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SIFF's final week is underway--it all wraps up Sunday--so here's a 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 we've highlighted from the SIFF catalogue:
· Poppy Shakespeare A very dark comedy based on Clare Allan's book about a mental health system newbie who gets mentored in crazy by a long-term resident; it's proof that "all you need is solid writing, a director who understands how to handle the material, and some great lead performances to bring it to life," says Film Essent. (Tuesday, 4:30 p.m., and Sunday, 9:30 p.m. @ Harvard Exit)
· Story of Jen Creepy à la Québecois. After her father's suicide, his half-brother comes to live with Jen and her mother, and attraction springs up between him and 16-year-old Jen. (Tuesday, 7 p.m., and Thursday, 4:30 p.m. @ Harvard Exit)
· The Girl from Monaco If you didn't take our advice about watching depressed French senior citizen farmers, maybe this is more your Francophile speed: "a lovely romp with a dark side with the story of a respected, uptight Paris lawyer (Fabrice Luchini) who ends up on a mob murder case in Monaco where he falls for a much-younger TV weather girl (the gorgeous Louise Bourgoin)" sums up Toronto's TheStar.com. (Tuesday, 7 p.m. @ the Egyptian; Saturday, 1:30 @ Pacific Place)
· Summer An "earnest, heartfelt rite of passage story," says Channel4, starring 28 Weeks Later's Robert Carlyle in a zombie-free drama about two middle-aged guys whose lives were changed by a childhood accident, and now one of them wants to go dredging up the past. (Tuesday, 9:30 p.m., and Sunday, 9:30 p.m. @ the Uptown)
· Cold Souls Skip The Clone Returns Home and take a chance on this "amusing slice of existential whimsy with an Eastern European bent," according to Variety. Paul Giamatti plays himself as an actor who discovers soul extraction can help him overcome "actor's block," though of course not all goes quite as planned. (Monday, 7 p.m., and Wednesday, 4:30 p.m. @ Harvard Exit)
· Tetro It's billed as an evening with Francis Ford Coppola, so who cares what the movie is about? All right, Film.com does say, "An artistic immigrant family in Buenos Aires is marred by fierce rivalries, handed down through several generations." Plus Vincent Gallo's in it. Boom. (Wednesday, 7 p.m. @ the Egyptian, reception, 5:30 p.m., $125)
· The Spy and the Sparrow Local film, so you have to go see it. It's a rule. "Shot in Seattle and produced by local shingle Eke Pictures, Bennett merges spy thriller with domestic drama to sly and surprising effect as retired agent Thomas Sparrow faces his greatest challenges in trying to reconnect with his troubled daughter, Josephine," says FilmThreat. (Wednesday, 9 p.m. @ SIFF Cinema; Saturday, 11 a.m. @ the Egyptian)
· My Suicide Archie, a 17-year-old media student announces that his final school video project will be filming his own suicide: "I can see this replacing Donnie Darko as the go-to film for alienated adolescents," reports Cinematical. "It's a compelling and cathartic film, a work of thoughtfulness and creativity that's well worth checking out." (Wednesday, 9:30 p.m., and Thursday, 4:30 p.m. @ Pacific Place)
· Wonderful World Matthew Broderick fans, your long wait is over. Not since Inspector Gadget has a film allowed Broderick to stretch his dramatic muscles like this. He plays Ben Singer, a mid-life burnout who thinks his depressive cynicism is clear-sightedness--until love comes to town. (Thursday, 7 p.m., and Saturday, 4:15 p.m. @ the Egyptian)
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