"Star Wars: Episode 1 — The Phantom Menace," starring Ewan McGregor as a young Jedi knight, returns to theaters this week in newly converted 3-D. Screening locations include Pacific Place, Thornton Place, Alderwood, Cinebarre and others. For more information on the rerelease, see www.starwars.com.

In honor of Black History Month, SAM presents two local premieres: "Soul Train: The Hippest Trip in America," a celebration of 40 years of the TV show "Soul Train," screens Friday; "Muhammad Ali: The Long-Lost Movie," a portrait of the legendary boxer shot during a 1973 training camp, screens Feb. 17. Both are at 7:30 p.m. at SAM's Plestcheeff Auditorium, 1300 First Ave., Seattle. Tickets are $14 for both nights ($12 for SAM, SIFF, NWFF and TheFilmSchool members) and available at 206-654-3121; individual tickets, if available, will be $8 at the door. For more information, see www.seattleartmuseum.org.

A Looney Tunes Cartoon Festival will light up SIFF Cinema at the Uptown this weekend with a vast assortment of short films, including packages titled "Sylvester and Tweety: Home Tweet Home" and "Bugs Bunny: Hare Extraordinaire." Saturday and Sunday feature a special Films4Families matinee at just $4; all other showings are $7; starts Friday. Also at the Uptown, on Thursday only, is "Stunt Rock," a 1980 Australian exploitation film combining stunts and rock 'n' roll. Uptown, 511 Queen Anne Ave. N., Seattle.

At the SIFF Film Center (on the Seattle Center Campus), a month of Joseph Gordon-Levitt films continues with "10 Things I Hate About You," the 1999 rom-com update of "The Taming of the Shrew," shot in the Seattle area and starring Heath Ledger, Julia Stiles and Gordon-Levitt. Saturday at 9 p.m. only. For more information on any SIFF event, call 206-324-9996 or see www.siff.net.

Silent Movie Mondays at the Paramount concludes this week with "Wings," the 1927 silent film that was the first to win the Academy Award for best picture. Jim Riggs will accompany the film, a tale of World War I fighter pilots, on the theater's Mighty Wurlitzer organ. 911 Pine St., Seattle; tickets are $10 and available at the door, through www.stgpresents.org or by phone at 877-784-4849.

Northwest Film Forum presents a trilogy of films from Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami this week: "Where is the Friend's House?," a 1987 tale of a country schoolboy, screens Tuesday at 8 p.m.; "And Life Goes On ... ," filmed in 1991 in the same region after a massive earthquake, plays Wednesday; "Through the Olive Trees," which revisits the events of "Where is the Friend's House?," on Thursday. NWFF, 1515 12th Ave., Seattle; for more info, see www.nwfilmforum.org or call 206-267-5380.

"Leonardo Live," a televised walk-through of London's National Gallery exhibit "Leonardo da Vinci: Painter at the Court of Milan," will appear in several local theaters Thursday, including Thornton Place, Bella Bottega, Alderwood and Southcenter. The telecast will include commentary from scholars and curators. For more information, see www.fathomevents.com.

And finally, this weekend's midnight movie is the shot-in-Seattle romantic comedy "Say Anything ... ," the directorial debut of Cameron Crowe, in which John Cusack famously and endearingly falls in love and holds up a boombox. Friday and Saturday, 805 E. Pine St., Seattle; 206-781-5755 or www.landmarktheatres.com.

Moira Macdonald: 206-464-2725 or mmacdonald@seattletimes.com