Saturday Night Cinema
Featuring little-known films and blockbusters alike, Saturday Night Cinema has been entertaining KSPS audiences since 1985. Enjoy dramas, comedies, mysteries, musicals and more!
This Week's Movie
National Velvet
Commentary from Movie Maverick Mike
Grand National Velvet
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Our feature “National Velvet” (a title that always seems to me as iconic and nonsensical at the same time) references a real horse race - namely the Grand National steeplechase held each April in Merseyside, England. (Sorry, you just missed it!).
Of course the film isn’t 100% accurate in its depiction of the race, then or now, as per any Hollywood film. As it currently stands, the Grand National is 4.5 miles (7 kms) long over 2 laps, and features 30 fences / jumps. As noted by your host, it’s been an active race for 187 years, with millions watching on TV / streaming each year.
Of historical note: although women were not allowed to ride in the race in the 1920s, when “National Velvet” was set, or in 1944, when it was filmed, the rules were changed in 1975, with the first female jockey competing in 1977.
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New Host, Cecelia Sutton
Cecelia is a Spokane native, proudly working at a local nonprofit organization while building momentum in her career as an artist. Cecelia is an avid performer, having participated in the community theater scene regularly since 2020. She made her debut with Bright Comet Theater’s "Lord of The Flies" and has been a regular at Stage Left Theater ever since. Cecelia’s love for film started by inheriting her mom’s love of Tim Burton movies, and her choices in art and theater are heavily inspired by the obscure, the surreal and the macabre. Cecelia is proud to be joining the "Saturday Night Cinema" team and looks forward to being exposed to new films through this opportunity.
Mike Hoff
Mike has been writing about movies and Hollywood for over 30 years, including radio, TV, newspapers and online. He appears regularly as a movie reviewer on CTV Morning Live in Calgary, and has even appeared on CTV's Fame Factor. He's been a screenwriter, extra and lecturer throughout Alberta and Washington.
Mike's love of movies comes down to a few key moments - being allowed to stay up late as a child to watch James Bond in "You Only Live Twice" on TV, watching "Star Wars" age 12 with a HUGH bucket of popcorn, and seeing a sneak preview of "Raiders of the Lost Ark" when no-one knew that it would become THE GREATEST MOVIE OF ALL TIME - maybe the only time in history only 20 people were in the theatre for this film. Also, "Aliens" on a cool July day downtown, "Rear Window" at a repertoire theater, and tearing up as a young man watching "Fiddler on the Roof" at a film-club presentation in Tacoma.
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Ryan Tucker
Ryan Tucker started from humble beginnings in south central Washington. He was only 8-years-old when he was given his first camera and began his journey into the celluloid. Making short films in the backyard with his younger brother, Ryan quickly discovered Dogma filmmaking (accidentally and unaware of what that even meant).
By 20, Ryan was a self-made “hundred-aire” and decided to spend a ton of money he didn't have on "film school" in California. Once he exhausted all financial options, Ryan returned home to beautiful Spokane. He is now a videographer and editor for Spokane Public Library and hosts a monthly live talk/sketch comedy show at Central Library called Lilac City Live.
Today, you can usually find him collecting vintage video formats such as VHS, Laserdisc, CED, Beta. He relives his favorite childhood movies with all five of his hilarious, sweet children and poorly explains plots to movies to his devastatingly beautiful life partner who made his real-life movie come true.
Mikayla Daniels
Mikayla Daniels is an Alaskan born and raised writer and filmmaker. She holds her MFA in TV and Screenwriting from Stephens College and her BA in film from Eastern Washington University.
In 2018 her feature script “Wingman Lost” was chosen as an Athena List Finalist and she wrote an essay that has been published in the new book “When Women Wrote Hollywood”.
Mikayla is a regular contributor to the book reviews section of “The Journal of Screenwriting” and writes TV/Movie reviews and entertainment news for Netflixlife.com. She also is regularly invited to sit on film and writing panels and to judge and screen for film festivals worldwide.
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5/16/26 | National Velvet |
5/23/26 | Anchors Aweigh |
6/13/26 | My Week with Marilyn |
6/20/26 | Father of the Bride |
6/27/26 | Spaceballs |