The Sprocket Society is pleased to announce its Fall 2009 season, featuring a mixture of avant garde, documentary, and genre film programs, plus a good old-fashioned Halloween movie show. For the latest information, visit our events page, sign up for our e-mail list, or join us on Facebook.
HEAVY VISUALS ‘69
Electronic Cinema and Experimental Film
Part [...]
It’s official — The Sprocket Society will be curating Secret Sunday Matinee II at the Northwest Film Forum this spring, March 1 – May 24, 2009!
Now at a later time — 3 PM (by popular demand). Each show will be a full two hours of classic and rare movie entertainment. Series passes will be available.
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A revival of the classic weekend matinee, featuring a weekly movie serial, cartoons & shorts, and a Secret Feature
August 31 – November 23, 2008
Northwest Film Forum
1515 12th Ave., Seattle (on Capitol Hill, between Pike and Pine)
Sundays at noon, except Sun. Nov. 2 @ 4:00 PM
The Sprocket Society and the Northwest Film Forum proudly present The [...]
Special effects epics from the early 1900s, with unusual musical accompaniment.
Plus special guests Climax Golden Twins on dueling Victrolas!
Thurs. May 15, 2008 / 8:00 PM — one show only!
Northwest Film Forum – 1515 12th Ave.(on Capital Hill between Pike and Pine)
Tickets: 8.50 / $5.00 for NWFF members / $6.00 for children under 12 and seniors
Advance [...]
Films, Performance, and Music with Ross Lipman, Ruby Thicket, and The Philistine Liberation Orchestra
Sunday, April 13, 2008
The JewelBox Theater at The Rendezvous
2322 2nd Avenue, Seattle (in Belltown)
7:00 PM — $5.00 suggested donation
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The Sprocket Society is proud to present the Seattle debut of Los Angeles filmmaker [...]
Featuring The Mysterious Island and Noah’s Lark (both 1929). And beer.
Tues. March 4, 2008 at 8:00 PM
At the Northwest Film Forum – 1515 12th Ave. (on Capital Hill between Pike and Pine)
Free for NWFF members. $8.50/general admission. $6.00/children under 12 and seniors.
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Friday, July 6, 2007 was the Sprocket Society’s second backyard movie party of the season.
Because of the mid-summer lack of dark hours (and the presence of neighbors), we opted to dispense with the customary feature and go with a program of short films plus a 30 min. “featurette” — namely the absolutely brilliant film An [...]
This past Friday — Memorial Day weekend — was our first backyard movie party of the season, we being the usual suspects of Brian, Gary, and myself. The location, once again, was Brian and Gary’s duplex in Ballard, which I’ve come to start calling The Ballard CineYard — tho KinoHortus also crossed the mind. (”Kino” [...]
On Friday, September 29, Brian and Gary and I had a second Backyard Movie Party behind their duplex, just three weeks after the one on Labor Day Sunday. Miraculously, the weather cooperated and it was clear, slightly crisp night.
There are a couple great Flickr albums of low-light photographs of the evening by Patrick and Brian.
Following [...]
On Labor Day Sunday 2006 (Sept. 3), my pal Brian Alter and his duplex-neighbor Gary hosted their second annual backyard movie party, with me once again providing the films. Last year we were forced to retreat to Brian’s fortuitously-empty basement, but this year we were blessed with beautiful weather, complete with spectacular clouds shlooping across [...]