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Pickford Film Center 1318 Bay St. | Limelight Cinema 1416 Cornwall Ave. | Bellingham, WA | Tickets, times & trailers: www.pickfordfilmcenter.org
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Dear Bellingham,
If you have been hankering to turn on the glamour and take to the red carpet in your
most creative and aspirational outfit (with a large dollop of Billy Porter thrown in), get
your tickets for the Red Carpet Affair, Pickford Film Center’s annual group gawk at the
Become a PFC Member, renew your
Academy Awards. We have tuned up the fun, toned down the awe, lowered the price,
A 3-DAY FILMMAKING
free popcorn on COMPETITION
mondays FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
membership, or give the gift of
expanded the food and are planning on delivering one hell of a party on Sunday,
membership to a friend between publicdiscounted
screening: Sunday, Feb 16 at 12:30pm
admission
February 9. We can’t pretend that we approve of the nominations the Academy is
May 1 and June 30 and you will be that warm fuzzy feeling
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entered intoasa they ignore
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to win
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have
coveted they ever made the best choices? Ben Hur won best picture in 1960, Braveheart
membership, or give the gift of Goldfinger Card. That’a a
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thinking?—but the Limelight!
for maybe one last year we will take in the spectacle with equal parts
that warm fuzzy feeling
entered into a drawing to win a
cynicism and wide-eyed wonder. Won’t you join us? Tickets are available online and
Join or renew online,
coveted Goldfinger Card. That’a a
at atthetheboxbox office.
office, or by mail
full year of free movies for you and a
friend at Pickford and the Limelight!
Join or renew online, There are few annual events that bring me as much joy at the Bellingham Children’s
at the box office, or by mail Film Festival. We are thrilled to open this year with one of our (collectively) most
beloved films, My Neighbor Totoro. As a parent, Totoro was the film that taught me
that you could watch a film until it wore out. It is beautiful animation and a gentle
story that manages to address the concerns of young children without scaring them.
Start the evening as the kids stroll across the red carpet and stick around after the
film to enjoy an ice cream social with all the toppings. Saturday and Sunday feature
incredible short film programs curated by Liz Shepherd at Children’s Film Festival
Seattle for kids in the preschool set up through elementary school. We will have
animation for the preverbal crowd, an all Spanish language program, Valiente y
Verdadero (Brave and True, subtitled in English), Indigenous Showcase, environmental
Consider making a contribution to our spring donation appeal. All funds raised will go to support
films, the touching Belgian feature dramedy Binti about a 12-year-old social media
Doc-ED, to extend the program to over 5,000 Whatcom County public and tribal middle school
vlogger that just premiered at Sundance Film students.
Festival, and a special
We only repertory
have $10,000 left to raise in order to fully fund the program for Fall 2017.
screening of The Dark Crystal featuring some more of Jim Henson’s most intriguing
Please help us make our goal a reality by making a donation today.
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Consider making a contribution to our spring donation appeal. All funds raised will go to support
puppets. Most tickets are $5 each. Contact mikayla@pickfordfilmcenter for information
Doc-ED, to extend the program to over
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at the box office, or by mail today.
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have $10,000 left to raise in order to fully fund the program for Fall 2017.
Please help us make our goal a reality by making a donation today.
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Susie Purves, Executive Director
ABOUT PICKFORD FILM CENTER PFC Staff
Susie Purves, Executive Director
Winnie Griffith, Pickford Art Studios Manager Thank You to our
winifred@pickfordfilmcenter.org Pre-show Giveaway sponsors
Admission susie@pickfordfilmcenter.org
Darcy Ruppert, Marketing and Development Assistant
Pickford Film Center & Limelight Cinema Pricing: Michael Falter, Program Director
darcy@pickfordfilmcenter.org
• PFC Members, every day – $8.00 michael@pickfordfilmcenter.org
• Tuesday–Sunday General Admission – $11.25 Projectionists:
Ryan Uhlhorn, Operations Manager
• Students, Military & Kids under 12 – $8.50 Steve Meyers, Carey Ross, Meghan Schilling
ryan@pickfordfilmcenter.org
• Mondays and Matinees* – $9.00 Jules Matragrano, Jen Cartwright, Jessica Vangel Fairhaven’s new trifecta!
Lindsey Gerhard, Marketing Manager Darcy Ruppert, Israel Valladares, Elizabeth Prouty
rocket donuts
acme ice cream
*Matinees are Monday–Friday before 5pm fat pie pizza Fairhaven’s new trifecta!
lindsey@pickfordfilmcenter.org
Saturday–Sunday before 3:30pm
Ariel Brownstein, Membership & Development Manager PFC Board Thank You to our acme
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Tickets for free shows are not available online, and can be claimed
in advance at the box office only. ariel@pickfordfilmcenter.org Gennie Clawson, President Sustaining Level Sponsors
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Michael Barone, Assistant Operations Manager Christina Kobdish, Vice President
Movie Times mb@pickfordfilmcenter.org Meg Weber, Treasurer
1. Visit www.pickfordfilmcenter.org for current showtimes, Nabil Kamel, Secretary
news, advance tickets, and trailers Meghan Schilling, Volunteer Coordinator
Becca Shew, James Willson, Dawn Dietrich
2. Sign up for our weekly mailing list meghan@pickfordfilmcenter.org
3. See our ad each week in the Cascadia Weekly Mikayla Nicholson, Education Outreach Manager
Gary Washington, Janet Ott, Chris Phillips
Max Kaiser, Nathan Brown, Cheryl Souza, James Erb
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CENTER AND THE
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Dir: Céline Sciamma
FEBRUARY & MARCH
Cast: Noémie Merlant, Adèle Haenel, Valeria Golino
Marianne (Noémie Merlant) is a professional painter in the late 18th century
LIMELIGHT CINEMA on an unusual assignment: travel to a remote island off the coast of Brittany to
paint Heloise (Adèle Haenel), a young aristocrat who refuses to sit for a painting
that will be given to her future husband, a man she does not wish to marry. Under
the guise of companionship, Marianne spends her days closely observing Heloise
First Cow and her nights painting the portrait in secret, from memory. Though their time
together is brief, the seed of an intense bond is planted, one that blossoms into
Dir: Kelly Reichardt Cast: John Magaro, Orion Lee, Alia Shawkat a romance fueled by the beauty each sees in the eye of the beholder--a stirring,
sensuous study of the power of the female gaze. 2020. France. In French/Italian
Despite being from the swamplands of Florida, director Kelly Reichardt has most often trained
w/English subtitles. 1 hr. 59 min. R.
her lens on the Pacific Northwest, in this case, the world of nineteenth century fur trappers in
Oregon. The story follows a taciturn loner (another staple of Reichardt’s movies) who has
gone west to seek his fortune. Falling in with the aforementioned trappers, he forges a
connection with a Chinese immigrant and the two collaborate on a “business venture” that
relies on unsanctioned use of a wealthy farmer’s prize milking cow. As with most Reichardt
Greed
endeavors, the plot exists to serve a finely drawn and subtly nuanced character study, and her Dir: Michael Winterbottom
contemplative pacing makes an excellent counterpoint to her keenly observational style. Few Cast: Steve Coogan, Asa Butterfield, Isla Fisher
filmmakers can render emotions, explore relationships and depict the rhythms of daily life as Few things in independent cinema are as reliably pleasurable as watching Steve
powerfully and profoundly as Reichardt. 2020. United States. In English. 2 hrs. 1 min. PG-13. Coogan act—mostly by acting out—in a Michael Winterbottom film. This time, Portrait of a Lady on Fire
the director gives his favorite foil a character to take and run with: a corrupt and
clueless billionaire (complete with blinding white teeth, fake tan and luxurious
The Assistant mane of hair) as he plans his 60th birthday party, a five day Roman-themed bash
on the Greek Island of Mykonos (Rome in Greece? Why not?) that resembles the
Dir: Kitty Green Cast: Julia Garner, Matthew Macfadyen, Makenzie Leigh Fyre Fest more than a richly appointed affair. Throw in some headline-seizing
Jane, a recent college graduate and aspiring film producer, just landed her dream job as a political and financial scandal, a subplot involving Elton John, and a host of
junior assistant to a powerful entertainment mogul. Her day is much like any other assistant— memorable ensemble characters and you’ve got the One Percent writ large, over-
making coffee, ordering lunch, arranging travel accommodations and taking phone messages. the-top and on the big screen. 2020. United Kingdom. In English. 1 hr. 44 min. R.
But as Jane follows her daily routine, she grows increasingly aware of the abuse that
insidiously colors every aspect of her workday, an accumulation of degradations against which
she decides to take a stand. 2019. United States. In English. 1 hr. 25 min. R.
A Quiet Place Part II
Dir: John Krasinski
Cast: Emily Blunt, Cillian Murphy, Millicent Simmonds
63 Up When A Quiet Place was released in 2018, frankly, it was a little hard to believe
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Dir: Michael Apted Cast: Tony Walker, Nicholas Hitchon, Bruce Balden that the most original, gripping and sharply intelligent creature feature to hit
cinemas for years was written and directed by the goofy guy who played Jim on
In 1964, Michael Apted filmed a groundbreaking documentary, Seven Up centering on the lives
The Office. Its premise of bloodthirsty, blind aliens that hunt by sound captivated
of 14 seven-year-olds representing different socioeconomic walks of British life. From there,
critics and audiences alike, and the movie made on a shoestring budget grossed
Apted has revisited those 14 subjects (participation willing) every seven years, creating a truly
some $340 million in worldwide box office, pretty much ensuring a sequel. John
remarkable and revolutionary cinematic document, now known as the “Up Series.” His latest A Quiet Place Part II
Krasinski is back behind the camera and Emily Blunt returns as the Abbott family
installment, 63 Up, returns to the now-familiar “Up” kids, updating us as to what they’ve been
matriarch, who are forced out of their compound and into the outside world,
up to for the past seven years, bringing us to the present day as they face their 60s and the
where they discover Cillian Murphy and creatures more terrifying than rapacious,
knowledge that more of their lives are behind them than in front. At this point, every chapter in
First Cow human-hunting extraterrestrials. 2020. United States. In English. Unrated.
this always-fascinating, ever-poignant documentary series could be the last, although Apted
has reportedly said he looks forward to filming 84 Up when he’s 99 years old. 2020. United
Kingdom. In English. 2 hrs. 18 min. Unrated.
The Song of Names
Dir: François Girard
Wendy Cast: Clive Owen, Tim Roth, Catherine McCormack
From the director of The Red Violin, Francois Girard, comes another violin story,
Dir: Benh Zeitlin Cast: Devin France, Shay Walker, Stephanie Lynn Wilson
this one an adaptation of Norman Lebrecht’s acclaimed novel. Two boys, Dovidl
With Beasts of the Southern Wild, first-time filmmaker Benh Zeitlin made a startling, stunningly
and Martin, the former a Polish child prodigy and the latter the son of his teacher
breathtaking movie that took independent cinema by storm, earning critical acclaim, a raft
are raised together in London on the eve of World War II. They eventually become
of awards and four Oscar nominations. At the point where he could have his pick of projects,
as close as brothers, until Dovidl disappears at the age of 21 hours before his
he disappeared for eight long years. He’s reemerged with this reimagining of Peter Pan,
highly anticipated debut concert. Fast-forward three decades, and Martin (Tim
centering his story on Wendy, setting it in the rural South, even filming on 16mm. Once again,
Roth, in an outstanding performance) embarks on an odyssey to find Dovidl
he’s chosen a preternaturally engaging protagonist, Devin France, who combines youthful
(Clive Owen), discern why he fled and solve the mystery that has in some ways
energy and curiosity with wisdom gleaned from a hardscrabble existence in a dead-end place.
defined his life. Along with excellent performances, this film also features an
Enter the Zeitlin equivalent of Neverland, its mischievous ringleader and the admonishment
original score by Howard Shore, winner of three Oscars for his work on The Lord
to never grow old. Will Wendy succumb to the many ageless, spellbinding charms of Zeitlin’s
Wendy of the Rings movies. 2019. Canada/Hungary. In English. 1 hr. 53 min. PG-13.
Neverland? Or will she discover there’s no place like home? 2020. United States. In English.
1 hr. 52 min. PG-13. The Song of Names
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SPECIAL EVENTS
C O M I N G I N F E B R UA RY + M A R C H 2 0 2 0
VHS: Video Hunter Society
2/7 VHS showcase & Art Walk Tape Swap at the Pickford
Bring a VHS tape you’d like to see screened (anything you want, VHS
ONLY), we’ll draw from a lottery and play the selected tape. It’s simple!
Unless of course your tape gets EJECTED! or has a technical meltdown.
+ 3/6 Mystery rare full-length VHS screening at the Limelight
2/8 BELLINGHAM COCKTAIL WEEK E.T. the Extra Terrestrial
Tickets include a trip to our brunch bar with fresh juice mimosas (just
CatVideoFest
juice for the kids!), LaFeen’s donuts and coffee from Maniac Roasting.
Have a spaced-out brunch with us and your favorite lovable alien.
2/12 The Doors: Break on Through - A Celebration of Ray
Manzarek A new concert doc from a 2016 all-star performance in Los
Angeles that John Densmore and Robby Krieger, the two surviving members 3/17 Koshien: Japan's Field of Dreams
of The Doors, developed in honor of Manzarek’s 70th birthday. There’s no room for error as Coach Mizutani and his team go all out to win
Japan’s 100th annual Koshien, the prestigious national high-school baseball
2/12 After Parkland tournament.
The moving story of families of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School
navigating their way through grief, and searching for new meaning in the 3/26 Cinema Thyme: Fantastic Fungi
immediate days, weeks and months after the shooting that left 17 dead. This special edition of Cinema Thyme features around a one-night-only
screening of Fantastic Fungi and a live simulcast Q+A with award-winning
2/15 Rigoletto on the Lake Director Louie Schwartzberg, renowned Mycologist Paul Stamets, and others.
Giuseppe Verdi’s compelling, blood-curdling, beautiful masterpiece is
performed for the first time on the unique, Bregenz lake stage. Directed
and designed by Philipp Stölzl, this timeless tragedy will delight
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intensity from the spectacular shore of Lake Constance.
The spring, a selection of fantastic new films from
Indigenous filmmakers will be coming to Pickford Film
Center. Watch for dates to be confirmed and join us to
Bellingham Human Rights Film Festival
2/20 Salmon People & Dammed to Extinction celebrate Native creators.
It's the BHRFF opening night kick off! Enjoy a silent auction before the
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film, and a discussion with Directors of both films after the show. 3/4 nîpawistamâsowin: We Will Stand Up
2/22 A Concerned Citizen & Interconnections presented by the WWU Center for Canadian American Studies + BHRFF
Director to facilitate activism discussion, followed by reception. A Canadian documentary film, directed by Tasha Hubbard and released
in 2019. The film centers on the 2016 death of Colten Boushie, and
depicts his family's struggle to attain justice after the controversial
acquittal of Boushie's killer.
2/22 + 2/23 The 21st Animation Show of Shows
A curated selection of the 10 “best of the best” animated shorts created
by students and professionals around the world. The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open
Two Indigenous women from vastly different backgrounds find their worlds
colliding on an East Vancouver, B.C. sidewalk when brutality and fear
2/25 Ayurveda Unveiled presented by the Ayurvedic Health Center drives one of them out from her home and into the cold rain. As this
At once an inspirational journey and a definitive resource, the film weaves intimate yet challenging encounter develops, what began as violent
together the history and essence of Ayurveda with a detailed examination and terrifying tentatively expands as the women's shared imagery and
of the underlying philosophy and its unparalleled ability to harmonize cultural experience weave a fragile bond between them.
our inner and outer world.
2/26 Storyteller's Seasonal Winter Edition Blood Quantum
A quarterly film event where storytellers and creatives come together to The dead are coming back to life
screen five minute stories in the form of short films. Although there is outside the isolated Mi'gMaq reserve
generally a theme chosen, we've wiped the slate clean for 2020 and invite of Red Crow, except for its Indigenous
you choose your own theme for this edition! inhabitants who are strangely immune
to the zombie plague.
2/29, 3/1, 3/14, 3/15 CatVideoFest sponsored by Healthy Pet
A compilation reel of the latest and best cat videos culled from
countless hours of submissions and sourced animations, music videos, and, A Day in the Life
of course, classic internet powerhouses. A joyous communal experience and
a portion of proceeds will be donated to the Whatcom Feline Alliance.
of Noah Piugattuk
Noah Piugattuk's nomadic Inuit band live
and hunt by dog team, just as their
3/12 + 3/15 Anne Frank: Parallel Stories ancestors did. When the white man known
A powerful retelling of Anne Frank’s life through the pages of her as Boss arrives in camp, what appears
extraordinary diary guided by Helen Mirren, and through the lives of five as a chance meeting soon opens up the
women who, as young girls, were also deported to concentration camps but prospect of momentous change.
8 survived the Holocaust. Blood Quantum 9
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