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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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SIFF: Perrier’s Bounty

Sunday, May 23rd, 2010

by The Great White Gypsy I may be late to the SIFF party this year, but I started with a pretty good one. Today, me and the pops rolled out to Queen Anne to the landmark Uptown Cinemas for Perrier’s Bounty. The plot is pretty much what we’ve come to expect from an Ireland/UK gangster […]

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Midlake - The Courage of Others

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010

Ok. I know I’m late on this one. There are probably eight million reviews of this album on the interwebs at this point. But I’ve been meaning to talk about Midlake’s latest release, The Courage of Others ever since their appearance on NPR’s All Songs Considered back in January. They were previewing the album, which […]

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Crazy Heart: Scott Cooper

Tuesday, February 9th, 2010

by The Great White Gypsy How in holy, blazing, snowball devouring hell has Jeff Bridges never won an Oscar??? Sorry, I had to get that off my chest. But the question still stands. How does one of the most well-known actors of the last 50 years create iconic character after iconic character and go completely […]

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