SIFF SIFF News: Slow Death Edition
First for the slow: Charles Mudede has a new review of The Hidden Blade (the second in a trilogy that began with The Twilight Samurai) up at The Stranger’s regularly updated SIFF Notes. Just for the record: Slowness does not a bad movie make.
Next for the death: I review Snow Cake, a maudlin actor’s movie, which attracted the likes of Alan Rickman (as English reserve embodied) and Sigourney Weaver (as an autistic woman coping with tragedy and dog vomit in her living room). Prominently featured are death, a funeral, and a wake.
AND, NEWS FLASH FROM THE SIFF OFFICE:
As SIFF Forum readers correctly speculated, Stewart Copeland will not be attending “A Conversation With Steward Copeland” due to the death of his brother Ian. Here are the revised plans:
Without Copeland, the pre-screening conversation and film will proceed as such:Ben London, Executive Director of the Northwest Chapter of the Recording Academy, will talk about Copeland’s life and career, with clips and trailers, and read a statement from Mr. Copeland. The screening of Everyone Stares: The Police Inside Out will follow.
Those attending the screening will be offered a single ticket voucher good for a regular SIFF screening. Those requesting a refund can do so in person at the SIFF Main Box Offices, Broadway Performance Hall and the Pacific Place.
bummer. Best wishes, Stewart.
on the plus side, looking forward to taking my son to see The Hidden Blade when it gets released!