weekly weekly report (part 1): SIFF edition
revenge of the siff?
The rest of the weekly weekly report will show up later, but for now here’s a preview of the main event — SIFF
Usually in the war of matching theme issues, the Stranger makes a joke pullout and Seattle Weekly makes a serious advertorial. In this week’s SIFF vs. SIFF, the tables are turned. The Stranger has a complete guide to the festival mixed with humorous content. The Weekly has a nice feature, too. But it isn’t a pullout and only features the favorites of a few writers. Both are useful, but the Stranger wins for comprehensiveness.
But what you really want to know is “which SIFFs should I see?” To this, we respond with a table. All of the SIFF movies are listed and the picks of each weekly are marked with a heart. Decide who you trust, or use the Ebert and Roeper system and only go to the ones that both recommend. Just pick a few and have fun. SIFF is a great reason to be in Seattle, so enjoy it!
Awesome chart, Josh! Interesting to see how little overlap there is in the two sets of recommendations. Hopefully that means there are lots of good (and diverse) movies to choose from.
Cool that the Aristocrats made both lists — that’s one I really wanted to see but just couldn’t fit into my schedule. I’ve been hearing really good things about it for a while. The same filthy joke told by 100 different comedians — should make for a great midnight show.
Thought you all would like to read Fungible Convictions’ interview with “Amazing Grace: Jeff Buckley” co-director Nyla Bialek Adams. It’s some great background on a great documentary playing at the SIFF.
http://fungibleconvictions.com/?p=48