Happy Fourth of July from Seattlest
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Seattle Int'l Beer Festival Ends at 7 p.m.
Another weekend, another opportunity to check out the films at SIFF. If you're into the short film genre, SIFF Cinema hosts ShortsFest all weekend long, with short films packaged by theme in approximately ninety-minute blocks. For all SIFF screenings, the general/member ticket prices are $11/$9 (and matinees $8/$7), except for gala screenings and other special events, which cost more. Seattlest applies our well-honed knowledge of all things cinema to the SIFF catalogue in order to point out some notable films playing this weekend:
· American Teen The poster says it all: American Teen is the second-coming of The Breakfast Club, albeit in reality TV form. The high school stereotypes would be cliché if they weren't so true. (tonight, 7pm @ the Egyptian; tomorrow, 11am @ the Egyptian)
· Garden Party Another movie about teenagers, but this one is a little darker. The black comedy focuses on a series of confused individuals attempting to navigate the tough social terrain of Los Angeles. (tonight, 7pm @ Pacific Place; tomorrow, 1:30pm @ Pacific Place)
· Captain Ahab France's prequel to Moby Dick. No, we're not kidding. (tonight, 7pm @ the Uptown; Tuesday, 4:30pm @ SIFF Cinema)
· Savage Grace Julianne Moore stars as ruthless socialite Barbara Baekeland, wife of the heir to the Bakelite plastics fortune, in this true crime story. (tonight, 9:30pm @ the Egyptian; Sunday, 1:30pm @ Pacific Place)
· Ben X The Belgian Donnie Darko, about a teen with Asperger's syndrome who starts to view school bullies as his opponents in a video game. (tonight, 9:30pm @ the Uptown; Sunday, 4pm @ the Uptown)
· Butterfly Dreaming This paranoid thriller follows a man who has lost his wife, as he attempts to discern what really happened to her and what he has merely imagined. Only one more screening of this made-in-Seattle film. (tomorrow, 11am @ the Harvard Exit)
The rest of the weekend after the jump.
· Mister Foe stars Jamie Bell (Billy Elliot) as a weird Scottish teen who falls in love with a woman who *shudder* reminds him of his mother. The latest film from director David Mackenzie, whose Young Adam plays earlier in the day. (tomorrow, 4:15pm @ the Uptown)
· Encounters at the End of the World Werner Herzog is back with this, his love letter to Antarctica. (tomorrow, 7pm @ the Uptown; Wednesday, 4:30pm @ the Egyptian)
· Shadow of the Holy Book This Finnish documentary examines the late president-for-life of Turkmenistan, his pseudo-religious text forced upon the people, and the corporations willing to do business with (and translate the book for) the crazy, megalomaniacal, abusive regime. (tomorrow, 9pm @ the Harvard Exit; Monday, 4:30pm @ the Harvard Exit)
· Great Speeches from a Dying World Local filmmaker Linas Phillips (Walking to Werner) captures the stories of ten homeless people, each of whom recite famous speeches that somehow relate to their lives. (Sunday, 4pm @ the Harvard Exit; Tuesday, 9:30pm @ the Harvard Exit)
· FLOW: For Love of Water An examination of the intersection of politics, human rights, and corruption in the global water crisis. We're currently concerned about the oil market, but FLOW argues that the water supply is the next major battleground. (Sunday, 6:30pm @ the Harvard Exit; Tuesday, 4:30pm @ the Harvard Exit)
· Shall We Kiss? This French romantic comedy has a story within a story, featuring the courtship of a couple who hesitate at the implications of an innocent kiss. (Sunday, 9pm @ the Uptown; Monday, 9:30pm @ the Uptown)
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