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  2 0 Are we allowed to review more than one? 12 Paces Without a Head: I was so baked for this movie that I'm not sure if the things I was seeing were actually happening. I recall something about Johnny Cash and naked guys hugging it out. There were a few decent beards, but nothing that made you stop and think, "Damn, that's a fearsome piece of hair." I'd also recommend sticking around for the end credits. Nothing actually happens at the end, but taking it easy is pretty awesome and you should always try to relax as much as possible. Hooked: This Russian movie about video games would make Zangief do Spinning Lariats in his grave(if he was dead, which he isn't). There was not a single goddamned beard in this entire movie. The respectable action scenes and horrible Engrish subtitles couldn't make up for that fact. I came in expecting some next-level beard manuevers like an upside-down Kremlin hanging from someone's chin. It's like my parents told me I was going to Disney World and then when we arrived it was actually the dentist's office. EricD answered in SIFF about 1 year ago | Report 6 comments by Lindy West, Marty Unger, and kitschnsync… 0 0 UPDATE: The thing I wrote earlier was wrong because I know nothing. Write as many as you like, and put them all in one answer! (Thanks to Marty Unger, below.) Lindy West commented about 1 year ago | Report 0 0 Hey Lindy, You're can only post 1 answer to a question on Questionland so the way EricD did it is the best way to post multiple reviews. Marty Unger commented about 1 year ago | Report 0 0 I'd like to contribute, but maybe this question should wait until SIFF starts winding down. Given the structure of Qland, anyone who comments won't be able to add reviews for movies that they see later in the festival. June 12 is more than two weeks away! kitschnsync commented about 1 year ago | Report 0 0 kitschnsync: Do not fret! If this first round goes well, I'm planning to put up a new post for next week's entries, and the week after that. Lindy West commented about 1 year ago | Report 0 0 Or you can review as a comment to your earlier answer. Fnarf commented about 1 year ago | Report 0 0 Yeah, but doesn't somebody have to comment on your answer before you can? Anyway, I'll put up a couple... kitschnsync commented about 1 year ago | Report Enter your comment or ask a new question New comments are not being accepted at this time.

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  2 0 Man at Bath Not all the penises in the world can save a movie. And that is coming from someone who really likes penises. Kim Stockbridge answered in SIFF about 1 year ago | Report 2 comments by O my captain and Kim Stockbridge… 0 0 Now you've got me wondering about this one... is there any oportunity to see some of these, even clips, after the fact? O my captain commented 12 months ago | Report 0 0 20+ people walked out within the first 20mins of the press screening for this movie. Majority felt uncomfortable with the graphic male on male loving. I don't mind that at all, just the quality of the movie wasn't that great. Too bad... NSFW NSFW NSFW!!!! YouTube Trailer for the movie. http://youtu.be/kXKNv36Exyc Kim Stockbridge commented 12 months ago | Report Enter your comment or ask a new question New comments are not being accepted at this time.

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  1 0 Man At Bath (Homme Au Bain) Le zzzzzzzzzz. Explorer answered in SIFF about 1 year ago | Report 1 comment by O my captain… 0 0 Can you translate that for us? O my captain commented 12 months ago | Report Enter your comment or ask a new question New comments are not being accepted at this time.

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  1 0 Womb A transformative love story where a woman clones her dead boyfriend and has the embryo implanted within her womb, and thus she gives birth to him and then lovingly raises him as her son. There isn’t a lot of dialogue, so as the boy grows up, and starts cuddling and tackling his mom, you have plenty of time to keep repeating to yourself, “oh, awkward!” In climatic scenes, the characters tend to just stare at each other or into space, which drives up the emotional tension and makes the relationships feel even more disturbing. Opening credits are too long. shele answered in SIFF about 1 year ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question New comments are not being accepted at this time.

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  1 0 Happy, Happy. From Norway, comes a funny and wry film about two couples figuring out their relationships, close-up and personal. Kaja is an earnest and eternally optimistic housewife married to Eirik, her sullen husband with a secret. Living out in the middle of nowhere is no fun until glamorous Elisabeth and her sweet husband, Sigve, move next door whose perfect marriage is not-so. Let the games begin. Add in an weird slavery subplot between their 10-year old sons, Theodor, and Noa, who is black, and you get one odd and amusing film. Mel Westbrook answered in SIFF about 1 year ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question New comments are not being accepted at this time.

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  0 0 Without Shot on Whidbey Island by Seattle native Mark Jackson, Without is 90 minutes of despair and boredom against an emerald PNW background. Young Joslyn takes a job on the island as a live-in caregiver for Frank, a man trapped in a persistent vegetative state. As Joslyn spends her time with Frank in isolation, she processes unresolved feelings about her last relationship, which ended in tragedy. While Jackson clearly wants to impress a feeling of boredom upon the viewer, he does it a little too well. The story moves slowly, and several plot points are left unexplained. You’ll leave unsatisfied. Mama Africa Well before Nelson Mandela was a name known around the world, Miriam Makeba testified before the United Nations on South African apartheid. It was a fitting honor for a woman whose pioneering musical career eventually spanned 50 years and multiple continents. Mama Africa details Makeba’s involvement in the civil rights struggles of Africa and America, but the soul of the movie can be found in the footage of her performances. Makeba’s love of music and Africa comes through in every note; Finnish director Mika Kaurismäki wisely lets her voice stand on its own. kitschnsync answered in SIFF about 1 year ago | Report 3 comments by kitschnsync, kitschnsync, and kitschnsync… 0 0 Huh. I guess Qland doesn't like cut and paste from Word. I'll format correctly below. Also, I'm commenting on my own answer! kitschnsync commented about 1 year ago | Report 0 0 Without Shot on Whidbey Island by Seattle native Mark Jackson, Without is 90 minutes of despair and boredom against an emerald background. Young Joslyn takes a job on the island as a live-in caregiver for Frank, a man trapped in a persistent vegetative state. As Joslyn spends her time with Frank in isolation, she processes unresolved feelings about her last relationship, which ended in tragedy. While Jackson clearly wants to impress a feeling of boredom upon the viewer, he does it a little too well. The story moves slowly, and several plot points are left unexplained. You’ll leave unsatisfied. kitschnsync commented about 1 year ago | Report 1 0 Mama Africa Well before Nelson Mandela was a name known around the world, Miriam Makeba testified before the United Nations on South African apartheid. It was a fitting honor for a woman whose pioneering musical career eventually spanned 50 years and multiple continents. Mama Africa details Makeba’s involvement in the civil rights struggles of Africa and America, but the soul of the movie can be found in the footage of her performances. Makeba’s love of music and Africa comes through in every note; Finnish director Mika Kaurismäki wisely lets her voice stand on its own. kitschnsync commented about 1 year ago | Report Enter your comment or ask a new question New comments are not being accepted at this time.

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  0 0 Finisterrae A parable on the futility and silliness of upward mobility, Finisterrae focuses on the trials and tribulations of a ghost trying to become bourgeois. Abstract imagery as beautifully shot by Eduard Grau (A Simple Man), this is the ultimate glorified student art film. And, that, is simply amazing...or not. Your mileage WILL vary. The Last Circus Pan's Labyrinth meets Santa Sangre in a highly-stylized Spanish film of love, war, jealousy, murder and grease paint. Even leaving out the commentary on the Spanish Civil Wars, this piece of ultra-violence and brutality recalls The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover in tone while riffing through every dark circus movie. Truly, a fucked-up masterwork. Man at Bath Godard fucks Camus and makes a hipster gay porn baby. It's all about fucking to fulfill emotional holes. Half of it is like a gay Lost in Translation with more nudity, and the other half is pure neuroticism. They both serve the purpose of emptiness leads to empty sex which leads to deeper emptiness. Chris Coronado answered in SIFF 11 months ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question New comments are not being accepted at this time.

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  0 0 Treatment You got your bromance in my mumblecore. No, you got your mumblecore in my bromance. Treatment is a comedy that examines the dysfunctional relationship between bros who have big dreams of fame, but lack the common sense to make them happen. Joshua Leonard (Humpday) plays the rebel without a clue filmmaker who wants to make an important film for the new millennium, but gets derailed while courting talent in a posh rehab clinic. Sean Nelson (My Effortless Brilliance) plays the begrudging patron of the arts who bankrolls his dreams to avoid getting a job of his own. Mr_Friendly answered in SIFF 12 months ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question New comments are not being accepted at this time.

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  1 1 Another Earth Another Earth is not your typical SF film. Yes, it has another Earth, there is space travel, and one of the stars was on Lost, but it's more in the tradition of Speculative Fiction. Our protagonist is dealing with something that happened when she was 17, and she deals with it in non-traditional ways, including saws, sex with men, and touching old Native American men who can't see or hear. You'd think Mudede would like this, but you will too. Unless you're a heartless cold alien. Will in Seattle answered in SIFF about 1 year ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question New comments are not being accepted at this time.

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