Classics for all ages, plus a touch of trash

I'm not suggesting that you actually abduct a child.

But if you don't have one of your own, you might recruit one for a matinee of "The Thief of Baghdad," 1:30 p.m. Saturday, in the Seattle Asian Art Museum's Stimson Auditorium, 1400 E. Prospect St., Volunteer Park (www.seattleartmuseum.org). It's free, designed for kids 12 and under with a parent or guardian, and has nothing to do with our actual current occupation of Iraq. And yes, The Criterion Collection released a nifty edition of producer Alexander Korda's wondrous, Oscar-winning 1940 fantasy this spring — which you should steal. But watching it in your living room just ain't the same. Holy "Casino Royale": Korda burned through six different directors on the film, including Michael Powell ("Peeping Tom") and William Cameron Menzies ("Invaders from Mars").

Also skewing younger, director John Sayles' 1994 "The Secret of Roan Irish," 10 a.m. Saturday, SIFF Cinema, 321 Mercer St. at Third Avenue, McCaw Hall (206-633-7151 or www.seattlefilm.com).

Things get all pointy-headed at Northwest Film Forum with "The Labyrinthine Alain Robbe-Grillet," presenting the late French Nouveau Roman author's rare first four films as director. The first pair this weekend: 1963's "The Immortal Woman," 7 p.m. Saturday, 9 p.m. Sunday; and 1966's "Trans-Europe Express," 9 p.m. Saturday, 7 p.m. Sunday. All NWFF events take place at 1515 12th Ave., Seattle; for more information, see www.nwfilmforum.org or call 206-267-5380.

For a couple of classic doses of American manliness: The Metro Classics series continues with "The Dirty Dozen" (1967) 6:30 and 9:20 p.m. Wednesday only, Metro Cinema, 4500 Ninth Ave. N.E. (206-781-5755). It's Lee Marvin and a gang of convicts against the dirty Nazis! Schnell! And "Destry Rides Again" (1939), 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. Saturday, 5, 7 and 9 p.m. Sunday at the Grand Illusion Cinema, 1403 N.E. 50th St., Seattle (206-523-3935 or www.grandillusioncinema.org). It's western-comedy with James Stewart as a gun-hatin' sheriff and Marlene Dietrich as Frenchy the saloon singer, and a bunch of dirty outlaws in a town called Bottleneck.

For your late-night (trash) viewing pleasure: "Hollywood High" (1976), unavailable on DVD and likely to remain so, promises "grotesque group sex involving four guys, an old lady and a tiger," 11 p.m. today and Saturday at the Grand Illusion. Significantly less seedy and yet equally nightmarish if you're a "Dirty Dozen" fan, "Camp" (2003) follows the summer of a group of teens — shaken up by the arrival of a straight boy — at a musical theater camp. Midnight today and Saturday, Egyptian Theatre, 805 E. Pine St., Seattle (206-781-5755 or www.LandmarkTheatres.com).

Mark Rahner: 206-464-8259 or mrahner@seattletimes.com