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SIFF Film Center

3.7 (20 reviews)
Closed • 10:00 am - 5:00 pm

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Love it here! The staff is fabulous and the movies are great. Highly recommend this hidden gem

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They overcharge for what should be a great place to watch local film-makers.

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This is my favorite Movie Theater in the whole State of Washington!!…read moreThere is no other theater, no other IMAX that compares to it at all! The screen is from ceiling to floor, and then some! It is absolutely huge! The stadium seating combined with the colossus of a screen means that there is not a bad seat in the house! The sound is impeccable and very immersive! Very loud yet well tuned! It will have great sound on both low range and high range frequencies. It is a nonprofit which gives you a little more warm fuzzies that the reasonable cost of your ticket is going back to the community. There are the standard modern concessions, with good popcorn, and also a variety of local beers, wines, and ciders!! Concessions are actually pretty affordably priced compared to other modern day theaters! Best place to see your event movie of the year! Some of the best movies I have seen here were Oppenheimer, 1917, Avengers Endgame, and Star Wars Episode 9. (Somehow, Palpatine returned... terrible movie, but at least the picture and sound were immaculate). Cheers!

My family and I had been looking forward to seeing The Odyssey for weeks. Tickets were sold out…read moreeverywhere, so we were incredibly excited when we finally got them. Unfortunately, the experience was one of the worst I've ever had at a theater. The seating is unbelievably cramped. If you're over 5 feet tall, prepare to be uncomfortable for the entire movie. The seats are small, hard, stiff, and offer virtually no legroom. Sitting through a three-hour film felt unbearable. What concerned me even more was how the auditorium is laid out. Once everyone is seated, you're essentially trapped. There are no aisles running through the seating sections, making it extremely difficult for people to get in or out without disrupting entire rows. It genuinely made me wonder what would happen in the event of an emergency evacuation. The concessions didn't make up for it either. The popcorn was stale, and the overall concession experience was disappointing. To make matters worse, seating is first come, first served, so if you want decent seats, you'll need to arrive at least an hour early despite already having purchased tickets. This theater completely overshadowed what should have been an incredible film experience. I would not return, and I would strongly recommend seeing a long movie somewhere with comfortable seating and a better auditorium layout.

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A sold-out documentary, $7 tickets, and a theater right in my neighborhood how did it take me this…read morelong to get here? My first visit to SIFF Cinema Uptown was for the Elizabeth Holmes documentary on a $7 Tuesday, and all 515 seats were sold out. A friend mentioned that other screenings have sold out too. Clearly, they're doing something right. The theater was clean and spacious, concessions were reasonably priced, and they offered free water. I do have to agree with some of the other reviews: the seats are older and a little dated. This is an older theater, and that shows in the seating. The lines did get backed up, so give yourself some extra time before the movie. Parking can also be difficult and expensive when there's an event at Climate Pledge Arena, so check the arena schedule ahead of time. There are also people experiencing homelessness just outside a sad reflection of the area's humanitarian crisis. I'm excited to look through their schedule and come back for more, especially older movies and international films. A great neighborhood discovery, and I'll definitely return.

We had a good time here. It was very clean and comfortable feeling. The seats are an older type,…read morebut they are comfortable and you have decent leg room. Unfortunately, when we arrived the theater was almost completely full (even though it was still about 20 minutes to show time) and we had to sit in the second row from the screen. We were still able to see okay but it was a bit annoying. We would make sure to get there earlier next time. The bathroom was nice and clean. The concessions are priced lower than a typical theater. And you are still getting a lot of food. All the staff was very friendly and helpful.

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Q &A second screening.

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Oh, Hump!! They definitely don't have film festivals like this back home! Hump! is an annual film…read morefestival that is typically held in Seattle, Washington and Portland, Oregon. The film festival has gained in popularity so much that it has been touring outside of those two cities in recent years. The Hump! film festival specializes in home movie erotica, amateur sex cinema and locally produced pornography. Typically when each film festival is held Dan Savage is the host. Now I know the description of the film festival may sound like you are going to an adult arcade where you watch poorly made and grainy sex films but that simply isn't the case here. The amateur films are arranged where you can experience a whole range of material to the humorous and the sexy to the nerve wracking and the suspenseful. The films explore mainly straight and gay material but it does journey outside of those two sexualities as well. Most of the films are very well made and highly entertaining and not just in the stereotypical way that you may think with films like this. There are indeed rules that need to be adhered during the show. You are not allowed to have your phones out during the show at all. Anyone that does you could get your phone taken away until the end of the show. Another thing is that no jeering is allowed during any of the show at all. If you are involved in such a thing you are bound to be escorted out. And of course the obvious... this film festival is not an adult arcade so doing certain other... activities involving yourself is a sure thing you won't be at the film festival for long. When I went everyone behaved themselves. Always a good thing. When Steve and I went to Hump! I enjoyed all of the films that were featured. There were two that really stuck in my mind. I mentioned some of the films could induce suspense and there was one involving flash paper that you simply couldn't tear your eyes away from. There was several others that were very sensual and steamy. I give major kudos to the film makers that contribute to Hump! for creating these daring, sexy, artful and often humorous films. I would love to go back for another showing sometime!

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