Sunbeams: For Nye, a film fest followed by a wedding Fans who fondly remember the movie “American Graffiti” filled three separate screenings of the classic high-school hot-rod set (what is it about young males and cars?) when the California Independent Film Festival presented its monthly festivity at the Orinda Theatre. STS-129 Rendezvous Pitch Maneuver Sped [...]

Rendezvous with Rama $3.00 At first, only a few things are known about the celestial object that astronomers dub Rama. It is huge, weighing more than ten trillion tons. And it is hurtling through the solar system at inconceivable speed. Then a space probe confirms the unthinkable: Rama is no natural object. It is, incredible, [...]

E3 2010′s Most Violent Games From Dead Space 2 to Kirby’s Epic Yarn, see how and why this year’s show was as gruesome as ever. SADAO WATANABE “RENDEZ-VOUS” Rendezvous in Paris [VHS] $19.95 The talk-fest films of aging French New Wave filmmaker Eric Rohmer (My Night at Maud’s, Pauline at the Beach) have grown less [...]