SIFF 2006: Non-Expiration Dates

Here are the release dates for some of this year's SIFF selections. All information comes from the Landmark Theatres publicity department and is subject to change. Venues listed only when provided.

JUNE

Now playing: Meet the notorious Burns brothers (Richard Wilson, Guy Pearce, and Danny Huston) in John Hillcoat's Nick Cave-penned Western. The Proposition is at the Varsity this month [go, go, go!]. Also: A Prairie Home Companion is at the Seven Gables, The Heart of the Game is at the Guild 45th [I can't wait to see this], and Beowulf & Grendel is at the Varsity [cast aside, I've heard nothing but negatives).

Opening soon: Expiration Date on 6/21 at the Egyptian, Wordplay on 6/23 at the Harvard Exit [I really enjoyed this documentary], and The King on 6/23 at the Varsity [Seattle Film Blog hated it, but radio renegades Tom Tangney and Steve Reeder loved it].

JULY
Strangers with Candy on 7/7 at the Varsity, Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man on 7/14, Who Killed the Electric Car? on 7/14 [I enjoyed this eye-opening documentary--and I don't even drive!], Hidden Blade on 7/14, and The Death of Mr. Lazarescu on 7/28 at the Varsity [like Steven, I thought this Cannes Un Certain Regard phenomenon was pretty great].

AUGUST
Brothers of the Head on 8/11 at the Varsity [a festival fave], Quinceañera on 8/18 [ditto], and Conversations with Other Women and Heading South on 8/25 [another winner from Human Resources' Laurent Cantet].

SEPTEMBER

Take a glimpse inside the whimsically warped mind of Gael Garcia Bernal's Stephane in Michel Gondry's latest. The Science of Sleep opens on 9/22 [it was originally scheduled for 8/11].

Lastly, a few openings from SIFF 2005: Clean on 6/30 at the Varsity [Olivier Assayas and Maggie Chueng--enough said!], Police Beat on 7/14 at the Varsity, and Mongolian Ping Pong on 7/21 at the Varsity. Images: Sold Out Posters (The Proposition) and The Guardian (The Science of Sleep).