Get Out: United Artists 90th Anniversary Series @ SIFF Cinema

There's just a little bit of time left before SIFF 2008's opening night, and in between now and then, SIFF Cinema is hosting the United Artists 90th Anniversary film series. To celebrate the studio's 90th birthday next year, the touring tribute covers films from the mid-'50s to 1980, the decades when UA was at the height of its powers. Not like right now, when the relaunched studio's attempt at a comeback (Tom Cruise's Hitler-killing Nazi drama Valkyrie) has just been delayed for the second time, which has everyone in the industry proclaiming UA 2.0, the film, and the couch-jumper himself all but dead.

The UA fest's 21 films include such classics as Some Like it Hot, Manhattan, Midnight Cowboy, Raging Bull, Last Tango in Paris, and The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, many of which are being shown via new 35mm prints. The series kicks off tomorrow night with sexy badass Steve McQueen in the original Thomas Crown Affair. Tix are $7 for matinees, $10 general admission/$8 SIFF members, or go whole-hog and get the series pass for $100/$85 SIFF members.

Or we'll do you one better: SIFF is giving away tickets to several of the films to Seattlest readers. Email contests@siff.net with your name and subject line "Seattlest UA Tix" and be eligible to win one pair of tickets to Annie Hall (May 9), one pair of tickets to The Last Waltz (May 13), one pair of tickets to Dr. No (May 18), and one pass for the entire UA series. Enter to win at contests@siff.net by this Friday, May 2nd, at noon.

Also during the UA series, SIFF Cinema will host Seattlest Night at the May 10th 8pm screening of everybody's favorite Shakespeare-apeing, faux-Puerto Rican, effete gang-fighting musical West Side Story. Come take in the movie and the music with Seattlest staff. We'll also be giving away two pairs of tickets to that screening come next week.