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SIFF 2010: And the winners are…

The 36th Seattle International Film Festival concluded a record-breaking year on Sunday June 13th, in spite of the downturn in summer movie-going nationwide, with the announcement of juried SIFF...

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SIFF 2010: Wrapping up the fest with AssSwords and Artificial Intelligence

When the last day of SIFF arrives, it is a cross between a mad scramble to use up vouchers and see as many films as possible (in the past,...

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SIFF 2010: From outer space to the most intimate space

The marathon is coming to an end. When I call SIFF an endurance sport, I’m only half-kidding. Seriously. At three-and-a-half weeks long, the festival goes on forever… long enough...

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SIFF 2010: Under the sea and on top of the world

Stephin Merritt of the alt-pop band The Magnetic Fields is one of those musical characters that you either love, or you have simply never heard of him. I adore...

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SIFF 2010: Washed-up porn stars and a washed-out education system

Whoah. I knew it would all catch up to me. After taking a week off from work (i.e. My Real Job) to go to SIFF last week, I was...

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SIFF 2010: Slow buses, crowded trains, and the disappeared

Metro, bless its public transit heart, can be a blessing and the bane of my existence. With the week off, I carefully planned which bus to hop to allow...

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SIFF 2010: An interview with Ruba Nadda, director of the lovely, languid romance Cairo Time

During the Seattle International Film Festival, I always enjoy asking random people what films they’ve enjoyed at the fest so far. Sometimes answers are all over the map, but...

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SIFF 2010: Epic journeys, epic drama, and a sweet little romance

Wow. The ‘Pie had some technical difficulties the last couple days, but finally we got it cleared up, and the site is back live! So we’ve got a little...

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SIFF 2010: Gay Nazis, Mini Nazis, and intolerable teens

As we here at Moviepie like to say, a film festival ain’t a film festival until you’ve seen at least one gay neo-Nazi film! But more on that later…...

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SIFF 2010: Older and wiser women, and pretty smart young ones, too

The hot Friday night ticket was the recent Sundance winner (Grand Jury Prize-Narrative) Winter’s Bone, so I decided to catch the film right before it, since I was right...

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SIFF 2010: Nowhere Boy and the middle of nowhere

After my first-night fiasco of standing in sludgy ticket lines and losing tickets (dang!!!), I vowed to go straight home and sort out at least *some* of my schedule,...

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SIFF 2010: Splattering blood and sex dolls

My first day of SIFF usually falls on the second day, as I eschew the mobs of folks fighting over tiny cupcakes and the like that is offered at...

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