Stranger. SIFF Notes 08.

"Holy shit, SIFF has shrunk!" exclaims Annie Wagner, SIFF being the Seattle International Film Festival, of course, opening tonight and running through June 15. The exclamation's a perfect opener to the Stranger's SIFF Notes, now a blog and a database: "Over 150 real reviews and zero publicist bullshit."

The gist, of Annie Wagner's intro, though is that "the biggest film festival in North America is actually scaling back" and "is more manageable than it's been in some time." What's more, "as far as it's possible to analyze the broad programming decisions in a 25-day festival, this year's SIFF is looking unusually strong."

The Seattle Weekly's got a special section, too, but, you know, it's not the Stranger. More previews and roundups: Gillain G Garr (Siffblog) and NP Thompson (House Next Door; more).

Posted by dwhudson at May 22, 2008 6:01 AM