Today's SIFF schedule (one week to go)

Today's schedule

Egyptian

1:30 p.m. — "Great World of Sound"

4:15 p.m. — "The Man of My Life"

6:45 p.m. — "Mushishi": It's no "Pan's Labyrinth," but this lengthy, confusing Japanese film uses similar state-of-the-art special effects to create a dark and scary 20th-century fantasy world. Especially enticing are the visions of animated tattoos and hieroglyphics, called "bugs," that inhabit a parallel universe that sometimes intersects with human reality. The bugs are also infecting people, manifesting themselves as tiny horns that grow out of victims' foreheads. Ginko, a shaman and "bug catcher," played without much expression by Jô Odagiri, is frequently upstaged by the slithering creatures he's attempting to exorcise. 131 minutes. (John Hartl)

9:30 p.m. — "TEKKONKINKREET"

Harvard Exit

11 a.m. — "A Secret Genocide"

1:30 p.m. — "American Shopper": Consumer culture reaches a new plateau with the introduction of "aisling" — an anything-goes sport that incorporates martial arts, modern dance and the aesthetics of a costume party. The goal is to avoid the chore-like nature of supermarket shopping and turn it into a game. The prize for the first competition is $10,000. As the would-be winners practice their techniques, customize their carts, dust off their motivational speeches and otherwise prepare for the big day, there's so much mugging for the cameras (and the judges) that you wonder if you're watching a feature-length put-on. Could Christopher Guest be anywhere in the vicinity? 84 minutes. Director Tamas Bojtor is scheduled to attend the screening. (J.H.)

4 p.m. — "The Life of Reilly": Like Julia Sweeney's "God Said Ha!," Charles Nelson Reilly's "The Life of Reilly" is a filmed monologue (formerly a stage production) that's wickedly funny, warmhearted and wise. Reilly shares stories of his wretched childhood ("Eugene O'Neill would never get near this family!" he bellows, and he's not kidding) and long stage and television career. Along the way, he treats us to a sidesplitting impression of Meryl Streep (watching footage from "Sophie's Choice") and to a generous tribute to those who shaped his life. "Just get a bag and drop a dream in it," he says gently, "and you'll be surprised what happens." The film will have special poignancy in its SIFF run: Reilly died on May 25, at age 76. 89 minutes. (Moira Macdonald)

6:30 p.m. — "The Get to Heaven First You Have to Die"

9 p.m. — "Prague"

Lincoln Square Cinemas

11 a.m. — "Salty Air"

1:30 p.m. — "Oh La La!"

3:45 p.m. — "Retribution"

6:30 p.m. — "Broken English"

9:15 p.m. — "Day Watch"

Neptune

11 a.m. — "Getting Home"

1:15 p.m. — "Like Minds"

4 p.m. — "Lady Chatterley"

7:30 p.m. — "Made in China" : Like many of the best documentaries, John Helde's personal and very moving "Made in China" starts out to be about one thing — a look at Helde's father Tom's childhood as an American boy in 1930s China — and, in doing so, ends up being about something else. The Seattle filmmaker had long wondered why his father rarely talked of his boyhood in Western China, and a few years ago began discussing it with him in detail. The result is both an overseas journey and a thoughtful film, which combines home movies and newsreel clips with interviews with both Tom Helde and contemporaries who shared his childhood. Ultimately, it's a story of a son coming to understand his father — and of what it means to be at home. World premiere. 70 minutes. Director Helde is scheduled to attend the screening. (M.M.)

9:45 p.m. — "Khadak"

Northwest Film Forum

10 a.m. — "Northwest Production Forum — Selling to the Financier"

12:30 p.m. — "Northwest Production Forum — Selling to the Producer"

Pacific Place

Cinema

11 a.m. — "One to Another"

1:30 p.m. — "The Paper Will be Blue"

4 p.m. — "Several People, Little Time"

6:30 p.m. — "Scott Walker: 30 Century Man": Director Stephen Kijak is scheduled to attend the screening.

9 p.m. — "Noise"

SIFF Cinema

11 a.m. — "Sharkwater": If sharks ever decide to hire a PR person, biologist/filmmaker Rob Stewart would be a fine candidate. His documentary argues that the finned creatures are gentle, misunderstood souls, saddled with a bloodthirsty media image. Despite Stewart's flat, artless narration, much of "Sharkwater" is intriguing; particularly the focus on activists trying to shut down illegal shark harvests, and lovely underwater footage of vast, peaceful schools of sharks. "The fact is, sharks do not eat people," Stewart argues. "If they did, I would have been eaten by now." 89 minutes. (M.M.)

1:30 p.m. — "The Memory Thief": Director Gil Kofman is scheduled to attend the screening.

4 p.m. — "White Light/Black Rain"

6:30 p.m. — "Dol"

9 p.m. — "Antônia"