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his Weeks Movie Reviews: Transamerica I'm amazed when a hard-to-market film such as Transamerica gets made at all. But even more baffling is a releasing company that sits on its hands after the film picks up a major Academy Award nomination. Transamerica had a late Eugene theatrical release, and even as I write these words I just learned that the film will play here only through Thursday, March 9. Hopefully, it will return.Read more... Night Watch In 2004, Timour Bekmambetov's Night Watch broke box-office records in the director's native Russia. The first of a sweeping fantasy trilogy, Night Watch concerns itself with matters very familiar to fans of fantastic tales: prophesies, legends, the balance of power, and the choices that can turn a seemingly ordinary person into the focus of all hopes and fears. But unlike, say, Lord of the Rings or The Matrix, Night Watch takes place in the here and now, in a contemporary Moscow as easily inhabited by Others (vampires, witches, seers, shapeshifters) as by the humans who remain ignorant of the supernatural events unfolding around them. Read more... Archaeology Fil Festival The 2006 Archaeology Channel International Film and Video Festival brings 17 juried films and videos from around the globe to play at the McDonald Theatre March 9, 10 and 11. Doors open at 5:45 pm March 9 and 10 and at 10:15 am March 11; brief introductions start each day's screenings. Topics cover a wide range of archaeological and indigenous topics, from the Viking invasions of Great Britain to the reinvention of qudad, an ancient lime waterproofing plaster. Read more...
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