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Scarecrow Academy Presents Women in Trouble: Great Melodrama in Film
Scarecrow Video 5030 Roosevelt Ave NE, Seattle, WA, United StatesYear Five of Scarecrow Academy brings an ambitious discussion series titled "Women in Trouble: Great Melodrama in Film," an in-depth look at an often-derided, but frequently glorious genre sometimes called "women's pictures." In these ten weeks of free online conversations, we explore the way imaginative filmmakers have put women at the center of their hothouse… Continue Reading Scarecrow Academy Presents Women in Trouble: Great Melodrama in Film
Scarecrow Video Presents Flying Saucer Cinema: The Thing from Another World (1951)
Scarecrow Video 5030 Roosevelt Ave NE, Seattle, WA, United StatesOnline Film Discussion Part of the Flying Saucer Cinema Series Scientists at an Arctic research station discover a spacecraft buried in the ice. Upon closer examination, they discover the frozen pilot. All hell breaks loose when they take him back to their station and he is accidentally thawed out! Based on the short story “Who… Continue Reading Scarecrow Video Presents Flying Saucer Cinema: The Thing from Another World (1951)
Scarecrow Video Zeitgeist ‘23! – Human-Environmental Interactions in Science Fiction Films
Scarecrow Video 5030 Roosevelt Ave NE, Seattle, WA, United StatesA lecture-discussion hosted by board member Mark Daniels Have you ever thought about how you interact with the environment? Even just going for a walk in your local park or driving your car to work is an example of human-environmental interaction. In this session of Scarecrow Video Zeitgeist ‘23, we will talk about the human-environmental… Continue Reading Scarecrow Video Zeitgeist ‘23! – Human-Environmental Interactions in Science Fiction Films
Scarecrow Video Zeitgeist ‘23! – The Age of Shatner
Scarecrow Video 5030 Roosevelt Ave NE, Seattle, WA, United StatesA special Silver Screeners edition with film critic Robert Horton William Shatner turned 92 in March, so most of us have spent our lives in the Age of Shatner, a strange and wondrous time of dramatic pauses, fantabulous musical interpretations, puckish self-spoofery, and Tribbles. Sure, he was never Oscar-nominated, but who else can claim, in… Continue Reading Scarecrow Video Zeitgeist ‘23! – The Age of Shatner
Scarecrow Video Zeitgeist ‘23! – Starring Lena Horne
A lecture-discussion hosted by author Valerie C. Gilbert Eighty years ago, the illustrious Lena Horne made her appearance in the first two all-black musicals to come out of mainstream Hollywood, Cabin in the Sky and Stormy Weather. However, unlike her roles in these two historic pictures, Lena Horne had no speaking part in most of… Continue Reading Scarecrow Video Zeitgeist ‘23! – Starring Lena Horne
Scarecrow Video Zeitgeist ‘23! – What is Wrong with Hollywood?
A lecture-discussion hosted by Trina Griffin What are the challenges a person of color faces for making it in Hollywood? How is Hollywood failing its new talent? Trina Griffin shares the things that need to change in the movie industry, including the old ways that made Hollywood what it is today. The changing of the… Continue Reading Scarecrow Video Zeitgeist ‘23! – What is Wrong with Hollywood?
Scarecrow Video Zeitgeist ‘24! – 2023: In Memoriam
We dedicate a Zeitgeist session to the movie people who took their final bows in 2023, a distinguished roster that includes Harry Belafonte, William Friedkin, and Glenda Jackson. It was an especially tough year for movie composers (Burt Bacharach, Robbie Robertson, Ryuichi Sakamoto) and sex symbols who bloomed in the '60s (Ryan O'Neal, Raquel Welch,… Continue Reading Scarecrow Video Zeitgeist ‘24! – 2023: In Memoriam
Scarecrow Video Presents: The Academy Awards Oscar Preview
In anticipation of the Academy Awards ceremony (which will be held Sunday, March 10th), film historian Lance Rhoades will share highlights and controversies from previous ceremonies, discuss the current nominees and issues, and offer his own Oscar predictions. Admission is free. Registration is required: bit.ly/svoscars24
Scarecrow Video Zeitgeist ’24! – Whodunit? And Why Now?
Online 1101 Virtual, Toronto, ON, CanadaA FREE lecture-discussion hosted by film critic Robert Horton Recently, the whodunit—especially the kind where the suspects gather in a drawing-room at the end and the sleuth reveals the culprit—has enjoyed an unexpected comeback. Directors Rian Johnson (the Knives Out movies) and Kenneth Branagh (who plays Agatha Christie's super-detective Hercule Poirot in Murder on the… Continue Reading Scarecrow Video Zeitgeist ’24! – Whodunit? And Why Now?
Scarecrow Video and Maple Leaf Community Council present MOVIES BY THE TOWER 2023
Maple Leaf Reservoir Park 1020 NE 82nd St, Seattle, United StatesSaturday nights in August, Scarecrow Video and the Maple Leaf Community Council present MOVIES BY THE TOWER, a series of free outdoor film screenings at Maple Leaf Reservoir Park (1020 NE 82nd St, Seattle). Immerse yourself in the rich tapestry of Asian and Asian American filmmaking with Scarecrow Video’s curated selection of movies that celebrate… Continue Reading Scarecrow Video and Maple Leaf Community Council present MOVIES BY THE TOWER 2023
