By Zee Grega
September 26th, 2008 @ 10:33 AM
film
- If you missed the free screening of The Corporal’s Diary, a locally-produced film with an intimate focus on the life and death of a young serviceman from Bellinghman, earlier this week, never fear: you can catch it at the Grand Illusion starting Friday, September 26. Combining film shot by Corporal Jonathan Santos during his tragically brief tour of Iraq with footage of his mother’s visits to families who have also lost loved ones in the war, The Corporal’s Diary is a moving meditation.
- Late night at the Grand Illusion this weekend: the delightlfully bizarre Repo Man in which Emilio Estevez’s portrayal of the title character presents a snarky view of youthful alienation in the Reagan-era, all played out to the tune of what might be the greatest punk rock movie soundtrack ever.
- Late night at the Egyptian this weekend is a darkly-satiric thriller of a different sort. The Host is a thoughtful horror story about a mysterious and terrifying creature in which a father takes desperate action to save his captive daughter.
- Decibel celebrates their fifth year of exploring the tight relationship between visual art and electronic music this weekend at Northwest Film Forum with two multimedia showcases featuring artists like William Basinski, Library Tapes, Carole Kim and Son of Rose.
- If you liked Up the Yangtze at SIFF this festival past, you’ll probably like Still Life which opens at SIFF Cinema on Friday as they share a similar view of the same subject. Having seen the former isn’t a presquisite for seeing the latter; indeed, anyone might want to take in a showing of Still Life, a considerate and aware look at life for those trailing in the dust of modernization in the shadow of China’s Three Gorges hydro project.
- If the idea of a so-bad-it’s-good movie with a schlocky plot and trite, mediocre plot enlivened by a catcy soundtrack and some cool choreography accompanied by pizze and beer sounds good to you, get yourself down to Central Cinema for Dirty Dancing.
