MOVIE: The 2008 AFI Latin American Film Festival kicked off last night, and tonight they’ve got Mexican director Alex Rivera in person for a q&a after a screening of his latest film, Sleep Dealer, which was a big hit at Sundance and is being compared to The Matrix. At the AFI Silver Theater, 7 p.m.

READING: Rabbi David J. Wolpe and Jeffrey Goldberg of the Atlantic Magazine will be at the Sixth & I Historic Synagogue to discuss Wolpe’s Why Faith Matters, a look at religion and its value in the modern world. The cost of the event is $6, or receive two free tickets with the purchase of the book from Politics & Prose. 7 p.m.

MUSIC: Tickets are still available for Glaswegian post-rockers Mogwai at the 9:30 Club. Fuck Buttons open. $20, 7 p.m. doors.

TRIVIA: The regular pub quiz event tonight at Solly’s U St Tavern will benefit the Columbia Heights Day Festival. Be warned: this week, Solly’s has added a charades round. 8 p.m.

MUSIC: If you like hiphop, Bulgarian harmonies, rock and reggae mixed in your Eastern European klezmer, then the Balkan Beatbox show at the Black Cat should have you dancing. With Joro Boro. $15, 8 p.m.

READING: Former Washington City Paper editor David Carr will be at the Olsson’s in Dupont Circle to talk about his years as an addict and his journey from crack-house regular to regular columnist for The New York Times, all part of his book The Night of the Gun: A Reporter Investigates the Darkest Story of His Life — His Own. 7 p.m.

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