Theatrical goings-on for the weekend of June 11th

Seattle’s yearly theater-going frenzy comes to a close as the SEATTLE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL and SEATTLE’S TRUE INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL wrap up this weekend.  SIFF’s home stretch includes the highly anticipated Midnight Adrenaline films TICKED-OFF  TRANNIES WITH KNIVES and ROBOGESHIA.  The fact that Bill Murray plays a “fast-talking funeral home owner” in the Closing Night …

“A Visitor in the Night” at STIFF and more New To View MacGuffin Podcasts

You’ve heard friends-of-the-store Spencer Fornaciari and John Portanova chat about movies on the MacGuffin Podcast, but were you aware they’re filmmakers themselves? Their short film A VISITOR IN THE NIGHT is part of the lineup of the SEATTLE’S TRUE INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL. It comes with the ominous-sounding synopsis, “A man finds himself trapped in his …

Theater roundup for the first weekend of June

You wouldn’t know it from the weather, but June has arrived and that means Seattle is abuzz with Film Festival Fever. THE SEATTLE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL rages on into its second week–please visit their site for the schedule, which includes the Tribute to Edward Norton on Friday at 7pm at the Egyptian. Scarecrow would like …

Theatergoing roundup for 5/21

Greetings everyone and welcome to the theatrical round-up for Seattle film fans’ favorite weekend of the year. That’s right, THE SEATTLE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL begins its full day of shows on Friday and will continue its cinematic domination through June 13th. There’s just too much good stuff for us to go over here, so head …

It’s  the last weekend of SIFF! Are you going to see Every Little Step at the Egyptian on Saturday? Perhaps you should come in and rent A Chorus Line first. Will you be attending the big Closing Night Gala at the Cinerama with OSS 117: Lost In Rio? Maybe you’ll want to watch OSS 117: …

Aside from the awesomeness that is our 2 for 1 rental Wednesday, there’s a lot going on in town film-wise tonight as the Seattle International Film Festival and Seattle’s True Independent Film Festival enter their home stretches.  Mr. Francis Ford Coppola is presenting his new film Tetro tonight at The Egyptian at 7pm.  If you …

MacGuffin Podcast: Episode I

While we were camped out last month at the booth we call our satellite Scarecrow Video at Sakura-Con, the fine folks at the Backroom Podcast interviewed Alex to get some anime viewing recommendations.  Now some of those folks have a spin-off called MacGuffin Podcast that’s dedicated to all things film.  Spencer & his crew filmed …