The Minutemen (L-R): George Hurley, Mike Watt, D. Boon (Photo: Mike Watt's Hootpage)

This weekend's worthwhile cinematic happenings in New York:

--Tim Irwin's documentary We Jam Econo: The Story of The Minutemen finally opens in New York today, more than a year after its well-received NYC premiere at Lincoln Center. The Minutemen were only the best band to crawl out of the decadent morass of early-'80s Los Angeles punk—which is not really saying that much considering their competition (all right, I will give you X), but D. Boon, Mike Watt and George Hurley would have been a stunningly great, original combo anywhere in the world. Irwin proves it with a series of interviews and archival footage portraying the band at their madman-best, also reminding us how their unspeakably tragic demise still haunts independent rock after two decades. The film screens tonight at 7 and 9 at Anthology Film Archives.

--Wilhelm Liebenberg and Federico Sanchez pulled out all the stops to make Eternal, what is sure to be the year's most, um, well-made lesbian vampire movie. This is another picture whose press screening eluded me, but from the full-color ads alone—which eschew review blurbs for the photo of a blood-drenched naked woman and the "chilling" tagline: "400 years ago, she seduced and killed 650 women to bathe in their blood; it's happening again."—I am sure this one may even corner the frat-night man-date market that Wedding Crashers had cultivated so carefully all summer. Just do not sit in front of lone men in trenchcoats; those guys are capable of anything.

--My beloved compadres at indieWIRE are hosting an appearance by filmmaker Maya Churi tonight at the SoHo Apple Store at 7:30. Churi will be discussing her "interactive Web narrative" Forest Grove, an innovative look at a 14-year-old boy's adventures swimming through his gated community. The film features photography by the genius Heights and Maria Full of Grace cinematographer Jim Denault and showcases all the cool stuff you can do on a Mac when you are not trawling for porn. Plus it is a hop, skip and a jump from the HOWL! Festival goings-on over in the East Village. Perfect!

--Did I already mention Cinemasports? Tomorrow? At 9 a.m.? In Washington Square? And the screening party at The Cutting Room? At 8 p.m.? I did? Oh. Sorry.