ASUI Vandal Entertainment Indie Film Series
Spring 2012 Schedule
Borah Theater, Student Union Building
Just Peck
February 1 7:00pm
Who is high school sophomore Michael Peck? Is he a model son? A band geek? A science nerd? No, he's just Peck, a 5-foot-2, skinny, 104-pound weakling whom no one notices until he meets Emily, a beautiful and popular senior, who befriends the awkward boy. When Peck's overbearing power parents force him to compete in the school science fair, he risks becoming even more of a social outcast. But Peck has a brilliant plan: he'll create a project so outrageous it will rock the school and get even with his parents. And maybe, just maybe, he won't be just Peck to Emily anymore.
Keir Gilchrist, Brie Larson, Adam Arkin
Image Entertainment;
Directed by Michael A. Nickles
Not Rated; 93 minutes; 2011
In conjunction with the McClure Center for Public Policy we will be showing political films from Monday, February 6 - Saturday, February 11. All films are free and show on the days and times listed below.
Monday, February 6, 7pm
All the President's Men
Tuesday, February 7, 7pm
State of Play
Thursday, February 9, 8pm
Lions for Lambs
Friday, February 10, 7pm
The Ides of March
Saturday, February 11, 2:30pm
The Distinguished Gentlemen
Drive
February 15 7:00pm
Drive is the story of a Hollywood stunt driver by day a loner by nature, who moonlights as a top notch getaway driver for hire in the criminal underworld. He finds himself a target for some of La’s most dangerous men after agreeing to aid the husband of his beautiful neighbor. When the job goes dangerously wrong, the only way he can keep his wife and her son alive is to do what he does best, Drive.
Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Bryan Cranston
Sony Pictures Releasing;
Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn
Rated R; 100 minutes; 201
At the end of WWII, 60 minutes of raw film, having sat undisturbed in an East German archive, was discovered. Shot by the Nazis in Warsaw in May 1942, and labeled simply "Ghetto," this footage quickly became a resource for historians seeking an authentic record of the Warsaw Ghetto. However, the later discovery of a long-missing reel complicated earlier readings of the footage. This film is of enormous import, documenting some of the worst horrors of our time and exposing the efforts of its perpetrators to propel their agenda and cast it in a favorable light.
In this beautiful movie about the end of the world, Justine and Michael are celebrating their marriage at a sumptuous party in the home of her sister Claire, and brother-in-law John. Despite Claire’s best efforts, the wedding is a fiasco, with family tensions mounting and relationships fraying. Meanwhile, a planet called Melancholia is heading directly towards Earth in this psychological disaster film.
Kirsten Dunst, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Kiefer Sutherland
Magnolia Pictures; Directed by Lars von Trier
Rated R; 136 minutes; 2011
JIG is the remarkable story of the 40th Irish Dancing World Championships, held in March 2010 in Glasgow. This feature length documentary was given access for the very first time to the little known world of competitive Irish Dancing. Thousands of dancers, their families and teachers from around the globe descend upon Glasgow for one drama filled week. Clad in wigs, make up, fake tan, diamantes and dresses costing thousands of pounds where they compete for the coveted world titles.
Documentary Feature
Screen Media Films; Directed by Sue Bourne
Not Rated; 99 minutes; 2011
The autobiography of a Somalian nomad circumcised at 3, sold in marriage at 13, fled from Africa a while later to become finally an American supermodel and is now at the age of 38, the UN spokeswoman against circumcision. Adapted from the best selling book.
Liya Kebede, Sally Hawkins, Craig Parkins
National Geographic Entertainment;
Directed by Sherry Horman
Rated R; 120 minutes; 2009
Based on a case study by Dr. Oliver Sacks, and featuring music from Bob Dylan, The Beatles and Grateful Dead, The Music Never Stopped chronicles the heartwarming journey of a father and son adjusting to cerebral trauma and a lifetime of missed opportunities through the music that embodied the generation gap of the 1960s.
Lou Taylor Pucci, J.K. Simmons, Julia Ormond
Lionsgate; Directed by Jim Kohlberg
Rated PG; 105 minutes; 2011
From Monday, April 9 - Saturday, April 14 we will be showing classic Disney Films. All films are free and show on the days and times below.
Monday, 7pm
Robin Hood
Tuesday, 7pm
The Aristocats
Wednesday, 7pm
Tarzan
Thursday, 7pm
Hercules
Friday, 7pm
The Lion King
Saturday, 7pm
Beauty and the Beast
We Need to Talk About Kevin
April 18 7:00 pm
The mother of a teenage boy who went on a high-school killing spree tries to deal with her grief - and feelings of responsibility for her child's actions.
Tilda Swinton, John C. Reilly, Ezra Miller
Walt Disney Pictures; Directed by James Bobin
Rated PG; 98 minutes; 2011
Based on the bittersweet story of food writer Nigel Slater's childhood, and set to the songs of Dusty Springfield, TOAST is a delicious love letter to the tastes and smells that a young boy associates with his journey into adulthood.
Helena Bonham Carter, Ken Stott, Freddie Highmore
Image Entertainment; Directed by SJ Clarkson
Not Rated; 96 minutes; 2012
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