I’m as giddy as a schoolgirl with her first crush at the thought of seeing Flash Gordon, midnight at the Egyptia this Friday and Saturday, but as always there are a plethora of great film choices:

• La Vie en Rose, the biography of Edith Piaf that was one of my favorite SIFF films, opens at the Egyptian Friday.
• The sequel to last year’s stunning Night Watch is the equally stunning Day Watch, a Russian sci-fi/fantasy thriller in which the balance between the Forces of Light and the Forces of Darkness can only be restored by the discovery of an artifact missing for centuries. At the Neptune
• The Grand Illusion features O Lucky Man, a 1973 film about a man who discovers that hard work and high hopes alone aren’t always enough to get you what you want.
• Another 70s film, this one Killer of Sheep hits local screen–Northwest Film Forum presents this vital underground gem by director Chartles Burnett that was one of the first fifty films places in the National Treasury. A fully restored look at Black life in 1970s Los Angeles, Killer of Sheep is a human and humane view of a man struggling with an ordinary life.
• Central Cinema celebrates Pride week with a showing of the classic film Fame. Just try and get the theme song out of your head! Dress in drag and get in for a mere $2.