The week’s openings: SpIFF is feline great

On Friday, the mainstream theaters look to be opening only a pair of first-run releases. But the Spokane International Film Festival will be operating all week long. So … make sure to take in a movie. Or three.

Friday's mainstream openings according to the national schedule:

"The Space Between Us": A teenager born and raised on Mars falls in love with an Earth girl. Will their different physiologies, Mars versus Earth, keep them apart?

"Rings": How many times can we remake the 1998 Japanese horror film "Ringu"? You know, the one about a videotape that, once you see it, dooms you to death within seven days? It's an endless process, apparently.

As for tonight's offerings from SpIFF, which is screening films at the Magic Lantern:

6:30: "Kedi" is a documentary about feral cats in the city of Istanbul. Screening in the Lantern's larger auditorium, the film (mostly in Turkish with English subtitles) gives a good feel for Istanbul street life.

6:45: A collection of U.S. and Canadian shorts will screen in the Lantern's smaller theater.

SpIFF movies tend to sell out. So better show up early.