In Theaters
Macbeth: Ralph Fiennes & Indira Varma
2024 | 150 min. | Simon Godwin
Now Playing - Jul 15, 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.
Monsieur Hulot’s Holiday
France | 1953 | 87 min. | Jacques Tati
Now Playing - Jul 15, 2024
Monsieur Hulot, Jacques Tati’s endearing clown, takes a holiday at a seaside resort, where his presence provokes one catastrophe after another. New restoration.
Fly Me to the Moon
USA | 2024 | Greg Berlanti
Now Playing
Starring Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum, Fly Me to the Moon is a sharp, stylish comedy-drama set against the high-stakes backdrop of NASA’s historic Apollo 11 moon landing.
MaXXXine
USA | 2024 | 103 min. | Ti West
Now Playing - Jul 18, 2024
In 1980s Hollywood, adult film star and aspiring actress Maxine Minx finally gets her big break. But as a mysterious killer stalks the starlets of Hollywood, a trail of blood threatens to reveal her sinister past.
A Quiet Place: Day One
USA | 2024 | Michael Sarnoski
Now Playing - Jul 18, 2024
Experience the day the world went quiet.
Kinds of Kindness
USA | 2024 | 164 min. | Yorgos Lanthimos
Now Playing
Kinds of Kindness is a triptych fable, following a man without choice who tries to take control of his own life; a policeman who is alarmed that his wife who was missing-at-sea has returned and seems a different person; and a woman determined to find a specific someone with a special ability, who is destined to become a prodigious spiritual leader.
Thelma
USA | 2024 | 97 min. | Josh Margolin
Now Playing
June Squibb stars as a woman who gets scammed out of $10,000 and embarks on a daring mission across Los Angeles to recover it.
Longlegs (35mm)
USA | 2024 | 101 min. | Oz Perkins
July 16, 2024
In pursuit of a serial killer, an FBI agent uncovers a series of occult clues that she must solve to end his terrifying killing spree. Presented on 35mm.
Who is Stan Smith?
USA | 2022 | 95 min. | Danny Lee
Opens July 17, 2024
More than the namesake of one of the most iconic sneakers, Stan Smith has lived a champion’s life on and off the tennis court. Complete with intimate first-person accounts and dynamic archival materials, Danny Lee’s film brings us closer to the man behind the shoe.
Barbie
USA | 2023 | Greta Gerwig
Opens July 19, 2024
To live in Barbie Land is to be a perfect being in a perfect place. Unless you have a full-on existential crisis. Or you’re a Ken. Wear a "Barbenheimer" t-shirt to a screening for a free fountain soda.
Fantastic Fungi
USA | 2019 | 80 min. | Louie Schwartzberg
Opens July 19, 2024
Originally released in 2019, Fantastic Fungi quickly dazzled critics and moviegoers worldwide with its stunning visuals, captivating storytelling, and enlightening exploration of the interconnectedness of all life forms. Now, five years later, audiences will have the opportunity to rediscover this cinematic masterpiece in a whole new light.
Oppenheimer
USA | 2023 | 180 min. | Christopher Nolan
Opens July 19, 2024
The pulse-pounding paradox of the enigmatic man who must risk destroying the world in order to save it. Wear a "Barbenheimer" t-shirt to a screening for a free fountain soda.
Seven Samurai: 70th Anniversary Restoration
Japan | 1954 | 207 min. | Akira Kurosawa
Opens July 19, 2024
A sixteenth century farming village requests protection from seven samurai against a horde of bandits. 70th Anniversary 4K restoration.
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.
Lynden
USA | 2024 | 72 min. | Chris Baron, Bryan Tucker
July 22, 2024
A racial justice march in a small town ignites a fierce cultural battle that divides friends, families and church members. Q&A with the filmmakers and subject after the screening.
Seattle 48 Hour Film Project
USA | 120 min.
Opens July 23, 2024
The Seattle 48 Hour Film Project is an annual competition where filmmakers create a short film in just 48 hours.
Deadpool & Wolverine
USA | 2024 | 127 min. | Shawn Levy
Opens July 25, 2024
Marvel Studios’ Deadpool & Wolverine delivers the ultimate team-up throwdown.
Suburbia
USA | 1983 | 94 min. | Penelope Spheeris
July 25, 2024
The narrative directorial debut of Penelope Spheeris (Wayne's World, The Decline of Western Civilization), Suburbia will kick your ass.
The Terminator
USA | 1984 | 107 min. | James Cameron
July 25, 2024
In 2029, the war between man and machine has desolated the Earth, leaving humanity all but wiped out. Pockets of survivors remain - either living as slaves serving their technological overlords, or as resistance fighters attempting to overthrow the sentient defence network that controls the machines.
Rewind, Be Kind: Big Fat Liar
USA | 2002 | 88 min. | Shawn Levy
July 26, 2024
After middle schooler Jason Shepard’s (Frankie Muniz) school paper is stolen by a greedy Hollywood producer (Paul Giamatti) and adapted into a major motion picture, Jason travels to Hollywood to prove his innocence and get revenge.
Rewind, Be Kind: Scooby-Doo
USA | 2002 | 89 min. | Raja Gosnell
July 26, 2024
Zoinks! In the first live-action Scooby-Doo film, we find Mystery, Inc. hesitantly reconnecting on a horror-themed tropical island vacation. Some may roll their eyes at a modern adaptation of Scooby-Doo, but we consider this to be a comedic Zillennial masterpiece!
Rewind, Be Kind: Josie and the Pussycats
USA | 2001 | 98 min. | Deborah Kaplan, Harry Elfont
July 27, 2024
A small-town rock band has a chance at fame and fortune when plucked from obscurity and offered a record deal from a major label. But what is the cost? Directors Deborah Kaplan and Harry Elfont in attendance for an in-person Q&A.
Rewind, Be Kind: The Mummy
USA | 1999 | 124 min. | Stephen Sommers
July 27, 2024
At an archaeological dig in the ancient city of Hamunaptra, an American serving in the French Foreign Legion accidentally awakens a mummy who begins to wreak havoc as he searches for the reincarnation of his long-lost love. Director Stephen Sommers in attendance for an in-person Q&A.
Rewind, Be Kind: Uptown Girls
USA | 2003 | 92 min. | Boaz Yakin
July 27, 2024
Brittany Murphy stars in Uptown Girls as a New York City it-girl and daughter of a deceased rock star. When she loses her trust fund, she begins working as a nanny for an uptight eight-year-old (Dakota Fanning). Initially maligned by critics for being an immature chick flick with a specific focus on the female leads being “unlikeable”, Uptown Girls stands the test of time as a heartbreaking coming-of-age story.
Rewind, Be Kind: Van Helsing
USA | 2004 | 131 min. | Stephen Sommers
July 27, 2024
Hugh Jackman stars as the titular Van Helsing who must face off against Dracula and a monster mash of classic Universal creatures in a movie that Roger Ebert called “...silly and spectacular, and fun.” We think he was right. Director Stephen Sommers in attendance for an in-person Q&A.
Rewind, Be Kind: Lady in the Water
USA | 2006 | 110 min. | M. Night Shyamalan
July 28, 2024
M. Night Shyamalan crafts a fairy tale about a jaded superintendent (Paul Giamatti) who discovers a water nymph in the community pool and is tasked with returning her to her blue world. Both a critical and financial failure, this one is too beautiful and sincere to dismiss as a strike.
Rewind, Be Kind: Punch-Drunk Love (35mm)
USA | 2002 | 95 min. | Paul Thomas Anderson
July 28, 2024
A socially awkward and volatile small business owner meets the love of his life after being threatened by a gang of scammers. Presented on 35mm.
Rewind, Be Kind: Sunshine (35mm)
United Kingdom | 2007 | 107 min. | Danny Boyle
July 28, 2024
Sunshine has us join a team of eight international astronauts aboard the Icarus II, a ship on a mission to reignite our dying sun. Despite impressive visuals and a stacked cast, audiences didn’t take to Danny Boyle’s sci-fi thriller. Even so, this ship merits a ride in our book. Presented on 35mm.
Rewind, Be Kind: The Phantom of the Opera
United Kingdom | 2004 | 143 min. | Joel Schumacher
July 28, 2024
Joel Schumacher brings Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “The Phantom of the Opera” to the silver screen. Despite this film being one of Schumacher’s largest spectacles, critics had an inconsistent list of complaints. We feel that The Phantom of the Opera is a beautiful dream that deserves a revisit!
The Spirit Of Ubuntu
Zimbabwe | 2024 | 90 min. | Kudzai Tinagao
July 28, 2024
Award-winning director Kudzai Tiago and Grammy-nominated reggae legend Pato Banton embark on a journey through ten countries across Africa, exploring the ancient philosophy of Ubuntu.
CLASSIFIED CINEMA
91 min.
Opens July 30, 2024
Immaculately curated films kept top secret until they hit the screen. Still free, always fun, never pretentious.
Scope Screenings
USA | 3 hours
July 30, 2024
Join us at Scope Screenings for a monthly celebration of cinema and community. Each session features a diverse lineup of narrative shorts, music videos, and feature trailers. Doors open at 6:30 PM for socializing, with screenings kicking off at 7:30 PM, creating a dynamic hub for creatives and film enthusiasts alike.
AGFA August: Shredder Orpheus
USA | 1990 | 88 min. | Robert McGinley
August 1, 2024
Punk-rock star Orpheus seeks Eurydice in a future world of bad TV and shredded memories.
AGFA August: The Zodiac Killer
USA | 1971 | 87 min. | Tom Hanson
August 1, 2024
A serial killer in San Francisco murders without motive or apparent pattern and taunts the police with phone calls and letters.
Kneecap
Ireland | 2024 | Rich Peppiatt
Opens August 1, 2024
There are 80,000 native Irish speakers in Ireland. 6,000 live in the North of Ireland. Three of them became a rap group called Kneecap. This anarchic Belfast trio becomes the unlikely figurehead of a civil rights movement to save the mother tongue.
AGFA August: Cannibal! The Musical
USA | 1993 | 95 min. | Trey Parker
August 2, 2024
The sole survivor of an ill-fated mining expedition tells how his taste for gold was replaced by that of human flesh.
CatVideoFest 2024
2024
Opens August 2, 2024
Oscilloscope Laboratories presents CatVideoFest 2024, a compilation of the latest and best cat videos culled from countless hours of unique submissions and sourced animations, music videos, and classic internet powerhouses.
AGFA August: Donnie Darko (4k Restoration)
USA | 2001 | 113 min. | Richard Kelly
August 3, 2024
A troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a man in a large rabbit suit who manipulates him to commit a series of crimes, after he narrowly escapes a bizarre accident. New 4K Restoration.
AGFA August: HEY FOLKS! IT’S INTERMISSION TIME VIDEO PARTY
USA | 2024 | 70 min. | Bret Berg, Joseph A. Ziemba
August 3, 2024
A mind-altering mixtape from AGFA! Mid-century America runs amok in this haunted found-footage ode to moviegoing and the snack bar.
Munch: Love, Ghosts and Lady Vampires
90 min. | Michele Mally
Opens August 3, 2024
Munch: Love, Ghosts and Lady Vampires strives to shed new light on Edvard Munch, a profoundly mysterious, fascinating man, a trailblazer and a master for everyone who came after him.
Cuckoo (35mm)
Germany | 2024 | 103 min. | Tilman Singer
August 4, 2024
Reluctantly, 17-year-old Gretchen leaves her American home to live with her father, who has just moved into a resort in the German Alps with his new family. However, something doesn't seem right in this tranquil vacation paradise, and Gretchen is plagued by strange noises and bloody visions until she discovers a shocking secret that also concerns her own family. Presented on 35mm.
Walking with M
India | 2023 | 120 min. | Akash Sagar Chopra
August 4, 2024
This film is based on Sri M's 7500 km peace-march in 2015-2016 from Kanyakumari to Kashmir in India with the mission of Unity of Mankind and to revive an old mission to rekindle India's ancient values of compassion, acceptance and human understanding.
AGFA August: Terminal USA
USA | 1993 | 60 min. | Jon Mortisugu
August 5, 2024
This is Moritsugu’s asian freak-out magnum opus that shocked America when it was broadcast on television in the mid-90’s! The director himself plays twins (a drug-dealing bad-ass and a closeted math nerd) in a radically dysfunctional family that completely obliterates the noble myth of the “model minority.”
AGFA August: The Last Slumber Party
USA | 1988 | 72 min. | Stephen Tyler
August 5, 2024
An escaped killer and boys with beer visit three teens having a pajama party.
Heaven Adores You
USA | 2014 | 104 min. | Nickolas Rossi
August 6, 2024
Celebrating the 10th anniversary of the film's release Heaven Adores You returns to theaters for a special event screening on August 6, which would have been the 55th birthday of Elliott Smith.
AGFA August: Blood Feast
USA | 1963 | 67 min. | Herschell Gordon Lewis
August 7, 2024
The insane Ramses hypnotizes a socialite in order to land a job catering a party for her debutante daughter, and turns the event into an evening of gruesome deaths, bloody dismemberment and ritual sacrifice.
AGFA August: She Freak (New Restoration)
USA | 1967 | 83 min. | Byron Mabe
August 7, 2024
A waitress joins a carnival, marries the owner, and makes various employees her enemies. New Restoration.
Movie Club: The Crow
USA | 1994 | 102 min. | Alex Proyas
August 7, 2024
The tale of a young musician Eric Draven who, along with his fiancé, is murdered on the eve of their Halloween wedding. Exactly one year after their deaths, Eric is risen from the grave by a mysterious crow to seek out his killers and force them to answer for their crimes. Introduced by SIFF Cinema staffer Milo Harms.
AGFA August: Attack of the Beast Creatures (New Restoration)
USA | 1985 | 80 min. | Mike Stanley
August 8, 2024
A group of survivors wash up on the shores of a seemingly deserted island after their ship capsizes.It slowly becomes apparent that the island is home to a tribe of small doll-like creatures, who begin stalking and killing the survivors one by one.
AGFA August: Indecent Desires (New Restoration)
USA | 1968 | 75 min. | Doris Wishman
August 8, 2024
Zeb finds a doll and a ring in a garbage can. He realizes the doll looks like Ann, his neighbor. When he realizes Ann experiences everything he does to the doll, he starts to unwind.
Dìdi (弟弟)
USA | 2024 | 96 min. | Sean Wang
Opens August 8, 2024
A skate video-loving NorCal Taiwanese American spends his final pre-high school summer learning what it means to grow up.
Sing Sing
USA | 2023 | 107 min. | Greg Kwedar
Opens August 8, 2024
Colman Domingo stars in the inspirational true story about incarcerated people who find healing through the redemptive power of theatre. 2024 Seattle International Film Festival Golden Space Needle Audience Award - Best Film.
Burden of Dreams
USA | 1982 | 94 min. | Les Blank, Maureen Gosling
Opens August 9, 2024
Burden of Dreams captures legendary director Werner Herzog’s filming of his most ambitious film Fitzcarraldo, in which an entrepreneur (Klaus Kinski) endeavors to push a steamship over a mountain to build an opera house deep in the Amazon jungle.
Crossing
Sweden | 2024 | 106 min. | Levan Akin
Opens August 9, 2024
A retired Georgian history teacher travels to Istanbul in search of her missing niece, who was kicked out of her house for being trans.
Made in England: The Films of Powell & Pressburger
United Kingdom | 2024 | 131 min. | David Hinton
Opens August 16, 2024
Martin Scorsese first encountered the films of Powell and Pressburger as a child, sitting in front of the family TV. When The Archers’ famous logo appeared on screen, Scorsese recalls: “You knew you were in for fantasy, wonder, magic – real film magic.” Now, in this documentary, he tells the story of his lifelong love affair with their movies.
Picasso: A Rebel in Paris
2024 | 90 min. | Simona Risi
Opens August 17, 2024
Fifty years after his passing, we embark on a journey through Pablo Picasso's Paris, amidst sunshine and shadow, convictions and contradictions, from a young, impoverished foreigner to one of the most important icons of the 20th-century.
Big Salad Comes to Seattle
60 min.
August 21, 2024
Cup of Jo and Big Salad founder Joanna Goddard in conversation with poet Kate Baer.
AGFA August: The Peanut Butter Solution
Canada | 1985 | 93 min. | Michael Rubbo
August 23, 2024
Ghosts restore a boy's hair when it falls out from fright, but then it won't stop growing.
Know Your Place
USA | 2022 | 118 min. | Zia Mohajerjasbi
Opens August 23, 2024
Gentrification’s impact on Seattle’s East African community is explored as two teenage boys navigate the city on an errand. 2022 Seattle International Film Festival Golden Space Needle Award - Best Film. Includes post-film Q&A on the August 23 screening.
Sugarcane
USA | 2024 | 107 min. | Julian Brave NoiseCat (Secwepemc Nation), Emily Kassie
Opens August 23, 2024
A gutwrenching doc on the horrors of residential schools, centering on the abuse suffered at the hands of B.C.’s St. Joseph Mission. 2024 Seattle International Film Festival Official Competition Special Jury Prize for Outstanding Documentary.
AGFA August: The Films of the Gay Girls Riding Club - All About Alice (New Restoration)
USA | 1972 | 68 min. | Ray Harrison
August 24, 2024
A drag queen leads a cast of non-professional actors in a spoof of the film "All About Eve."
AGFA August: The Films of the Gay Girls Riding Club - What Really Happened to Baby Jane (New Restoration)
USA | 1963 | 31 min. | Ray Harrison
August 24, 2024
A drag parody of "What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?"
AGFA August: The Little Shop of Horrors
USA | 1960 | 72 min. | Roger Corman
August 24, 2024
Seymour Krelboin works in the Skid Row flower shop owned by Mr. Mushnik. In his spare time, Seymour creates a new plant species he names Audrey Junior in honor of his girlfriend Audrey.
AGFA August: The Films of Sarah Jacobson
USA | 1996 | 125 min. | Sarah Jacobson
August 25, 2024
Sarah Jacobson's punk-spirited DIY films from the 1990s combine B-movie aesthetics and riot grrrl feminism, standing as a testament to the vision, determination, and raw talent of the Queen of Underground Cinema.
AGFA August: The McPherson Tape
USA | 1989 | 63 min. | Dean Alioto
August 25, 2024
On a fall evening in 1983, a young man videotaping his niece's fifth birthday party keeps the camera running as an alien invasion unfolds.
AGFA August: The Stairway to Stardom Mixtape
USA | 1972 | 70 min. | Various
August 25, 2024
From homemade R&B party hits to aggro stand-up comics, from interpretive dance by zombified children to amateur magicians, Stairway to Stardom is an unending treasure trove of bizarro entertainment that has been a staple among tape traders for decades.
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.
AGFA August: I Married a Witch
USA | 1942 | 77 min. | René Clair
August 26, 2024
As a 17th-century New England witch who comes to take revenge on the 20th-century descendant of the Puritan who persecuted her, Lake is all smolder and disruption.
AGFA August: To Be or Not to Be
USA | 1942 | 99 min. | Ernst Lubitsch
August 26, 2024
Acting couple Joseph and Maria Tura are managing a theatrical troupe when the Nazis invade Poland. Using their skill for impersonation, Joseph and company must confuse the Nazis and stop Siletsky from handing over the list.
AGFA August: GLOW - The Story of the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling
USA | 2012 | 76 min. | Brett Whitcomb
August 28, 2024
Chronicling the rise and fall of the first ever all-female wrestling show through the stories of those who lived it.
AGFA August: She Mob
USA | 1968 | 82 min. | Harry Wuest
August 28, 2024
A gang of four lesbian inmates escapes from prison and kidnaps the boyfriend of a wealthy woman.
AGFA August: A Woman Under the Influence
USA | 1974 | 155 min. | John Cassavetes
August 29, 2024
A housewife on the verge of a nervous breakdown is committed for psychiatric treatment by her loving yet confused husband, with unpredictable results. John Cassavetes’ 1974 masterpiece is one of the most devastating portraits of a relationship ever filmed.
AGFA August: Faces
USA | 1968 | 130 min. | John Cassavetes
August 29, 2024
During one long, bumpy night and into the next morning, Richard and Maria Forst, a wealthy couple whose relationship is becalmed in an emotional downswing, dally separately with other partners with devastating results. Preservation of the film funded by The Film Foundation with the Hollywood Foreign Press Association in celebration of the 40th anniversary of this Cassavetes classic.
AGFA August: Secret Screening
August 30, 2024
Shh...it's a secret! Come find out what the series finale will be at this mystery screening.
AGFA August: Shaolin Invincibles
Taiwan | 1997 | 90 min. | Cheng Hoi
August 30, 2024
A young woman becomes a great fighter with powerful skills and fights against her enemies after she's allowed to train in 18 forms of Shaolin kung fu in the Shaolin temple by a golden teacher.
Metallica Fest
2024 | 358 min. | Doug Freel & Jean Pellerin; Wayne Isham
August 31, 2024
Experience three Metallica Concert films on the big screen. The first film, “Cliff ’Em All” serves as a tribute to late original bassist Cliff Burton and is a raw collection of performances from 1983 to 1986. The second concert film, “Cunning Stunts,” shows Metallica pushing boundaries musically during their “Poor Touring Me” Tour. The final film covers three nights at Mexico City with 155,000 crazy Metalli-Fans!
Movie Club: Irma Vep
France | 1996 | 99 min. | Olivier Assayas
September 4, 2024
Olivier Assayas’s live-wire international breakthrough stars a magnetic Maggie Cheung as a version of herself: a Hong Kong action movie star who arrives in Paris to play the latex-clad lead in a remake of Louis Feuillade’s classic 1915 crime serial Les vampires. Introduced by Social Media Manager Shelby Smout.
Le Samouraï
France | 1967 | 105 min. | Jean-Pierre Melville
Opens September 6, 2024
An elegantly stylized masterpiece of cool by maverick director Jean‑Pierre Melville, Le samouraï is a razor-sharp cocktail of 1940s American gangster cinema and 1960s French pop culture—with a liberal dose of Japanese lone-warrior mythology.
Paris, Texas (New 4K Restoration)
France | 1984 | 148 min. | Wim Wenders
Opens September 6, 2024
New German Cinema pioneer Wim Wenders (Wings of Desire) brings his keen eye for landscape to the American Southwest in Paris, Texas, a profoundly moving character study written by Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright Sam Shepard. New 4K restoration.
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.
Edward Scissorhands: Matthew Bourne’s dance version of Tim Burton’s classic
2024 | 95 min. | Matthew Bourne
Opens September 25, 2024
In a castle high on a hill lives Edward; a boy created by an eccentric inventor. When his creator dies he is left alone and unfinished with only scissors for hands until a kindly townswoman invites him to live with her suburban family. Can Edward find his place in the well-meaning community which struggles to see past his curious appearance to the innocence and gentleness within?
Movie Club: Practical Magic
USA | 1998 | 104 min. | Griffin Dunne
October 2, 2024
Enchanting international superstars Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman sparkle in this wry, romantic tale of two sisters who discover the gift of Practical Magic. Introduced by Digital Marketing Associate Helen Paulini.
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.
Movie Club: Koyaanisqatsi
USA | 1982 | 87 min. | Godfrey Reggio
November 6, 2024
Drawing its title from the Hopi word meaning "life out of balance," this renowned documentary reveals how humanity has grown apart from nature. Introduced by Cinema Rentals Manager Patrick McFarland.
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.