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Top 5 SIFF Picks for This Week

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TSB at SIFF 2012

The 38th annual Seattle International Film Festival is now at day five of the twenty-five day fest. Are you settled in (and scheduled in) yet? Before you just head out to a film all willy-nilly, check the SIFF updates page to see which films are already sold out or are selling fast. Individual tickets for most films cost $11 for the public and $9 for SIFF members. Matinees are a bit cheaper ($8/$7) and those who are more willing to commit can consider all sorts of passes still for sale as well as slightly discounted packs of tickets in bundles of 6 or 20.

So what should you catch over the next few days? You can’t see it all, so let’s hit some of the highlights:

  • Liberal Arts Maybe if you go see this latest rom-com from actor/director/writer Josh Radnor, he’ll quit screwing around and just tell you who The Mother is already. (Tuesday 7 p.m. @ Pacific Place; Sunday May 27 6 p.m. @ SIFF Uptown)
  • Safety Not Guaranteed is a sci-fi comedy based in Seattle with a cast full of a bunch of people you like: Mark Duplass, Aubrey Plaza, Kristen Bell, Jake Johnson, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Lynn Shelton, and EVEN Basil Harris. Because it’s an honorary local SIFF film, the Wednesday 7 p.m. screening is already on standby. Show up early and wait in line for a chance to get in on Wednesday, or buy your tickets now and ditch out of work early for Friday’s 4:30 p.m. screening. (Wednesday 7 p.m., Friday 4:30 p.m. @ SIFF Uptown)
  • Lola Versus If you’re brave, travel to the Renton opening night gala for the premiere of this indie twenty-something Greta Gerwig romance. Or see it Friday on this side of the pond. (Thursday 7 p.m. @ Everett; Friday 7 p.m. @ SIFF Uptown)
  • ShortsFest runs all Memorial Day weekend long. It kicks off Thursday, with the opening night of the mini-fest within a fest. (Various short film blocks at various times, Thursday-Monday @ SIFF Uptown)
  • This is a cheat as a collective #5, but it’s also last chance to see some buzzed-about films: How to Survive a Plague, The Do-Deca-Pentathalon, Starry Starry Night, God Bless America, Camilla Dickinson, Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel, 2 Days in New York, Bad Brains: A Band in D.C., Sleepwalk With Me, Compliance, and Fat Kid Rules the World.

Audrey

Managing Arts Editor, Film & TV Audrey is kinda a big deal. She was Chicago-born and –raised, but doesn't miss the weather one bit (the people and the politics are another story). She spends a great deal of time eating oysters and drinking wine, watching movies and going to shows, reading Videogum and The Awl, and quoting Arrested Development (yes, still). Her favorite stuff on television includes 30 Rock, Mad Men, Breaking Bad, Community, Parks and Rec, and pretty much any VH1/Bravo reality trashvaganza. In terms of movies, she tends to agree with Glenn Kenny. Fun Fact: She always tries to keep on hand at least two pounds of Tillamook extra sharp cheddar cheese.

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