The new
year-round cinema programmed by the diabolically expanding Seattle International Film Festival Group is opening its doors with over
30 pristine prints from Janus Films. The series kicks off with a rarely screened spritz of genius from Max Ophüls,
The Earrings of Madame de..., about adulterous thoughts, 360-degree shots, diamond pendants dripping with irony, and
highly meaningful acts of candle snuffery. It's totally ludicrous, and pretty much perfect. (
SIFF Cinema at McCaw Hall, 321 Mercer St, 464-5830, seattlefilm.org. 7 pm, $9.)