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Special Screenings MACARIO—Based on a Mexican folk tale. The spirit of death offers Macario the power to cure illness on the condition that the Grim Reaper gets the last word about whom Macario can heal. Presented by the Consulate of Mexico in Boise. Wednesday, Feb. 27, 6 p.m. FREE. Washington Group Plaza, 720 E. Park Blvd., Boise. OUT OF AFRICA—In colonial Kenya, a big game hunter and a Danish landowner have a passionate affair. Thursday, Feb. 28, 6 p.m. FREE. Library at Hillcrest, 5246 W. Overland Road, Boise, 208562-4996, boisepubliclibrary.org. SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN—A silent film company makes the rough transition to talkies. Thursday, Feb. 28, 2 p.m. FREE. Library at Hillcrest, 5246 W. Overland Road, Boise, 208-562-4996, boisepubliclibrary.org. WEIGHT OF THE NATION—Activate Treasure Valley presents the HBO series about obesity in America. Followed by a panel discussion. Tuesday, March 5, 6-8 p.m. and Wednesday, March 6, 6-8 p.m. FREE. Healthwise, 2601 N. Bogus Basin Road, Boise, 208-345-1161.
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War Witch (left) and Only the Young (right) will both screen during the Eastern Oregon Film Festival.
21 AND OVER—Straight-laced college student Jeff Chang always does what’s expected of him, but when his best friends surprise him for his 21st birthday, he launches into an escapade of chaos and debauchery the night before a crucial medical school interview. (R) Opens Friday, March 1. Edwards 9, 22. 56 UP—In 1964, a group of 7-year-olds was selected to be interviewed and filmed every seven years. As the subjects near their 60s, they reflect on their lives and discuss who they were and who they have become. (NR) Opens Friday, March 1. The Flicks.
A LA GRANDE TIME Eastern Oregon Film Festival incorporates Treasure Valley artists CHRISTINE RITCHIE slacker movie theater employees. Typically, the marquee at the Granada “It was a more difficult process this year; Theatre casts its retro neon glow on La the fest is growing and getting more submisGrande, Ore.’s Adams Ave. advertising sions. Some good stuff slips between the first-run blockbusters. But from Thursday, cracks because we only go for three days,” Feb. 28, through Saturday, March 2, those said Clark. “I would say we’re interested titles—which often don’t make it to small in both emerging and established artists, in towns like La Grande until long after their really strong, challenging innovative work. premieres—will be replaced with indie movOtherwise, that kind of stuff would never ies that almost no one has heard of. It’s all play in La Grande.” part of the Eastern Oregon Film Festival. The festival has also branched out to “Almost everyone loves films. … The the Treasure Valley, incorporating the Boise problem with our community is that we scene and recruiting its bands to play at the don’t have exposure to those films you might festival. Bands like Hillfolk Noir, Finn Rigget in Portland, [Ore.] or Boise, which have independent films, too. We have theaters that gins and Grandma Kelsey will all perform show blockbuster stuff,” said Chris Jennings, during the festival. Travis Ward, a a native of Pendleton, singer, songwriter and Ore., who founded the EASTERN OREGON FILM FESTIVAL multi-instrumentalist film festival with Ian Thursday, Feb. 28-Saturday, March 2, for Hillfolk Noir, has Clark in 2009. various times, single tickets $5-$9, been involved with While EOFF isn’t all-access pass, $55. EOFF since its kickoff on the regional festival GRANADA 3 THEATRE in 2009. radar—like the Sun 1311 Adams Ave., La Grande, Ore.; “They liked our Valley Film Festival or STAGE DOOR THEATER, music, so they invited the Seattle Internation1010 Adams Ave., La Grande, Ore., us over,” said Ward. al Film Festival—orgaeofilmfest.com “After we played, I nizers say it’s building stayed for the whole up steam, growing attendance and attracting talent from around fest. I saw all but one film. I saw seven movies in one day. After, I couldn’t find the place the Northwest. I was staying at, so I just wandered around This year’s fest lineup includes Only the until 4 a.m.” Young, directed by Jason Tippet and ElizaMost might not guess the eastern Oregon beth Mims, a documentary following three burg of La Grande produces much in the small-town teenagers; War Witch by writerway of music and film. But while the scene director Kim Nguyen, the Oscar-nominated isn’t as developed as regional hubs like Boise tale of a child soldier in Africa; and Cinema and Spokane, those who are supportive are Six, directed by Mark Potts and Cole Selix, very supportive. an Office Space-esque look into the lives of WWW. B OISEWEEKLY.C O M
“La Grande has a lot to offer; people can see the value here,” said Jennings. “Everything is within walking distance in the town. We’re building up our downtown area, and we have this beautiful historic theater here.” One of Clark’s films, Searching for Yellow, will be screened during the festival. The film is a fictional retelling of a landscape painter who ventures out into the suburbs to delicately spray paint the foliage, grasses or rocks while trying to figure out his failing relationship. “He’s not a graffiti artist at all, he’s making marks and punctuating these really quiet moments,” said Clark. The screening of Clark’s film will be followed by a Q and A, and an actor will also make an appearance. In fact, a number of films shown at the EOFF will include a Q and A, either in person or via Skype. After the films show at the Granada Theatre and the Stage Door Theater, which is located at the back of the Liberty Theatre, attendees will congregate at the Art Center at the Old Library to partake in a beer garden. Afterparties will go down Thursday, Feb. 28, at Ten Depot Street, and Friday, March 1, at Mt. Emily Ale House, and there will also be a wrap-up Treefort Music Fest Showcase Saturday, March 2, featuring Boise’s Lionsweb and The Dirty Moogs, along with Portland, Ore.’s AND AND AND. “There will be beer gardens and perks for supporters and members of the festival,” said Jennings. “It has a fun social environment; after screenings or concerts, people can go back to the Arts Center and have a beer and talk about film.”
JACK THE GIANT SLAYER—When Jack opens a portal releasing a race of giants upon the Earth, he must fight for the future of the human race and the love of a brave princess. (PG-13) Opens Friday, March 1. Edwards 9, 22. THE LAST EXORCISM PART II—Continuing where the last film left off, Nell Sweetzer (Ashley Bell) is found alone in rural Louisiana with a case of amnesia. As she begins to start a new life after the horrific deaths of her family members, the evil that possessed her in the first film begins to reassert itself. (R) Opens Friday, March 1. Edwards 9, 22. PHANTOM—Ed Harris and David Duchovny star in this Cold War thriller about a submarine captain (Harris), who secretly suffers from seizures that alter his perception of reality. When he’s selected for a classified mission, he encounters a rogue KGB group bent on securing his sub’s nuclear missile and the realization that his superiors chose him for the mission presuming he would fail. (R) Opens Friday, March 1. Edwards 9, 22.
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