Slog - Comments on SIFF 2008: Three Days to Go! http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/siff_2008_three_days_to_go Cinerama starts playing SIFF movies today, the third-to-last day of the festival. Boy, are there going to be some annoyed people tonight. Some of the movies that sounded the best on paper are in fact awful, and some of the movies that sounded the worst are in fact fantastic. Here's the scoop: Skip the first movie of the day, Unknown Woman (1 pm at Cinerama), unless you love the graphic depiction of misery. Next, pay someone to take your tickets to In Search of Kennedy (4 pm at the Egyptian), which is the worst movie that could possibly be made... Copyright 2008 Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:21:42 -0800 Fri, 13 Jun 2008 22:28:09 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by brandon jesus, this has to be the longest fucking film festival ever. it just. won't. end.*

(*at least not for another 3 days.)

]]> brandon http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/siff_2008_three_days_to_go#c1050306 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/siff_2008_three_days_to_go#c1050306 SIFF Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:42:07 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle I should note that some SIFF attendees love annie's reviews - and today's choices are excellent!

It's a lot of work to do a review - and we all appreciate it, even if some people are envious that annie gets paid to watch cool movies ...

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/siff_2008_three_days_to_go#c1050417 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/siff_2008_three_days_to_go#c1050417 SIFF Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:41:42 -0800 Comment by Mr_Friendly Not willing to take a chance on the new Dan Ireland flick?

]]> Mr_Friendly http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/siff_2008_three_days_to_go#c1050426 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/siff_2008_three_days_to_go#c1050426 SIFF Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:45:14 -0800 Comment by josh annie definitely deserves a long paid vacation after wrangling the stranger's extensive coverage of the film festival! i've been doing it on a smaller and less thorough scale elsewhere and am thoroughly exhausted.

]]> josh http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/siff_2008_three_days_to_go#c1050675 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/siff_2008_three_days_to_go#c1050675 SIFF Fri, 13 Jun 2008 14:59:32 -0800 Comment by ironymaiden saw the Pierre Rissient doc in press previews. it is eternally long and contains only a handful of interesting anecdotes. avoid avoid avoid.

i'm disappointed that no one in the press has noticed Leroy. it's a charming coming-of-age story about a biracial teen in Germany. it has another showing tomorrow afternoon and while it's not perfect, it's very funny and an interesting discussion of racism in Europe. the director is in town.

also, a thumbs up to the Stranger staff for exhaustive SIFF coverage, even though Annie Wagner and i rarely agree.

]]> ironymaiden http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/siff_2008_three_days_to_go#c1051050 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/siff_2008_three_days_to_go#c1051050 SIFF Fri, 13 Jun 2008 22:28:09 -0800