Now 46 years old, The Grand Illusion Cinema is Seattle’s most venerable indie screening venue, a nonprofit largely run by volunteers and a staunch holdout in the U District’s (ahem) challenging retail landscape. This is the cinema’s 10th year under new management (since the spinoff from Northwest Film Forum), and it’s celebrating with programming as diverse as vintage Chris Marker, new Kim Ki-duk, and an exclusive engagement of the Nick Cave movie 20,000 Days on Earth that will sound all the better on the theater’s new surround-sound system.

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