Archive for May, 2008

Impromptu In Store!! Charles Band this SATURDAY!

For those of you who didn’t get enough horror action at CRYPTICON this weekend, we’ve got a special surprise. CHARLES BAND, legendary producer/director/writer responsible for the PUPPETMASTER series, TRANCERS, DOLLMAN, GINGERDEAD MAN and pretty much our entire Lil’ Bastards section, will be at Scarecrow THIS SATURDAY, MAY 31st at 5pm.
Charles is in town with his …

This weekend: CRYPTICON

If you’re not headed east to Sasquatch this weekend and your tastes lean towards the macabre, we suggest you head down to the DoubleTree Hotel at Sea-Tac for CRYPTICON, a horror convention of gruesome proportions. It starts in just a few hours and runs through Monday and includes the usual workshops, panels, concerts, vendors and …

Children & War

Come check out the new Special Section with a Spotlight on Children & War.
My intention for this section is not to pull at our heartstrings about the unfairness of war and the collateral damage of slaughtered innocent children during war. More my intention is to use the art of film, the language of visual communication …

Visit Scarecrow this weekend at the University District Street Fair

While you’re outside soaking up the abundant warmth and sunshine this weekend, please come visit the SIFF/Scarecrow Video booth at the University District Street Fair. We’ll be giving away movie tickets, interesting movie schwag and posters, plus you can enter a drawing to WIN 31 FREE RENTALS. SIFF will have plenty of festival schedules and …

SHOWGIRLS! TOMORROW! TRIPLE DOOR! GO!

Long ago we told you about the spiritual enlightenment that comes with witnessing David Schmader present Showgirls, and lucky for all of us he’s doing it again tomorrow at the Triple Door. The screening is brought to us by Noise For The Needy, an amazing non-profit that holds a yearly batch of concerts and events …

What I want to see at SIFF, so far

Things have been busy here at Crow Central and I haven’t had much time to really sit with the Seattle Times’ SIFF Guide and plot my viewing for the three week festival, but here’s what’s piqued my interest so far. Links (hopefully) go right to the SIFF site you can get plot synopsis, times and …

SPACED coming to DVD

This morning I was flipping through the fine trade publication Home Media Magazine Digital Edition and came upon a small article at the bottom of one of the back pages that caused me to spit precious caffeine all over my monitor. Spaced, the wonderful Brit TV show starring Simon Pegg, Jessica Hynes (then Stevenson) and …

Whatcha doing in the next 24 hours? Why not MAKE A MOVIE??

You’ve probably seen the flyers on our counter the last few weeks, but now the time as come! The 2008 Diesel Film Racing Tour hits Seattle May 9th and 10th and challenges local filmmakers to complete original short films under this extreme time constraint. At the start of the 24 hours, filmmakers will be …