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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 …
Meet the makers & stars of BLOOD ON THE FLAT TRACK Tue. Feb. 23rd!
Attention Rat City Rollergirls fans! You’ve been waiting since its World Premiere at the 2007 Seattle International Film Festival, and now we’re happy to announce that Blood on the Flat Track: The Rise of the Rat City Rollergirls is finally coming out on DVD! To celebrate, Scarecrow Video will host directors Lainy Bagwell and …
THELMA SCHOONMAKER visits Scarecrow Wednesday, Feb. 10th
We at Scarecrow are honored to once again welcome to the store Thelma Schoonmaker, the triple-Oscar winning film editor of many of Martin Scorsese’s films including Raging Bull, The Aviator, The Departed and the upcoming Shutter Island. She’ll be stopping by the store on Wednesday, February 10th at 2pm. Ms. Schoomaker is in town presenting …
Meet FRANK HENENLOTTER at Scarecrow on Friday, February 5th
Legendary exploitation filmmaker Frank Henenlotter will be at Scarecrow Video to chat with fans and sign copies of his latest DVD Bad Biology on Friday, February 5th at 7pm.
Most people know him as the director of films like the Basketcase trilogy, and the beloved horror comedy Frankenhooker, but Frank Henenlotter is also a film …
What we most enjoyed watching during the ’00s
With 2010 well underway, we thought it was time to reflect on the last ten years of film in list form. We all went to our respective corners, whittled a decade of movie watching down to a workable list of 15 films, ranked them in order (a nausea-inducing task for some) and submitted them to …
The King Of Cool: Steve McQueen film series starts Thursday, January 7th
Tickets are now on sale here at the store for Seattle Art Museum’s upcoming series celebrating screen icon Steve McQueen. The ten film retrospective begins this Thursday, January 7th with John Sturges’ WWII adventure epic The Great Escape (starring an incredible ensemble cast, Steve and a motorcycle) and features such films as The Sand Pebbles, …
Warner Archives: Take 2
It’s been two months since my last post detailing the glories of the Warner Archive releases for rent at Scarecrow (and very few other places, if any). Since then, we’ve gotten in nearly 100 more titles with another 20 en route as I type. In case you haven’t read the “Warner Archives at Scarecrow Take …
VIVA VHS! Saturday, August 8th at Northwest Film Forum
Join us for our special tribute to the VHS format and all the films that are simply too powerful for DVD! We’ve partnered with Northwest Film Forum for this event to raise awareness of the fact that VHS is home to thousands, even tens of thousands, of films that are not and may never be …
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