In Theaters
Pray Beyond Borders - Films for Palestine
USA | 2023 | 90 min. | Mustafa Dustin Craun
November 29, 2023
A set of short films breaking down walls from Mexico to Palestine.
50 Years of SIFF: Picnic at Hanging Rock
Australia | 1975 | 115 min. | Peter Weir
Now Playing - Dec 3, 2023
A few students and a teacher from an Australian girls' school vanish without a trace during a rural summer picnic in Picnic at Hanging Rock, voted the best Australian film of all time and a favorite of SIFF festival goers. | SIFF 1979
50 Years of SIFF: Diva
France | 1982 | 117 min. | Jean-Jacques Beineix
Now Playing - Dec 2, 2023
Two tapes, two Parisian mob killers, one corrupt policeman, an opera fan, a teenage thief, and the coolest philosopher ever filmed all twist their way through this intricate and stylish French-language thriller. Presented on 35mm. | SIFF 1982
50 Years of SIFF: Black Dynamite
USA | 2009 | 90 min. | Scott Sanders
Now Playing - Dec 3, 2023
When 'The Man' murders his brother, pumps heroin into local orphanages, and floods the ghetto with adulterated malt liquor, 1970s African-American action legend Black Dynamite is the one hero willing to take him on. | SIFF 2009 Audience Award Winner
50 Years of SIFF: Trainspotting
United Kingdom | 1996 | 94 min. | Danny Boyle
Now Playing - Dec 3, 2023
In this ‘90s hit from director Danny Boyle, Ewan McGregor plays Renton, who is deeply immersed in the Edinburgh drug scene and trying to clean up and get out, despite the allure of the drugs and influence of friends. | SIFF 1996 Audience Award Winner
50 Years of SIFF: The Wedding Banquet
Taiwan | 1993 | 106 min. | Ang Lee
Now Playing - Dec 1, 2023
To satisfy his nagging parents, a gay landlord and a female tenant agree to a marriage of convenience, but when his parents arrive to visit, and celebrate their wedding, things get out of hand. Presented on 35mm. | SIFF 1993 Audience Award Winner
Dream Scenario
USA | 2023 | 100 min. | Kristoffer Borgli
Now Playing
Hapless family man Paul Matthews (Nicolas Cage) finds his life turned upside down when millions of strangers suddenly start seeing him in their dreams. But when his nighttime appearances take a nightmarish turn, Paul is forced to navigate his newfound stardom, in this wickedly entertaining comedy from writer-director Kristoffer Borgli (Sick of Myself) and producer Ari Aster.
Saltburn
USA | 2023 | 127 min. | Emerald Fennell
Now Playing
Academy Award-winning filmmaker Emerald Fennell (Promising Young Woman) brings us a wicked tale of privilege and desire. Struggling to find his place at Oxford University, student Oliver Quick (Barry Keoghan) finds himself drawn into the world of the charming and aristocratic Felix Catton (Jacob Elordi), who invites him to Saltburn, his eccentric family’s sprawling estate, for a summer never to be forgotten.
50 Years of SIFF: Multiple Maniacs
USA | 1970 | 96 min. | John Waters
Now Playing - Dec 2, 2023
SIFF favorite director John Waters’s second feature film follows The Cavalcade of Perversion, a traveling freak-show that is a front for a band of psychotic kidnappers and murderers. | SIFF 1977
50 Years of SIFF: Blood Simple
USA | 1984 | 99 min. | Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Now Playing - Dec 2, 2023
The owner of a seedy small-town Texas bar discovers that one of his employees is having an affair with his wife in this now classic neo-noir from the Coen Brothers. | SIFF 1984
The Holdovers
USA | 2023 | 133 min. | Alexander Payne
Now Playing - Dec 7, 2023
Paul Giamatti stars in Alexander Payne’s latest about the bond that forms between a strict professor and a belligerent student he’s stuck supervising over the winter holiday at an elite boarding school.
50 Years of SIFF: Captain Fantastic
USA | 2016 | 120 min. | Matt Ross
Now Playing - Dec 3, 2023
Viggo Mortensen stars in this heartfelt story of unconventional family values as the father of a brood of six who live off the grid in the wilds of Washington state, until events lead them back to the outside world for the first time in decades. | SIFF 2016 Audience Award Winner
50 Years of SIFF: Comrades: Almost a Love Story
Hong Kong | 1996 | 118 min. | Peter Ho-sun Chan
Now Playing - Dec 2, 2023
Two Chinese-mainlanders living in Hong Kong (Maggie Cheung and Leon Lai) form a close friendship that shifts over the years into love, and back again, but secretly those feelings always lie just under the surface. | SIFF 1997 Audience Award Winner
50 Years of SIFF: The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
Australia | 1994 | 103 min. | Stephan Elliott
Now Playing - Dec 1, 2023
Three girlfriends—two drag performers and a transgender woman—escape from their harsh city life and embark on an all-singing, all-dancing, all-camping cross-country tour into the wild Australian outback in their lavender bus, Priscilla. | SIFF 1994 Audience Award Winner
Anatomy of a Fall
France | 2023 | 151 min. | Justine Triet
Now Playing - Dec 7, 2023
Winner of the Palme d’Or at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival, Justine Triet’s Anatomy of a Fall tells the story of an enigmatic German novelist (Sandra Hüller) who is arrested after the mysterious death of her husband at their chalet in the French Alps.
Dark Dreams: The Original Film Noir Series
USA | 106 min. | Multiple
Now Playing - Nov 30, 2023
Enjoy Seattle's, and the world's, longest-running film noir celebration.
Found Footage Festival Vol. 10
USA | 2023 | 85 min.
November 30, 2023
Joe Pickett (The Onion) and Nick Prueher (Late Show) have over 11,000 VHS tapes in their collection and will take viewers on a guided tour through their latest and greatest finds.
Jeff Koons: A Private Portrait
2023 | 80 min. | Pappi Corsicato
Opens December 2, 2023
This is not just a documentary but an amazing journey inside the mind of the most controversial artist of our time.
Little Women (1994)
USA | 1994 | 115 min. | Gillian Armstrong
December 2, 2023
Winona Ryder (in an Oscar® nominated role) and Academy Award® winner Susan Sarandon (1995 Best Actress, Dead Man Walking) star in this "affectionate, superbly acted" (Los Angeles Times) family favorite.
Little Women (2019)
USA | 2019 | 135 min. | Greta Gerwig
December 2, 2023
Writer-director Greta Gerwig (Lady Bird) has crafted a Little Women that draws on both the classic novel and the writings of Louisa May Alcott, and unfolds as the author’s alter ego, Jo March, reflects back and forth on her fictional life.
Silent Night, Deadly Night
USA | 1984 | 82 min. | Charles E. Sellier Jr.
December 3, 2023
Santa Claus is coming to town...and this time he’s got an axe! Community leaders tried to stop it. The P.T.A. fought to ban it. Now, one of the most controversial slasher films of all time is back in a new restoration from the original camera negative.
Mountains on Stage - Winter Edition 2023
France | 180 min.
December 5, 2023
Mountains on Stage aims to bring the mountains to the city and share the beauty of mountain sports with a selection of the best documentaries on mountain activities.
Seattle Film Critics Society PNW Award Nominees
December 5–9, 2023
Screenings of the five nominated films for the Seattle Film Critics Society's 2023 Pacific Northwest Filmmaking Award.
SFCS: Even Hell has its Heroes
USA | 2023 | 110 min. | Clyde Petersen
December 5, 2023
Clyde Petersen directs this incendiary doc on the Olympia-based Earth, “the slowest metal band on the planet.”
Movie Club: Winter Light
Sweden | 1963 | 81 min. | Ingmar Bergman
December 6, 2023
“God, why did you desert me?” With Winter Light, master craftsman Ingmar Bergman explores the search for redemption in a meaningless existence.
SFCS: Richland
USA | 2023 | 94 min. | Irene Lusztig
December 6, 2023
Approaching the 80th anniversary of the creation of the Hanford reactor, Richland, Washington’s residents wrestle with both pride and ambivalence about their role in the Nagasaki bombing and the nuclear legacy they have left behind.
SFCS: Showing Up
USA | 2022 | 108 min. | Kelly Reichardt
December 6, 2023
A sculptor preparing to open a new show must balance her creative life with the daily dramas of family and friends, in Kelly Reichardt's vibrant and captivatingly funny portrait of art and craft.
SFCS: Dreamin’ Wild
USA | 2022 | 110 min. | Bill Pohlad
December 7, 2023
Casey Affleck plays musician Donnie Emerson, who finds fame and purpose decades after he thought his career was over.
The Boy and the Heron
Japan | 2023 | 124 min. | Hayao Miyazaki
Opens December 7, 2023
A semi-autobiographical fantasy about life, death, and creation, in tribute to friendship, from the mind of Hayao Miyazaki.
Menus-Plaisirs Les Troisgros
France | 2023 | 240 min. | Frederick Wiseman
Opens December 8, 2023
A food-lover’s dream, legendary documentarian Frederick Wiseman’s latest film is a luxurious look behind-the-scenes of France’s celebrated restaurant La Maison Troigros, which has held three Michelin stars for over five decades.
SFCS: Fantasy A Gets A Mattress
USA | 2023 | 80 min. | David Norman Lewis, Noah Zoltan Sofian
December 9, 2023
Fantasy A, real-life autistic Seattle rapper, suffers trials and tribulations from total creeps as he attempts to become a superstar.
Poor Things
United Kingdom | 2023 | 141 min. | Yorgos Lanthimos
Opens December 14, 2023
From filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos and producer Emma Stone comes the incredible tale and fantastical evolution of Bella Baxter (Stone), a young woman brought back to life by the brilliant and unorthodox scientist Dr. Godwin Baxter (Willem Dafoe).
The Muppet Christmas Carol
USA | 1992 | 85 min. | Brian Henson
Opens December 14, 2023
Charles Dickens’ timeless tale of Ebenezer Scrooge comes to life through the magic of Jim Henson’s Muppets. All ages welcome!
Wonka
USA | 2023 | 116 min. | Paul King
Opens December 14, 2023
Starring Timothée Chalamet, Wonka tells the wondrous story of of how the world’s greatest inventor, magician and chocolate-maker became the beloved Willy Wonka we know today. Tickets on sale now for screenings at SIFF Cinema Downtown, opening December 14 with this big screen spectacle.
Fiddler on the Roof Sing-along
USA | 1971 | 181 min. + 10 min. intermission | Norman Jewison
December 25, 2023
A holiday party with the best Jewish-themed musical of them all!
The Boys in the Boat
USA | 2023 | George Clooney
Opens December 25, 2023
A 1930s-set story centered on the University of Washington's rowing team, from their Depression-era beginnings to winning gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.
Moulin Rouge! New Year’s Eve Sing-along
USA | 2001 | 127 minutes | Baz Luhrmann
December 31, 2023
Ring in the new year with the classic Baz Luhrmann romantic musical favorite!
National Theatre Live: Romeo & Juliet
2023 | 100 min. | Simon Godwin
Opens January 27, 2024
This bold new film brings to life the remarkable backstage spaces of the National Theatre in which desire, dreams and destiny collide to make Shakespeare’s romantic tragedy sing in an entirely new way.
National Theatre Live: Skylight
United Kingdom | 2014 | 135 min. | Stephen Daldry
Opens February 3, 2024
The original 2014 London production of the Tony Award winning play returns, starring Bill Nighy and Carey Mulligan, directed by Stephen Daldry.
National Theatre Live: Fleabag
United Kingdom | 2019 | 84 min. | Vicky Jones
Opens February 13, 2024
The hilarious, award-winning play that inspired the BBC’s hit TV series Fleabag, was filmed live on stage in London’s West End in 2019.
The Uncertain Detective
USA | 2023 | 45 min. | Gregg Lachow
February 26, 2024
World premiere of the first episode of Season Three of The Uncertain Detective. Live taping of the podcast The Uncertain Artist will follow the screening.
National Theatre Live: Vanya
110 min. | Sam Yates
Opens March 2, 2024
Andrew Scott ("Fleabag") brings multiple characters to life in Simon Stephens’ ("The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time") radical new version of Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya.