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THIS WEEK AT THE METRO DECEMBER 2-8 12/2 - 12/8 MOVIES BY RICK LEVIN MOONLIGHT 492 E. 13th Ave 541-357-0375 DAILY 11:45 2:15 4:45 7:15 9:35 THE HANDMAIDEN (AH-GA-SSI) FRI 2:05 5:05 8:10 SAT 5:05 8:10 SUN-THU 2:05 5:05 8:10 CERTAIN WOMEN DAILY 12:15 9:45 A MAN CALLED OVE (EN MAN SOM HETER OVE) FRI-TUE 11:30 2:05 4:40 7:20 WED 11:30 2:05 7:20 THU 11:30 2:05 4:40 7:20 HUNT FOR THE WILDERPEOPLE FRI 11:45 2:40 5:00 9:40 SAT 2:40 5:00 9:40 SUN 11:45 2:40 5:00 9:40 MON-TUE 11:45 2:40 5:00 7:20 9:40 WED 2:40 5:00 THU 11:45 2:40 5:00 7:20 9:40 MOVIES THAT bijou-cinemas.com MATTER Serving the Eugene Community for Over 35 Years! LOVING (PG-13) Interracial couple Richard and Mildred Loving fi ght for the right to stay married in the 1960s. Written & Directed by Jeff Nichols. 2:00, 4:45, 7:30 (2:00 pm show on Wednesday will be played with open captions) IXCANUL (VOLCANO) (NR) In Mayan & Spanish with English Subtitles On the slopes of an active volcano in Guatemala, a marriage is arranged for 17-year-old Maria by her Kaqchikel parents but she dreams of a life outside the farm. METROARTS 2:45, 7:45 PREMIUM EVENT PRICE RULES DON’T APPLY (PG-13) THE ROYAL OPERA: LES CONTES D'HOFFMANN SAT 11:00 WED 6:00 From legendary Academy Award winning director Warren Beatty. Blending equal measures of humor and heart, this is the love story of an aspiring actress, her determined driver and the eccentric billionaire they work for. plank town brewing co. presents 5:00 pm baby&me COMING SOON: THE EAGLE HUNTRESS (12/9) Encircle Film Series presents WE THE PEOPLE 2.0 (12/15) 20th CENTURY WOMEN • PATERSON JULIETA • THE RED TURTLE • LA LA LAND Local beer, wine and cider... & now kombucha on tap! TICKET PRICES: MATINEE before 6pm $5 ADULT $8 | STUDENT $7 | SENIOR 62+ $5 CHILD age 12 & under $5 TIX $5 $3 $7 SUN TUES 43 W. BROADWAY (541) 686-2458 BUY TICKETS ONLINE AT BROADWAYMETRO.COM REGULAR ADMISSION $9 ADULTS $8 STUDENTS $6 SENIORS/CHILDREN $6 BEFORE 5 PM OPEN EVERY DAY ALEX HIBBERT AND MAHERSHALA ALI IN MOONLIGHT MATINEE SCREENINGS FOR PARENTS WITH INFANTS MOONLIGHT OR THE HANDMAIDEN WED 10:00 COMING SOON NOCTURNAL ANIMALS MANCHESTER BY THE SEA LA LA LAND ELLE SHINE ON Moonlight proves that good art speaks for itself STUDENT & SENIOR DISCOUNT A L L A G ES 762-1700 | 180 E. 5TH AVE DAVIDMINORTHEATER.COM $3 TUESDAYS FRI DEC 2ND - THUR DEC 8TH SUICIDE SQUAD 5:00 SAUSAGE PARTY 5:15 HELL OR HIGH WATER 6:55 SULLY 7:10 CAPTAIN FANTASTIC 8:45 MAGNIFICENT 7 8:55 ALLIED (DIG) (R) 12:15, 3:45, 7:00, 10:00 ARRIVAL (DIG) (PG-13) 10:55, 1:45, 4:35, 7:30, 10:20 BAD SANTA 2 (DIG) (R) 11:35, 2:15, 5:00, 7:40, 10:10 DOCTOR STRANGE (DIG) (PG-13) 11:05, 1:55, 4:45, 7:35, 10:25 FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM (DIG) (PG-13) 11:55, 2:35, 4:05, 6:05, 7:20, 9:25, 10:30 INCARNATE (DIG) (PG-13) 12:05, 2:25, 5:05, 7:45, 10:15 MOANA (3D) (PG) SPECIAL EVENT PRICING: $3.00 UPCHARGE ALL TICKETS 10:05 MOANA (DIG) (PG) 10:45, 1:35, 4:25, 7:10 RULES DON’T APPLY (DIG) (PG-13) 11:15 TROLLS (DIG) (PG) 11:25, 2:05, 4:55, 7:25, 9:55 EVERGREEN NUTRITION 15% OFF CBD OIL PRODUCTS IN DECEMBER Studies show that CBD oil can be helpful for anxiety & stress. The most affordable CBD on the market, CV Sciences’ CBD oil is non-psychoactive. • Chemical-free CO2 Extracted • Non-GMO • Gluten free SEVERAL NEW OPTIONS ARE NOW AVAILABLE 1653 Willamette Street M-F 9-6 • Sat 10-5 • Sun 11-5 FREE OFF-STREET PARKING 541-485-5100 www.evergreennutrition.com 24 IMAX: FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM [CC, (PG-13) ★ Fri. - Sat.1205 PM 625 PM IMAX: FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM 3D [ (PG-13) ★ Fri. - Sat.320 PM 935 PM HS16: A CHRISTMAS STORY (PG) Sat.1200 PM MET OPERA: MAGIC FLUTE SPECIAL ENCORE (2016) NR ★ Sat.1255 PM INCARNATE (R) Fri. - Sat.(1110 145) 405 635 900 ALLIED [CC,DV] (R) Fri. - Sat.(1055 200) 500 810 BAD SANTA 2 [CC] (R) Fri.(1245 310) 535 800 1025 Sat.(310) 535 800 1025 MOANA [CC,DV] (PG) ★ Fri. - Sat.(100 230 355) 650 945 MOANA 3D [CC,DV] (PG) ★ Fri. - Sat.(1135 AM) 530 PM 820 PM RULES DON'T APPLY [CC,DV] (PG-13) Fri.(1110 AM) EDGE OF SEVENTEEN [CC,DV] (R) Fri.(220) 500 750 1030 Sat.500 PM 750 PM 1030 PM FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM [CC,DV] (PG-13) ★ Fri.(110) 410 730 830 Sat.(110) 420 730 830 FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM 3D [CC,DV] (PG-13) ★ Fri. - Sat.(1100 210) 520 1035 ARRIVAL [CC,DV] (PG-13) Fri. - Sat.(1155 120) 410 545 710 1000 DOCTOR STRANGE [CC,DV] (PG-13) Fri. - Sat.(135) 430 720 1020 DOCTOR STRANGE 3D [CC,DV] (PG-13) ★ Fri. - Sat.(250 PM) 840 PM HACKSAW RIDGE [CC,DV] (R) Fri. - Sat.(1120 240) 600 920 TROLLS [CC,DV] (PG) Fri. - Sat.(1215 240) 510 740 1010 THE ACCOUNTANT [CC,DV] (R) Fri. - Sat.(1145 300) 610 910 December 1, 2016 • eugeneweekly.com A s a critic expected to say something moderately interesting and revealing about the film at hand, I find myself in a difficult position here. I walked into a screening of Moonlight knowing little about the movie, only that it was receiving a good amount of acclaim. In other words, I had no expectations, which allowed the film to wash over me unfiltered by any of the preconceived notions that, no matter how hard we try to stay open- minded, inevitably frame our experience. I could tell you, for instance, that Moonlight is a coming-of-age story about a shy boy, Chiron (Alex Hibbert), who is taken under the wing of a compassionate crack dealer (Mahershala Ali), one of whose customers is the boy’s addict mother (Naomie Harris). In high school, Chiron (now played by Ashton Sanders) is bullied mercilessly. Later, he (now played by Trevante Rhodes) becomes a drug dealer in Atlanta. At the end of the film, Chiron returns to his childhood home to visit Kevin (André Holland), an old high-school friend with whom he once connected in a profound and life-changing way. Chiron is black. Chiron is gay. Likely you now have a pretty solid idea of what kind of film Moonlight aspires to be: The kind of picture critics might describe as a searing portrait of a gay African-American confronting obstacles of racism and homophobia in a tragic and/or triumphant overcoming on his way to forging identity, or dying in the process. Perhaps, like me, you hear this and expect a well-intentioned but rather ham-fisted treatment of social ills that flatters your liberal pieties in a way that is no less stimulating for being entirely familiar. Now forget what you might think about all that. This is not that film. Written and directed by Barry Jenkins, Moonlight is a deeply humane and emotionally poignant film that upends expectations at every turn. The movie seeks to reveal the quietest interstices of human loneliness and yearning, and in so doing it reaches outward beyond any trappings of its narrative to create a portrait that is universal and true. Unlike so many films these days, Moonlight places implicit trust in its audience; it resolutely refuses to yank your chain, opting instead simply to tell its story with a level of grace and patience that feels like a benediction. If I described the most rudimentary outward trappings of my reality (straight, white, middle-class, college-educated), it would send up social flares that might help categorize me as a sociological being, but it would do nothing to reveal the layers of scar tissue that have built up over time, my armor against intimacy. I could give you the greatest hits of my life, show you the death-events and life-events, but neither would this be me. We are not the events we undergo and the circumstances we suffer, but rather, it is our response to them that makes us, and this is where Moonlight succeeds in a way that most films fail. The movie is distinctly literary in its ambitions; Jenkins tells the story in three chapters, each one declaring itself with a whisper rather than a shout. And it’s all the more powerful for this attention to those almost inaudible details. It’s rare to behold a film in which style and substance are so intimately bound in a single purpose. James Laxton’s cinematography is tender and physical, a kind of cinematic eavesdropping that rarely draws attention to itself; watching the film, it feels like you are being simultaneously allowed in and compelled to bear witness. The acting is fantastic, especially in the final chapter when Chiron and Kevin reunite at the cafe where Kevin works; Rhodes and Holland play the scene to faltering, fumbling perfection, painfully capturing the awkward longing of two human beings gambling against the risks of rejection and loneliness. A film of uncommon beauty and humanity, Moonlight burrows down beneath the surfaces of identity — the face we front to the world, the things we call ourselves and each other — to locate that raw and hidden place where we all truly live, or fail to live, or die trying to find. For lack of a better word, call that place love. (Broadway Metro)
