35MM PRINTS! We're showing double features of the first two live-action Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movies in memory of Josh Wakeland and for his birthday. This Thursday and Sunday at the @siffnews.bsky.social Film Center! grandillusioncinema.org/film/teenage...

If you're in Seattle, you would attend this.

Grand Illusion Cinema@grandillusioncinema.org · 3d ago

Holy 60th anniversary, Batman! We’re showing BATMAN: THE MOVIE on 8/23 at @siffnews.bsky.social Film Center. Plus a couple of the Caped Crusader’s early adventures on 16mm from @sprocketsociety.bsky.social. Presented with the Adam West Day committee. grandillusioncinema.org/film/batman-...

Join us for a one-night-only screening of a rare 35mm print of THE AMERICAN ASTRONAUT (2001). 🚀 In this space western musical, an interplanetary trader sets forth through a rustic and remote solar system, unaware that his old friend is trying to kill him. Plays Fri 8/21 at SIFF Cinema Downtown.

The American Astronaut (35mm)

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"It’s thrilling, it’s confusing, and you’ve never seen anything like it before. And you want to go again and again, like a rollercoaster ride through hell.” Peter Martin, ScreenAnarchy See THE BLADE on 8/17 at NW Film Forum, intro’d by @pattymcf.bsky.social! grandillusioncinema.org/film/the-bla...

Join us for a 25th anniversary screening of Takashi Miike's most controversial work, VISITOR Q, presented on Miike's birthday via a new transfer from the original master tape! Monday, August 24 at NW Film Forum! grandillusioncinema.org/film/visitor...

He figures he's just to lay it out for him. No beating around the bush. "Hi, David... the owner of the warehouse is here. He just wanted to check in with you and make sure that, uh... that we're not shooting porn." Without missing a beat, Lynch barks, "NOT YET, WE'RE NOT." L e g e n d. (10/10)

We’re showing some early Batman cartoons and a serial episode as part of this show! Plus there’ll be life size replicas of the freakin’ BATCOPTER and BATMOBILE, and Batman “himself” will be there! Holy nostalgic overload! To the Bat Poles — don’t miss it!

Grand Illusion Cinema@grandillusioncinema.org · 3d ago

Holy 60th anniversary, Batman! We’re showing BATMAN: THE MOVIE on 8/23 at @siffnews.bsky.social Film Center. Plus a couple of the Caped Crusader’s early adventures on 16mm from @sprocketsociety.bsky.social. Presented with the Adam West Day committee. grandillusioncinema.org/film/batman-...

“Far from reiterating tired binaries – tradition versus modernity, elders versus youngsters – the film embraces the beauty of contradictions with open arms.” Phuong Le, The Guardian BOUCHRA plays this Monday at 730pm at NW Film Forum! grandillusioncinema.org/film/bouchra/

Holy 60th anniversary, Batman! We’re showing BATMAN: THE MOVIE on 8/23 at @siffnews.bsky.social Film Center. Plus a couple of the Caped Crusader’s early adventures on 16mm from @sprocketsociety.bsky.social. Presented with the Adam West Day committee. grandillusioncinema.org/film/batman-...

ICYMI, I wrote about I Want Your Sex, which plays @siffnews.bsky.social Film Center by way of @grandillusioncinema.org for one night only Aug 11. From Aug 28-30, @nwfilmforum.bsky.social will be screening Araki's debut, Three Bewildered People in the Night, and the new 4K of Mysterious Skin. 💄👽📽️

"The horror... the horror." We present APOCALYPSE NOW: FINAL CUT at the @siffnews.bsky.social Cinema Downtown on August 25! “A must-see theatrical experience… a life-altering voyage.” John DeFore, The Hollywood Reporter grandillusioncinema.org/film/apocaly...

Composed entirely of archival footage, DO YOU LOVE ME is a playful and personal journey through Lebanon’s audiovisual memory. We present it 8/18 at NW Film Forum. “As heartbreaking as it is celebratory…” Sarah Ward, Alliance of Women Film Journalists grandillusioncinema.org/film/do-you-...

We’re showing DEAD CALM tomorrow at the @siffnews.bsky.social Film Center at 715pm in remembrance of Sam Neill. “…barely aged a jot, making it an intensely rewarding film to rewatch…” Luke Buckmaster, The Guardian grandillusioncinema.org/film/dead-ca...

Uncanny.

Eternal self-made gay sex symbol Peter Berlin makes his screen debut as a German immigrant who gets into all sorts of adventures in NIGHTS IN BLACK LEATHER (1973). Fri Aug 21 at the Beacon Cinema. thebeacon.film/calendar/mov... Thanks to @muscledistribution.bsky.social for making this possible!

THE BLADE a tour de force of action expressionism, and a scathing reappraisal of the wuxia genre’s code of masculinity, that achieves a feverish intensity. We present a new restoration intro’d by @pattymcf.bsky.social 8/17 at the NW Film Forum! grandillusioncinema.org/film/the-bla...

In memory of Josh Wakeland and for his birthday, we present 35mm double features of the first two live-action Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movies on both August 13 & 16 at the @siffnews.bsky.social Film Center. grandillusioncinema.org/film/teenage...

MY SASSY GIRL is tomorrow at NWFF at 7pm! Join us for the 25th anniversary of this iconic romantic comedy that helped spark an international breakthrough for Korean cinema. “…a timeless entry in the romantic comedy genre.” Wilson Kwong, Film Inquiry grandillusioncinema.org/film/my-sass...

We present I WANT YOUR SEX, the latest from New Queer Cinema pioneer Gregg Araki, at the @siffnews.bsky.social Film Center on August 11! “…a reminder that [Araki] remains a vital, even essential, voice in indie filmmaking.” Mel Valentin, ScreenAnarchy grandillusioncinema.org/film/i-want-...

Deadhead doc SUMMER TOUR plays tomorrow at the @siffnews.bsky.social Film Center at 415pm! Bonus content: Arrive early to catch a pre-recorded live performance from Mason’s Children, a Grateful Dead tribute band. grandillusioncinema.org/film/summer-...

Peter Berlin stars in NIGHTS IN BLACK LEATHER (1973). Stroll alongside Berlin as he explores the streets of San Francisco looking for adventure. Friday, August 21 at 10 pm - The Beacon Cinema. Join us after for a group discussion of the film. thebeacon.film/calendar/mov...

I am so excited for this, tix in-hand for 8/16 @siffnews.bsky.social @grandillusioncinema.org www.siff.net/cinema/in-th...

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (35mm double feature)

In memory of Josh Wakeland and for his birthday, 35mm double features of the first two live-action Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movies on both August 13 & 16. Presented by Grand Illusion Cinema.

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Nicolas Winding Refn’s HER PRIVATE HELL plays this weekend at @siffnews.bsky.social Film Center. Friday @ 715pm & Sunday @ 7pm. “Is it pretentious? You bet! But it’s the kind of pretension that’s been missing for far too long in cinema…” Damon Wise, Deadline grandillusioncinema.org/film/her-pri...

A messy yet ultimately winning comedic thriller of sorts, Gregg Araki’s I WANT YOUR SEX sees Olivia Wilde and Cooper Hoffman fully committing and having a ball. Seattle folks, see it in area theaters starting tomorrow and then also at the SIFF Film Center via @grandillusioncinema.org on August 11 📽️

Chase 'Hutch' Hutchinson 📽️@eclectichutch.bsky.social · 7mo ago

I WANT YOUR SEX: Gregg Araki is back, and it’s like he never left. Plus, he's found kindred comedic spirits in Olivia Wilde & Cooper Hoffman who are both an absolute riot in this erotic comedy thriller. It's quite flawed, but still good fun 📽️ My #Sundance2026 review: www.thewrap.com/creative-con...

Based on a South Korean netizen’s blog of reportedly true stories about his girlfriend, MY SASSY GIRL was a massive sleeper hit and one of the most influential Asian films of the 21st century. We present the new 4K restoration 8/3 at 7pm at NW Film Forum. grandillusioncinema.org/film/my-sass...

Our Hong Kong Classics series continues in Aug. and Sept.! THE BLADE 8/15, 715pm, @nwfilmforum.bsky.social FULL CONTACT 9/14, 7pm, NWFF DON'T PLAY WITH FIRE 9/29 & 30, 715pm, @siffnews.bsky.social Film Center All shows introduced by @pattymcf.bsky.social grandillusioncinema.org/series/hong-...

NIGHT NURSE is tonight at NW Film Forum! grandillusioncinema.org/film/night-n...

🎥 Kathy 📼 Fennessy 📽️@kcfennessy.bsky.social · 2w ago

I couldn't not write about a twisted erotic thriller that shares a title with Gregory Isaacs' signature lovers rock ballad and a pre-code Barbara Stanwyck picture. Night Nurse plays @nwfilmforum.bsky.social for one night only, July 27, thanks to @grandillusioncinema.org. @seattlecritics.bsky.social

“HER PRIVATE HELL resists interpretation, like so many of Refn’s recent films, but executes a slow dervish swirl of hypnotic strangeness.” Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian See it July 31 & Aug. 2 at the @siffnews.bsky.social Film Center, presented by us! grandillusioncinema.org/film/her-pri...

Meriem Bennani & Orian Barki’s BOUCHRA forges new ground in queer cinema, effortlessly towing the line between documentary, visual art, & family drama. See it on 8/10 at 730pm at the NW Film Forum presented by us! grandillusioncinema.org/film/bouchra/

One of the best horror films ever made!

Grand Illusion Cinema@grandillusioncinema.org · 2w ago

“Three people, two boats… quite effectively directed, shot, and cast; exceptionally well cast…” Gene Siskel We're showing DEAD CALM in remembrance of Sam Neill on August 6 at the @siffnews.bsky.social Film Center. grandillusioncinema.org/film/dead-ca...