Tickets are now on sale for our two screenings of Nicolas Winding Refn’s latest neon-drenched vibes fest HER PRIVATE HELL. July 31 and August 2 at the @siffnews.bsky.social Film Center. grandillusioncinema.org/film/her-pri...

“A heartwarming exercise in neo-transgression." @padz1312.bsky.social PUPPYGIRL screens Monday, July 20 at 730pm at @nwfilmforum.bsky.social with co-producer/star Milo Talwani in-person for an intro and Q&A! grandillusioncinema.org/film/puppygi...

🎶 Summer beavs make feel fine 🎶 The twenty-eighth encore screening of @hundredsofbeavers.bsky.social is July 26 at 7pm at @centralcinema.bsky.social! grandillusioncinema.org/film/hundred...

“At times, NIGHT NURSE recalls both Steven Shainberg’s SECRETARY and Cronenberg’s CRASH.” @812filmreviews.com We present writer-director Georgia Bernstein's debut feature NIGHT NURSE July 27 at 730pm at NW Film Forum! grandillusioncinema.org/film/night-n...

The new 4K restoration of John Woo’s BULLET IN THE HEAD plays tomorrow at NW Film Forum at 7pm! Special live intro from local Hong Kong genre film connoisseur @pattymcf.bsky.social of the Seattle Film Society. grandillusioncinema.org/film/bullet-...

TASTE OF TEA plays 7/18 at 130pm at @siffnews.bsky.social Film Center, presented by us! New HD master supervised by the director! “So delightful and strange… It reminds me that small, personal acts of creation can still be cosmic.” Chase Burns, The Stranger grandillusioncinema.org/film/the-tas...

“The day may come when FREDDY GOT FINGERED is seen as a milestone of neo-surrealism.” Roger Ebert The ROGER EBERT prophecy has been fulfilled! Join us tomorrow at Dirty Couch Brewing for a 25th anniversary outdoor screening of FREDDY GOT FINGERED! grandillusioncinema.org/film/outdoor...

CRITIC’S PICK “Superb, sensuously realized… Its bravura filmmaking is all in the service of letting us travel alongside Lina as she feels her way to self-understanding.” Nicolas Rapold, NY Times THE CURRENTS plays Sunday at @siffnews.bsky.social Film Center. grandillusioncinema.org/film/the-cur...

We present Henry Hanson’s gonzo documentary PUPPYGIRL, July 20 at @nwfilmforum.bsky.social! Co-producer / star Milo Talwani in-person for an intro and Q&A! Official selection of the 50th annual Frameline Film Festival. grandillusioncinema.org/film/puppygi...

TRAINS plays tomorrow at @siffnews.bsky.social Film Center at 730pm, co-presented by Mount Analogue Art+Cinema! “…a skillful and patient result of working with archives—but also a meditation on the moral weight & responsibility of images.” Ola Salwa, Cineuropa grandillusioncinema.org/film/trains/

Katsuhito Ishii pulled out all the stops for this endearing outré take on the Japanese psyche, replete with non-stop gags, anime digressions, musical numbers & colorful lysergic passages. We present TASTE OF TEA on 7/18 at @siffnews.bsky.social Film Center! grandillusioncinema.org/film/the-tas...

Tickets are moving fast for our 7/26 screening of A SIMPLE MACHINE. It’s a luminous, deeply human meditation on personal freedom, economic independence, and the cost of wanting less in a culture built on more. Filmmaker Mark Alan Hoffman scheduled to attend! grandillusioncinema.org/film/a-simpl...

“…anyone who loves a good crime movie that doesn’t take itself too seriously will need to get their butts into the theater for this one.” @bamfpire.bsky.social We present CAROLINA CAROLINE 7/8 at 7pm at @siffnews.bsky.social Film Center. grandillusioncinema.org/film/carolin...

DEAD SOULS with Alex Cox in attendance tomorrow is sold out! Our pals @centralcinema.bsky.social are hosting and handling ticket sales and they do not save any tickets for doors sales like we typically do at our NW Film Forum and SIFF screenings. FYI.

We return to our friends Dirty Couch Brewing on 7/11 for a 25th anniversary outdoor screening of Tom Green's singular work of cinematic anarchy, FREDDY GOT FINGERED. “Like it or not, he’s an artist.” A.O. Scott, NYT grandillusioncinema.org/film/outdoor...

Milagros Mumenthaler's THE CURRENTS is a quietly gripping psychological mystery with dreamlike, hallucinatory threads that weave a portrait of a woman on the verge of unraveling. We present the film on Sunday, July 12 at @siffnews.bsky.social Film Center! grandillusioncinema.org/film/the-cur...

“a mindfuck of the first order…” Mike Bracken, IGN 30th anniversary screening of RUBBER’S LOVER in memory of makeup effects artist Yoshihiro Nishimura (TOKYO GORE POLICE) and director Shozin Fukui. Presented in a new 4K remaster tomorrow at NW Film Forum! grandillusioncinema.org/film/rubbers...

We present a new 4K restoration of John Woo’s Vietnam War-era saga of greed & betrayal, BULLET IN THE HEAD 7/13 at NW Film Forum. Special live intro from local HK film connoisseur @pattymcf.bsky.social of the Seattle Film Society! grandillusioncinema.org/film/bullet-...

Todd Haynes’s groundbreaking POISON was one of the most fervently debated film of the early 1990s and a trailblazing landmark of queer cinema. We present it tomorrow for its 35th anniversary at @nwfilmforum.bsky.social! grandillusioncinema.org/film/poison/

We present CAROLINA CAROLINE 7/8 at @siffnews.bsky.social Film Center! “Nestled into its classic blueprint like a pair of old, reliable jeans, it banks on the quality of its ingredients—its magnetic stars and soulful sincerity.” @bealoayza.bsky.social, NYT grandillusioncinema.org/film/carolin...

Inspired by the writings of Jean Genet, Todd Haynes's POISON is a trailblazing landmark of queer cinema. See it Monday at 730pm at NW Film Forum, presented by us! grandillusioncinema.org/film/poison/

ALL THE PRESIDENT’S MEN in 35mm at @siffnews.bsky.social Film Center is sold out in advance! What does that mean?! It means advance tix are all gone. But we keep 7-8 to sell at the door, first come first serve. Doors open 30 minutes before showtime. grandillusioncinema.org/film/all-the...

From the visionary mind of the late Shozin Fukui (964 PINOCCHIO), RUBBER'S LOVER is drenched in psychedelic visions that transport viewers into a world of mind-melting paranoia! We present a new 4K remaster of this cyberpunk nightmare 6/30 at NW Film Forum! grandillusioncinema.org/film/rubbers...

TRAINS is a deeply personal and contemplative journey through the twentieth century, composed entirely of archival footage from 46 film archives around the world. See it 7/9 at @siffnews.bsky.social Film Center, presented by us and Mount Analogue Art+Cinema. grandillusioncinema.org/film/trains/

Todd Haynes's POISON is a work of immense visual invention; audacious, disturbing, and thrillingly cinematic. We present this New Queer Cinema classic June 29 at 730pm at NW Film Forum! “Has restored my faith in youth.” John Waters grandillusioncinema.org/film/poison

Sophy Romvari’s acclaimed film returns for an encore screening 6/27 at 1130am at the @siffnews.bsky.social Film Center. “My favorite movie of 2026 so far… an emotionally ferocious but elegant reconstruction of memory…” Sean Fennessey, The Big Picture podcast grandillusioncinema.org/film/blue-he...

ADOLESCENCE OF UTENA screens this Monday at 730pm at NW Film Forum, presented by us! “UTENA is a towering achievement of late-90s animation… a major touchstone in queer anime discourse…” Ryan Epps, Polygon grandillusioncinema.org/film/adolesc...

EVERYONE IS LYING TO YOU FOR MONEY plays tomorrow at @siffnews.bsky.social Film Center! “…an electrifying watch in its profound discomfort… a righteous blow against the bad guys.” Kimberley Jones, The Austin Chronicle grandillusioncinema.org/film/everyon...

Legendary filmmaker Alex Cox (REPO MAN) joins us in-person for a special screening of his brand-new film, DEAD SOULS! Presented in collaboration with our friends @centralcinema.bsky.social on July 2 at 8pm. grandillusioncinema.org/film/dead-so...

“Featuring scenes that would leave even Gaspar Noé gasping…” Damon Wise, Deadline BLUE FILM screens tomorrow, presented by us at @siffnews.bsky.social Film Center. grandillusioncinema.org/film/blue-fi...