It's here! It's that time again! Time to watch eleventeen-bagrillion (take that, MATH!) movies about French people doing things very slowly on a farm, German people who are old but still have sex, Chinese people who are very sad, American people who are really ventriloquist dummies, and people who are dead around the world and the people who loved them. That's right, it's SIFF! This year's opening-night gala film, In the Loop, is actually good for a change (fuck you, Battle in Seattle), and it's followed by a SIFFy bacchanalia in the streets outside the Paramount Theatre. Fun! (Paramount Theatre, 911 Pine St, thestranger.com/siff. 7 pm, $50.)