01/04

Showgirls

The Stanger's David Schmader is your host and commentator for a screening of Paul Verhoeven's infamous "drama" about Las Vegas showgirls.

$17.50 ($15 in advance), 7:30pm. 18+

The Triple Door

216 Union St.

Downtown

206-838-4333

One Shot Film Challenge

Five minute shots were submitted in December and tonight will be viewed. No edits, no cuts, in the spirit of Bela Tarr.

8pm, $5-8

Northwest Film Forum

1515 12th Ave.

Capitol Hill

206-329-2629

When: 1/4: 8 p.m.

M. Rosetta Hunter Art Gallery Home: Where We Came From, Where We Are Going: photography, art, words, and sound document the travels of several families and individuals as they return home to New Orleans. Jan 2-25. Seattle Central Community College, 1701 Broadway, #2BE2116, 344-4379.

Free Thursdays at EMP

Experience Music Project (EMP) and Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame join the Seattle tradition of free admission 5-8 p.m. on the first Thursday of each month; exhibits include "Disney: The Music Behind the Magic," Alien Encounters" and "Jazz in January"

Linda Linda Linda – Grand Illusion Theater

The story of four Japanese schoolgirls determined to form a pop-rock band for their annual high-school talent show. The everyday of life in a routine Japanese environment is captured with observant detail that is both fascinating and typical. It's the kind of high-school movie about kids and music that Hollywood would never be able to capture with such intimacy, nuance and restraint.

Crocodile Café featuring paintings by Troy Gua. Jan 1-31. 2200 Second Ave, 441-5611.

01/05

Epidemic Presents

The Harbor Rats

Box Office Opens 8pm.

$7/10,

21+

Impeach Bush and Cheney

The short film based on media critic John Nichols' book, "The Genius of Impeachment."

1/5: 7 p.m. Keystone Church

5019 Keystone Place N.

Wallingford

Donations accepted graciously.

Happily N'Ever After comes out this Friday, an animated fairytale feature from the producers of Shrek and Shrek 2. Fairy Tale Land becomes awry when Cinderella's wicked stepmother, Frieda (Sigourney Weaver), joins forces with legendary villains to tip the balance between good and evil. With events spinning wildly out of control, Cinderella (Sarah Michelle Gellar), must lead a resistance movement to defeat Frieda and restore order to the kingdom.

Freedom Writers

A dedicated teacher (Hilary Swank) in a racially divided Los Angeles school receives a class of at-risk teenagers the system deems incapable of learning. Instead of giving up, she inspires her students to take an interest in their education and planning their futures. She assigns reading material that the youths can relate to and encourages them to keep journals of their daily lives. Based on the true story of Erin Gruwell.

Children of Men

The world is threatened with extinction by infertility and the last born child has perished. A disillusioned bureacrat must challenge his own problems as he becomes the unlikely candidate for the survival of mankind. Based on an original novel by P.D. James. Code Name The Cleaner

A janitor (Cedric the Entertainer) with amnesia becomes convinced that he is an undercover agent involved in a federal investigation of an international arms ring.

01/06

Incubus at the Paramount.

Saturday 8pm, $37.50, All Ages

See Incubus story on pg. 7

Akimbo, Secret Fun Club

El Corazon

109 Eastlake Ave E

206-382-3094

$6

James Mercer (of the Shins), Joel R.L. Phelps

Benefit for Muscular Dystrophy Research

8pm, Neumo's $25

925 E. Pike St.

Capitol Hill

206-709-9467

Midnight Movies at the Egyptian

"Rear Window," Alfred Hitchcock's thriller about urban voyeurism starring Jimmy Stewart and Grace Kelly.

1/5 and 1/6. 11:59pm, $6.25-9.00

Egyptian Theatre

805 E. Pine St.

Capitol Hill

206-781-5755