Archive for November, 2008

THREE new HOLIDAY sections up NOW!

Now that we’ve woken up from our Tofurky coma, we’ve put up a fine selection of Holiday films for your viewing enjoyment. First there’s the general HOLIDAY FAVORITES section with films like A Christmas Story, The Thin Man, The Bishop’s Wife, Trading Places, Meet Me in St. Louis and several versions of A Christmas Carol. …

AWESOME Film Series Alert!! FROM BAD TO WORSE with DAVID SCHMADER

This just in to the Scarecrow Press Office! We know many of you have already witnessed the glory that is David Schmader’s live commentary on Showgirls, but now he’s turning his critical eye on SIX other studies in unintentional cinematic terror. I’ll spare you my giggly summation and go right the press release:
“From Bad to …

How Scarecrow is different…

While other stores throw Christmas stuff up right after Halloween, Scarecrow has a Halloween section up the week of Thanksgiving. POW! Fiercely independent (and more into pumpkins than turkeys… unless of course they are of the cinematic variety…)

Donate here to NORTHWEST HARVEST!

Once again this holiday season we are collecting donations for Northwest Harvest, Washington’s hunger relief agency that distributes food to nearly 300 food programs here in Seattle and across the state. Times being what they are, organizations like Northwest Harvest need support more than ever. So the next time you come in, please bring in …

FREE things currently on our front counter

–Admit TWO passes to OBSCENE during its run next week at The Northwest Film Forum.
–Advance screening passes to this Danny Boyle film and this Baz Luhrmann film (does that mean he’s done editing?) on Thursday.
Come and get them while supplies last (that goes for WALL-E too)!

Ticket discount for SIFF’s Zeitgeist series

As our Zeitgeist Films DVD sale continues, SIFF Cinema is also celebrating the distributor’s 20th Anniversary with their series ZEITGEIST: THE FILMS OF OUR TIMES (which we’ve previously mentioned here). It starts this Friday (Nov. 14th) and runs through the 26th with 13 films that represent just some of the diverse independent films Zeitgeist has …

80s MOVIE TRIVIA this Friday & BLUE NOVEMBER MICROFILM FEST

Check out the film related activities you can do this weekend in Greenwood without having to walk more than a block:
1) We’ll be doing another 80’s MOVIE TRIVIA this Friday, November 14th at 8pm at Neptune Coffee. We’re calling it “Trivia 2: Electric Boogaloo.” Be prepared for picture rounds. As usual, the winning teams will …

New SCARECROW T-SHIRTS!

The long wait is over! We’ve just got in a new shipment of Scarecrow Video T-shirts. This batch includes an awesome ROBOT shirt designed by our own Marc Palm, whose fine work you can check out here and here.
The new shirt is an American Apparel unisex style. We have sizes Small through 2XL in a …