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See the VENGEANCE TRILOGY Sunday at Northwest Film Forum

The Oscars are this Sunday, but not all film fans feel the need to stay glued to TVs & Twitter feeds for the show.  If you’re among those who aren’t Red Carpet crazy, we suggest you spend the evening at Northwest Film Forum for a marathon screening of Chan-Wook Park’s thrilling tales of revenge known …

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 …

A Movie about people who write about Movies.

Most people don’t realize that film is still young.  Only about a century old.  In that time, hundreds of thousands of movies have been produced.  The vast majority of them have never been and will never be seen by even a relatively small audience.  I myself have made a film that has only been seen …

B thru B

Marc Palm watched one film from each director we have who’s last name begins with the letter “B” and give his two cents.
After a year and a half of undisciplined viewing, I’ve finally finished the “B” directors! Not “B-movie” directors, well some of them are,  but the directors who’s last name’s begin with the letter …

Frank Henenlotter’s films are grosser than all of the Garbage Pail Kids combined!

Director Frank Henenlotter will be visiting our store on Friday, February 5th at 7pm to chat with fans and sign DVDs of his latest film Bad Biology.  For more on Mr. Henenlotter, here’s our own Marc “Swellzombie” Palm:
Bad Biology is the name of Frank Henenlotter’s newest film, the first thing to emerge from him since …

New to view: Four from the MacGuffin Podcast

If you spent your holiday on a movie watching bender and now have a cinematic hangover, rejuvenate your senses with Spencer and John over at the MacGuffin podcast . Their lively discussions are sure to get your viewing juices flowing again.
Episode 20 features a review of Paranormal Activity (on DVD Tuesday!) and other …

Scarecrow’s decidedly different holiday themed gifts

Stumped for that Secret Santa present? Want to bring something weird to your in-laws? Tired of the same old ChristmasStoryGrinchPeanutRudolph offerings? While Scarecrow does carry all of the classics for sale, here are some options for a different kind of Holiday DVD gift. This season we have gone to the outer regions of the Christmas …

VIVA VHS returns this weekend at Central Cinema!

Join us at Central Cinema on Friday, December 18th and Saturday, December 19th to once again celebrate the bygone days when VHS was king and explore the cinematic oddities that can only be found on 1/2″ videotape. We’ve delved back into our archives to unearth more forgotten gems and mind-blowing revelations of magnetic mayhem for …