New Experience: Secret Cinema
The Beacon is one of my favorite movie theaters in Seattle: it's small but very well kept, with comfortable seats, a bright projection, and great sound. It doesn't show the regular comercial fare, preferring instead to show independent movies, and also some classic movies from the past ( as I saw myself the first time I went there, when I watched "Sorcerer", a classic movie from the 70's). Among other cool things, from time to time The Beacon has a Secret Cinema session. The idea is this: as marked in their calendar, on a given day they will have a session in which they will not divulge which movie will be shown. To make things more interesting, that given session will be completely free: all you have to do is show up. Doors open half an hour in advance, by which time there already is a line outside (as you can see in one of the pictures below). People are allowed in until the room gets fully occupied and then, at the scheduled time, an employee from The Beaco