SIFF Cinema Monthly Guide: June 2024

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Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

As the world fell, young Furiosa is snatched from the Green Place of Many Mothers and falls into the hands of a great Biker Horde led by the Warlord Dementus. Sweeping through the Wasteland they come across the Citadel presided over by The Immortan Joe. While the two Tyrants war for dominance, Furiosa must survive many trials as she puts together the means to find her way home.

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I Saw the TV Glow Babes

Know Your Place

SFFSFF

Evil Does Not Exist

John Singer Sargent: Fashion & Swagger

Furiosa

I Saw the TV Glow Babes

Evil Does Not Exist

Prestige Sleaze: The Crying Game

Prestige Sleaze: Crash

Prestige Sleaze: Bound

Prestige Sleaze: Body Double

NTLive: Nye

Furiosa

I Saw the TV Glow

Evil Does Not Exist

Solo

Lee Chang-Dong: Oasis

Lee Chang-Dong: Poetry

Lee Chang-Dong: Green Fish

Prestige Sleaze: The Basic Instinct

A Better Trip

Ryuichi Sakamoto | Opus

Bikeriders / Ghostlight / Thelma

Prestige Sleaze: Stranger By the Lake / Body Heat / Cruel intentions

Reel Black: Neptune Frost

A Quiet Place: Day One

Bikeriders / Ghostlight / Thelma

I Heard it Through the Grapevine

Kinds of Kindness

SIFF Pride: To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! / D.E.B.S. / Love, Simon / Strange

I Saw the TV Glow Babes

Know Your Place

Evil Does Not Exist

John Singer Sargent: Fashion & Swagger

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I Saw the TV Glow Babes

Know Your Place

Evil Does Not Exist

Furiosa

I Saw the TV Glow Babes

Evil Does Not Exist

Prestige Sleaze: The Hunger

Prestige Sleaze: In the Cut

NTLive: Nye

Furiosa

I Saw the TV Glow Babes

Evil Does Not Exist

Prestige Sleaze: Crash

Prestige Sleaze: Cruising

I Saw the TV Glow Babes

Know Your Place

Movie Club: But I’m a Cheerleader

Evil Does Not Exist

I Saw the TV Glow Babes

Know Your Place

Evil Does Not Exist

Furiosa

I Saw the TV Glow Babes

Know Your Place

Evil Does Not Exist

SFFSFF

John Singer Sargent: Fashion & Swagger

Furiosa

I Saw the TV Glow

Evil Does Not Exist

Solo

Lee Chang-Dong: Poetry

Lee Chang-Dong: Green Fish

Prestige Sleaze: The Hunger

Prestige Sleaze: Fatal Attraction

Furiosa

Evil Does Not Exist Solo

Lee Chang-Dong: Peppermint Candy

Lee Chang-Dong: Oasis

Prestige Sleaze: In the Cut

Prestige Sleaze: Cruel Intentions

Furiosa

I Saw the TV Glow Babes

Evil Does Not Exist

Prestige Sleaze: The Crying Game

Prestige Sleaze: Body Double

Furiosa

I Saw the TV Glow Babes

Evil Does Not Exist

Prestige Sleaze: Bound

Prestige Sleaze: Stranger By the Lake

I Saw the TV Glow Babes

Evil Does Not Exist Purple Rain

I Saw the TV Glow Babes

Evil Does Not Exist

Black Trans Comedy Showcase

NTLive: Nye

Furiosa

I Saw the TV Glow

Evil Does Not Exist

Solo

Lee Chang-Dong: Peppermint Candy

Lee Chang-Dong: Oasis

Prestige Sleaze: Stranger By the Lake

Prestige Sleaze: Body Heat Ryuichi Sakamoto | Opus

Furiosa

I Saw the TV Glow

Evil Does Not Exist

Solo

Lee Chang-Dong: Peppermint Candy

Lee Chang-Dong: Poetry

Lee Chang-Dong: Green Fish

Prestige Sleaze: The Hunger

Prestige Sleaze: Cruel Intentions

Prestige Sleaze: Fatal Attraction/ Basic Instinct & Drag Show

Ryuichi Sakamoto | Opus

Furiosa

I Saw the TV Glow Solo

Lee Chang-Dong: Peppermint Candy

Lee Chang-Dong: Oasis

The Right to Read

Prestige Sleaze: Bound

Prestige Sleaze: Cruising

Furiosa Solo

Lee Chang-Dong: Poetry

Lee Chang-Dong: Green Fish

Bikeriders

Edgar Allen Poe Speakeasy

Furiosa Bikeriders Ghostlight Thelma

Edgar Allen Poe Speakeasy

Furiosa Bikeriders Ghostlight Thelma Edgar Allen Poe Speakeasy

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World Furiosa Bikeriders Ghostlight Thelma Prestige Sleaze: Crash Prestige Sleaze: Fatal Attraction Furiosa Bikeriders Ghostlight Thelma Classified Cinema Scope Screenings Furiosa Bikeriders Ghostlight Thelma Prestige Sleaze: Body Double Prestige Sleaze: Basic Instinct Furiosa A Quiet Place: Day One Bikeriders Ghostlight Thelma Kinds of Kindness A Quiet Place: Day One Ghostlight Thelma Bikeriders Kinds of Kindness SIFF Pride: To Wong Foo, Thanks For Everything! A Quiet Place: Day One Ghostlight Thelma Bikeriders Kinds of Kindness SIFF Pride: D.E.B.S. SIFF Pride: Love, Simon SIFF Pride: Strange World SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN SIFF CINEMA DOWNTOWN SIFF CINEMA EGYPTIAN SIFF FILM CENTER SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 25 23 30 24 18 16 19 26 17 20 27 21 28 11 9 12 10 13 14 4 2 5 3 6 7 1 8 22 29 15 JUNE 2024 FILM SCHEDULE* *Schedule
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A Quiet Place: Day One

OPENS JUN 27 •DOWNTOWN

Experience the day the world went quiet. A woman named Sam must survive an invasion in New York City by bloodthirsty alien creatures with ultrasonic sound hearing.

Babes

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Schoenbrun returns with this eerie slice of reality-f**king cinema, as two lonely suburbanites find solace and obsession in a late-night TV show.

Ghostlight

Thelma

OPENS JUN 21 • UPTOWN

A tender and heartwarming drama about a construction worker who is pulled into a local production of “Romeo and Juliet,” only to find community and a way to work through his own family troubles. Co-starring Dolly de Leon ( Triangle of Sadness).

Know Your Place

NOW PLAYING • UPTOWN

In her feature directorial debut, Pamela Adlon (“Better Things,” “King of the Hill”) joins forces with star/co-writer Ilana Glazer (“Broad City”) in this hysterical, no-holds-barred comedy about a woman who gets pregnant after a one-night stand.

But I’m a Cheerleader (1999)

JUN 5 • UPTOWN

This whimsically edgy comedy follows teenager Megan, whose suburban existence filled with friends, cheerleading, and all-American fun is upended when her straight-laced parents suspect she may be a lesbian. Introduced by SIFF Graphic Design Manager and queer film aficionado Rhys Iliakis. New 4K restoration.

THE EARLY FILMS OF LEE CHANG-DONG Peppermint Candy (1999)

JUN 14–20 • UPTOWN

Youngho (Sul Kyung-gu) stares down an oncoming train as twenty years of his life flashes before his eyes. Proceeding to move backward in time, the film rewinds his loss of humanity— from his self-hating middle age through his callow teens—mirroring South Korea’s traumatic political history. New 4K restoration.

THE EARLY FILMS OF LEE CHANG-DONG Poetry (2010)

JUN 14–20 UPTOWN

Kind-hearted Mija (Yun Jung-hee) is tasked with raising her troubled teenage grandson, Jong-wook, while her daughter works in Busan. In denail that her caretaking is threatened by the early stages of Alzheimer’s, Mija begins to study poetry at the local cultural center. New 4K restoration.

The Right to Read

JUN 19 • UPTOWN

The stories of a courageous activist, a teacher, and two American families who fight to provide our youngest generation with the most foundational indicator of life-long success: the ability to read. Produced by LeVar Burton.

I Heard it Through the Grapevine (1982)

MAY 31–JUN 6 UPTOWN

Seattle’s issues with gentrification and its impact on our East African community are explored as two teenage boys navigate the city to deliver a crucial and time-sensitive package to a friend.

2022 Seattle International Film Festival Golden Space Needle Award–Best Film.

JUN 30 UPTOWN

James Baldwin retraces his time in the South during the Civil Rights Movement, reflecting with his trademark brilliance and insight on the passage of more than two decades.

Purple Rain

JUN 7 • EGYPTIAN

THE EARLY FILMS OF LEE CHANG-DONG Oasis (2002)

JUN 14–20 • UPTOWN

Fresh out of prison, Hong Jong-du (Sul Kyung-gu) finds and unlikely soulmate in Gong-ju (Moon So-ri), the disabled daughter of the victim of the hit-and-run for which he went to jail. New 4K restoration.

THE EARLY FILMS OF LEE CHANG-DONG Green Fish (1997)

JUN 14–20 UPTOWN

Released from his mandatory military service, Makdong (Han Suk-gyu) returns to a hometown he no longer recognizes. After rescuing a beautiful young woman from harassment, his life takes an unexpected turn when she unwittingly lures him into the criminal underworld. New 4K restoration.

The Bikeriders

OPENS JUN 20 • UPTOWN

After a chance encounter at a local bar, strong-willed Kathy is inextricably drawn to Benny, the newest member of Midwestern motorcycle club, the Vandals led by the enigmatic Johnny.

OPENS JUN 21 • UPTOWN

Oscar ® nominee June Squibb (Nebraska) stars as the titular 93-year-old character who, when she is scammed out of $10,000, embarks on a daring mission across Los Angeles to recover her money by any means necessary. Featuring one of Richard Roundtree’s final performances.

Evil Does Not Exist

NOW PLAYING • EGYPTIAN

OPENS JUN 7 • UPTOWN

After finally breaking through in the U.S. with the Oscar ® -winning Drive My Car, filmmaker Ryûsuke Hamaguchi turns his eye to Mizubiki, a remote lakeside village that’s about to be overtaken by a new “glamping” site built on sensitive natural land.

Celebrate Prince’s birthday with this special presentation of Purple Rain. Winner of Grammy and Academy Awards for its pulsating song score, experience the electrifying movie debut of Prince as the Kid, a Minneapolis club musician as alienated as he is talented. New 4K restoration.

Neptune Frost

Kinds of Kindness

OPENS JUN 27 EGYPTIAN

A triptych fable, following a man without choice who tries to take control of his own life; a policeman who is alarmed that his wife, missing-at-sea, has returned; and a woman determined to find a specific someone with a special ability, who is destined to become a prodigious spiritual leader.

SIFF PRIDE: Love, Simon (2018)

JUN 28–30 FILM CENTER

A (very) rare major studio movie about a gay teenager, this adaptation of Becky Albertalli’s YA novel “Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda” is all the more progressive for how familiar it feels, casually reorienting the time-honored heritage of American high school stories for a modern world that’s more inclusive. SIFF PRIDE: D.E.B.S. (2004)

Plaid-skirted schoolgirls are recruited by a secret government agency to become the newest members of the elite national-defense group, D.E.B.S.

JUN 23 EGYPTIAN

A group of escaped coltan miners forms an anti-colonialist computer hacker collective in the hilltops of Burundi. They soon attempt a takeover of the authoritarian regime that’s exploiting the region’s natural resources—and its people.

NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE: Nye

JUN 8–10 • FILM CENTER

Michael Sheen plays Nye Bevan in a surreal and spectacular journey through the life and legacy of the man who transformed Britain’s welfare state.

SIFF PRIDE: To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything (1995)

JUN 28–30 FILM CENTER

Three New York drag queens on their way to Hollywood for a beauty pageant get stranded in a small Midwestern town for the entire weekend when their car breaks down. The flamboyant trio shows the local homophobic rednecks that appearing different doesn’t mean they don’t have humanity in common.

Three generations of a legendary family of explorers will find themselves in an uncharted land with strange creatures. If they want to survive from the numerous dangers, they must bridge their differences and work together.

REEL BLACK – SOUL GENRE:
JUN 28–30 FILM CENTER
SIFF PRIDE: Strange World (2022) JUN 28–30 FILM CENTER
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Solo JUN 14–20 • UPTOWN
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