SIFF films playing September 26 thru October 2
SIFF Cinema and Festa Italiana dance together this weekend! That's amore!
Saturday at 10AM the 21st Festa Italiana gets underway at Seattle Center! And it's FREE! An inexpensive way to have lot's of fun! There's lots going on (grape stomping, a Bocce tournament, cooking demonstrations) but here's a couple of really special highlights: At 3PM SIFF Cinema is featuring a FREE screening of the great Fellini film I Vitelloni! At 4PM in the Seattle Center Pavilion the Seattle Opera will present a live preview of "Figaro" by Mozart. Afterwards enjoy a snack! How about pizza, pasta, prosciutto, salumi, focaccia, gelato, espresso and more! Yum! And then as Festa Italiana wraps up, head back to SIFF Cinema by 7:30PM and take an amazing cinematic journey to China via the film Still Life (this screening is not free).
Sunday 10AM brings Day 2 of Festa Italiana and another day of FREE fun! The highlights? At 2pm in the Seattle Center Pavilion the Early Music Guild presents a preview of their upcoming production of Monteverdi's "La Favola d'Orfeo". At 3pm SIFF Cinema is screening another Italian gem called Mafioso (for FREE!). At 4pm, also in the Seattle Center Pavilion, Bellevue Opera presents previews of their upcoming production of Puccini's "Tosca." And after Festa Italiana wraps up, don't forget that the fantastic Chinese film Still Life also screens (not free) at SIFF Cinema 1pm and 7:30pm on Sunday, so don't miss an opportunity to catch this great film while you're at Seattle Center!
Sooo...what other 35mm gems are in town showing on a big screen (where they belong) this week? SAM's Film-Noir series begins Thursday with Storm Warning but the series is already SOLD OUT. Sometimes single tickets are available. The Northwest Film Forum is showing it's final early Milos Forman film (a NEW 35mm print): Taking Off which plays on Tuesday & Wednesday ONLY. NWFF also brings a new 35mm print of a highly regarded documentary on the art of painting called (surprisingly) Painters Painting. I wonder if the fuzzy haired guy from PBS is mentioned. He's my favorite painter. And for Friday & Saturday late night fun, you just can't go wrong with 35mm prints of Repo Man (Grand Illusion 11pm) and The Host (Egyptian midnight).
There are 2 return arrivals of SIFF 2008 films this week: XXY and Choke.
BARGAINS OF THE WEEK:
$5 tickets for SIFF supporters at SIFF Cinema 7:30pm Tuesday night ONLY for Still Life
$3 tickets everyday at the Crest Cinema for Bottleshock
$5 tickets everyday at the Admiral Theater for Bottleshock
SIFF 2008 MOVIES SCREENING THIS WEEK (September 26 thru October 2):
Frozen River - Crest
2.63 FOOLs Likeability rating (#5 Most Liked Feature Film!)
Man on a Wire - Egyptian
2.19 FOOLs Likeability rating (#5 Most Liked Documentary!)
XXY - Varsity
1.75 FOOLs Likeability rating (#22 Most Liked Feature Film!)
Bottle Shock - Admiral, Crest
1.44 FOOLs Likeability rating
Transsiberian - Meridian
0.80 FOOLs Likeability rating
Towelhead - Harvard Exit
0.25 FOOLs Likeability rating
Choke - Meridian 16, Metro
-0.03 FOOLs Likeability rating
Battle in Seattle - Neptune
-0.26 FOOLs Likeability rating
FILMS FROM SIFF's PAST.......
Tell No One - Harvard Exit
2.06 FOOLs Likeability rating from SIFF 2007
(#7 Most Liked Feature Film!)
NON-SIFF CINEMATIC TREATS.....
Storm Warning - Seattle Art Museum (Thursday 7:30pm ONLY)
SOLD OUT film-noir screening. Single tickets sometimes available.
The Host - Egyptian (Sat & Sun midnight ONLY)
Cool South Korean sci-fi thriller! A perfect midnight movie!
Repo Man - The Grand Illusion (Sat & Sun 11PM ONLY)
"Repo Man's got all night, every night." An ultimate cult classic
Taking Off - NWFF (Tues & Weds ONLY)
NEW 35mm print of an early Milos Forman film from 1971
Painters Painting - NWFF (Sun thru Weds ONLY)
1973 Documentary about painting and painters. NEW 35mm print!
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