SIFF recs: June 9 – June 13
SIFF 10 counts down its final five days with a flurry of films.
This year’s Gay-la gala film is Violet Tendencies starring Mindy Cohn (who is undoubtedly resigned by now to being known as “Natalie from Facts of Life”) as the queen mother of a group of gay friends who is happy to support their love lives but wouldn’t mind one of her own. Screens June 9 at 7:00 pm at the Egyptian and again at the Egyptian on June 10 at 4:00 pm
Telepathic twins discover the monsters sleeping under Auckland’s volcanoes and must rediscover their own ancient powers in Under the Mountain. June 9 at 7:00 pm at Neptune Theater; June 11 at 4:00 pm at the Egyptian.
Playboy publisher and cultural icon Hugh Hefner’s history and influence on society are examined in Brigitte Berman’s documentary biography Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist, and Rebel, June 9 at 9:30 pm at the Egyptian.
“A saxophone is just a stop away from a switchblade,” insists one of the characters in , Hipsters, a Russian musical that pits flashy fun-loving youth against their grey Soviet comrades. June 10 at 6:30 at the Egyptian; June 12 at 2:30 pm at Pacific Place.
Another musical with a twist: I Kissed A Vampire features a love triangle involving a sweet high school girl, the boy who loves her and the vampire who wants to control them both. At the Neptune June 10 at 7:00 pm and the Egyptian on June 12 at 4:30 pm.
Director Julio Medem, winner of the 2002 Best Director Golden Space Needle Award for Sex and Lucia returns to SIFF with Room in Rome, a lush, erotic film about two women who meet on the streets of Rome and spend a night sharing not only their bodies but also their deepest, most personal secrets. June 10 at 9:45 pm at the Neptune, June 12 at 9:30 pm at the Egyptian.
Sarah Jane is a secretary who accidentally embarks on a career-enhancing plan of homicide in Miss Nobody, a black comedy in which the man of her dreams just might be the homicide detective who arrives to investigate all the deaths. At the Harvard Exit on June 10 at 9:15 pm and SIFF Cinema at 1:15 pm June 12.
Ginny Ruffner: A Not So Still Life is an examination of the remarkable work and life of Seattle artist Ginny Ruffner. Struck by a car and hospitalized for five months, including five weeks in a coma, Ruffner wasn’t expected to walk or talk again but confounded the experts by coming back stronger than ever, not only returning to her previous work but expanding on it. June 11 at 7:00 pm at SIFF Cinema; June 12 at 3:00 pm at Kirkland Performance Center.
Drums Along the Mohawk : John Ford’s first color film gets the full cinematic treatment with this freshly restored print of his classic Western June 12 at 1:30 pm at Harvard Exit.
Cargo : A sci fi thriller set in a future where most of Earth’s population lives in space stations not much better than the planet they left behind. Laura is a young doctor working to get the money to join her sister on a planet paradise far away when she discovers a stowaway on the ship where her crewmates slumber in stasis. At the Egyptian June 11 at 9:15 pm and June 12 at 1:30 pm.
Emma Grashun, Rachel Slurr, Tipper Sommore, Pinky La’Trimm, and Bubbles Cliquot are feature dancers at a Dallas club out for violent revenge after being mistreated by a trio of thugs in the first ever “transploitation” film, Ticked Off Trannies with Knives. Midnight at the Egyptian and again at the Egyptian June 13 at 9:30 pm.
