This afternoon, the American Cinematheque is presenting one of several events tied in with this weekend's Oscar telecast.

• A Discussion with Academy Award Nominees for Art Direction & Set Decoration: Meet this year's Nominees In Person and go behind the scenes to find out how the worlds of THE GOLDEN COMPASS, THERE WILL BE BLOOD, AMERICAN GANGSTER, ATONEMENT & SWEENEY TODD:THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET went from Imagination toCreation! Today at 2:30pm!

Although not specifically genre-oriented, the presence of GOLDEN COMPASS and SWEENEY TODD among the nominees does make it of interest.

Other upcoming Cinematheque events to mark on your calendar:

• 2001: A SPACE ODESSEY: A special limited engagement in 70mm. March 7-9.
• Mario Bava: Poems of Love and Death. The Cinematheque presents another in their recurring tributes to the late great Italian master of fantasy and horror films. March 13-23