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Arts & Entertainment
Kam’s Kapsules: Movies Opening Friday, Feb. 23
BIG BUDGET FILMS
Annihilation (R for vi-
olence, profanity, sexu-
ality and bloody images)
Sci-fi thriller based on
Jeff VanderMeer’s best
seller of the same name
about a biologist (Na-
talie Portman) who vol-
unteers to lead a secret
mission into the same
environmental disaster
area where her husband
(Oscar Issac) has dis-
appeared. With Tessa
Thompson, Gina Rodri-
guez and Jennifer Jason
Leigh.
Every Day (PG-13 for
profanity,
underage
drinking,
suggestive
material and mature
themes) Adaptation of
David Levithan’s NY
Times best seller about a
16-year-old girl (Angou-
rie Rice) who falls in love
with a ghost that inhab-
its a different body ev-
ery day. Supporting cast
includes Debby Ryan,
Maria Bello and Justice
Smith.
Game Night (R for pro-
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fanity, sexuality and vio-
lence) Crime comedy re-
volving around a couple
(Jason Bateman and Ra-
chel McAdams) that in-
vites some friends to play
a murder mystery, only
to have the party turn
into a real-life whodun-
it when the husband’s
brother (Kyle Chandler)
gets kidnapped by what
were supposed to be fake
thugs. With Sharon Hor-
gan, Billy Magnussen,
Lamorne Harris, Camille
Chen and Kylie Bunbury.
INDEPENDENT &
FOREIGN FILMS
Curvature (Unrated)
Sci-fi thriller about a sci-
entist (Lyndsy Fonseca)
who travels back in time
after a mysterious phone
call in order to stop her-
self from committing
a murder. With Linda
Hamilton, Glenn Mor-
shower and Noah Bean.
Did You Wonder Who
Fired the Gun? (Unrat-
ed) Justice delayed doc-
umentary investigating
the events surrounding
the 1946 killing of a Black
man in an Alabama con-
venience store by the
owner, the director’s
great-grandfather, a Ku
Klux Klansman.
Half Magic (R for fron-
tal nudity, profanity,
graphic sexuality and
drug use) Heather Gra-
ham wrote, directed and
stars in this battle-of-the-
sexes comedy revolving
around three BFFs’ (Gra-
ham, Angela Kinsey and
Stephanie Beatriz) dat-
ing and work woes. With
Molly Shannon, Johnny
Knoxville and Thomas
Lennon.
Hannah
(Unrated)
Charlotte
Rampling
plays the title character
in this intimate portrait
of a housekeeper drifting
‘Game Night’
between denial and reali-
ty in the wake of her hus-
band’s (Andre Wilms)
being sent up the river.
Featuring Stephanie Van
Vyve, Simon Bisschop
and Jessica Fanhan. (In
French and English with
subtitles)
Hichki (Unrated) Bol-
lywood
coming-of-age
drama about a young
woman (Rani Mukerji)
with Tourette syndrome
who turns her weakness
into a strength en route
to landing a teaching
position at an elite prep
school. With Supriya
Pilgaonkar and Ivan Ro-
drigues. (In Hindi with
subtitles)
Mute (Unrated) Futur-
istic sci-fi, set in Berlin
in the 2050s, chroni-
cling a mute bartender’s
(Alexander Skarsgard)
desperate search for
his missing girlfriend
with the help of a couple
of U.S. Army surgeons
(Paul Ruddd and Justin
Theroux) on a mission of
their own. Support cast
includes Seyneb Saleh,
Robert Sheehan and Noel
Clarke.
Survivors’ Guide to
Prison (Unrated) Incar-
ceration documentary
with practical tips for fel-
ons preparing for a stint
behind bars. Featuring
commentary by Danny
Trejo, RZA, Ice-T, Susan
Sarandon, Russell Sim-
mons, Busta Rhymes and
Q-Tip.
Bill Rauch to Leave OSF in 2019 to Lead
NYC’s Perelman Center
Rauch’s tenure as Artistic Director
will conclude August 2019
Oregon Shakespeare
Festival
he Oregon Shake-
speare
Festival
(OSF)
announced
today that Artis-
tic Director Bill Rauch
will leave OSF in August
2019 to assume artistic
leadership of The Ronald
O. Perelman Center for
Performing Arts at the
World Trade Center in
New York City.
“What we have col-
T
lectively accomplished
in the past 12 years at
OSF exceeds my wildest
dreams of what was pos-
sible when I first started
the job,” Rauch said. “An
ever-diversifying
uni-
verse of actors, artisans,
administrators,
board
members,
audience
members and so many
more have led this Festi-
val boldly forward to the
forefront of the Ameri-
can theater.”
“Leaving OSF and this
Bill Rauch
amazing company has
been one of the most diffi-
cult decisions of my life,”
Rauch continued. “The
Festival and this won-
derful town are where
my husband and I have
raised our two children
together—it’s truly our
home in so many sens-
es of the word. We have
been deeply impacted
and changed by our time
here in Ashland.”
According to the Perel-
man Center’s website,
“The Performing Arts
Center at the World
Trade Center (PAC) will
be a global center for the
creation and exchange of
art, ideas, and culture.
Featuring a café and
community spaces, the
PAC will be a hub for the
thriving downtown com-
munity.” In its three flex-
ible performance spaces,
the PAC will produce and
premiere works of the-
ater, dance, music, mu-
sical theater, opera, and
film, as well as produc-
tions that cross multiple
disciplines.
See RAUCH on page 9