This Week in Film: Bueller and the New Spanish Cinema

We're always looking for the most interesting film to check out around the city each and every week. This week, we've got screenings of an 80's classic, along with a lesson in film history and a tour of New Spanish Cinema

Ferris Bueller's Day Off at Central Cinema

We ended up attending an encore show of Louis CK's Hilarious on Friday, and arrived at the theater just as their opening night screening of Ferris Beuller's Day Off let out, and it was packed. It also made us realize we haven't seen Bueller in any form in a good 5 years, and definitely not since we read about the Ferris Beuller as Fight Club theory. We're thinking that a close examination in Central Cinema's cozy confines while knocking back a couple beers is a great way to search for any hidden clues we never noticed during our first 50 viewings.

Central Cinema // September 20th - 23rd, 7 & 9:30 p.m. // $7 ($5 Advance)

First Words, the Birth of Sound Cinema at Northwest Film Forum

The Northwest Film Forum is really pumping up their film history these days. We've previously written about their Required Viewing film class which kicks off this week, so not only can you study the classic western Red River on Tuesday (if you sign up for the class), but on Thursday you can get yourself an earful of film with the documentary First Words: The Birth of Sound Cinema, which features rare archival sound films made from 1895-1929. As a bonus, film presenter's The Sprocket Society will be spinning some vintage 78rpm records on a classic Victrola. We're definitely keeping an eye out for more from the Sprocket Society, a film archive group that's going to be putting on some really cool presentations later this fall at both NWFF and The Grand Illusion

Northwest Film Forum // September 23rd, 8p.m. // $9 ($6 Members)

The Festival of New Spanish Cinema at SIFF Cinema

SIFF Cinema begins their Festival of New Spanish Cinema on Thursday with the The Island Inside, a film about a group of siblings forced to confront each other after the death of their schizophrenic father. The festival is also showing Three Days With the Family, a similarly themed film we saw, and really liked at this year's SIFF. We're thinking that these two films would probably make a pretty good double feature, especially if you're really in to melancholy Spaniards dealing poorly with their family.

Other interesting films showing include Garbo: The Spy, a documentary about a WWII Spanish double agent., and Rabia, a thriller involving South American immigrants on the run, which won a prize at last year's Toronto International Film Festival. The Festival of New Spanish Cinema runs through Sunday the 26th.

SIFF Cinema // September 23rd to 26th, various showtimes // $12 ($10 Members)