You may be the kind of person who avoids SIFF movies that are opening in Seattle imminently; you may want to be first on your block to see the new Robert Altman. Either way, you want to know what’s opening here, and when it’s opening, so you don’t waste your hard-earned time/cash.

Opening dates are always tentative, but you can count on the calendar shows—Northwest Film Forum, Varsity, and also the Grand Illusion (though so far the GI doesn’t have any crossover programming)—to stay solid. If it’s a low-profile movie and it’s got a date but it’s not at the NWFF, there’s maybe a five percent chance that it won’t ultimately open in Seattle at all.

Sketches of Frank Gehry (Landmark Theatres, June 2)
Twelve and Holding (June 2)
The Proposition (Landmark, June 9)
A Prairie Home Companion (June 9)
The Heart of the Game (Landmark, June 14)
Beowulf & Grendel (Landmark, Jun 16)
Wah-Wah (Landmark, June 16)
Expiration Date (Landmark, June 21)
Wordplay (June 23)
The King (Varsity calendar show, June 23)
Strangers With Candy (Landmark, July 7)
Russian Dolls (NWFF, July 7, available now on Comcast On Demand)
Leonard Cohen I’m Your Man (July 14)
Who Killed the Electric Car? (Landmark, July 14)
Three Times (NWFF, July 14, available now on Comcast On Demand)
Crossing the Bridge (Northwest Film Forum, July 28)
Death of Mr. Lazarescu (Varsity, July 28)
Brothers of the Head (Varsity, Aug 11)
The Science of Sleep (Aug 11)
Factotum (Aug 25)
Heading South (Varsity, Aug 25)
Another Gay Movie (Varsity, Sept 1)
Pierrepoint (September sometime)
Container (not confirmed)
Close to Home (not confirmed)
Princesses (not confirmed)

For tickets, see seattlefilm.org.