Philip Kaufman updates this sci-fi thriller, following a doctor (Donald Sutherland) confronting a baffling situation: his patients’ loved ones have lost all emotion. With his friends, he discovers a disturbing alien species who, person by person, are taking over San Francisco. With Brooke Adams, Leonard Nimoy, Jeff Goldblum and, in a cameo, Don Siegel, the director of the original. (U.S., 1978, 115m). Information at upstatefilms.org/the thing. Part of the Otherworldly Film Series, screenings of some of our favorite alien classics, featuring everything from a glam rock star-man to indescribable creatures of cosmic horror. They might make you wonder if there is life out there…