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SIFF: Cell 211

Monday, June 7th, 2010

by The Great White Gypsy After a week and a half at SIFF, I’ve almost achieved notoriety. That’s right, I’m on my way to being mayor of the Neptune Cinemas on Four Square. Bow to me. Today I fought a bit of good ol’ fashioned Seattle traffic to see Cell 211, one of the films […]

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SIFF: Ondine

Monday, June 7th, 2010

by The Great White Gypsy After a lazy Sunday afternoon, I headed back downtown to SIFF to catch Neil Jordan’s new film, Ondine at Uptown Cinemas. I feel like I owe Colin Farrell an apology. Maybe not as a person, but definitely as an actor. For some reason, I have an immediate and unavoidable inclination […]

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SIFF: Morning

Monday, June 7th, 2010

by The Great White Gypsy So after a whole week of slacking (and having my wisdom teeth removed), I regrouped for the home stretch of the SIFF. I decided to get some local flavor with Morning at the Harvard Exit. Set in and shot all over Seattle, Morning deals with some heavy subject matter. Michael […]

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SIFF: Night Catches Us

Thursday, May 27th, 2010

by The Great White Gypsy UPDATE: When I wrote this article, I made reference to a problem with the camera. After having the same problem with a different film on a different screen in a different theater, I want to be clear that the filmmakers had nothing to do with this issue. It doesn’t change […]

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SIFF: ReGeneration

Wednesday, May 26th, 2010

by The Great White Gypsy After slacking off for a day, I hit SIFF hard for a double feature. The first was Regeneration at SIFF Cinema. ReGeneration, Phillip Montgomery’s first major documentary, focuses on the media-induced apathy and complete lack of empathy for social programs and political causes in our generation. If ever there was […]

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SIFF: Cyrus

Monday, May 24th, 2010

by The Great White Gypsy My second day of the SIFF took me to Seattle’s University District for a showing of Mark and Jay Duplass’s first major film, Cyrus at the old school Neptune Theater. I had mixed feelings going into this film. I was really excited that the Duplass Bros. were branching outward and […]

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