It’s the last weekend before THE OSCARS! We have all the last minute catch-up viewing you can find on DVD, then  head to your nearest Landmark Theatre to see many of the nominated films, including the live-action & animated short films at The Varsity. Elsewhere on screens around town, SIFF Cinema is taking the weekend …

Empire of Night: British Film Noir series coming soon to SAM

If there’s anything Seattle moviegoers can’t get enough, it’s the grit and gloom of  Film Noir.  It seems like hardly a month goes by where there isn’t either a hard-boiled classic of the genre or a neo-noir descendant playing on a screen in town.  Is it because we spend half the year shrouded in darkness …

Inform yourself of this week’s New Releases!

My how the month has flown! Here’s the last hurrah for new DVDs in February. Remember, a * means it’s also on Blu-ray and you can follow the SALE icon to buy select titles online (when you’re not browsing the wide selection here in the store, that is…)
THE INFORMANT! * –When Steven Soderbergh & Matt …

Best Sellers (2/23/2010)

Here are the best selling new DVDs for the past month.   All of them are available in our store and highlighted items can also be purchased though our website.
1. Bad Biology
2. Zombieland
3. Bad Girls of Film Noir Volume 1
4. This Is It (Michael Jackson)
5. Basket Case
6. Bad Girls of Film Noir Volume 2
7. 200 Motels
8. …

New to View: MacGuffin’s Oscar Picks & nominees on DVD UPDATE

I don’t know if it’s awesome or slightly pathetic that the highlight of my week was on Monday afternoon when I discovered (thanks to the vigilant Twitter feeds of Awards Daily & The Carpetbagger) that the Oscar Nominee Luncheon was streaming LIVE  (you’ll find the highlights here). I immediately logged in right before they took …

Though the sun is shining outside, a dark and brooding fog has settled inside SIFF Cinema as the NOIR CITY: LUST AND LARCENY series begins. Tonight’s opening double feature is Andre de Toth’s PITFALL (1948) and a brand new 35mm print of LARCENY (1948) starring John Payne, Dan Duryea and Shelley Winters. Please read noted …

BLACK DYNAMITE & other explosive New Releases for 2/16

This week’s list of new titles is lean, mean and really packs a punch, just like Black Dynamite! Here are the latest additions to our ever growing catalog of film. Remember, a * means it’s also for rent on Blu-ray, and you can follow the SALE button to buy select titles online (plus there’s many, …

Best Sellers (2/16/10)

Here are Scarecrow’s best selling new discs for the past month.  All items are available in our store and highlighted items can also be purchased through our website.
1. Bad Biology
2. Zombieland
3.  This is It (Michael Jackson)
4. Whip It
5. War Trilogy (Rossellini)
6. Moon
7. Bad Girls of Film Noir Vol. 1
8. Bad Girls of Film Noir Vol. …