The Sprocket Society
Seattle, WA
Movie Screenings and Events
The Sprocket Society periodically hosts special film screening events in the Seattle area. Subscribe to our email list to receive future announcements, and learn more about our past events.
Fall, 2008: Sundays at Noon - Northwest Film Forum - Aug. 31 - Nov. 23
The Secret Sunday Matinee
Featuring: Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe
A cartoon, a serial episode, and a Secret Matinee Feature!Every Sunday at noon, for 13 weeks! Series passes available!
The Secret Sunday Matinee
Sundays at noon
August 31 – November 23, 2008
At the Northwest Film Forum
1515 12th Ave. (between Pike & Pine)
Detailed information about this 13 week series
Series passes and advance tickets available online.
Join the Secret Matinee Club and revive the lost tradition of the weekend matinee. For 30 years, that meant getting the next installment in your favorite movie serial, watching a cool feature, and some cartoons and shorts besides.
This fall, the Sprocket Society and the Northwest Film Forum join forces to bring back the classic weekend matinee. Each week features:
- The next cliffhanger installment of Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe* -- the classic 1940 serial!
- A special Secret Matinee Feature -- Classics and "classics"! Fantastic Adventures! Aliens! Monsters! Pirates! Mad Scientists! Distant Worlds!
- A Cartoon or Short -- Favorites, rarities, and interesting oddities!
Past Events
Public Screenings
- Georges Méliès: Impossible Voyager (May 15, 2008) Northwest Film Forum
Special effects epics from the early 1900s, with unusual musical accompaniment. Plus special guests Climax Golden Twins on dueling Victrolas, and a rare live performance of Méliès' original narration for The Impossible Voyage (1904). - Keep Warm, Burn Britain! (April 13, 2008) The Jewel Box Theater
Slide show performance and experimental films by Ross Lipman, plus live music by Ruby Thicket and The Philistine Liberation Orchestra. - Search and Rescue: Sound Found (March 4, 2008) Northwest Film Forum
A program of rare early sound films, featuring The Mysterious Island (1929) and Noah's Lark (1929).
Backyard Movie Parties
The Sprocket Society had its genesis in a (so far) ongoing series of private backyard movie parties held in Ballard, beginning in 2005. Below is a list of our backyard movie parties to date, including links to available program notes.
- Backyard Movie Party IX - Flash vs. the Psychic Silverfish: Mars Attacks the World (1938) - a feature version of the serial Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars released at the same time. Plus shorts: The Silverfish King, Bobby Bump's Hypnotic Eye, PSI, et al. (August 15, 2008)
- Backyard Movie Party VIII - Duck, Duck, Marx: Duck Soup (1932) plus shorts (June 27, 2008)
- Backyard Movie Party VII - Trippin' With Groucho: Skidoo (1968, Scope) plus shorts (September 15, 2007)
- Backyard Movie Party VI - Attend or Die! (Atomic B-Day Edition): Monster Zero (1970) plus shorts (August 4, 2007)
- Backyard Movie Party V - Soundies and Stuff: numerous shorts (July 6, 2007)
- Backyard Movie Party IV - Voyages: The Fabulous World of Jules Verne (1958/1961) plus shorts (May 25, 2007)
- Backyard Movie Party III - BYMP 2006 Part 2, The Sequel: Nosferatu (1922) plus shorts (Sept. 29, 2006)
- Backyard Movie Party II - BYMP 2006: Godzilla vs. the Cosmic Monster (1974) + shorts and 3D (Sept. 3, 2006)
- Backyard Movie Party I - Basement Edition: Frankenstein (1931) + shorts and 3D (Sept. 4, 2005)