Movies

EMP Museum and the Seattle International Film Festival present the annual Science Fiction and Fantasy Short Film Festival on Saturday at Cinerama. The festival includes two packages of short films from around the world, screening at 4 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.; an awards ceremony will follow the second screening. Tickets are $10 for one session or $18 for both sessions and are sold out; standby tickets may be available for those willing to wait in line. An encore session has been added Sunday at noon, to include a number of the award winners; tickets for that screening are $10 and available through www.siff.net or 206-324-9996. Cinerama, 2100 Fourth Ave., Seattle; for more information, see www.siff.net.

"Cabin Fever," the 2002 horror film directed by Eli Roth, will have a special screening at Experience Music Project Friday, with actor Rider Strong on hand for a post-screening Q&A. 8 p.m. at EMP's JBL Theater, 325 Fifth Ave. N., Seattle; tickets are $10 ($7 EMP members) and available through www.brownpapertickets.com or 206-770-2702.

Lots going on at the SIFF Film Center this week. Jean-Luc Godard's 1967 satire "Week-End" screens nightly through Thursday (no screening Monday) in a newly restored 35mm print. A month of Joseph Gordon-Levitt films (always a fine idea) kicks off with his rom-com charmer "(500) Days of Summer," Saturday at 9 p.m. only. In a Film Craft Commentary presentation, screenwriter Claudia Johnson will show the marvelous 1982 comedy "Tootsie" along with live commentary about its (perfect) script, Monday at 7 p.m. only. Ken Russell's 1975 screen version of the rock opera "Tommy" screens Thursday at 8 p.m. only, and the Films4Families weekend screenings of "The Adventures of Baron Munchausen" continue Saturday and Sunday at noon. The Film Center is at Seattle Center; for more information on any of these events, see www.siff.net or call 206-324-9996.

At Northwest Film Forum this week, "Chac the Rain God" screens through Thursday. The film, a 1974 mystical drama shot with nonprofessional actors in the Mexican state of Chiapas by Chilean filmmaker Rolando Klein, was long thought lost; now it's back, in a newly restored 35mm print.

Also at NWFF: "A Good Man," a film of choreographer Bill T. Jones' dance about Abraham Lincoln, the Civil War and slavery, screens Thursday at 7 p.m., with a special introduction by former Jones dancer Catherine Cabeen. The Children's Film Festival continues through the weekend, closing Sunday at 5 p.m. with a world premiere film and an awards ceremony. All NWFF events take place at 1515 12th Ave.; for more information, see www.nwfilmforum.org or 206-267-5380.

Silent Movie Mondays continues at the Paramount with Josef von Sternberg's 1928 silent "The Last Command," starring William Powell and Emil Jannings (who won the first Oscar for best actor for his work in this film and "The Way of All Flesh"). Jim Riggs will accompany the film on the theater's Mighty Wurlitzer organ. 911 Pine St., Seattle; tickets are $10 and available at the door, online at www.stgpresents.org, or by calling 877-784-4849.

Speaking of silent movies, a couple more screen this weekend at the Historic Everett Theater: "The General" and "Steamboat Bill, Jr.," both featuring Buster Keaton, will play as a double feature Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m., with Andy Crow providing live accompaniment on the theater's organ. 2911 Colby Ave., Everett; 425-258-6766 or www.everetttheatre.org.

And finally, this weekend's midnight movie features new Oscar nominee Brad Pitt in "12 Monkeys," Terry Gilliam's 1995 sci-fi thriller also starring Bruce Willis and Madeleine Stowe. Friday and Saturday, 805 E. Pine St., Seattle; 206-781-5755 or www.landmarktheatres.com.

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