Grand Illusion Cinema
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Our lease won't be renewed in February 2025. The process to relocate & build an even grander Grand Illusion is already underway & we need your help! Learn more and donate: grandillusioncinema.org/moving/
A new 4K restoration of John Woo's long-unavailable action masterpiece, HARD BOILED, plays Jan 26 at our NW Film Forum popup! Tix are on sale now!
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December 26, 2025 at 10:38 PM
A new 4K restoration of John Woo's long-unavailable action masterpiece, HARD BOILED, plays Jan 26 at our NW Film Forum popup! Tix are on sale now!
grandillusioncinema.org/film/hard-bo...
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Just a couple of movie-mad fellas, Brian Alter and Jonathan Marlow from @scarecrowvideo.bsky.social, introducing Geoff Murphy's dystopian drama at @grandillusioncinema.org's December member screening at @nwfilmforum.bsky.social. As the year draws to a close, I'm grateful for these fine non-profits.
December 24, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Just a couple of movie-mad fellas, Brian Alter and Jonathan Marlow from @scarecrowvideo.bsky.social, introducing Geoff Murphy's dystopian drama at @grandillusioncinema.org's December member screening at @nwfilmforum.bsky.social. As the year draws to a close, I'm grateful for these fine non-profits.
IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE plays today, Sunday, Tuesday & Wednesday at NW Film Forum, presented by us for our 55th consecutive engagement! Advance tix recommended!
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December 20, 2025 at 7:29 PM
IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE plays today, Sunday, Tuesday & Wednesday at NW Film Forum, presented by us for our 55th consecutive engagement! Advance tix recommended!
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Excited for this!
“…weird, wild, and a lot of fun.” Dread Central
The twisted reimagining of the controversial killer Santa classic SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT, plays 12/11 at the @siffnews.bsky.social Film Center!
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The twisted reimagining of the controversial killer Santa classic SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT, plays 12/11 at the @siffnews.bsky.social Film Center!
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December 10, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Excited for this!
“…weird, wild, and a lot of fun.” Dread Central
The twisted reimagining of the controversial killer Santa classic SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT, plays 12/11 at the @siffnews.bsky.social Film Center!
grandillusioncinema.org/film/silent-...
The twisted reimagining of the controversial killer Santa classic SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT, plays 12/11 at the @siffnews.bsky.social Film Center!
grandillusioncinema.org/film/silent-...
December 5, 2025 at 10:17 PM
“…weird, wild, and a lot of fun.” Dread Central
The twisted reimagining of the controversial killer Santa classic SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT, plays 12/11 at the @siffnews.bsky.social Film Center!
grandillusioncinema.org/film/silent-...
The twisted reimagining of the controversial killer Santa classic SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT, plays 12/11 at the @siffnews.bsky.social Film Center!
grandillusioncinema.org/film/silent-...
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Portland’s Wyrd War visits on 12/13 to show FIRST BLOOD (1982) in a new 4K restoration! Ted Kotcheff’s action thriller is a masterclass of genre filmmaking & a dramatic meditation on post-wartime veteran PTSD. Screening at @siffnews.bsky.social Film Center.
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December 2, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Portland’s Wyrd War visits on 12/13 to show FIRST BLOOD (1982) in a new 4K restoration! Ted Kotcheff’s action thriller is a masterclass of genre filmmaking & a dramatic meditation on post-wartime veteran PTSD. Screening at @siffnews.bsky.social Film Center.
grandillusioncinema.org/film/first-b...
grandillusioncinema.org/film/first-b...
“The epiphany of movie sentiment and a transcendent experience.” @davekehr.bsky.social
Join us at @nwfilmforum.bsky.social for our 55th annual engagement of Frank Capra's holiday classic, IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE, Dec. 18, 20, 21, 23 & 24!
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Join us at @nwfilmforum.bsky.social for our 55th annual engagement of Frank Capra's holiday classic, IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE, Dec. 18, 20, 21, 23 & 24!
grandillusioncinema.org/film/its-a-w...
December 4, 2025 at 6:27 PM
“The epiphany of movie sentiment and a transcendent experience.” @davekehr.bsky.social
Join us at @nwfilmforum.bsky.social for our 55th annual engagement of Frank Capra's holiday classic, IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE, Dec. 18, 20, 21, 23 & 24!
grandillusioncinema.org/film/its-a-w...
Join us at @nwfilmforum.bsky.social for our 55th annual engagement of Frank Capra's holiday classic, IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE, Dec. 18, 20, 21, 23 & 24!
grandillusioncinema.org/film/its-a-w...
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Reflection in a Dead Diamond is possibly my favorite Forzani-Cattet film; at the very least, it's tied with The Strange Color of Your Body's Tears. Thanks to @grandillusioncinema.org, it plays @siffnews.bsky.social Dec 3 and comes to @shudder.com Dec 5. Guaranteed: practical effects for *days.*
I wrote about something both new and old for Belgian duo Bruno Forzani and Hélène Cattet: a Eurospy thriller with giallo flare--black latex, crimson lipstick, eyeball peril. The whole bit. Plays Dec 3 at @siffnews.bsky.social Film Center thanx to @grandillusioncinema.org. @seattlecritics.bsky.social
The Eurospy Genre Lives Again in Bruno Forzani and Hélène Cattet's Dazzling, Dizzying Pastiche <i>Reflection in a Dead Diamond</i>
REFLECTION IN A DEAD DIAMOND / Reflet dans un Diamant Mort (Bruno Forzani and Hélène Cattet, 2025, Belgium/ Luxembourg/Italy/France, 87 min...
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December 2, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Reflection in a Dead Diamond is possibly my favorite Forzani-Cattet film; at the very least, it's tied with The Strange Color of Your Body's Tears. Thanks to @grandillusioncinema.org, it plays @siffnews.bsky.social Dec 3 and comes to @shudder.com Dec 5. Guaranteed: practical effects for *days.*
It’s still #GivingTuesday! Please consider supporting the Grand Illusion with a membership or donation.
A membership gets you a discount at almost all of our screenings. A donation will help us build an even grander Grand Illusion. We’re still looking!
grandillusioncinema.org/support/
A membership gets you a discount at almost all of our screenings. A donation will help us build an even grander Grand Illusion. We’re still looking!
grandillusioncinema.org/support/
December 3, 2025 at 5:51 AM
It’s still #GivingTuesday! Please consider supporting the Grand Illusion with a membership or donation.
A membership gets you a discount at almost all of our screenings. A donation will help us build an even grander Grand Illusion. We’re still looking!
grandillusioncinema.org/support/
A membership gets you a discount at almost all of our screenings. A donation will help us build an even grander Grand Illusion. We’re still looking!
grandillusioncinema.org/support/
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In case you were worried — YES, you can still see "It's a Wonderful Life" this season, presented by @grandillusioncinema.org. Merry Christmas, movie house!!
Holiday movies abound on big screens all over town, from the traditional ("It's a Wonderful Life") to the less so ("Die Hard").
Holiday movies playing at Seattle theaters in December
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December 2, 2025 at 5:45 AM
In case you were worried — YES, you can still see "It's a Wonderful Life" this season, presented by @grandillusioncinema.org. Merry Christmas, movie house!!
Portland’s Wyrd War visits on 12/13 to show FIRST BLOOD (1982) in a new 4K restoration! Ted Kotcheff’s action thriller is a masterclass of genre filmmaking & a dramatic meditation on post-wartime veteran PTSD. Screening at @siffnews.bsky.social Film Center.
grandillusioncinema.org/film/first-b...
grandillusioncinema.org/film/first-b...
December 2, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Portland’s Wyrd War visits on 12/13 to show FIRST BLOOD (1982) in a new 4K restoration! Ted Kotcheff’s action thriller is a masterclass of genre filmmaking & a dramatic meditation on post-wartime veteran PTSD. Screening at @siffnews.bsky.social Film Center.
grandillusioncinema.org/film/first-b...
grandillusioncinema.org/film/first-b...
A twisted reimagining of the controversial classic, SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT plays at the @siffnews.bsky.social Film Center on 12/11 at 730pm!
“…weird, wild, and a lot of fun.” Mary Beth McAndrews, Dread Central
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“…weird, wild, and a lot of fun.” Mary Beth McAndrews, Dread Central
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December 1, 2025 at 3:09 AM
A twisted reimagining of the controversial classic, SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT plays at the @siffnews.bsky.social Film Center on 12/11 at 730pm!
“…weird, wild, and a lot of fun.” Mary Beth McAndrews, Dread Central
grandillusioncinema.org/film/silent-...
“…weird, wild, and a lot of fun.” Mary Beth McAndrews, Dread Central
grandillusioncinema.org/film/silent-...
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35MM PRINT! FUCK MY SON! is an X-Rated descent into demented comedy & maniacal horror. Only in theaters, never streaming!
Writer/director Todd Rohal in attendance for Q&As after each screening! Creator Johnny Ryan scheduled to join on December 5th.
grandillusioncinema.org/film/f-my-so...
Writer/director Todd Rohal in attendance for Q&As after each screening! Creator Johnny Ryan scheduled to join on December 5th.
grandillusioncinema.org/film/f-my-so...
November 22, 2025 at 7:09 PM
35MM PRINT! FUCK MY SON! is an X-Rated descent into demented comedy & maniacal horror. Only in theaters, never streaming!
Writer/director Todd Rohal in attendance for Q&As after each screening! Creator Johnny Ryan scheduled to join on December 5th.
grandillusioncinema.org/film/f-my-so...
Writer/director Todd Rohal in attendance for Q&As after each screening! Creator Johnny Ryan scheduled to join on December 5th.
grandillusioncinema.org/film/f-my-so...
Thanks to @siffnews.bsky.social, @centralcinema.bsky.social, @nwfilmforum.bsky.social, Here-After, and Dirty Couch Brewing for hosting our popup screenings this year!
November 29, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Thanks to @siffnews.bsky.social, @centralcinema.bsky.social, @nwfilmforum.bsky.social, Here-After, and Dirty Couch Brewing for hosting our popup screenings this year!
“Cattet and Forzani create a total cinema within REFLECTION IN A DEAD DIAMOND—not because they manage to replicate reality but because they manage to eradicate it.” @marshallshaffer.bsky.social, Slant
See it Dec. 3 at the @siffnews.bsky.social Film Center!
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See it Dec. 3 at the @siffnews.bsky.social Film Center!
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November 26, 2025 at 8:59 PM
“Cattet and Forzani create a total cinema within REFLECTION IN A DEAD DIAMOND—not because they manage to replicate reality but because they manage to eradicate it.” @marshallshaffer.bsky.social, Slant
See it Dec. 3 at the @siffnews.bsky.social Film Center!
grandillusioncinema.org/film/reflect...
See it Dec. 3 at the @siffnews.bsky.social Film Center!
grandillusioncinema.org/film/reflect...
Gotta light? TWIN PEAKS: THE RETURN episodes 7 & 8 play tonight at the @siffnews.bsky.social Cinema Uptown at 7pm. It’s gonna be busy so arrive early to get a good seat and see the best episode on the Uptown’s big screen in 5.1 surround sound!
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November 25, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Gotta light? TWIN PEAKS: THE RETURN episodes 7 & 8 play tonight at the @siffnews.bsky.social Cinema Uptown at 7pm. It’s gonna be busy so arrive early to get a good seat and see the best episode on the Uptown’s big screen in 5.1 surround sound!
grandillusioncinema.org/film/twin-pe...
grandillusioncinema.org/film/twin-pe...
35MM PRINT! FUCK MY SON! is an X-Rated descent into demented comedy & maniacal horror. Only in theaters, never streaming!
Writer/director Todd Rohal in attendance for Q&As after each screening! Creator Johnny Ryan scheduled to join on December 5th.
grandillusioncinema.org/film/f-my-so...
Writer/director Todd Rohal in attendance for Q&As after each screening! Creator Johnny Ryan scheduled to join on December 5th.
grandillusioncinema.org/film/f-my-so...
November 22, 2025 at 7:09 PM
35MM PRINT! FUCK MY SON! is an X-Rated descent into demented comedy & maniacal horror. Only in theaters, never streaming!
Writer/director Todd Rohal in attendance for Q&As after each screening! Creator Johnny Ryan scheduled to join on December 5th.
grandillusioncinema.org/film/f-my-so...
Writer/director Todd Rohal in attendance for Q&As after each screening! Creator Johnny Ryan scheduled to join on December 5th.
grandillusioncinema.org/film/f-my-so...
Tonight and tomorrow we host our final shows at Here-After. Come out and see two raunchy, shot-on-16mm films!
Join us for our Last Hurrah at Here-After next weekend. ❤️
We’re showing two new films shot on lush 16mm: erotic rust belt giallo ANYTHING THAT MOVES & campy fever dream FUCKTOYS!
It has been an amazing venue for popups. Thank you Here-After & Croc staff!
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We’re showing two new films shot on lush 16mm: erotic rust belt giallo ANYTHING THAT MOVES & campy fever dream FUCKTOYS!
It has been an amazing venue for popups. Thank you Here-After & Croc staff!
grandillusioncinema.org/series/last-...
November 21, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Tonight and tomorrow we host our final shows at Here-After. Come out and see two raunchy, shot-on-16mm films!
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“A bright spot of sapphic representation in recent documentary film… suggests how you live your private life & love the people in it can be its own kind of artform.” Alison Foreman, IndieWire
COME SEE ME IN THE GOOD LIGHT plays 11/24 at our NWFF popup.
grandillusioncinema.org/film/come-se...
COME SEE ME IN THE GOOD LIGHT plays 11/24 at our NWFF popup.
grandillusioncinema.org/film/come-se...
November 16, 2025 at 8:00 PM
“A bright spot of sapphic representation in recent documentary film… suggests how you live your private life & love the people in it can be its own kind of artform.” Alison Foreman, IndieWire
COME SEE ME IN THE GOOD LIGHT plays 11/24 at our NWFF popup.
grandillusioncinema.org/film/come-se...
COME SEE ME IN THE GOOD LIGHT plays 11/24 at our NWFF popup.
grandillusioncinema.org/film/come-se...
We’re showing the new film from the visionary directing duo of Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani (THE STRANGE COLOR OF YOUR BODY'S TEARS), REFLECTION IN A DEAD DIAMOND, Dec. 3 at 730pm at the @siffnews.bsky.social!
grandillusioncinema.org/film/reflect...
grandillusioncinema.org/film/reflect...
November 20, 2025 at 10:07 PM
We’re showing the new film from the visionary directing duo of Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani (THE STRANGE COLOR OF YOUR BODY'S TEARS), REFLECTION IN A DEAD DIAMOND, Dec. 3 at 730pm at the @siffnews.bsky.social!
grandillusioncinema.org/film/reflect...
grandillusioncinema.org/film/reflect...
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🚨 Harbor Island Studios is scheduled to be cut from the King County budget, and the vote is TOMORROW, Tuesday November 18 at 11 AM.
Here's how to help:
Testify during the Council Meeting with a statement that Harbor Island Studios matters.
Submit a public comment to Budget.council@kingcounty.gov
Here's how to help:
Testify during the Council Meeting with a statement that Harbor Island Studios matters.
Submit a public comment to Budget.council@kingcounty.gov
November 18, 2025 at 1:36 AM
🚨 Harbor Island Studios is scheduled to be cut from the King County budget, and the vote is TOMORROW, Tuesday November 18 at 11 AM.
Here's how to help:
Testify during the Council Meeting with a statement that Harbor Island Studios matters.
Submit a public comment to Budget.council@kingcounty.gov
Here's how to help:
Testify during the Council Meeting with a statement that Harbor Island Studios matters.
Submit a public comment to Budget.council@kingcounty.gov
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I wrote about something both new and old for Belgian duo Bruno Forzani and Hélène Cattet: a Eurospy thriller with giallo flare--black latex, crimson lipstick, eyeball peril. The whole bit. Plays Dec 3 at @siffnews.bsky.social Film Center thanx to @grandillusioncinema.org. @seattlecritics.bsky.social
The Eurospy Genre Lives Again in Bruno Forzani and Hélène Cattet's Dazzling, Dizzying Pastiche <i>Reflection in a Dead Diamond</i>
REFLECTION IN A DEAD DIAMOND / Reflet dans un Diamant Mort (Bruno Forzani and Hélène Cattet, 2025, Belgium/ Luxembourg/Italy/France, 87 min...
siffblog2.blogspot.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:34 PM
I wrote about something both new and old for Belgian duo Bruno Forzani and Hélène Cattet: a Eurospy thriller with giallo flare--black latex, crimson lipstick, eyeball peril. The whole bit. Plays Dec 3 at @siffnews.bsky.social Film Center thanx to @grandillusioncinema.org. @seattlecritics.bsky.social
“A bright spot of sapphic representation in recent documentary film… suggests how you live your private life & love the people in it can be its own kind of artform.” Alison Foreman, IndieWire
COME SEE ME IN THE GOOD LIGHT plays 11/24 at our NWFF popup.
grandillusioncinema.org/film/come-se...
COME SEE ME IN THE GOOD LIGHT plays 11/24 at our NWFF popup.
grandillusioncinema.org/film/come-se...
November 16, 2025 at 8:00 PM
“A bright spot of sapphic representation in recent documentary film… suggests how you live your private life & love the people in it can be its own kind of artform.” Alison Foreman, IndieWire
COME SEE ME IN THE GOOD LIGHT plays 11/24 at our NWFF popup.
grandillusioncinema.org/film/come-se...
COME SEE ME IN THE GOOD LIGHT plays 11/24 at our NWFF popup.
grandillusioncinema.org/film/come-se...
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Doing one of those earnest posts where we kindly remind you that we lost half our operating budget over the summer, and that we're looking for ways to keep this whole thing going, and that if you like what we do or that we exist, the best thing you could possibly do to support us is to subscribe
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November 15, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Doing one of those earnest posts where we kindly remind you that we lost half our operating budget over the summer, and that we're looking for ways to keep this whole thing going, and that if you like what we do or that we exist, the best thing you could possibly do to support us is to subscribe