• Despite my complete agreement with Mojo Nixon and Skid Roper that Michael J. Fox is, indeed, “the anti-Elvis”, I’ve always had a soft spot for the actor.  There’s just something about him that I find appealing.  Thus, I suppose it’s kind of weird that I’m just about the only person I know who doesn’t like Back to the Future, but the truth is that I really just don’t like that film.  If you’re one of those people that does–there are tons of you out there–swing by the Egyptian this weekend at midnight and see it up on the big screen.
• Two great documentaries open this Friday at local theaters:  Planet B-Boy is an appealing look at how B-boying, also known as breakdancing, grew from subculture in the streets of NYC to an international art form.  Catch it at the Varsity and then stick around the same theater to check out The First Saturday in May, a look at six trainers scrabbling for a shot at the 2006 Kentucky Derby.
• The Grand Illusion, in association with Scarecrow and Three Dollar Bill Cinema, continues its tribute to the 100th birthday of Bette Davis with showings of The Nanny, Davis’s excellent turn as the very creepy title character and the glorious, notorious Whatever Happened to Baby Jane.
• SIFF continues the Seattle Polish Film Festival with an animated short film program followed by Immensity of Justice, a story of a shocking crime and an analysis of criminal justice.
• It’s sex comedy, Italian-style, at NWFF with 1961′s Divorce – Italian Style, the first foreign language film to win an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, and the complex humor of 1963′s Seduced and Abandoned. 

Mark your calendars now:  Three Dollar Bill Cinema are having their first annual AuctionFest at the Bell Harbor Conference center on May 3rd featuring a silent auction, a sit-down dinner, hosted wine and a live auction themed  Some Like It Hot after one of cinema’s wittiest, most entertaining films ever.   Also upcoming is the third annual Translations: Seattle Transgender Film Festival, May 8 – 11.