Scarecrow
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We’re Open for Pickup!
Click here to see all the ways you can support Scarecrow during this period (including renting by mail).
After closing our doors in March to assist with social distancing efforts, Scarecrow Video will resume renting titles via our pickup window on Tuesday, May 19. We are asking patrons to phone in their orders, pay with a card (no cash at this time), and pick up their orders at Scarecrow.
Patrons should always check scarecrow.com for the latest information, but for now our plan is:
- Pickup hours are Tuesday through Sunday, 12pm – 8pm (closed Monday)
- Please call us at (206) 524-8554 to request and pay for your rentals before arriving. Your order will be available at our pickup window (located between our main doors and our parking lot)
- During this period of limited service, we are unable to offer our 2-for-1 Wednesday promotion.
- When picking up your order, please be mindful of social distancing regulations (wear a face covering, maintain a distance of at least 6 feet between those waiting for service, etc.
- If you have rentals to return, You may always use the drop slots in the main doors which are open 24/7, and we are also still gladly accepting returns by mail.
- Consider purchasing pre-paid rental credits. They save time and money!
- Remember that we have pre-paid mailers available to make returning titles easier. These are only $4.75, hold four discs, and the postage never expires. If you wish to purchase one, please let us know when you place your pickup order.
For those who prefer it, we are still offering our Rental by Mail service (which is now serving 17 states!). Click Here for info on signing up for that program.
Visit Scarecrow by Appointment
We’re very pleased to announce that we’re opening the doors for by-appointment browsing.
The Seasoned Ticket #120
Robert Horton is a Scarecrow board member and a longtime film critic. He will be contributing a series of “critic’s notes” to the Scarecrow blog—a chance to highlight worthy films playing locally and connecting them to the riches of Scarecrow’s collection. Read More
New Releases for January 19!
This week you’ll find Bob Dylan via Martin Scorsese and Criterion, hard-hitting documentaries (including one to watch instead of 2018’s Green Book), Park Chan-wook before Oldboy, space wars, John Carpenter, Rock Against Racism, and much more!
The Seasoned Ticket #119
Robert Horton is a Scarecrow board member and a longtime film critic. He will be contributing a series of “critic’s notes” to the Scarecrow blog—a chance to highlight worthy films playing locally and connecting them to the riches of Scarecrow’s collection.
Movies opening nearabouts, in one way or another. This week I thought I’d do a grab-bag catch-up. Read More
Scarecrow Radio Episode 10
THIS WEEK ON SCARECROW RADIO: Ben and Darcy are joined by friend of the show Emily as we discuss memories of various cinema formats like VR, 4DX, even Smell-O-Vision!
New Releases for January 12!
Ralph Macchio doing things other than karate, Béla Tarr’s epic, Marlon Brando’s “stinker” movie, a truth-exposing Filipina journalist, inspiring activists, a possessed tape player, Jordan Peele, and more!
The Seasoned Ticket #118
Robert Horton is a Scarecrow board member and a longtime film critic. He will be contributing a series of “critic’s notes” to the Scarecrow blog—a chance to highlight worthy films playing locally and connecting them to the riches of Scarecrow’s collection.
New Releases for January 5!
The latest from Jesse V. Johnson and Scott Adkins, Luis Buñuel’s surrealism, Doris Day’s first film, original Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling in a slasher, and more!
Scarecrow Radio Episode 9
THIS WEEK ON SCARECROW RADIO: Ben and Darcy are joined by a friend of the show, Malakie, for a look back at our favorite watches of 2020!
New Releases for December 29!
This week you’ll find an outback noir, a mad Liam Neeson, borrowed and stolen treasures, the Marx Brothers in Casablanca, Holocaust survivors finding healing through music, and more.
Pushed Back Upon Myself: Nina Menkes’ Queen of Diamonds (1991)
by Sage Cruser
Nina Menkes’ Queen of Diamonds (1991) is among the best films I’ve watched this year. At its conclusion, I’m left with a sensorial reeling unlike any I’ve experienced with other films. That’s something to at least attempt to write about, although I’m sure I’ll fall short of all that could and should be expressed – my certainty here stemming from the fact that in many ways, I find the experience of watching it comparable to when I wake up from a nap on a sweltering afternoon and can’t quite manage to orient myself for the rest of the day; remnants of my dreams still linger in my mind, popping up at unexpected moments and luring me back. Comparable, of course, only if that groggy haze includes some of the most beautiful images I’ve ever seen and leaves my jaw hanging open in something akin to awe but perhaps closer to mystification.
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