Sep 25, 2026 · 43 min · 11 segments
Today on the show, Seattle Movies Daily mastermind is joined by Villain of Letterboxd (and Scarecrow Video's own) Matt Lynch and friend of the show Liam Billingham to discuss what worked about Lance…
Chase HutchinsonHostMatt LynchGuest
But for folks that don't know what we're talking about, the first good news, to start out with a good thing, the Grand Illusion Cinema is coming back to University District.
They are taking over the Varsity Theater starting ideally in late November or early December.
They had previously been operating in the University District for more than 50 years before closing in January 2025, and now are coming back to the Varsity, which itself had closed its doors earlier this year.
They will now have three screens to work with, which is very exciting, and the opportunity to bring some of their more eclectic and really interesting programming.
Um, well, I just wanna point out that I moved here a year ago, and now we have-
Um, uh, just, it just feels like, you know, I'm, I'm, uh, I'm just a positive-
No, I think that, like, I think this is a positive sign that the kids are all right.
That people in this city really do care about movies, that this is a movie city.
I've enjoyed the Grand Illusion programming that I've gotten to when they've been at SIFF Film Center or any of these other locations, and I think it's nice in the year of, of, of our Lord 2026 when a fucking space doesn't become a bank-
And I think between that and, you know, Scarecrow, um, which will come up later because our guest Matt Lynch, um, is the, is the, is the bad boy of Scarecrow [laughs].
But for folks that don't know what we're talking about, the first good news, to start out with a good thing, the Grand Illusion Cinema is coming back to University District.
They are taking over the Varsity Theater starting ideally in late November or early December.
They had previously been operating in the University District for more than 50 years before closing in January 2025, and now are coming back to the Varsity, which itself had closed its doors earlier this year.
They will now have three screens to work with, which is very exciting, and the opportunity to bring some of their more eclectic and really interesting programming.
Um, well, I just wanna point out that I moved here a year ago, and now we have-
Um, uh, just, it just feels like, you know, I'm, I'm, uh, I'm just a positive-
No, I think that, like, I think this is a positive sign that the kids are all right.
That people in this city really do care about movies, that this is a movie city.
I've enjoyed the Grand Illusion programming that I've gotten to when they've been at SIFF Film Center or any of these other locations, and I think it's nice in the year of, of, of our Lord 2026 when a fucking space doesn't become a bank-
And I think between that and, you know, Scarecrow, um, which will come up later because our guest Matt Lynch, um, is the, is the, is the bad boy of Scarecrow [laughs].
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