Archive for March, 2007

Painted Box Spotlight Episode 2: Deadly Death Warriors

By Bryan T ⋅ March 29, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

My apologies for the long delay since the first installment of the Painted Box Spotlight, which will be a regular tribute to the dying art of painted movie advertisements, and an appreciation of some of the best and worst illustrated box covers from our collection. In today’s episode, we deal mostly with movies that have …

Children of Men has arrived!

By madamecrow ⋅ March 27, 2007 ⋅ One comment

Staff favorite CHILDREN OF MEN came out on DVD today. Come in and rent it (or better yet, buy it), watch it, then read this (an amazing commentary by a staffer here) and let us know what you think.
Congratulations to COM director Alfonoso Cuaron for being the latest inductee to the Scarecrow Directors section! You …

Savings with SIFF Screenings

By madamecrow ⋅ March 21, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

We hope everyone is enjoying the Essential Art House: 50 Years of Janus Films series at SIFF’s fancy new digs in McCaw Hall at Seattle Center. Check out the schedule here, as there are still many great films coming up like Jules and Jim, The Lady Vanishes and Kwaidan.
If you bring in a ticket stub …

Criterion DVD June Announcements

By laird ⋅ March 18, 2007 ⋅ 2 comments

Ye gads, have you all seen the Criterion slate for June?!
If…
WR: Mysteries of the Organism
Sweet Movie
La Jetee & Sans Soleil 
Four much sought after and often requested DVDs finally arriving and with the Criterion treatment and, in my opinion, absolutely gorgeous box art. The same month they are releasing a box set of Late Ozu films …

Return to Sender: Letters from Iwo

By laird ⋅ March 14, 2007 ⋅ 6 comments

Though an improvement over the flashback heavy Flags of Our Fathers, I found Clint Eastwood’s Letters From Iwo Jima to be overly long, morally simplistic, and worst of all, saccharine. I’ll still give Mr. Harry (or would he prefer just Dirty?) some credit: attempting to show individuality and humanity in soldiers when war strives to …

TV on DVD

By madamecrow ⋅ March 13, 2007 ⋅ 18 comments

I was just flipping through the good old Scarecrow Movie Guide and found our list of “TV Series we wish were on DVD.”  The list reads: Adventures of Pete and Pete, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Batman (60s series), Chic-A-Go-Go, Louis Theroux’s Weird Weekends, Max Headroom, Misfits of Science, The Munsters, Night Gallery, Police Squad!, Square Pegs, …

A call to keyboards/pens from the Northwest Film Forum

By madamecrow ⋅ March 13, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

The folks over the Northwest Film Forum have just announced the 10th Annual Washington State Screenplay Competition.  The winning screenwriter and three runner ups will have their scripts presented at the NWFF in a live, staged reading using a cast of talented local actors and directors, and then the writer will receive critical feedback from …

Things you can get for FREE (or at least cheaper)

By madamecrow ⋅ March 9, 2007 ⋅ One comment

Did you know that if you’re a current member of either KEXP or Henry Art Gallery, you can rent one film and get another film of equal or lesser value for FREE? Just show us your membership card and we’ll do the rest. There are some restrictions, like this offer isn’t available on Wednesdays (it’s …

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