
Exceptional abundance of cinema all-at-once over the course of two weeks beginning Nov. 6
at the Northwest Film Forum! Firstly, the most recent film by "Trouble Every Day", "The Intruder"
and "Friday Night" director Claire Denis; "35 Shots of Rum" which, every review I've read, from
the Village Voice to Sight & Sound had good things to say, suggesting this may be her carrier best.
The most recent by Ulrich Seidl; "Import/Export", following on his Cannes Jury Prize winning "Dog
Days" with more beautifully shot, brutal depictions of life in a Eastern Europe and the Global labor
market's exploitation of the post-communism underclass. Lastly, there's the much lauded in Film
comment, but rarely seen work (this being his first-ever screening in Seattle) of Lisandro Alonso,
who's series here, including the trilogy of films finishing with 2008's "Liverpool", is considered one
of the major new directors film finds of the decade. New ones by Denis, Seidl and a Alonso series,
making for two weeks of rarely seen, highly qualitative, new global cinema.
...And just in time to act as a respite from the annual season of rain n' gloom that's descended!
Link to Northwest Film Forum "Import/Export" site
Link to Northwest Film Forum "35 Shots of Rum" site
Link to Northwest Film Forum "At The Edge Of The World: The Cinema of Lisandro Alonso" site



