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SIFF's first full week is underway, so here's glimpse at some of the films coming up this Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. For all film screenings, the general/member ticket prices are $11/$9 (and matinees $8/$7), except for gala screenings and other special events, which of course cost more.
Here's what jumps out at us from the SIFF catalogue:
· Moon David Bowie's son Duncan Jones directs this low-budget sci-fi thriller with Sam Rockwell as an astronaut coming to pieces at the tail end of a three-year moonbase tour: "gritty, dark, lightly comical, and thoroughly entertaining," says First Showing. Also starring Kevin Spacey as the computer. (Tuesday, 7 p.m. @ the Egyptian; Wednesday, 4:15 p.m. @ SIFF Cinema)
· The Answer Man If you miss Gilmore Girls and Jeff Daniels, you can't miss this "moderately entertaining romantic dramedy" where Daniels is a reclusive best-selling self-help author and Lauren Graham is an acupuncturist. You're laughing already. Also with Olivia Thirlby. (Wednesday, 7 p.m. @ the Neptune)
· Fear Me Not A "very suspenseful film by Dogme co-founder, Kristian Levring" on how entering the clinical trials of a new antidepressant changes the life of Michael, a workaholic, middle-aged family man. Danish and slow-paced! (Tuesday, 9:30 p.m. @ Pacific Place; Tuesday, June 2, 9:30 p.m. @ Kirkland Performance Center)
· It Takes a Cult Seattle had a cult? Yes, it did! The Israel Family lived on Queen Anne and everyone's last name was Israel. Director Eric Johannsen (attending both screenings) returned for a reunion and explored the need for acceptance that kept the group together, despite the strains on it. (Tuesday, 9:30 p.m. @ SIFF Cinema; Thursday, 5 p.m. @ Pacific Place)
· A Tribute to Spike Lee (with Passing Strange screening) Spike Lee gets a Golden Space Needle Award for Outstanding Achievement in Directing, sits for an interview and audience Q&A, and then there's a screening of Passing Strange, the rock musical he filmed during its last performances at the Belasco Theatre. (Terrible third act.) (Wednesday, 7 p.m. @ the Egyptian, $35 general admission, $25 SIFF supporter; Passing Strange screens again Tuesday, June 2, 6:30 p.m. @ the Kirkland Performance Center)
· The Higher Force Variety says whimsy overwhelms comedic sense, but the Stranger says, "if you like Icelandic cinema, it’s a joy from beginning to end." So fuck Variety. Iceland could really use a hit right now, and this very-small-time mob movie fits the bill. (Wednesday, 7 p.m. @ the Neptune)
· Hansel and Gretel Maybe see this South Korean, Tim Burton-esque fever dream back-to-back with It Takes a Cult: "Eun-soo tries to get back to his car only to find all the forest paths lead back to the House of Happy Children." (Wednesday, 9:15 p.m. @ the Neptune; Friday, 3:30 p.m. @ the Egyptian; Sunday, June 7, 9:30 p.m. @ the Admiral)
· The Hurt Locker Just the trailer left us twisting and crawling in our seats: U.S. anti-bomb squad Bravo Company, operating in one of the more hellish corners of Baghdad, is joined by a new member, a "cowboy" who's addicted to the adrenaline. (Thursday, 7 p.m. @ SIFF Cinema; Saturday, 4 p.m. @ the Uptown)
· White Night Wedding Why does Variety hate Iceland? The story is inspired by Chekhov's Ivanov--it's the 24 hours before the wedding of a widower and his former student--but they call it a "sour Icelandic comedy." Obviously they don't like Lemonheads, either. Screw 'em. (Thursday, 9:30 p.m. @ Pacific Place; Wednesday, June 3, 9:30 p.m. @ Kirkland Performance Center)
· Deadgirl Controversy! Have they gone "too far?" Whatever. It's "sure to be one of the most talked about films of the year," as the filmmakers examine the tricky ethical implications of raping a smoking hot zombie. (Thursday, 9:30 p.m. @ the Neptune; Friday, midnight @the Egyptian; Friday, June 5, 9:30 p.m. @ Kirkland Performance Center)
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