For the Grand Illusion's next trick: THE LADY VANISHES
Called Hitchcock’s first Hitchcock, classic suspense screens in 35mm at the Grand Illusion when THE LADY VANISHES.
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Framing Pictures at the Northwest Film Forum
Ann Linden attended Framing Pictures, a free monthly event held at the Northwest Film Forum in Seattle, which offers an opportunity to discuss cinema with several of Seattle’s prominent film critics.
The Trouble With Harry
Harry’s a corpse, and everyone who stumbles across him seems to have an alternate explanation for his death. Alfred Hitchcock’s black comedy screens at the Grand Illusion in 35mm.
Soldier Of The Road
Bernard Josse and Gérard Rouy’s brilliant study of German free jazz musician Peter Brötzmann’s life and work, which screened recently at Grand Illusion Cinema in Seattle.
Frightful Ti West Double Feature
Director Ti West conjures evil from the shadows of our everyday fears in The House of the Devil and his new release The Innkeepers.
Chronicle
At the bottom of a strange hole in the ground, three teenagers find a glowing crystalline object and acquire strange powers in John Trake’s narrowly focused twist on the superhero origin story. Reviewed by Ann Linden.
Internet Jesus at the Grand Illusion Cinema in Seattle
“Today, I stop being real. People like listening to characters. Characters are safe, because they’re not real. So today, I become a character.” – Warren Ellis, “Doktor Sleepless”
LiTTLEROCK
A road trip comes to a halt against a backdrop of small-town scenery with an emotional landscape as wide as the human heart.
The Classics Don't Put You To Sleep at the Grand Illusion Cinema
Seattle’s Grand Illusion Cinema, the city’s longest running independent theater, recently featured Bluebeard’s Eighth Wife in its series, A Touch of Lubitsch (“to be continued when we get more Lubitsch on 35mm reels”). The first in a series of reviews from the Grand Illusion’s excellent programme.