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This week: Here comes THE BRIDE!, now playing at Downtown. SIRΔT, nominated for Best International Feature Film at this yearβs Oscars, is pulsating at the Uptown. The new 4K restoration of DAYS AND NIGHTS IN THE FOREST plays today thru Sunday at the Uptown.
ποΈ + β°: siff.info/siffcinematw
βMr. Duvallβs versatility seems to know no limit; in his role here as an over-the-hill country singer, he creates yet another quietly unforgettable character.β Janet Maslin, NY Times
TENDER MERCIES screens tomorrow at @siffnews.bsky.social Film Center.
grandillusioncinema.org/film/tender-...
This weekβs open caption screenings at SIFF Cinemas on Sun 3/8 (matinees only) and Tue 3/10:
βοΈ THE BRIDE!
βοΈ SIRΔT
More info: siff.info/opencaptionstw
A skilled boxerβs anger serves him well in the ring, but it threatens his relations with his brother, his new wife and the Mafia, which wants to control his career.
RAGING BULL (1980) plays Wednesday, March 11, at the Uptown for our new series, Martin Scorsese: Maestro of Cinema.
π° New on the blog π°
TAXI DRIVER (1976) film notes by Tova Gannana for the Martin Scorsese: Maestro of Cinema series, presented by SIFF, Festa Italiana and Greg Olson Productions. The series runs through April 2026 at SIFF Cinema Uptown.
An aging, obscure writer mentors a talented teen, hoping to give her what he never had. But their bondβrooted in good intentionsβspirals into a web of poor decisions and the weight of unmet ambitions.
A POET plays March 6-9 at the Film Center.
If you havenβt heard, weβre changing $6 Movie Mondays to $7 Movie Tuesdays, which will include films at SIFF Cinema Downtown!
That means ALL three of our cinemas will be showing $7 movies on Tuesdays (with exclusions), going into effect next Tuesday, March 10: siff.info/movietuesdays-bs.
In Satyajit Ray's DAYS AND NIGHTS IN THE FOREST (1970), four young male urbanites decamp to the countryside for some rest and relaxation, only to have their pride and prejudices challenged by three women.
The new 4K restoration plays March 6-8 at SIFF Cinema Uptown: siff.info/daysandnights-bs
Weβre marching into March 2026? Already?!
Assuage your astonishment with new films at SIFF Cinemas, like THE BRIDE!, SIRΔT, and PROJECT HAIL MARY. β¬οΈ
A winner of the '25 Cannes Competition Jury Prize and nominated for Best International Feature Film and Best Sound at this yearβs Oscars, SIRΔT is at once a visceral and metaphysical excursion, in which a man desperately searches for his missing daughter amid a roving raver.
Opens Thu, 3/5, at UPT.
TENDER MERCIES screens in remembrance of Robert Duvall on 3/7 at the @siffnews.bsky.social Film Center.
βAlongside works by Malick, Cassavetes & Huston, this breathtaking 1983 melodrama is one of the wellsprings of US indie cinemaβ¦ A masterpiece.β Time Out
grandillusioncinema.org/film/tender-...
The perfect way to spend a day!
Final post. I first saw Color Book at @cucalorus.bsky.social in 2023, and in knocked me flat. Was thrilled to reconnect with David Fortune at @siffnews.bsky.social in 2025, and to meet the amazing Will Catlett. One of the best debuts--one of the best *films*--of the last decade. #BlackHistoryMonth
Todayβs $6 movies at SIFF Cinema (and the last one before it switches to $7 Tuesdays!):
β WUTHERING HEIGHTS
β 2026 Oscar Nominated Shorts: Live Action
β 2026 Oscar Nominated Shorts: Animation
β SUBURBAN FURY
Showtimes: siff.info/siffcinematw.
Support provided by 4Culture.
Join us & Cascade PBS for the premiere of Origins S4 on 3/12 at UPT. βOur Thousand Daysβ is directed by Andrew Inaba, and it explores the story of unjust imprisonment of Japanese Americans following the attack on Pearl Harbor.
RSVP: eventbrite.com/e/origins-our-thousand-days-tickets-1981873980426
THE BRIDE! takes us to 1930s Chicago, where groundbreaking scientist Dr. Euphronious brings a murdered young woman back to life to be a companion for Frankenstein's Monster. What happens next is beyond what either of them could ever have imagined.
It's alive!...starting 3/5 at SIFF Cinema Downtown.
This Monday is SIFF Movie Clubβs screening of SLC PUNK!
Plays at 6:30pm at SIFF Cinema Uptown, and afterwards weβll be comparing the artisanal quality of our duct tape wallets at The Traveling Goat: siff.info/slcpunk-bs.
π§Έ This week: SUBURBAN FURY is now playing at the Film Center, with a Q&A tonight with dir Robinson Devor & prod Jason Reid. MCCABE & MRS. MILLER (in 35mm) has an encore screening tomorrow, and DEAD MAN has an encore screening March 1, both happening at the Film Center!
ποΈ + β°: siff.info/siffcinematw
You can see it @siffnews.bsky.social starting today π½οΈ
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Beginning Friday, March 6, SIFF will be making changes to our pricing and programming days and times in our cinemas. Spoilers: matinee pricing, $7 Tuesdays at DT!
As a nonprofit org, SIFF will always strive to keep ticket prices as accessible as possible for our patrons.
Review the changes below β¬οΈ
This weekβs open caption screenings at SIFF Cinemas on Sun 3/1 and Tue 3/3:
βοΈ WUTHERING HEIGHTS
More info: siff.info/opencaptionstw
A mentally unstable veteran works as a nighttime taxi driver in New York City, where the perceived decadence and sleaze fuels his urge for violent action.
TAXI DRIVER (1976), now ringing in 50 years, plays Wednesday, March 4, at the Uptown for our new series, Martin Scorsese: Maestro of Cinema.
π° New on the blog π°
MEAN STREETS (1973) film notes by Tova Gannana for the Martin Scorsese: Maestro of Cinema series, presented by SIFF, Festa Italiana and Greg Olson Productions. The series runs through April 2026 at SIFF Cinema Uptown.
The upcoming Movie Club film SLC PUNK! was selected and to be introduced by SIFF Cinema Staff Member Larcyn Burnett! They jammed out a Letterboxd list of movies with similar vibes, similar Weirdos in a Wasteland: boxd.it/SPRFq.
SLC PUNK! plays Monday, 3/2, at the Uptown!
Due to popular demand, weβre reviving DEAD MAN (1995) for an encore screening!
In Jim Jarmuschβs quintessential psychedelic western, circumstances transform a mild mannered accountant into a notorious gunslinger.
Plays Sunday, March 1, at the Film Center.
Submissions are now open for the next season of Origins!
Origins is a Cascade PBS docuseries project that allows them to collab with PNW & Canadian filmmaking communities. Doc filmmakers can apply for $40K in funding for a 5-part docuseries. Submissions close 4/17. More info: cascadepbs.org/origins
SIFF, Festa Italiana and, Greg Olson Productions present Martin Scorsese: Maestro of Cinema, a new series authorized by Scorsese and Sikelia Productions!
Screenings every Wednesday at the Uptown, from 2/25 to 4/29: siff.info/scorsese-bs.
ποΈ Trailer edited by NFFTY Managing Director Ryan Saunders.
SIFF Sr. Marketing Manager Shelby joined the hosts of New Day NW to talk about our favorite topic...movies! They discuss the buzzy titles from the 2026 Sundance Film Festival, and the films you'll want to watch for the upcoming Oscars.
Watch the segment below β¬οΈ
During the two weeks of the World of Wong Kar Wai at SIFF Cinema Downtown, weβre playing the 25th anniversary edition of IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE, which includes the rarely-seen short film, IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE 2001.
The feature and short play 2/24, 26, 28, & 3/2: siff.info/moodforlove-bsky.
Todayβs $6 movies at SIFF Cinema:
β WUTHERING HEIGHTS
β THE MOMENT
Showtimes: siff.info/siffcinematw.
Support provided by 4Culture.
