Grand Illusion Cinema

RIP Tom Skerritt, a reliable and enduring actor who you probably remember from...everything, basically. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

Raw, unflinching, & surprisingly funny, WITHDRAWAL was shot on miniDV in Athens, GA for a budget of $60k & is a prime example of indie filmmaking at its finest. See it 11/3 at @siffnews.bsky.social Film Center with filmmaker Aaron Strand scheduled to attend! grandillusioncinema.org/film/withdra...

NIGHT OF THE VAMP-FRIARS is the first feature film wholly produced by Vinegar Syndrome Pictures, directed by Kurtis M. Spieler (Re-Director of New York Ninja). We present it with our friends @centralcinema.bsky.social on Oct. 29 at 8pm! Tix are on sale now! grandillusioncinema.org/film/night-o...

We present a 20th anniversary screening of Sofia Coppola's pastel-soaked cult classic, MARIE ANTOINETTE, newly restored in 4K! Nov. 1 at @siffnews.bsky.social Film Center. Named the 10th best movie of the 21st century by The Big Picture podcast. grandillusioncinema.org/film/marie-a...

We present MAKING MARIE ANTOINETTE 11/1 at @siffnews.bsky.social Film Center. “Lush, intimate & compulsively watchable, this Coppola family affair bottles the fleeting nature of time and invites us to the ultimate Versailles party.” @tomilaffly.bsky.social grandillusioncinema.org/film/making-...

The @sprocketsociety.bsky.social presents the legendary pre-Code thriller THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME on October 27 at 730pm at @siffnews.bsky.social Film Center. Shown with spooky shorts — all on 16mm film! grandillusioncinema.org/film/the-mos...

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The new 4K restoration of A CHINESE GHOST STORY is tomorrow at 730pm at @siffnews.bsky.social Film Center! Special live intro from local Hong Kong genre film connoisseur @pattymcf.bsky.social of the Seattle Film Society. grandillusioncinema.org/film/a-chine...

Cinema is returning to the U District (exact date TBD)! We've been hard at work in our new home, doing things like turning on big work lights, loosening hundreds of screws and bolts, and swinging sledgehammers (don't worry, the classy main auditorium is unharmed). grandillusioncinema.org/support/

Fuuuuuuuck, i might have to get off my couch and schlepp downtown for this.

We present a 20th anniversary screening of Sofia Coppola's pastel-soaked cult classic, MARIE ANTOINETTE, newly restored in 4K! Nov. 1 at @siffnews.bsky.social Film Center. Named the 10th best movie of the 21st century by The Big Picture podcast. grandillusioncinema.org/film/marie-a...

This week the @grandillusioncinema.org has got Jacques Tourneur's Jane Eyre adaptation I Walked with a Zombie on Saturday and Ching Siu-tung and Tsui Hark's A Chinese Ghost Story on Tuesday, both playing at the @siffnews.bsky.social Film Center. mailchi.mp/d6d36ec05417...

Coming Tues. Oct. 27: THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME (1932) + scary shorts - all on 16mm film. A tense pre-Code thriller as short & hard hitting as a crossbow bolt, beautifully shot on sets for KING KONG. Co-presented w/ @grandillusioncinema.org at SIFF Film Ctr TIX & INFO: sprocketsociety.org/coming-soon/

Listen to our executive director say "There's no more toilet [in the projection booth at the Varsity]" on @kuow.org's Booming podcast with @joshuamcnichols.bsky.social. Great piece about movies, economics, and community! omny.fm/shows/kuow-b...

“It transcends the conventions of the horror genre and remains one of Lewton-Tourneur’s most compelling studies in light and darkness.” Don Druker, Chicago Reader We present I WALKED WITH A ZOMBIE this Saturday at the @siffnews.bsky.social Film Center! grandillusioncinema.org/film/i-walke...

“AN ARIA ON GAZES is a fascinating study on alienation and how technology has accelerated that process…” Rouven Linnarz, Asian Movie Pulse See one of legendary filmmaker Hisayasu Satô’s most celebrated & visually stunning works, newly restored! Tomorrow at 6pm at @siffnews.bsky.social Film Center.

Trailer shows some gore, a butt cheek, and a woman in a bikini and @moderation.bsky.app kicks in. 🙄

Long live the new flesh. VIDEODROME: THE DIRECTOR'S CUT is this Tuesday at 8pm at the @siffnews.bsky.social Film Center! In memory of William Kennedy, one of Seattle's most dedicated cinephiles. grandillusioncinema.org/film/videodr...

“A deft exercise in atmospheric horror and insanity.” Paul Malcolm, L.A. Weekly SESSION 9 screens for its 25th anniversary tomorrow at @siffnews.bsky.social Film Center at 730pm. Local experimental music legends Climax Golden Twins scheduled to join for a live intro and Q&A!

In the 2005 Japanese horror oddity EGG, a mysterious giant egg appears, hatches, and unleashes memories of suppressed trauma and a hideous arthropod monster upon a tech worker's life. See it tomorrow at 530pm at @siffnews.bsky.social Film Center!

An enduring masterpiece, KEN RUSSELL’S THE DEVILS is a prescient epic of obsession and corruption. This is the uncut, unfiltered theatrical experience that Russell always envisioned – and the first time the film will be presented restored in 4K. Opens 10/16 @ the Uptown. ⏰+🎟️: siff.info/devils-bs

The annual William Kennedy Memorial Screening of VIDEODROME is 10/6 at @siffnews.bsky.social Film Center. “…has lost none of its power to disturb, none of its potency as a catalyst for meaningful introspection… It’s a masterpiece.” @mangiotto.bsky.social grandillusioncinema.org/film/videodr...

EGG is a searing Y2K-era cocktail of creature features, body horror, psychological thrillers & vaporwave aesthetics. See it 10/4 at 530pm at @siffnews.bsky.social Film Center! “…at barely an hour it’s worth your while to go in blind.” Danielle Burgos, Screen Slate grandillusioncinema.org/film/egg/

Our Shu Lea Cheang double feature is tomorrow at NW Film Forum at 7pm! Co-presented with @secsfest.org! Known for her groundbreaking & transgressive works, Cheang has long challenged boundaries of genre, identity, and technology. *No one under 18 admitted* grandillusioncinema.org/film/shu-lea...

We present a 25th anniversary screening of SESSION 9 at the @siffnews.bsky.social Film Center on October 4. The composers of the film's score, local experimental music legends Climax Golden Twins, are scheduled to join for a live intro and Q&A! grandillusioncinema.org/film/session...

ICYMI: we're taking over the Varsity Theatre! Cinema is returning to the U District! Thank you for all the donations and memberships thus far. Your support will help us make improvements and pave the way for a successful first year of operations. Support our work: grandillusioncinema.org/moving/

Oh hell yeah

I’m so excited by this. I worked at the Varsiry during college and saw so many amazing films there. So glad the @grandillusioncinema.org is moving in.

Grand Illusion Cinema is where my mom’s now-fervent love for Bram Stoker’s Dracula was born. I’ll never forget the way she turned to look at me after it ended and breathlessly exclaimed “it’s a love story!!” I am so happy they have a new home we can make movie memories at 💚💚

One of the ickiest, most original body horror shockers of all time, SOCIETY, screens in remembrance of special effects and makeup artist legend Screaming Mad George! See it Oct 3 at the @siffnews.bsky.social Film Center. grandillusioncinema.org/film/society/

Fantastic news for everyone in the Seattle film scene, but particularly for transgender wierdos named Meghan Cherry who now have a very cool indie cinema operating less than a block away from their apartment

On @citycastseattle.bsky.social, talked w/ @janehu.bsky.social & @samjleeds.bsky.social about the exciting news of the Grand Illusion Cinema taking over the Varsity Theatre plus offered a whole bunch of fun recommendations of what to do this weekend📽️ Listen here: seattle.citycast.fm/podcasts/u-d...

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Change in number of movie theaters in UDistrict by mayor: Bruce Harrell: -3 Katie Wilson: +1

“This movie is great fun… a funny, horrific grossout.” Gene Siskel We present a 40th anniversary screening of Stuart Gordon's crazy, gory, and gooey sci-fi body horror classic FROM BEYOND Oct. 3 at 5pm at @siffnews.bsky.social Film Center! grandillusioncinema.org/film/from-be...

We present a new restoration of Tsui Hark's DON'T PLAY WITH FIRE (aka DANGEROUS ENCOUNTERS OF THE FIRST KIND) at @siffnews.bsky.social Film Center on 9/29 & 30! Intro'd by @pattymcf.bsky.social of the Seattle Film Society. grandillusioncinema.org/film/dont-pl...

I LOVE YOU @grandillusioncinema.org !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A great win for @grandillusioncinema.org!! And for all of us who like to go see movies!