Archive for the 'SIFF 2006' Category

The Window

June 17th, 2007 by jason

An old film noir classic that I saw during SIFF 2006. It wasn’t as great as I hoped…

Century of the Self

June 17th, 2007 by jason

An awesome documentary at SIFF 2006.

SIFF 2006 Stats

June 17th, 2007 by jason

I didn’t even finish compiling my SIFF Stats during 2006… Total money spent on tickets: $133 Total money spent on SIFF membership (which is why I spent less money this year than last year): $100 (benefactor level) Total time spent standing in line: 15+5+10+10 Total movies seen: … Languages: English, Icelandic, Afrikaans, Mandarin, Xhosa, French, [...]

loudQUIETloud

June 17th, 2007 by jason

A documentary about The Pixies that I saw during SIFF 2006.

The Power of Nightmares

June 17th, 2007 by jason

This was an awesome movie I saw at SIFF during the summer of 2006. Probably one of my favorite documentaries ever. I only got as far as finding a pic for it…

Evil Aliens

June 17th, 2007 by jason

A pretty funny/campy midnight movie I saw during SIFF 2006.

20 Centimeters

June 11th, 2006 by jason

From the description on the SIFF web site, I was very excited to see 20 Centimeters: Reminiscent of the Almodovar style and grounded by an amazing performance by Mónica Cervera, this bittersweet musical comedy is about a narcoleptic transvestite prostitute who longs to rid herself of the 20 centimeters hanging between her legs. She finds [...]

Destricted

June 11th, 2006 by jason

The fact that I cannot really post a picture from the movie Destricted should be the first sign that this is the most sexually explicit film I’ve seen (more so than 9 Songs, even). I don’t think you could see a movie with more penises unless you were watching porn (and this film definitely borders [...]

3 Needles

June 3rd, 2006 by jason

Keep in mind that the title of this film is 3 Needles and that the movie is about HIV. It seems that in most movies I’ve seen that deal with HIV (with the exception of Trainspotting), the person becomes HIV+ by having unprotected sex or blood transfusions (if it’s a straight person) or something like [...]

Container

May 31st, 2006 by jason

Last year’s SIFF film A Hole In My Heart has haunted me more than any of the films last year. I regret only giving it three stars. Although the movie was very fucked up and probably exploitative, it was a great work of filmmaking and definitely deserved five stars. Unfortunately, I don’t think Container, Lukas [...]