The Big Screen

Last week, Sept. 18

“Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials”; “Captive”; “Black Mass”; “Everest”; “Grandma”; “Sleeping With Other People”

This week, Sept. 25

“The Intern” (WB), PG-13, 121 minutes

About — A widower, 70, doesn’t enjoy retirement, so he becomes a senior intern at an online fashion site; Stars — Anne Hathaway, Robert De Niro, Rene Russo, Nat Wolff; Director — Nancy Meyers

“Stonewall” (Roadside), R, 121 minutes

About — A young man’s political awakening and coming of age leads up to the Stonewall Riots; Stars — Jeremy Irvine, Jonny Beauchamp, Joey King, Caleb Landry Jones; Director — Roland Emmerich

“Hotel Transylvania 2” (Columbia), PG, 89 minutes

About — Dracula and friends bring out the monster in his half-human, half-vampire grandson in order to keep Mavis from leaving the hotel; Stars — Adam Sandler, Andy Samberg, Selena Gomez, Kevin James; Director — Genndy Tartakovsky

Also: “Time Out of Mind”; “Goodnight Mommy”

Next week, Oct. 2

“The Martian”; “Mississippi Grind”; “Coming Home”; “Sicario”

(Note: Movie descriptions by IMDB, www.imdb.com)

Home rentals

The latest top 10 digital movie purchases based on transaction rate, by Rentrak:

1. “Aloha”

2. “Entourage”

3. “Interstellar”

4. “Mad Max 4: Fury Road”

5. “Insurgent”

6. “The Age of Adaline”

7. “Home”

8. “Z For Zachariah”

9. “The Goonies”

10. “Kingsman: The Secret Service”

Other recent favorites: “True Story”; “Get Hard”; “The Longest Ride”; “She’s Funny That Way”; “American Sniper”

Doc spotlight

“Mei Mei”

The winner of the Best Historical Documentary Award at the Oregon Independent Film Festival, by Dmae Roberts, it’s based on the 1989 Peabody Award-winning audio documentary about her Taiwanese mother and her personal story as a daughter separated by language and culture, yet bound together in life. It’ll screen at 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 26, at Clinton Street Theater, 2522 S.E. Clinton St. ($10, www.eventbrite.com).

The Oregon Independent Film Festival takes place this week in Eugene and Portland (Sept. 25 to 28, Clinton). There’ll be more than 70 independent films from 11 countries screened, including many

documentaries. For info: www.oregonindependentfilmfestival.com.

Upcoming events

• Multimedia artist Doug Aitken’s “Station to Station” is a high-speed road trip through modern creativity made up of 62 one-minute films. Sounds interesting. His nomadic journey across North America by train took 24 days in 2013. The film includes moments, profiles, conversations and performances at different locations, with appearances by the likes of Jackson Browne, Patti Smith and Mavis Staples. It screens at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 24 at Whitsell Auditorium, 1219 S.W. Park Ave. ($9 general, $8 student/senior, $6 child) and is part of the Northwest Film Center’s On Art and Artists Series, which goes through Nov. 4. For more:

www.nwfilm.org.

• “Chasing Shadows,” the 66th edition of the annual winter sports film by Warren Miller Entertainment, will screen in Portland at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 23, at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall and 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 29, at the Aladdin Theater (and also at Elsinore Theatre in Salem, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 28). The Miller crew went to the French Alps, Alaska’s Chugach Mountains, Utah’s Wasatch Mountains, the Chilean Andes, and the Himalayas to film skiers and snowboarders doing their extreme thing. For more: www.warrenmiller.com.

• BendFilm, the 12th annual film festival set for Oct. 8-11 in Bend, has announced the opening night film and full lineup.

The opener will be “Breaking a Monster,” from director Luke Meyer. It focuses on a band of 12- and 13-year-old musicians called Unlocking the Truth and follows their path to stardom.

There will be nine narrative features, nine documentaries and 41 shorts judged. For tickets and info: www.bendfilm.org.