A screening of 'Mulholland Drive' at Seattle Art Museum

The Twin Peaks/David Lynch Festival takes place tonight at Seattle Art Museum, with a screening of Lynch's multifaceted 2001 masterpiece, "Mulholland Drive," starring Naomi Watts (never better) and Laura Elena Harring as two young women lost in L.A. A twisty fever dream of a movie, it rewards multiple viewings and looks like a million bucks on the big screen. See it at 7:30 p.m. at SAM's Plestcheeff Auditorium, 1300 First Ave., Seattle. Tickets are $10 ($8 SAM members), and available through the SAM box office at 206-654-3121 or Scarecrow Video at 206-524-8554. For more information, see www.seattleartmuseum.org.

The Golden Age of Sci-Fi series continues at the Grand Illusion this week with Roy Ward Baker's 1967 sci-fi/horror film "Five Million Years to Earth," in which a group of London workers make a horrific discovery while digging a new subway line. It plays nightly through Thursday. Also at the Grand Illusion this weekend is Marcel Sarmiento and Gadi Harel's horror film "Deadgirl," last seen at the Seattle International Film Festival and showing here at midnight only tonight and Saturday. Grand Illusion, 1403 N.E. 50th St., Seattle; 206-523-3935 or www.grandillusioncinema.org.

The popular Rossini opera "Il Barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville)" will be broadcast Wednesday evening at several area theaters as an encore presentation of the "The Met: Live in HD" series presented by the Metropolitan Opera. This production was originally broadcast in 2007. It screens at 7 p.m. at Pacific Place, Alderwood Stadium 7, Kent Station, Auburn, Bella Bottega and the Rose Theater in Port Townsend; tickets are available at www.fathomevents.com or at the theater box offices. Prices range from $12.50 to $15, depending on the theater.

The RAWSTOCK Summer Film Festival takes place at ACT tonight, with David Lowery's new feature film "St. Nick," in its Seattle premiere, and a selection of new short films, many from local filmmakers. Lowery and short-film directors Shawn Telford and Calvin Reeder will be present for a post-screening Q&A. 8:45 p.m. today (cocktails are available starting at 8:15); tickets are $15 and available at the ACT ticket office (700 Union St.), by phone at 206-292-7676 or through www.acttheatre.org.

"Die Hard" screens under the stars at Fremont Outdoor Movies on Saturday as a Twisted Flick, complete with live improvised dialogue. 3501 Phinney Ave. N., Seattle; doors open at 7 p.m. for pre-screening events (contests, comedy and games), with the film beginning at dusk. $5 suggested donation. For more information, see www.fremontoutdoormovies.com. (And for a long list of outdoor screenings in neighborhoods all over King County, go to www.seattletimes.com and search "Mamma Mia!")

And finally, this week's midnight movie at the Egyptian is "Dazed and Confused," Richard Linklater's 1993 ode to the class of '76, starring Matthew McConaughey back when he still wore a shirt. Tonight and Saturday, 805 E. Pine St., Seattle; 206-781-5755 or www.landmarktheatres.com.

Moira Macdonald: 206-464-2725 or mmacdonald@seattletimes.com