It’s easy for people who don’t attend the festival to dismiss SIFF
as a succession of dour Polish films about the Holocaust, but
haters don’t realize the festival’s breadth of genre and depth of
quality. Case in point: Mirageman, a Chilean superhero
film about one lonely master of unarmed combat (Marko Zaror) who
takes to the streets in a gaudy outfit to fight crime. The film
is constructed from midnight-movie implausibilities, but Zaror’s
kung fu is strong, and the movie zips to greatness at 80
(occasionally very bizarre) minutes. (Egyptian Theatre, 801 E Pine
St, www.thestranger.com/siff.
Midnight, $8.)