For Your Consideration: This Weekend at SIFF
2 weeks down, and just a little over 1 to go, so it's time to take another look at upcoming SIFF films. There's a few more days of movies on the Eastside (including a free screening tomorrow night of closing night film OSS117: Cairo, Nest of Spies under the stars at Juanita Beach Park), and SIFF heads to West Seattle this weekend. 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.
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:
· Against the Current Joseph Fiennes wants to kill himself, but not before he swims the length of the Hudson River. It's good to have goals. (tonight, 7 p.m. @ the Uptown; Sunday, 11 a.m. @ the Uptown)
· The Missing Person Academy Award nominees Amy Ryan and Michael Shannon star in this film noir about a detective hot on the trail of a man and a young boy. (tonight, 7 p.m. @ SIFF Cinema; Sunday, 4 p.m. @ Pacific Place)
· Humpday Tonight's the centerpiece gala for Lynn Shelton's homoerotic mumblecore bromance, but if you can't make the party, it also shows on Sunday afternoon. (tonight, 7 p.m. @ the Egyptian; Sunday, 1:30 p.m. @ the Egyptian)
· Black Dynamite This campy blaxploitation camp crime-fightin' comedy ain't for suckas. A big hit at Sundance, Black Dynamite already has a sequel in the works. Get in on the ground floor. (tonight, 9:30 p.m. @ the Egyptian; Saturday, midnight @ the Egyptian)
· Grace If you're tired of zombie movies, or even Nazi zombie movies, how about a baby zombie? That hasn't been done yet, right? (tonight, midnight @ the Egyptian; tomorrow, 9:30 p.m. @ Pacific Place)
· Il Divo Former Prime Minister (and "senator for life") Giulio Andreotti is given an in-depth examination in this Italian biopic, the winner of the Jury Prize at last year's Cannes. (tomorrow, 11 a.m. @ the Egyptian; Saturday, June 13th, 9:15 p.m. @ Cinerama)
· Prodigal Sons Director Kimberly Reed grew up as a football quarterback named Paul--and as it turns out, she's not the weirdest member of her Montana family. It's your last chance to see this unexpectedly powerful documentary. (Saturday, 11 a.m. @ Pacific Place)
· Le Amiche Another great weekend with the Archival Presentation program, with this early, overlooked Michelangelo Antonioni classic and Cassavetes' A Woman Under the Influence--both of which have new restored prints, thanks to Cinema Visionaries, a traveling preservation screening series of films restored by Gucci and The Film Foundation. (Saturday, 1:30 p.m. @ SIFF Cinema)
The rest of the weekend after the jump.
· The Country Teacher It's not easy being gay, it's not easy being a teacher, and it's definitely not easy being a gay teacher in the Czech countryside. (tomorrow, 1:30 p.m. @ the Harvard Exit)
· Mommy is at the Hairdresser's It's also not easy being a kid growing up in the 1960s rural Quebec, especially after your mother leaves you and your family for a job in London. (tomorrow, 4:30 p.m. @ Harvard Exit; Sunday, 6:30 p.m. @ Harvard Exit)
· Little Joe Joe Dallesandro became famous in the 1960s as Andy Warhol's naked muse--lusted after by men and women alike--and was immortalized in song by Lou Reed, but this documentary shows his life was more than a mere walk on the wild side. (tomorrow, 7:15 p.m. @ SIFF Cinema; Sunday, 4 p.m. @ SIFF Cinema)
· That Evening Sun The Hal Holbrook resurgence continues with this drama about a nursing home resident who just wants his farm back. (tomorrow, 6:30 p.m. @ Pacific Place; Monday, 6:45 p.m. @ the Admiral)
· The Burning Plain Screenwriter Guillermo Arriaga (Amores Perros, 21 Grams, Babel, and The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada) makes his directorial debut with one of his trademark interconnected storywebs, starring Charlize Theron and Kim Basinger. (tomorrow, 9:30 p.m. @ the Egyptian; Sunday, June 14, 2:30 p.m. @ Cinerama)
· Manhole Children This awesome- (by which we mean terrible-) looking documentary follows three of the thousands of poor Mongolian kids who make their homes in the sewer. We suggest viewing this one as a depressing-doc double-feature with Garbage Dreams on Wednesday. (Sunday, 6:30 p.m. @ Pacific Place; Wednesday, 4:30 p.m. @ SIFF Cinema)
· Hooked You say, "Romanian prostitute love triangle," we say, "yes, please! (Sunday, 9:15 p.m. @ SIFF Cinema; Tuesday, 4:30 p.m. @ the Admiral)
· Blind Pig Who Wants to Fly In this Indonesian film, every member of the wacky cast of characters loves "I Just Called to Say I Love You." (Sunday, 9:15 p.m. @ Pacific Place; Tuesday, 9:30 p.m. @ SIFF Cinema)
