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SIFF
'Mirageman' at Egyptian
It's easy for people who don't attend the festival to dismiss SIFF as a succession of dour Polish films about the Holocaust, but haters don't realize the festival's breadth of genre and depth of quality. Case in point: Mirageman, a Chilean superhero film about one lonely master of unarmed combat (Marko Zaror) who takes to the streets in a gaudy outfit to fight crime. The film is constructed from midnight-movie implausibilities, but Zaror's kung fu is strong, and the movie zips to greatness at 80 (occasionally very bizarre) minutes. (Egyptian Theatre, 801 E Pine St, www.thestranger.com/siff. Midnight, $8.)
PAUL CONSTANT
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