After more than 50 years of screenings in the U District, the Grand Illusion Cinema is losing its lease. The historic arthouse, which has been a staple of Seattle’s film scene since 1970, will have to ...

Jay Liu is a writer and critic of film and culture hailing from the embattled city of Hong Kong. He was chosen twice to lead the official Cannes Classics x USC School of Cinematic Arts partnership, ...

The shows, which DeYoung has dubbed the Grand Illusion 40th Anniversary Album Tour, begin Feb. 9 in Wausau, Wis., and are currently scheduled to run through late May, when he's booked to perform in ...

Seattle’s longest-running independent cinema plans to move to a new location, but it needs the community’s support to make it happen. The Grand Illusion was sold to a new owner in 2023, who has ...

The Grand Illusion Cinema has finally released a breath held for 17 months. The theater, a mainstay of Seattle independent film culture, reopened Aug. 18 with a triumphant rerelease of Quoc Bao Tran’s ...

The post Styx Announce 2025 Las Vegas Residency Playing The Grand Illusion in Full appeared first on Consequence. Styx have announced a week-long residency at the The Venetian Resort in Las Vegas, set ...

The Grand Illusion will celebrate the holidays and the completion of its roof repair (which closed the theater for much of this month) with its annual run of the Christmas classic “It’s a Wonderful ...