In Theaters
Eno - Live Documentary Screening
USA | 2024 | 90 min. | Gary Hustwit
May 5, 2024
The Seattle Premiere of “Eno” – A Live Performance Screening.
Nostalghia
Russia | 1983 | 125 min. | Andrei Tarkovsky
Now Playing - May 5, 2024
Andrei Tarkovsky's brooding late masterpiece, a darkly poetic vision of exile. The first feature he made outside of Russia, newly restored in 4K from the original camera negative, Nostalghia is a mystical and mysterious collision of East and West, shot with the tactile beauty that only Tarkovsky can provide.
50 Years of SIFF: The Headless Woman
Argentina | 2008 | 87 min. | Lucrecia Martel
Now Playing - May 6, 2024
An affluent dentist hits something in the road but neither she nor her friends report the incident. When evidence emerges that she may have killed someone, the men in her life protect her secret. An elliptical psychological drama about guilt, responsibility, and self-deception. Seattle International Film Festival 2009 selection, with director Lucretia Martel highlighted at the Festival as an Emerging Master.
50 Years of SIFF: Corn Island
Georgia | 2014 | 100 min. | George Ovashvili
Now Playing - May 5, 2024
A farmer and his teenage granddaughter sow corn on a no-man’s land island that forms in the Inguri River each spring in this powerful and award-winning life-and-death fable reminiscent of master filmmakers Bresson, Tarkovsky, and Malick with a hint of Shakespeare’s “The Tempest.” Seattle International Film Festival 2015 selection. One of Senior Programmer Maryna Ajaja's favorites.
Challengers
USA | 2023 | 131 min. | Luca Guadagnino
Now Playing - May 5, 2024
Tennis player turned coach Tashi (Zendaya) has taken her husband, Art (Mike Faist), and transformed him into a world-famous grand slam champion. To jolt him out of his recent losing streak, she makes him play a “Challenger” event—close to the lowest level of pro tournament—where he finds himself standing across the net from his former best friend and Tashi’s former boyfriend (Josh O’Connor).
50 Years of SIFF: Kiki’s Delivery Service
Japan | 1989 | 102 min. | Hayao Miyazaki
Now Playing - May 5, 2024
In this anime feature, 13-year-old Kiki moves to a seaside town with her talking cat, Jiji, to spend a year alone, in accordance with her village's tradition for witches in training. After learning to control her broomstick, Kiki sets up a flying courier service and soon becomes a fixture in the community. But when the insecure young witch begins questioning herself and loses her magic abilities, she must overcome her self-doubt to get her powers back. Seattle International Film Festival 1998 selection.
50 Years of SIFF: Sorry to Bother You
USA | 2018 | 112 min. | Boots Riley
Now Playing - May 5, 2024
In an alternate present-day version of Oakland, telemarketer Cassius Green discovers a magical key to professional success, propelling him into a universe of greed. Seattle International Film Festival 2018 selection.
Sasquatch Sunset
USA | 2024 | 89 min. | Nathan Zellner, David Zellner
Now Playing - May 5, 2024
In the misty forests of North America, a family of Sasquatches—possibly the last of their enigmatic kind—embark on an absurdist, epic, hilarious, and ultimately poignant journey over the course of one year.
Civil War
USA | 2024 | 109 min. | Alex Garland
Now Playing - May 5, 2024
From filmmaker Alex Garland comes a journey across a dystopian future America, following a team of military-embedded journalists as they race against time to reach DC before rebel factions descend upon the White House.
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
USA | 2024 | George Miller
Opens May 23, 2024
As the world fell, young Furiosa is snatched from the Green Place of Many Mothers and falls into the hands of a great Biker Horde led by the Warlord Dementus. Sweeping through the Wasteland they come across the Citadel presided over by The Immortan Joe. While the two Tyrants war for dominance, Furiosa must survive many trials as she puts together the means to find her way home.
Wildcat
USA | 2023 | 108 min. | Ethan Hawke
Opens May 24, 2024
Ethan Hawke explores the life and art of American author Flannery O’Connor—played by his own daughter, Maya Hawke—in his latest interrogation of the artist’s way.
CLASSIFIED CINEMA
91 min.
May 28, 2024
Immaculately curated films kept top secret until they hit the screen. Still free, always fun, never pretentious.
Guy Friends
USA | 2024 | 84 min. | Jonathan Smith
Opens May 31, 2024
When Jaime, a self-described "guy's girl," and her boyfriend break up, all of her guy friends simultaneously profess their secret, undying love for her.
Exhibition on Screen: John Singer Sargent: Fashion & Swagger
2023 | David Bickerstaff
Opens June 1, 2024
John Singer Sargent is known as the greatest portrait artist of his era. What made his ‘swagger’ portraits remarkable was his power over his sitters, what they wore and how they were presented to the audience. Through interviews with curators, contemporary fashionistas and style influencers, Exhibition on Screen’s film will examine how Sargent’s unique practice has influenced modern art, culture and fashion.
Movie Club: Cinephile's Choice
June 5, 2024
Vote for June's Movie Club selection! Vote by May 17, and the winning selection will be posted on May 22.
National Theatre Live: Nye
2024 | 160 min. | Rufus Norris
Opens June 8, 2024
Michael Sheen plays Nye Bevan in a surreal and spectacular journey through the life and legacy of the man who transformed Britain’s welfare state.
Ryuichi Sakamoto | Opus
Japan | 2023 | 103 min. | Neo Sora
Opens June 14, 2024
A celebration of an artist’s life in the purest sense, Ryuichi Sakamoto | Opus is the definitive swan song of one of the world’s greatest musicians.
Reel Black: Neptune Frost
Rwanda | 2021 | 105 min. | Saul Williams, Anisia Uzeyman
June 23, 2024
In a cybernetic rebellion, love sparks against technological chains, forging an Afrofuturistic odyssey.
Macbeth: Ralph Fiennes & Indira Varma
2024 | 150 min. | Simon Godwin
Opens July 13, 2024
Directed by Simon Godwin, Artistic Director of the Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington D.C, Macbeth: Ralph Fiennes & Indira Varma will be filmed live at a custom-built theatre space at Dock X in London, giving audiences the chance to be even closer to the action.
BFDI & Inanimate Insanity 2024 Tour
60 min.
July 14, 2024
Experience a live premiere of a new BFDI and Inanimate Insanity episode - followed by a Q&A with the series creators!
Reel Black: The Brother from Another Planet
USA | 1984 | 108 min. | John Sayles
July 21, 2024
A mute alien with the appearance of a black human is chased by outer-space bounty hunters through the streets of Harlem.
Reel Black: Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song
USA | 1971 | 97 min. | Melvin Van Peebles
August 25, 2024
A Revolutionary outsider challenges norms in a gritty quest for justice, passion, and empowerment in this influential 1971 cinematic milestone.
Reel Black: Soul (2020)
USA | 2020 | 100 min. | Pete Docter, Kemp Powers
September 22, 2024
Journey with a music teacher's Soul, exploring life's mysteries through humor, heart, and an extraordinary symphony of emotions.
Reel Black: The People Under the Stairs
USA | 1991 | 102 min. | Wes Craven
October 27, 2024
In a sinister mansion, a family stumbles upon a dark secret beneath the stairs, unveiling a twisted realm of horror and oppression.
Reel Black: A Wrinkle in Time
USA | 2018 | 109 min. | Ava DuVernay
November 17, 2024
Guided by celestial beings, a girl battles darkness to find her father in a visually stunning 2018 adventure of love and self-discovery.