MATT DRISCOLL: TWO TIMES THE ROSATI AT WEEKEND FILM FESTS >>>

Joe Rosati has to be one of the most lovable characters Tacoma has to offer. The one time lead man of the Shoboat in Ruston, turned bankrupt son living with his parents, turned actor extraordinaire, turned professional Ageless slinger â€" Joe Rosati has certainly staked a place for himself in the annals of the City of Destiny. Plus, he’s just an all around nice and funny dude. Every encounter I’ve had with Rosati over the last three years has started like a scene from The Lonely Guy â€" one of Rosati’s favorite flicks of all time.

“Hi, Jooooooe,” I say in a beaten and deadpan voice.

“Hi, Maaaatttttttt,” Rosati replies with an alarming Charles Grodin likeness.

Anyway, any chance I get to show Rosati some love I like to take. Just such an opportunity arises today.

Many are familiar with Rosati’s film www.myspace.com/limbothemovie ">Limbo â€" basically the story of how everything went wrong for Rosati after the Shoboat’s demise, and in the end how that ended up being right. If you haven’t seen it, I highly recommend you check it out (and not just because I make a cameo in the film). Limbo will appear at the Seattle True Independent Film Festival, screening this Sunday, June 15 at the Central Cinema. The show starts at 9:30 p.m.

Also, Rosati will appear in the film Visioneers, which is part of the Seattle International Film Festival and will screen today at 9:30 p.m. and again Saturday at 4:30 p.m. Both of those screenings will take place at the Egyptian.