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Good Medicine is Geologic, Gabriel Teodros, Khingz, and Macklemore. Geologic is the rapper for Blue Scholars; Teodros and Khingz were Abyssinian Creole; and Macklemore is Macklemore. Geologic is about Marxism; Teodros is about feminism; Khingz is about South Seattle; Macklemore is about the new postracial society. All four make very good medicine for the current state of Seattle's hiphop mind. Hosted by RA Scion of Common Market. (Vera Project, Seattle Center, 956-8372. 7:30 pm, $8, all ages.) by Charles Mudede

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Still Orangutans is the Brazilian Slacker. In one 81-minute shot, the camera wanders around a hot city, following weird people: A little kid threatens a cashier's life (funnier than it sounds), a lesbian fights with a drunk Santa, two wasters drink perfume and pass out, a crazed writer harries an old man on the sidewalk, and so on. The movie suffers from a soft midsection, but begins with the sad beauty of a dead woman on a subway and ends with an eloping couple and a hand grenade. (Pacific Place, 600 Pine St, www.thestranger.com/siff. 9 pm, $11.) by Brendan Kiley

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Chicago's Russian Circles have always experimented with music's darker side. On Enter, the trio crafted metal-tinged, moody instrumentals, but managed to break the spell for few a moments of subtle beauty. On their new record, Station, the band have abandoned all hope. There's very little clearing in these threatening skies—everything is more aggressive, more sinister. The fearless will be up front, praising the band with a slow, heavy headbang. (Neumo's, 925 E Pike St, 709-9467. 8 pm, $10, all ages.) by Megan Seling

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Almost certainly the best movie in SIFF 2008, Abdellatif Kechiche's follow-up to Games of Love & Chance burrows into a tight-knit Tunisian immigrant community in a small port town in the south of France. From 61-year-old Slimane, thrown against his will into a twilight career change, to his sort-of stepdaughter Rym, who's gorgeous and assertive enough to charm elderly musicians and inebriated bureaucrats alike, the characters are fantastic. Kechiche is one of SIFF's "Emerging Masters," but at this point? He's done emerging. He's a goddamn butterfly. (Egyptian Theatre, 801 E Pine St, www.thestranger.com/siff. 6 pm, $11.) by Annie Wagner

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Martin Dosh is a multi-instrumentalist for esteemed Bay Area label anticon. On records like his latest, Wolves and Wishes, Dosh combines basement-muffled drum breaks, tinkling xylophone, soft Fender Rhodes piano, occasional vocal collaborators, and subtle studio effects to create songs that range from smart, jazzy hiphop instrumentals to twee electronica to headlong percussive workouts. On stage, Dosh surrounds himself with drums, keys, and xylophone to re-create his studio sound with the help of some trusty looping pedals. With overwhelming emo marching band Anathallo and locals Wesafari. (Nectar, 412 N 36th St, 632-2020. 9 pm, $10, 21+.) by Eric Grandy

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In the age of YouTube, it boggles the mind to think that people used to shove change into a jukebox and stand around watching a 16 mm precursor to the music video. But Scopitones—which, when they launched in the U.S., were stocked exclusively with obscure French performers—were a smash in the '60s, their garish Technicolor aesthetics achieving cultural immortality in Susan Sontag's "Notes on 'Camp.'" The fascinating, eccentric archivist Dennis Nyback will introduce selections from his personal collection. (Grand Illusion, 1403 NE 50th St, 523-3925. 7 and 9 pm, $5-$8.) by Annie Wagner

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