DVD reviews: Film Noir edition

Two recent DVD releases have cast a dark but welcome shadow over our summertime viewing.  For a look at these new Film Noir sets, here’s local critic Sean Axmaker:

The Film Noir Classic Collection: Volume 5 (Warner)
The most famous artifacts that we have retroactively branded as film noir, from the iconic (The Maltese Falcon, Double …

MADCAP GENIUS: The Film Comedy of PRESTON STURGES at SAM

When and if the heavy thicket of clouds thins from our Seattle skies, summer will finally be upon us. Our thoughts will turn from the darker musings a cloudy day invites and on to an appreciation for the sunnier side of life.  In the colder months Seattle Art Museum is usually home to the best …

If you’re in downtown Seattle this weekend and wondering why every other person is dressed as a Studio Ghibli character, it’s because  SAKURA CON, the largest anime convention in the Pacific Northwest, is at the Washington State Convention & Trade Center. If you’ll be among the thousands converging upon the Con, please stop by our …

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 …

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 …

While on a lunchtime scroll through the IMDb, I found this article they linked to from HitFix announcing the latest batch of works added to the National Film Registry by the National Film Preservation Board (a part of the esteemed Library of Congress). This year’s selections, which to be eligible must be “must be at …

Scarecrow’s Staff Gift Guide–Part Two

Welcome to Part II of the Scarecrow Staff Gift Guide. As you may recall from our first installment, this guide is a list of things we’d either like to receive or would suggest as ideal gifts for others this holiday season.  All of these items are available in our store.  Here  are our next round …

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, …