It’s the little things…

…that make me giggle. Ten days before we get this:

we’ll get this:

Sex and The City: The Movie comes to theaters May 30th. Square Pegs: The Complete Series comes out on DVD May 20th. That some savvy marketing, but it also knocks another off the list of TV series we wish were on DVD from The …

This weekend: NFFTY and SAKURA CON

Two great events are happening this weekend:
1) The National Film Festival for Talented Youth (or “Nifty!”) is at Seattle Center Friday March 28th through the 30th. It features 73 films made by youth 21 and younger. The Opening Night Gala includes five films and an after party and concert in the Sky Church at …

French Film Noir at Seattle Art Musuem

If you’re looking to add a more continental and cosmopolitan flavor to the next few months of your film viewing life, SAM’s latest film series Love Crimes: Forty Years of French Film Noir starts next Thursday, April 3rd. Rene Clement’s Purple Noon (starring Alain Delon as Tom Ripley) kicks off ten weeks of film spanning …

Directors A thru A

So I’ve decided that I want to watch one film by every director in the director section of the store. I don’t know how many there are. Let’s just say Hundreds!!!
That means it’ll take me a while. Since we have this blog and are encouraged to post things on it I thought I’d list the …

Goodbye, Mr. Brian

Dear Customers and friends:

Friend, and ex-Scarecrow employee Brian Blue, formerly Brian Henke, died on Saturday, March 8, after a two-year battle with cancer. He was only 37 years old. He was a terrific fellow and a fine film nut, and will be missed by many.
As I, and other current and former co workers have …

The Mad(e) For TV Manifesto

Check out this great special rental section now on display at Scarecrow Video!
Hello kiddies, it’s time to step back a few decades to an era without cable television or video stores. A time where the networks were three (not counting PBS) and homes around the USA had no choice but to put their trust …

This weekend around town and in your living room

It looks like it’s going to be another chilly, rainy weekend. What better time than to catch up with some movies? Here’s some suggestions for both theatrical and home viewing:
–Bab’Aziz–The Prince Who Contemplated His Soul opens today at The Varsity The New York Times calls it “a structurally audacious fairy tale” about a blind dervish …

The Wire’s War on the Drug War

For you Wire fans, from Time magazine:
“We write a television show. Measured against more thoughtful and
meaningful occupations, this is not the best seat from which to argue
public policy or social justice. Still, those viewers who followed The
Wire — our HBO drama that tried to portray all sides of inner-city
collapse, including the drug war, with as …