January 27, 2020
Black History Month: Weird Elephant
It's been written about time and time again: Black filmmakers are part and parcel of the horror genre. See what Weird Elephant has in store for Black History Month.
January 27, 2020
Black History Month 2020
This February, come celebrate Black cinema at The Grand! Read on to see what our Tuesday Film Series and Classic Film Series will be showing. Click here for part 2 with info on our Weird Elephant Series films.
November 7, 2019
Faith's Favorite Films + Concessions Pairings
"Dried seaweed would be best, but let's go in the sugar cube direction with packets of sugar from the hot beverage counter." Part 3/3 of Faith's-last-day blog content.
November 7, 2019
An Interview with Faith Stevens
On-screen crushes and more. Part 2/3 of Faith's-last-day blog content.
November 7, 2019
Faith's Tour of The Grand Cinema
Today is Faith Stevens' last day at The Grand Cinema! After over five years of being on the team, we raise a toast to our favorite Project Producer & Lead Designer. Welcome to Part 1/3 of Faith's-last-day blog content.
April 24, 2019
A Bread Factory: An Interview with Filmmaker Patrick Wang
Texas-born, Taiwanese American, supremely talented and overwhelmingly undersung. Filmmaker Patrick Wang has received endless praise by film-goers and critics alike, and though he’s been releasing films since 2011 to high praise, it’s likely his work has flown beneath your radar.
The Grand Cinema is pleased to not only play Wang’s latest but also
welcome him back to Tacoma next Tuesday, April 30. The film is called
A Bread Factory, named for the bakery-turned-performance-space on which the film centers. Set in a small fictional upstate New York town, The Bread Factory is at threat of losing public funding due to newcomer performance artists.
The film is a love letter to community theater (and communities), and feels more than appropriate to play at Tacoma’s own local nonprofit art house cinema. In the following interview, Patrick and marketing manager Tanya talked this, his transition from theater to film, “talkable art,” and more!