Three Rivers Film Festival 2006

The organizers of the Three Rivers Film Festival have released their lineup. It's so-so. There are a couple of titles I'm quite excited to see, and a couple that I really wanted to see that didn't make it (last year the Fest booked Jia Zhangke's THE WORLD, and I'd hoped to see either or both DONG and STILL LIFE among this year's offerings).

This will be the third year I've bought a six-film pass and complimentary T-shirt. I hope the above didn't come across as a complaint; I'm glad to get the opportunity to see what they're showing.

Here's the schedule. I'm definitely going back for a second viewing of CLIMATES. It was the film of the eleven I saw in Toronto last month that has rattled around the loudest. Ali and I are going to see Apted's 49 UP, probably on Sunday, the 5th at 4:00. We really loved the series when we Netflix'd it last year, so much so that Ali surprised me with the set for Christmas. I'll catch THE CASE OF THE GRINNING CAT on either the 7th or the 9th. Otherwise, I'm open to suggestion. If anyone knows anything about any of the films featured, I'd love to hear what you know.