Monday, September 20, 2010

Sidewalk + SHOUT Film Festival THIS WEEKEND!

It's coming up this weekend, hooray! Not only will there be both Sidewalk and SHOUT, but also the Japanese film festival at the Birmingham Museum of Art (and that is free!). Needless to say, there are lots of difficult decisions for us to make. But we're planning to see all or parts of:

Friday
6:00 - Jigoku Mon
IMDb 7.3/10

Saturday

11:00 - Trans Francisco
SHOUT's transgender doc this year.

1:45 - Life of Oharu
IMDb 8.1/10
Fictional chronicle of a former prostitute, set in 17th century Kyoto.

3:30 - Sasame Yuki
IMDb 7.2/10
Exploration of pre-war life in Osaka, seen through the eyes of 4 sisters.
OR
3:40 - Parking Lot Movie
IMDb 7.1/10
Doc about parking lot attendants in Charlottesville.

Might duck in for part of 6:00 - Beijing Taxi
Doc about taxi drivers in Beijing.

7:15 - Make Believe
IMDb 6.8/10
Documentary about a competition between young, aspiring magicians.

9:15 - Mutant Girls Squad
IMDb 7.5/10
From the makers of RoboGeisha. So, obviously, we have to see it.

Sunday
11:00 - Clean Flix
IMDb 7.0/10
Doc about a company that took "objectionable" material out of blockbuster films and the backlash they received.

1:30 - Barbershop Punk
IMDb 8.0/10
Internet privatization doc.
OR
1:40 - On Coal River
Coal pollution doc.

4:15 - Ready, Set, Bag!
IMDb 8.9/10
Grocery baggers' competition documentary. :D

Probably will be bushed by then, but might choose see all or part of Evil Things or Raspberry Magic to finish out the weekend.

Luckily I will have my iPhone and Anki App with me so I can study during the downtime. :)

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