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If there’s one thing many of Jennifer Baichwal’s documentaries have had in common, it’s her acute familiarity with her subjects. It served the Montreal-born, Victoria-raised filmmaker particularly well in The Holier It Gets.

IN CONCERT What: Vancouver Island Blues Bash with The Harpoonist & the Axe Murderer, Matt Schofield Where: Ship Point outdoor stage When: Saturday and Sunday (see jazzvictoria.

OPENING Close Encounters of the Third Kind (SilverCity) Steven Spielberg’s 1977 science fiction classic stars Richard Dreyfuss as a man on a mission after a brush with a UFO. With Terri Garr, Melinda Dillon and Francois Truffaut.

LOS ANGELES — It’s nothing unusual for a television show — even one that airs on basic cable — to have a word bleeped here or there.

New releases from Hollywood prove timely amid political developments in U.S.

Television is partying like it’s 1989. Or 1983. Or pretty much any time during the ’80s. More than a dozen current and upcoming series are set in the decade of Ronald Reagan and shoulder pads, a time when actual music videos played on MTV.

LOS ANGELES — Launching a new network television program in the fall comes with a host of obstacles. It starts with hitting the schedule at the same time the other networks are filling their lineups with new shows.

Jessica Mata wasn’t even a year old when The Golden Girls ended its broadcast run on NBC in 1992. But this summer, she has been captivated by Dorothy, Blanche, Sophia and Rose, the Florida senior-citizen housemates of The Golden Girls.

St. Luke’s Players: Auditions for Cinderella, Sept. 14 at 7 p.m. or Sept. 16 at 2 p.m. Callbacks Sept. 17, 7 p.m. at St. Luke’s Hall, 3821Cedar Hill Cross Rd. Details: stlukesplayers.org or 250-884-5484.

NEW YORK — Hollywood effectively took the weekend off, resulting in one of the most dismal box-office results in 16 years. An already slow August came to a screeching halt at the multiplex, where no major new releases were unveiled.