This weekend at the Grand Illusion Cinema

It's a huge weekend at the Grand Illusion Cinema. Starting Friday!!! Friday, Jan. 25 - Thursday, Jan. 31 STREETS OF FIRE 1984 / Color / 93 min. / 35mm SHOWTIMES Daily: 7pm Plus 3pm Sat/Sun. This rock and roll fable stars Michael Pare stars as a handsome, heroic soldier of fortune who returns to his old neighborhood to rescue his gorgeous ex-girlfriend, a rock star played by Diane Lane from the clutches of the evil motorcycle gang that kidnaps her. With his two fisted, beer guzzling sidekick (Amy Madigan) they set off into a timeless world of smoke, neon, rain-splattered streets, hot cars, deadly enemies and rock & roll! http://www.youtube.com/v/oJGo2rvfSuA&rel=1 and THE WARRIORS 1979 / Color / 93 min. / 35mm SHOWTIMES Daily: 9pm (no 9pm show on Saturday!) Plus 5pm Sat/Sun. A battle of gigantic proportions is looming in the neon underground of New York City. The Warriors, a street gang blamed unfairly for a rival leader's death, are ready to fight their way back to Coney Island, but standing in their path are some of the baddest, out-for-blood gangs in New York City. It'll take every bit of street smarts and every weapon they can find to make it back alive. 'Warriors, come out to play-yay.' http://www.youtube.com/v/MV4cgs-bPic&rel=1 For the Late Show Friday Night! Friday, Jan. 25 KILL OR BE KILLED Dir: Ivan Hall 1980 / Color / 90 min. / 35 mm 11pm | $5! The Greatest Hollywood Martial-Arts Movie Ever Made! (. . . in South Africa) Shamed and humiliated by his crushing defeat at the hands of Japanese karate master Miyagi 40 years earlier, ex-Nazi Baron von Rudolf sets a diabolical plan for revenge in motion. In an isolated stronghold located in the remote Namibian desert, the Baron trains a secret fighting force of extra-ordinary magnitude. Preparing them for a grand martial-arts tournament against his bitter rival Miyagi. When one of the contestants, Steve "White Bruce Lee" Chase, realizes that the Baron has no plans to let anyone leave his castle alive he tries to escape (in a wind powered sail-car!), only to be thrown head-long into a deadly battle for survival against some of the most brutal killing machines ever (including a Nazi midget!). This Enter The Dragon inspired martial-arts epic must be seen to be believed! (a.k.a. Karate Killer) And Coming Saturday Only!!! SATURDAY, JANUARY 26 | 9PM | $8 The Portland Grindhouse Film Festival invades Seattle with incredibly rare 35mm prints for a GRINDHOUSE KUNG FU DOUBLE FEATURE! Get a double dose of deadly fighting styles and ancient spine shattering techniques, with a touch of horror for good measure! Plus, mind blowing 35mm Grindhouse trailers before each movie, which alone are worth the price of admission. SNAKE IN THE EAGLE'S SHADOW Dir: Yuen Woo-Ping 1978 / Color / 90 min. / 35mm, CinemaScope This absolute kung fu masterpiece stars Jackie Chan in his breakthrough role and is one of the greatest martial arts movies ever made! The evil eagle claw clan vows to destroy all who know snake fist kung fu. Jackie is a ridiculed orphan working at a martial arts school, who is taught the snake fist style through intense training by an old master. As the eagle claws continue their destruction, we'll encounter a multitude of ass kicking techniques including dragon style, tiger style and the elusive mantis style. Fed up with the eagle's savagery, Jackie will learn to combine snake fist with a newly invented technique to utterly decimate the eagle claw fighters! DEVIL WOMAN Dir: J.F. Sibal 1980 / Color / 90 min. / 35 mm From the twisted minds and shallow pockets of the Philippines comes this telekinetic snake horror-fu movie. A woman with snakes for hair and an uncanny ability to control the minds of serpents begins to wreck revenge on the villagers who have made her an outcast. The strange goings on begin just as a travelling doctor comes to town to care for an old patient. Luckily the good doctor is also a kung fu expert and especially handy with throwing knives. The weirdness rapidly multiplies until we are lead to the inevitable doctor-fu vs. Devil Woman showdown! PLUS: an added bonus reel of martial arts mayhem spliced to the end of the movie to end the night on a high note!