Following glorious stints in Toronto and New York, the
Seattle-hatched Brand Upon the Brain!, by Winnipeg
filmmaker Guy Maddin, is finally being presented here as it was
originally conceived: as a lurid live spectacle. Tonight’s
show—featuring incest, crossdressing, a basement full of orphans,
and a dastardly age-defying serum—will be narrated by
Karen Black. All Foley sound will be created onstage by the Aono Jikken
Ensemble, and the kitschy pinpoint stars of Cinerama’s ceiling
will twinkle overhead. Magic. (Cinerama, 2100 Fourth Ave,
brownpapertickets.com. 8 pm, $25, all
ages.)/p>

Annie Wagner is The Stranger's former film editor. She was born and raised in Capitol Hill, but has since lived in such far-flung locales as Phoenix, AZ, Charlottesville, VA, and Wedgwood. After graduating...