Archive for April, 2007
Swellzombie’s staff picks
So I’ve noticed that neither one of the films that I picked this round of staff picks have rented. That saddens me. Well not really but I thought that people are missing out. Especially people who don’t know what they’re missing. So I took some time today to write some “shelf talkers” for these two …
Best movie of 2005? See it finally at the Grand Illusion!
The import Japanese DVD of Taste of Tea was considered by many on the Scarecrow staff to be one of the best films we received in 2005, and ranked by the national critics poll, Take 7, as one of the best undistributed films. Thankfully it has finally found a North American home through Viz pictures …
Un Chant D’Amour & Kenneth Anger/Elliott Smith World Premiere
Need something to do tonight? Check out the latest in the Scandalous film series at the Northwest Film Forum, featuring a print of the formerly, extremely rare Un Chant D’Amour. Also of note: The WORLD PREMIERE of Kenneth Anger’s newest work, a doc. on the late Elliott Smith titled Elliot’s Suicide. …
Win tickets to this year’s Polish Film Festival
Head on in to Scarecrow this weekend and enter our drawing to win a four-pack of tickets to this year’s Polish Film Festival! The fest runs April 27th to May 4th at McCaw Hall in Seattle Center. We’ll be picking the winners on Wednesday, April 25th, so hurry in! Check out the festival’s website for …
A NIGHT AT THE GRINDHOUSE at Chop Suey
The fine folks over at Chop Suey are hosting a FREE night of back-to-back GRINDHOUSE films! On Monday, April 23rd you can marvel in the one-armed boxer glory of MASTER OF THE FLYING GUILLOTINE, followed by the vengeful prison spectacle of THE STORY OF RIKI-OH. What these must-see genre classics lack in depth and plot, …
What’s in a name? Volume 1: The First
So, have you ever found yourself watching all the movies of an obscure Canadian director? And in the course of things you come across a film whose title is so baffling that you lose sleep over trying to figure it out? Yeah, I know…. I’ve lost count too. But this specific case involves the exploits …
Jumping on the grindhouse bandwagon
I refuse to start using the word “grindhouse” to describe low-budget, exploitation movies from the 70s. I never used it before, so there’s no real reason for me to adopt it now just because that guy with the trailer voice told me that it’s the proper phrase for back-to-back movies that feature high-octane violence and …
SCANDALOUS!
The folks over at Three Dollar Bill Cinema present the SCANDALOUS series, three controversial queer films from the 50s that challenged the morality and taboos of their day.
The series kicks off this Thursday, April 12th with Tea and Sympathy (1956), Vincente Minnelli’s adaptation of the Broadway play, starring John Kerr as a student who doesn’t …
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