For Your Consideration: June 2-4 at SIFF
SIFF's second 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:
· 33 Scenes from Life Don't bother counting the scenes--the number 33 was left on the editing room floor of this Polish documentary-style drama about the surprises life can throw at you. "Most formally surprising are several long musical interludes by Paweł Mykietyn. Acting the part of Piotr’s new orchestra piece, they make one of most impressive and uncompromising film scores I’ve heard for a long time," says Counterpoint. (Tuesday, 4:30 p.m. @ Harvard Exit; Friday, 9:30 p.m. @ Harvard Exit)
· A Sea Change SIFF has been splashing about in a bloody ocean of fish food and environmentalism this year, and this Norwegian documentary takes it up a notch: retired history teacher Sven Huseby tries to uncover what the growing acidification of the oceans means for life on earth. (Tuesday, 4 p.m. @ Kirkland Performance Center)
· Modern Life Director Raymond Depardon filmed this documentary about a France without family farmers over ten years, to catch the full scope of the family farm's twilight. Be warned--there will be a lot of really old French people in this film who aren't happy with the way things are going. (Tuesday, 7 p.m. @ Harvard Exit)
· Welcome On the plus side, France is still being deluged by foreign immigrants--maybe some of them would like to farm. But this drama tells the story of an illegal Iraqi refugee trying to reach England from Calais, and the risk taken by a lifeguard, Simon, who tries to help him make the Channel crossing. (Tuesday, 9:15 p.m. @ Harvard Exit)
· The Dark Harbor "Quirky humor and cleverly framed images keep this ultimately one-trick pony on track," says Variety--it's a surreal comedy about a lonely Japanese fisherman who one day finds a woman and her daughter living in his cupboard. (Wednesday, 4:30 p.m. @ the Egyptian; Tuesday, June 9, 9:30 p.m. @ Harvard Exit)
· The Whole Truth This "screwball comedy with a twist" stars Law & Order's Elisabeth Röhm as an acting coach for accused criminals, and is helmed by Seattle director Colleen Patrick. Our justice system is skewered, we're told. (Tuesday, 9:30 p.m. and Wednesday, 4:30 p.m. @ Pacific Place)
· Sweet Crude Seattle filmmaker Sandy Cioffi and her Seattle-based crew got snatched up by the Nigerian military while shooting this documentary about the Nigerian oil industry. "Ten percent of the U.S. oil supply comes from Nigeria," reports the movie, "but what do you really know about where your oil comes from?" (Wednesday, 7 p.m. and Saturday, June 13, 1:30 p.m. @ the Egyptian; Sunday, June 7, 1:30 p.m. @ Kirkland Performance Center)
· The Karamazovs An "excellent but extremely highbrow pic" sniffs Variety about this film which features a theater troupe from Prague in a production of The Brothers Karamazov at a Polish steel mill. Phenomenal performances all around. (Wednesday, 9:15 p.m. and Sunday, June 7, 11 a.m. @ Harvard Exit)
· True Adolescents Mumblecore's Mark Duplass plays a Seattle slacker in this "acerbic but realistic coming-of-age story" (Cinematical). (Thursday, 9:30 p.m. and Sunday, June 6, 1:30 p.m. @ the Egyptian)
