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Win tickets to see Little Joe at SIFF on Saturday

Little Joe is screening at the Seattle International Film Festival on Saturday, June 6 at SIFF Cinema at 7:15 pm and SIFF was kind enough to give us several pairs of tickets to readers. If you want to go, e-mail us at tig@threeimaginarygirls.com before 9am on Friday morning with "Little Joe" in the subject line. Dallesandro is expected to attend this screening along with director Nicole Haeusser.

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SIFF Take: Yes I Can See Dead People

Three of Nam's (Steven Cheung) friends have recently committed suicide, but that’s okay, since he can still see them now that they’re dead. In fact, Nam spends all his time either seeing dead people around his apartment building or trying to get the attention of the beautiful girl next door.

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SIFF Take: Food, Inc.

To me, the most inspiring homily was that though it can seem hopeless to try and attack an industry with such vast wealth and power, we did in fact succeed against the tobacco companies in many respects. Great point.

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Latest comment by: mobilemoxiemuse: "It is safe to say that a self-professed "hippe mama" writing to others in Seattle who are like-minded when it comes to favoring good farming and food processing practices will find a good review for this movie an easy sell. Any ideas for reaching or targeting ...

SIFF Take: The Hurt Locker

I was originally apprehensive about The Hurt Locker as I tend to avoid all things involving war (in order to also avoid emotional overload), but I am a Kathryn Bigelow fan, and boy howdy does that lady know how to make a film.

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Latest comment by: Turah RL: "I saw The Hurt Locker too. Yes indeed Bigelow is Amazing. I have to give Jeremy Renner MAJOR props for his role. He nailed it hard. ABC's The Unusuals with Renner and Tamblyn is a great show, too."

SIFF take: Sounds Like Teen Spirit

Sounds Like Teen Spirit is an irresistibly fun SIFF entry we weren't able to tell you about before all the Seattle screenings had happened.

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Latest comment by: josh: "It will take a while, but the 255 goes right there. I sort of wondered if they were trying to make a point about it not being about winning or losing. Or maybe the later team was just completely uninteresting."

SIFF Take: Cloud 9

Cloud 9 has a point: your grandparents (possibly) still have a libido. The film is about an elderly woman who rediscovers her sex drive and falls for a seventy-six year old man, who is not her husband of more than thirty years.

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SIFF 2009: Family Picture Show

Wallace and Gromit baking bread
My latest SIFF adventure was extra special for me because it was my son’s very first movie in a movie theater. We went to see the Family Picture Show, which is a series of 10 short films all made (ostensibly) for children, culminating with the newest Wallace & Gromit short, A Matter of Loaf and Death.

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Latest comment by: Thomas @ Stitch and Frog: "I do miss the Herd. They need to do one of these movies every year. :)"

SIFF Take: Ball Don't Lie

Ball Don't Lie screens Monday, June 1 at the Kirkland Performance Center at 9:30 pm and will be released theatrically on Friday, June 5 in limited release. He Got Game can be found in any video store.

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SIFF Take: Downloading Nancy

Downloading Nancy is well-acted, especially with Maria Bello’s Nancy, who wonders aloud if anyone will care if someone emotionally dead really is physically, but the film is so over-the-top that you wonder who could enjoy sitting through this film. This film marks the most uncomfortable 100 minutes of SIFF yet.

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Latest comment by: Amie Simon: "It's great to see your take on this one - I'm still really interested, even if it will be hard to watch. :)"

SIFF Take: Carmo, Hit the Road

The movie is so fast-paced that it never gets boring (that is, spending too much time dwelling on the characters) but has enough plot twists to keep you guessing what will happen next.

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Latest comment by: imaginary embracey: "I was considering this for one of the few wild-card slots in my SIFF schedule, and now I regret not seeing it! Hopefully it'll play again in Seattle."