It’s time for the second act at a beloved Seattle movie theater. The former Cinerama is now SIFF Cinema, as new signs went up Thursday on the Belltown building that… Read More
The King County Council on Tuesday approved $1 million in funding to the Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) to help the nonprofit reopen the Cinerama, the historic Belltown movie theater… Read More
The Seattle City Council voted 8-0 Tuesday to approve a nearly $1 million grant to SIFF to help the nonprofit reopen the Cinerama, the historic Belltown movie theater it purchased… Read More
Seattle City Councilmember Andrew Lewis and King County Councilmember Joe McDermott are proposing legislation to provide a financial boost to SIFF, the new owners of the Cinerama movie theater, to… Read More
The news that one historic theater would live on had people cheering at another historic theater on the other side of downtown Seattle on Thursday night. Film fans who turned… Read More
Seattle civic leaders described the return of beloved movie theater Cinerama as another boost to downtown revitalization efforts. Nonprofit film organization SIFF announced Thursday that it acquired the Cinerama from the estate… Read More
Seattle film lovers got their Hollywood ending. The nonprofit film and education organization SIFF acquired the Cinerama from the estate of Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, ending more than three years… Read More
SIFF, the nonprofit that champions film and the movie-going experience in Seattle, is joining the call to save the Cinerama, the historic movie theater that has been in limbo for… Read More
It’s like the worst and longest cliffhanger in Seattle movie history: Will the beloved Cinerama theater ever reopen? When? … Stay tuned. And stay frustrated. As film lovers emerge from… Read More
Here’s what we’re talking about this week on the GeekWire Podcast. Amazon and critics wage a PR war in the company’s first virtual annual meeting. One employee said working at… Read More
As Seattle waits to see what the future holds for the beloved Cinerama movie theater, an interesting development in Los Angeles lends credence to the theory that Amazon could someday… Read More
Seattleites love coming in out of the rain for a movie. Especially if there is chocolate popcorn. So when news hit Wednesday that Seattle’s beloved Cinerama — owned by the… Read More
Seattle-area cultural institutions founded by the late Paul Allen, including the Cinerama movie theater and Living Computers Museum + Labs, face the possibility of permanent closure after Vulcan Inc. announced Wednesday that… Read More
Update, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2 p.m.: This story has been updated to reflect news about employee layoffs. Seattle’s Cinerama, the high-tech movie theater owned and operated by the late Paul… Read More
Many will remember him as the co-founder of Microsoft, or the owner of the Seattle Seahawks and Portland Trail Blazers. But Paul G. Allen had a deep and broad impact… Read More
You may think of Seattle’s Cinerama theater as just a cool place to watch movies. Yet for some, it represents an international pilgrimage. “Earlier this year we had someone who… Read More
The holiday is coming early if you’re a Star Wars fan. All the fan parodies, trailer teasers, gadgets and gear has led to this — the actual freaking thing is coming… Read More
Seattle’s Cinerama movie theater, owned by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, will reopen this week after an immense upgrade that includes one of the world’s first commercial 4K laser projectors, a… Read More
Seattle’s Cinerama, the classic movie theater owned by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, is being super-secretive about what’s in store for movie-goers when it reopens this month after a two-month renovation. But if the outside… Read More
