Weekend Film Agenda: the non-SIFF edition
Sure, there are plenty of great films at SIFF this weekend, but the rest of the Seattle film world doesn’t shut down just because the big festival’s in town. Here are some options for your film viewing pleasure this weekend:
- The critically praised Jindabyne, based on a Raymond Carver short story expanded into feature-length, continues at the Harvard Exit [site]
- Ping Pong, an eight-time Japanese Academy Award nominated film about two young men who must balance competitiveness with friendship, starts a week-long run Friday at the Grand Illusion. [site]
- Seattle’s only pizza and beer cinema, Central Cinema [site] features the most fabulous movie ever, Wizard of Oz all weekend at 7 and 9:30 pm.
- Launching in the long shadow of SIFF (remember, the “I” is for “international”) and aiming to split your movie marathon attentions is the Seattle True Independent Film Festival, a ten-day movie-a-thon setting up shop at the Rendezvous, Central Cinema, and SAM followed by after-parties with entertainment by local bands like A Gun that Shoots Knives and Cancer Rising. [site]
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