In Theaters
The Sacrifice (New 4K Restoration)
Sweden | 1986 | 145 min. | Andrei Tarkovsky
Now Playing - Dec 19, 2024
As a wealthy Swedish family celebrates the birthday of their patriarch Alexander (Erland Josephson, Cries and Whispers), news of the outbreak of World War III reaches their remote Baltic island—and the happy mood turns to horror.
Flow
Latvia | 2024 | 85 min. | Gints Zilbalodis
Now Playing - Dec 24, 2024
A wondrous journey, through realms natural and mystical, Flow follows a courageous cat after his home is devastated by a great flood. Golden Globes 2025 nominee (Best Motion Picture, Animated).
Queer
Italy | 2024 | 135 min. | Luca Guadagnino
Now Playing - Dec 24, 2024
In 1950s Mexico City, William Lee, an American ex-pat in his late forties, leads a solitary life amidst a small American community. However, the arrival in town of Eugene Allerton, a young student, stirs William into finally establishing a meaningful connection with someone. Golden Globes 2025 nominee (Daniel Craig, Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama).
All We Imagine as Light
France | 2024 | 118 min. | Payal Kapadia
Now Playing - Dec 23, 2024
The light, the lives, and the textures of contemporary, working-class Mumbai are explored and celebrated with a vivid, humane richness by Payal Kapadia, who won the Grand Prize at this year’s Cannes Film Festival for her revelatory fiction feature debut. Golden Globes 2025 nominee (Best Motion Picture - Non-English Language; Best Director).
Wicked
USA | 2024 | Jon M. Chu
Now Playing - Dec 18, 2024
Wicked, the untold story of the witches of Oz, stars Emmy, Grammy and Tony winning powerhouse Cynthia Erivo (Harriet, Broadway’s The Color Purple) as Elphaba, a young woman, misunderstood because of her unusual green skin, who has yet to discover her true power, and Grammy-winning, multi-platinum recording artist and global superstar Ariana Grande as Glinda, a popular young woman, gilded by privilege and ambition, who has yet to discover her true heart. Golden Globes 2025 nominee (Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy; Cinematic and Box Office Achievement).
A Real Pain
USA | 2024 | 90 min. | Jesse Eisenberg
Now Playing - Dec 23, 2024
Mismatched cousins David (Jesse Eisenberg) and Benji (Kieran Culkin) reunite for a tour through Poland to honor their beloved grandmother. The adventure takes a turn when the odd-couple's old tensions resurface against the backdrop of their family history. Golden Globes 2025 nominee (Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy; Best Screenplay).
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Mufasa: The Lion King
USA | 2024 | 120 min. | Barry Jenkins
Opens December 19, 2024
Exploring the unlikely rise of the beloved king of the Pride Lands, Mufasa: The Lion King enlists Rafiki to relay the legend of Mufasa to young lion cub Kiara, daughter of Simba and Nala, with Timon and Pumbaa lending their signature schtick.
A Complete Unknown
USA | 2024 | 135 min. | James Mangold
Opens December 24, 2024
Set in the influential New York music scene of the early 60s, A Complete Unknown follows 19-year-old Minnesota musician Bob Dylan’s (Timothée Chalamet) meteoric rise as a folk singer to concert halls and the top of the charts – his songs and mystique becoming a worldwide sensation – culminating in his groundbreaking electric rock and roll performance at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965. Golden Globes 2025 nominee (Best Motion Picture, Drama).
Babygirl
USA | 2024 | 114 min. | Halina Reijn
Opens December 25, 2024
A high-powered CEO puts her career and family on the line when she begins a torrid affair with her much younger intern. Golden Globes 2025 nominee (Nicole Kidman, Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama).
Fiddler on the Roof Sing-along
USA | 1971 | 191 min. | Norman Jewison
December 25, 2024
A holiday party with the best Jewish-themed musical of them all!
Nosferatu
2024 | 132 min. | Robert Eggers
Opens December 25, 2024
Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu is a gothic tale of obsession between a haunted young woman and the terrifying vampire infatuated with her, causing untold horror in its wake.
Moulin Rouge! New Year’s Eve Sing-along
USA | 2001 | 127 minutes | Baz Luhrmann
December 31, 2024
Ring in the new year with the classic Baz Luhrmann romantic musical favorite!
Movie Club: American Psycho
USA | 2000 | 102 min. | Mary Harron
January 8, 2025
Patrick Bateman (Christian Bale) is a Wall Street yuppie, obsessed with success, status, and style, with a stunning fiancée (Reese Witherspoon)..... Introduced by SIFF Graphic Designer Manager Rhys Iliakis.
Seattle premiere double feature LAST LAP and The Dawgfather
102 min. (46 & 56 min. films) | Andy Yardy
Opens January 9, 2025
LAST LAP follows Seattle's legendary runner, Doris Brown Heritage, who grew up running on the beach and became the world's fastest woman. The Dawgfather: The Legacy of Don James explores the transformative impact of Coach Don James, whose values-driven mentorship inspired players, coaches, and communities, emphasizing integrity, empowerment, and lasting legacies beyond football.
The Brutalist
United Kingdom | 2024 | 215 min. | Brady Corbet
Opens January 9, 2025
Escaping post-war Europe, visionary architect László Toth arrives in America to rebuild his life, his work, and his marriage to his wife Erzsébet after being forced apart during wartime by shifting borders and regimes. On his own in a strange new country, László settles in Pennsylvania, where the wealthy and prominent industrialist Harrison Lee Van Buren recognizes his talent for building. But power and legacy come at a heavy cost...
The Room Next Door
Spain | 2024 | 110 min. | Pedro Almodóvar
Opens January 9, 2025
Ingrid (Julianne Moore), a best-selling writer, rekindles her relationship with her friend Martha (Tilda Swinton), a war journalist with whom she has lost touch for a number of years. Golden Globes 2025 nominee (Tilda Swinton, Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama).
Bona (4K Restoration)
Philippines | 1980 | 86 min. | Lino Brocka
January 10, 2025
Lino Brocka’s 1980 feature endures as a lively, searing parable on the plight of Filipino women under the Marcos dictatorship. The great Nora Aunor stars as the titular heroine who falls for a womanizing B-movie actor (Phillip Salvador) and abandons her abusive bourgeois family to shack up with the philandering lumpenprole thespian. But Bona quickly finds herself forced into a role both more servile and more maternal than strictly amorous, and tensions between the two swell to an astounding, violent crescendo.
Powell & Pressburger: The Tales of Hoffmann
United Kingdom | 1951 | 138 min. | Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
January 15, 2025
Set to Jacques Offenbach’s enchanting music, an archetypal Poet (Robert Rounseville) courts women, his muses (Moira Shearer, Ludmilla Tcherina), in various lands and times, ever pursued by his nemesis (Robert Helpmann). Delectably intoxicating.
Powell & Pressburger: Peeping Tom
United Kingdom | 1960 | 101 min. | Michael Powell
January 22, 2025
A psychologist experiments on his young son, who grows into a gentle, photography-obsessed man (Carl Boehm) who lives to see fear on others’ faces. Can we sympathize with a murderer? Powell calls this a “tender film,” full of empathy for a twisted soul. With Moira Shearer.
Dinner in America
USA | 2019 | 106 min. | Adam Rehmeier
January 23, 2025
An on-the-lam punk rocker and a young woman obsessed with his band embark on a series of misadventures through the decaying suburbs of the American Midwest.
Dig! XX
USA | 2004 | 127 min. | Ondi Timoner
Opens January 26, 2025
DIG! XX – a bigger, better, crazier expanded reimagining of the original cut – reminds us why the original is canon and why sometimes, more is better.
Powell & Pressburger: Gone to Earth
1950 | 111 min. | Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
January 29, 2025
A nature girl (Jennifer Jones) of the Welsh hills is courted by a pious vicar (Cyril Cusack) and tempted by a roguish squire (David Farrar). Amidst an evocatively rendered sense of place, sacred and profane love entwine in the Celtic twilight.
Street Trash (35mm)
South Africa | 2024 | 85 min. | Ryan Kruger
Opens January 31, 2025
In the year 2050, global economic turmoil has destroyed the middle class in Cape Town, South Africa, which is now divided between the ultra-rich and the unhoused. Ronald and group of fellow houseless friends uncover a plot by the local government to “liquify“ the houseless population with a sinister chemical agent called “V”.
Macbeth: David Tennant & Cush Jumbo
114 min. | Max Webster
Opens February 5, 2025
David Tennant and Cush Jumbo lead a stellar cast in a new 5-star production of Shakespeare’s Macbeth, filmed live at the Donmar Warehouse in London. Unsettling intimacy and brutal action combine at breakneck speed as Max Webster directs this tragic tale of love, murder, and nature’s power of renewal.
Movie Club: Tampopo
Japan | 1985 | 114 min. | Jûzô Itami
February 5, 2025
A modern cowboy, his trusty sidekick, and an intrepid noodle shop owner embark on the quest for the perfect recipe in the 4K restoration of Juzo Itami’s rapturous “ramen western.” Introduced by Community Engagement Manager Hannah Baek.
National Theatre Live: The Importance of Being Earnest
Max Webster
Opens February 22, 2025
Three-time Olivier Award-winner Sharon D Clarke is joined by Ncuti Gatwa ("Doctor Who;" "Sex Education") in this joyful reimagining of Oscar Wilde’s most celebrated comedy.
To Live and Die in L.A.
USA | 1985 | 114 min. | William Friedkin
February 27, 2025
A fearless Secret Service agent will stop at nothing to bring down the counterfeiter who killed his partner.
Girls Town (4K Restoration)
USA | 1996 | 90 min. | Jim McKay
Opens February 28, 2025
Girls Town offers a vivid portrayal of irreverent young women coming of age. One of the earliest indie features to deal with the secret shame of rape, the film follows its feisty protagonists on a zigzag path to empowerment as spontaneous acts of revenge give way to deeper understanding and more profound gestures.
Movie Club: The First Slam Dunk
Japan | 2022 | 124 min. | Takehiko Inoue
March 5, 2025
Takehiko Inoue adapts his own highly influential 90s basketball manga into a quiet portrait of a broken family - and one of the most thrilling sports movies ever made. Introduced by Cinema Rentals Manager Patrick McFarland.
Sea Slug Animation Festival
March 8, 2025
A new film festival in Seattle celebrating the ingenuity, creativity, and weirdness of independent animation. Presented by Sea Slug Animation Festival.
CreepTime The Podcast LIVE
90 min.
March 12, 2025
CreepTime LIVE starring Sylas and Stew. A night of haunting tales brought right to you in Seattle. Presented by CreepTime The Podcast.
Super Mario Bros. (35mm)
United Kingdom | 1993 | 104 min. | Annabel Jankel, Rocky Morton
March 27, 2025
Mario and Luigi, plumbers from Brooklyn, find themselves in an alternate universe where evolved dinosaurs live in hi-tech squalor. They’re the only hope to save our universe from invasion by the dino dictator, Koopa.
Movie Club: My Own Private Idaho
USA | 1991 | 104 min. | Gus Van Sant
April 2, 2025
"I always know where I am by the way the road looks..." Keanu Reeves and River Phoenix star in director Gus Van Sant's seminal meditation on the nature of innocence as two young men living on the fringes of society peddle their bodies for sex. Introduced by Education Manager Megan Garbayo-López.
National Theatre Live: Dr. Strangelove
2025 | Sean Foley
Opens April 5, 2025
Seven-time BAFTA Award-winner Steve Coogan (Alan Partridge, The Trip) plays four roles in the world premiere stage adaptation of Stanley Kubrick’s comedy masterpiece Dr. Strangelove.
Pink Flamingos
USA | 1972 | 93 min. | John Waters
June 26, 2025
Notorious Baltimore criminal and underground figure Divine goes up against Connie & Raymond Marble, a sleazy married couple who make a passionate attempt to humiliate her and seize her tabloid-given title as “The Filthiest Person Alive”.