The new film by the great Alexander Payne begins its official Seattle run on November 22, but here’s a one-night-only opportunity to see it early, thanks to SIFF’s New York Film Critics Series. Nebraska concerns a lottery-based father-son road trip, and stars Will Forte and Bruce Dern (who is said to give a career-topping performance). Bonus: Tonight’s screening will be followed by a live-via-satellite Q&A with Dern and Forte. (SIFF Cinema Uptown, 511 Queen Anne Ave N, siff.net, 7 pm, $25/$20 members)

David Schmader—former weed columnist and Stranger associate editor—is the author of the solo plays Straight and Letter to Axl, which he’s performed in Seattle and across the US. His latest...