The Naked Gun 2 1/2

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Egyptian $6.75-$9.25 Fri., May 9, 11:59pmSat., May 10, 11:59pm

OJ is still free. Leslie Nielsen is still alive (and co-star George Kennedy), Robert Goulet has sadly passed on, and Priscilla Presley was looking oddly preserved on her recent appearance on Dancing With the Stars. None of which should detract from your enjoyment of this 1991 cop spoof by the Zucker-Abrahams-Zucker comedy cartel. It's the second installment in the comedy series launched by their Police Squad TV show. Three movies was probably about the right number, and this one is at least as funny as the other two. To quote Lt. Frank Drebin, "We've got a long road ahead of us. It's like having sex. It's a painstaking and arduous task that seems to go on and on forever, and just when you think things are going your way, nothing happens." (PG-13) BRIAN MILLER.

Brokeback Mountain

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Central Cinema $5 Daily from Wed., May 7 until Sun., May 11, 10:00pmDaily from Wed., May 7 until Sun., May 11, 7:00pm

Ang Lee’s magnificent 2005 film is about people who live where the rules are pretty much the same as they were 100 years ago. Its power comes from its unblinking look at the cost, in desperation and denial, of living in this century by those rules. Herding sheep in high Wyoming solitude, Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger unexpectedly fall into a sexual relationship. Brokeback’s canvas gives Lee room for extremes: spectacular vistas and intimate moments that convey everything about their “real” relationships with women (Michelle Williams and Anne Hathaway) down below. (R) SHEILA BENSON

Bette Davis Fest

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Grand Illusion $5-$8 Fri., May 2, 11:00pmEvery week Friday, Saturday from Sat., May 3 until Sat., May 10, 11:00pm

The U District will be a little classier for the duration of this ongoing repertory tribute. The third week brings Robert Aldrich's 1962 Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?, in which Davis and Joan Crawford compete to see who can chew more scenery. Late nights, Davis takes a thriller turn in The Nanny (11 p.m. Fri. April 25-Sat. April 26), to be followed the next two weekends by Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte. (NR) BRIAN MILLER

United Artists Retrospective

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SIFF Cinema Daily from Wed., April 30 until Wed., May 21, 7:30pm

Through May 21, repertory series honors the studio founded in 1919 by icons of the silent movie era (Chaplin and Pickford among them). This week's titles include The Night of the Hunter (Wed.), a Billy Wilder double-feature of Some Like It Hot and The Apartment (Sun.), and Scorsese's love letter to The Band, The Last Waltz (Tues.). See SIFF Web site for full schedule and details. (NR) SIFF Cinema, 321 Mercer St. (McCaw Hall), 448-2186, www.siff.net. $85-$100 (series), $5-$10 (individual). BRIAN MILLER

Belmondo vs. Mastroianni

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Northwest Film Forum $5-$8.50 Wed., May 7, 7:00pmWed., May 7, 9:30pmTue., May 13, 7:00pmTue., May 13, 9:00pm

On Wed. May 7, you can vote for the enjoyable gangster flick Le Doulos or Fellini's great 8 1/2. Then Tues. May 13 it's Jean-Paul in Pierrot Le Fou and Marcello in Leo the Last. (NR).

French and Francophone Film Fest

Through May 23, this UW series at the HUB Auditorium combines lectures and film. The program begins with Abdel Kechiche's 2003 Games of Love and Chance. See http://staff.washington.edu/stromj/festival for full schedule and details.

University of Washington Campus

$1-$7. Sat., May 10, 7:00pm

Motherhood Manifesto

Discussion follows this documentary tribute to mothers, which also examines government policies toward same. (NR).

Queen Anne Manor

Free. Sat., May 10, 7:00pm

Black Panthers Film Series

Films document the Black Panther movement, connected to the current exhibit of photographs by Stephen Shames. (NR) Odegaard Library, Room 220. Free. Mon.-Sun. Ends May 19.

Odegaard Undergraduate Library, UW campus

Daily from Mon., April 7 until Mon., May 19, 12:00pm-1:00pm

Transgender Film Festival

"Translations" is the title of this four-day fest. Thursday begins with a 6 p.m. discussion of films including West Side Story at the Capitol Hill Library. Friday, at NWFF, filmmaker Gwen Haworth will introduce her autobiographical She's A Boy I Knew. And on Saturday there's a Trannyshack Seattle party at Neumo's for those 21 and over. See www.seattlequeerfilm.org for full schedule, prices, and details.

Northwest Film Forum

Daily from Fri., May 9 until Sun., May 11, 8:45pm

To Do List

Friday, May 9

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Chop Suey, Fri., May 9, 9:00pm, $10 adv./$12

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University Book Store, Fri., May 9, 7:00pm

The Naked Gun 2 1/2
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Egyptian, Fri., May 9, 11:59pmSat., May 10, 11:59pm, $6.75-$9.25

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