On the schedule:
Friday- The documentary "Kurosawa: Overview of a Master" at noon; Akira Kurosawa's "The Seven Samurai" at 1 p.m.; Katsuhiro Otomo's anime classic "Akira" at 6 p.m.; and Otomo's new live-action movie "Mushishi (Bugmaster)" at 8:30 p.m. Producer Sunmin Park will be on hand.
Saturday - The documentary "Cats of Mirikitani" at 11 a.m. (at the City Library auditorium, 210 E. 400 South) and at 2:30 p.m. at the Rose Wagner, with a Q-and-A by Roger Shimomura; Hayao Miyazaki's "Spirited Away" at noon; the documentary "Abduction: The Megumi Yokota Story" at 4:30 p.m., with a post-screening Q-and-A with husband-and-wife directors Chris Sheridan and Patty Kim; and "Big Dreams Little Tokyo" at 7 p.m.
July 1 - The documentary "Yokohama Mary" at noon; Miyazaki's "Howl's Moving Castle" at 2 p.m.; Kurosawa's "Rashomon" at 4:30 p.m.; and the comedy "Hula Girls" at 6:30 p.m.
All screenings are free to the public. For more details, go to www.slcfilmcenter.org.
Talking about "Sicko": Tonight's 7 p.m. screening of Michael Moore's "Sicko" at the Broadway Centre Cinemas, 111 E. 300 South, Salt Lake City, will be followed by a panel discussion about health-care issues. The scheduled panelists are: Salt Lake County Councilwoman (and Salt Lake City mayoral candidate) Jenny Wilson; pediatrician Lou Borgenicht, who has practiced in the Indian Health Service, an HMO; and Kent Michie, Utah's Commissioner of Insurance.
Tickets for the screening are $8 at the door. The Q-and-A will be recorded for a podcast on KCPW's Web site.
A bad day, times three: Tom Tykwer's kinetic "Run Lola Run," which looks at three scenarios in which a woman (Franke Potente) runs to aid her boyfriend, plays tonight and Saturday at midnight at the Tower Theatre, 876 E. 900 South, Salt Lake City. Tickets are $7.75 at the door.
Dances of Spain: Carlos Saura's 2005 dance film "Iberia" will have a free screening Monday, 7 p.m., at the City Library Auditorium, 210 E. 400 South, Salt Lake City. The movie features a series of dance numbers, presented with minimal backgrounds, inspired by composer Isaac Albéniz's "Iberia" suite. The screening is presented by the Salt Lake City Film Center as part of its Spanish-language series.
