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An intimate coming-of-age story about a new kind of American heroine. For the first time ever, women’s boxing is included in the 2012 Olympics. Fighting for gold from the U.S. is Claressa “T-Rex” Shields, just 17 years old, and by far the youngest competitor. From the hard knock streets of Flint, Michigan, Claressa is undefeated and utterly confident. Her fierceness extends beyond the ring. She protects her family at any cost, even when their instability and addictions threaten to derail her dream. Claressa does have one stable force in her life. Coach Jason Crutchfield has trained her since she was a scrawny 11-year-old hanging out at his gym. Jason always wanted a champion; he just never thought it’d be a girl. Her relationships with her coach and her family grow tenser as she gets closer and closer to her dream. But Claressa is fierce and determined. She desperately wants to take her family to a better, safer place and winning a gold medal could be her only chance.
Each meeting we will watch a different anime, have some popcorn, and discuss the show. It is a fun way to meet new people and sample new anime. For grades 6-12.
Tired of the holiday hustle and bustle? Join us for an afternoon matinee of a holiday family friendly movie for all ages. We will provide the popcorn and drinks; you provide a comfy pillow or blanket. Call the library for film titles. For all ages.
Dinner and a movie, family style! Bring the whole crew to Semiahmoo for an Italian buffet followed by a favorite Christmas movie in the Discovery Theater.
Tired of the holiday hustle and bustle? Join us for an afternoon matinee of a holiday family friendly movie for all ages. We will provide the popcorn and drinks; you provide a comfy pillow or blanket. Call the library for film titles. For all ages.
Tired of the holiday hustle and bustle? Join us for an afternoon matinee of a holiday family friendly movie for all ages. We will provide the popcorn and drinks; you provide a comfy pillow or blanket. Call the library for film titles. For all ages.
Dinner and a movie, family style! Bring the whole crew to Semiahmoo for an Italian buffet followed by a favorite Christmas movie in the Discovery Theater.
Each meeting we will watch a different anime, have some popcorn, and discuss the show. It is a fun way to meet new people and sample new anime. For grades 6-12.
Each meeting we will watch a different anime, have some popcorn, and discuss the show. It is a fun way to meet new people and sample new anime. For grades 6-12.
In “Shattered”, her first feature film, 8 year-old Bellingham actor Finnegan has garnered praise for her role as the sister of an unstable boy in the story of a southern political family with a dark past. Having worked in local theater and in TV commercials, she has had plenty of practice preparing for her debut.
Bellingham High School’s Technical Entertainment Crew presents its first Movie Night fundraiser! TEC Club members will be showing Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas and serving concessions before the movie and during intermission, where we’ll have a range of Halloween-themed sugary delights! Join us on October 20 in the Bellingham High School theater from 7:00-9:00 p.m. Suggested $5 donation for admission at the door.
Blaine Icelandic Heritage Society presents the Icelandic adult comedy Spooks and Spirits, starring Bryndis Petra Bragadottir, Gisli Orn Garoarsson and Halldora Geirharosdottir. When Anna and her boyfriend Ingi decide to sell the house Anna has recently inherited from her late father Ofeig, the father’s ghost appears and makes one thing perfectly clear: his house won’t be sold! In Icelandic with English subtitles.
Join us in celebrating 20 years of Pickford Film Center with one-night only screenings of 20 of our most popular films! Tickets are only $3.
John Water’s cult classic “Pink Flamingos” follows notorious Baltimore criminal and underground figure Divine as she goes up against a sleazy married couple, passionately attempting to humiliate her and seize her tabloid-given title as “The Filthiest Person Alive.” Rated NC-17, be prepared for what “Variety” proclaims as “one of the most vile, stupid and repulsive films ever made.”
Join us in celebrating 20 years of Pickford Film Center with one-night only screenings of 20 of our most popular films! Tickets are only $3.
“Get ready to kick some grass!” Stephen Chow’s action-packed comedy “Shaolin Soccer” follows a young Shaolin follower as he reunites with his brethren to form a soccer team, that packs a serious punch! This family-friendly film is the perfect sporty-summer screening.
Join the team at the Blaine-Birch Bay Park and Recreation District for an hour of visiting with Santa and decorating cookies. Have your picture taken with Santa. FREE! Movie starts at 7:00 pm.
Following this is the showing of the movie, The Muppet Christmas Carol. Join us for this classic movie from 1992 – “The Muppet characters tell their version of the classic tale of an old and bitter miser’s redemption on Christmas Eve.” – imdb.com
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Eat, Drink and Bill Murray! We’re gathering together on February 2 in honor of Groundhog Day… to watch Groundhog Day! Or in the words of Bill Murray, “a thousand people, freezing their butts off waiting to worship a rat.” We’ll have popcorn and snacks along with beer (and it will be warm, no freezing butts!). This is just the first of the series, so stay tuned for a whole year of Bill Murray movie nights!
Our annual Rooftop Cinema series returns again this summer! Spend three Friday nights this summer watching great films on the top story of the Commercial Street Parking Garage, with music, food, drinks, and the best 360 views of Bellingham Bay and beyond.
Friday, August 9 features Wes Craven’s horror classic Scream. Bring a camp chair or a cushion (note some seating is provided) and join us at the Parkade, located on the 1300 block of Commercial Street. There will be four floors of free parking below the event. Bring your friends and family for a delightful summer evening!
Film description: Wes Craven re-invented and revitalized the slasher-horror genre with this modern horror classic, which manages to be funny, clever and scary, as a fright-masked knife maniac stalks high-school student in middle-class suburbia. Craven is happy to provide both tension and self-parody as the body count mounts – but the victims aren’t always the ones you’d expect. Scream is one of the most successful horror films of all time, and a fan-favorite film.
Bah, humbug!
Snuggle into the Mountain Room for a cozy evening with the Ghost of Christmas Past, Present and Future and one very cranky Bill Murray!
There’ll be stocking decorating, cookies and a hot cocoa bar – oh my! Dress in your best onesie, holiday sweater, or Bill Murray attire and receive $1 off your first pint!
BYOStocking & decorating supplies!
Limited amount of stockings available from the bar for $3 each. Access to an assortment of decor included in stocking purchase.
Treat yourself to an item off the limited food menu, including seasonal sausages.
BYO camper chair and blanket. Seating is limited (standing welcome)!
Purchase 4 tickets online in advance and get a free “Year of Murray” pint glass at the door.
#DrinkandBeMurray
$5 cover online in advance or at the door // Doors 3pm // Trivia 3:30pm // Movie 4pm // All ages (movie rated PG-13)
An underground community of lovable weirdos has preserved the endangered species of mom n’ pop video rental stores across the United States. Alan’s Alley in New York, Movie Madness in Portland, Scarecrow Video in Seattle, Le Video in San Francisco, Odd Obsession Movies in Chicago; each has stayed valiantly afloat amid the rising tide of automated rentals and streaming services. AT THE VIDEO STORE is a loving ode to the dying art of connection and curation these independent rental outlets served a generation of Americans. Director James Westby weaves together the macro-narrative of the industry’s changing business model with the intimate memories of store owners and cinema icons like John Waters, Nicole Holofcener, Gus Van Sant, and Bill Hader. A vibrant original soundtrack crystallizes the community’s underground spirit. While nostalgic for what was lost, the film is hopeful about what neighborhood video stores can still offer a world starved for novelty and authentic human interaction.
The 2019 Sundance Film Festival Short Film Tour is a 97-minute theatrical program of seven short films selected from this year’s Festival, widely considered the premier showcase for short films and the launchpad for many now-prominent independent filmmakers for more than 30 years. Including fiction, documentary, and animation from around the world, the 2019 program offers new audiences a taste of what the Festival offers, from sharply-written comedy and drama to edgy genre and an intimate family saga.
Fueled by artistic expression and limited only by their runtime, short films transcend traditional storytelling. They are a significant and popular way artists can connect with audiences. From documentary to animation, narrative to experimental, the abbreviated form is made for risk-taking. The Festival has always treated short films with the highest regard and gives a home to both established and new filmmakers with shorts for audiences to discover and celebrate.
The 2019 Sundance Film Festival Short Film Tour is a 97-minute theatrical program of seven short films selected from this year’s Festival, widely considered the premier showcase for short films and the launchpad for many now-prominent independent filmmakers for more than 30 years. Including fiction, documentary, and animation from around the world, the 2019 program offers new audiences a taste of what the Festival offers, from sharply-written comedy and drama to edgy genre and an intimate family saga.
Fueled by artistic expression and limited only by their runtime, short films transcend traditional storytelling. They are a significant and popular way artists can connect with audiences. From documentary to animation, narrative to experimental, the abbreviated form is made for risk-taking. The Festival has always treated short films with the highest regard and gives a home to both established and new filmmakers with shorts for audiences to discover and celebrate.
An unmissable biography narrated by Juliet Stevenson and featuring interviews and performances with over 70 of the greatest exponents of Mozart’s music. Produced in association with the world’s leading orchestras, opera houses and musicians. Told through a 25,000 mile journey along every route Mozart followed, In Search of Mozart is a detective story that travels to the heart of old Europe… and the heart of genius itself.
Screened in honor of Mozart’s birthday!
The 2019 Sundance Film Festival Short Film Tour is a 97-minute theatrical program of seven short films selected from this year’s Festival, widely considered the premier showcase for short films and the launchpad for many now-prominent independent filmmakers for more than 30 years. Including fiction, documentary, and animation from around the world, the 2019 program offers new audiences a taste of what the Festival offers, from sharply-written comedy and drama to edgy genre and an intimate family saga.
Fueled by artistic expression and limited only by their runtime, short films transcend traditional storytelling. They are a significant and popular way artists can connect with audiences. From documentary to animation, narrative to experimental, the abbreviated form is made for risk-taking. The Festival has always treated short films with the highest regard and gives a home to both established and new filmmakers with shorts for audiences to discover and celebrate.
Inconceivable! Buttercup and Westley are back to help us fall in love with them yet again this February, and it’s all happening in the Mountain Room at Boundary Bay!
Join us for an evening of movie trivia (with a prize!), popcorn, peanuts (anybody want one?), movie references galore and of course, the heroic actions that save one (slightly dramatic) princess from a wrongful mawage.
Come in costume (& receive a $1 off your first pint!) or dress in your regular attire, it makes no difference to us!
In honor of our second movie of the Year of Cult Classics, Brewer Connor has whipped up an extra delicious & super fruity brew for all of us fans – the As You Wish IPA! This brew will hit the taps in early February and be available during the film screening. Don’t miss it!
Tickets available online at: princessbrideatbbay.brownpapertickets.com
21+ // $5 admission online or at the door // The Mountain Room at Boundary Bay // Doors at 7pm // Trivia at 7:30 // Movie at 8pm
In this Christmas classic, an old man going by the name of Kris Kringle fills in for an intoxicated Santa in Macy’s annual Thanksgiving Day parade. Kringle proves to be such a hit that he is soon appearing regularly at the chain’s main store in midtown Manhattan. When Kringle surprises customers and employees alike by claiming that he really is Santa Claus, it leads to a court case to determine his mental health and, more importantly, his authenticity.
