humankind’s first encounter with A.I. beings.
Cinema Dissection: Cinephiles' Spooky Choice
October 11, 2025
Join SIFF Programmer Dan Doody and local filmmaker Jeremy Cropf for a scene-by-scene breakdown of The Witch — winner of our spooky Cinephiles' Choice vote, selected by our die-hard film fans.
The Last Class
USA | 2025 | 71 min. | Elliot Kirschner
October 12, 2025
Presented by Grand Illusion Cinema. Former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich always considered teaching his true calling. As he faces his final class, he wrestles with the dual realities of his own aging and his students inheriting a world out of balance.
Tinā
Aotearoa New Zealand | 2024 | 124 min. | Miki Magasiva
October 12, 2025
A grieving Samoan educator, Mareta, starts a school choir to help her students—and, unexpectedly, herself—heal. Winner of the Golden Space Needle Award for Best Film at SIFF 2025. Presented by Grand Illusion Cinema in collaboration with SIFF.
L.A. Noir: Heat (30th Anniversary)
1995 | 170 min. | Michael Mann
October 15, 2025
A criminal (Robert De Niro), a cop (Al Pacino). Ice and fire, coming to a boil. De Niro and his pals (Val Kilmer, Jon Voight) pull off big robberies with military precision. Steamed-up Pacino uses intuition and manpower to track them, with little success. Stylish director Mann (TV’s Miami Vice) pauses his onrushing crime saga so De Niro and Pacino can appear together and have coffee. The outlaw and the lawman are born to do what they do, and they’re not stopping, but they share words about the fullness and emptiness of their lives, what they win and lose.
Re-Wind (aka Celluloid Nightmares) - New Restoration
Japan | 1988 | 65 min. | Hisayasu Satô
October 15, 2025
Presented by Grand Illusion Cinema. One of legendary pink film director Hisayasu Satô's most powerful and impressive early works, newly restored.
Television Terror Triple Feature Pizza Party
300 min.
October 19, 2025
The Grand Illusion Cinema presents a triple feature of chilling tales from the heyday of made-for-TV horror movies. Plus pizza! And more!
L.A. Noir: L.A. Confidential (35mm)
1997 | 138 min. | Curtis Hanson
October 22, 2025
Guided by James Ellroy’s fierce novel, director Hanson wonders why honorable men, sworn to uphold the law, tip towards the dark side. Passions and secrets drive a 1950s LAPD neophyte (Guy Pearce), a tough cop (Russell Crowe), and a showboat (Kevin Spacey) allied with gangsters, Hollywood, and sleazy tabloids. The top cop (James Cromwell) pulls strings, and fragments of meaning coalesce into story. The men’s jobs are their lives, but love can’t be denied. For Pearce and Crowe, it’s centered on a classy prostitute (Kim Basinger), who holds a key to the city. Presented on 35mm.
L.A. Noir: The Limey
1999 | 89 min. | Steven Soderbergh
October 29, 2025
This lean quest film hums with counterculture vibes. An aging ex-con (Swinging London icon Terence Stamp) flies to L.A. when his daughter (Melissa George) dies in a car crash. Her death was suspicious, and the road leads to a music mogul (Hip icon Peter Fonda), George’s last boyfriend. Fonda’s surrounded by protectors (Barry Newman of the 1970s cult film Vanishing Point), but Stamp gets help from his daughter’s friends (Cool Girl Lesley Anne Warren, Luis Guzman). Can Stamp’s consciousness expand beyond his need for cold revenge?
Cinema Dissection: Inglourious Basterds
November 1, 2025
War film, thriller, dark comedy, spaghetti western—Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds is all these things and more. Join local filmmaker and PBS producer Jeremy Cropf to explore how Tarantino uses cinema itself as a weapon in rewriting history and resisting fascism.
SIFF 'n' Stitch: Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride
USA | 2005 | 77 min. | Tim Burton, Mike Johnson
November 2, 2025
On the eve of his wedding, nervous groom Victor accidentally marries corpse bride Emily and descends with her into the underworld. Bring your small needlecraft projects to work on while socializing with the lights up!
L.A. Noir: Drive
USA | 2011 | 100 min. | Nicolas Winding Refn
November 5, 2025
Self-contained, in control, Driver (Ryan Gosling) is super professional as both Hollywood stunt driver and getaway transportation for criminals. When he shares an elevator ride with a sweet woman (Carey Mulligan) there’s only a shy glance between them, but a hum of connection persists, even after her husband (Oscar Issac) comes home from prison. Gosling’s like a romantic troubadour, pledged to his lady in spirit. There are good guys (Bryan Cranston) and bad (Albert Brooks), but Gosling will drive Mulligan in the golden afternoon and through the night, have no fear.
Girl Winter Film Tour
90 min.
November 6, 2025
Join us for a night of women-centric short ski films and get excited for winter at SIFF Uptown in Seattle, WA.
Talking Pictures: Ken Jennings presents Quiz Show
USA | 1994 | 165 min. | Robert Redford
November 10, 2025
Directed and produced by the late Robert Redford, Quiz Show (1994) is about a big-money, high-stakes TV game show that becomes the subject of scandal when a Washington investigator uncovers corruption behind-the-scenes. This special Talking Pictures event – where local luminaries present a movie of their choice and share with audiences how it has impacted them – will be presented by “Jeopardy!” Host and Seattle native (and quiz-show champion), Ken Jennings.
L.A. Noir: Inherent Vice
USA | 2014 | 148 min. | Paul Thomas Anderson
November 12, 2025
Smoking a joint helps beach town private eye Doc Sportello (a transcendent Joaquin Phoenix) see all the dimensions of a case. HIs former girlfriend Shasta (Katherine Waterston) shows up, then vanishes in the night. Her mysteries multiply as he encounters the sinister Golden Fang organization, a presumed-dead sax player (Owen Wilson), and Doc’s nemesis-friend Bigfoot (James Brolin). The brilliant, satirical universe of Thomas Pynchon’s source novel is on beguiling display, as beauty, menace, absurdity, heart and soul mix it up every minute. Doc rides his counterculture values, and Neil Young’s music, like a sweet wave. With Martin Short, Reese Witherspoon.
Cinema Dissection: Double Indemnity
November 22, 2025
Join facilitator and SIFF Programmer Dan Doody for a shot-by-shot investigation of the film’s ingenious narrative, its whip-smart dialogue, and how (not) to commit the perfect murder.
Mountains on Stage - Winter Edition 2025
2025 | 180 min.
December 10, 2025
Mountains on Stage aims to bring the mountains to the city, to share the beauty of mountain sports! A selection of the best documentaries on mountain activities are presented.