Student Life Cinema

I can't think straight
I Can't Think Straight

Feb 9 (Tue)
8:00pm
(PG-13) 80 min.
Part of the Florida State Gay & Lesbian Film Festival

Between settings of the high society of the Middle East and the stunning backdrop of London’s West End is a romance between Tala and Leyla, two women who come from similar Middle Eastern backgrounds with conservative families on both sides. Sparks fly, but complications arise when Tala finds out that Leyla is engaged to be married. Both women explore their hidden desires and try to find the courageto be true to themselves.

XXY
XXY

Feb 9 (Tue)
10:15pm
(NR) 86 min.
Part of the Florida State Gay & Lesbian Film Festival

A beautiful piece of Argentinian Cinema, XXY explores the predicament of Alex, a 15 year-old intersex teenager. When Alex’s parents invite a doctor and his family to their house, things get more complicated as Alex is immediately drawn to the doctor’s son Alvaro, further adding difficulty to the choice Alex needs to make.

Sex Positive
Sex Positive

Feb 10 (Wed)
7:30pm
(R) 75 min.
Part of the Florida State Gay & Lesbian Film Festival

"25 y/o Leather BDSM master looking for clients." This documentary looks into the life of Richard Berkowitz, who was outcast by the gay community when trying to persuade them to abandon unsafe sex practices. Sex Positive explores his contribution to the fight against HIV/AIDS along with others including the virologist Dr. Joseph Sonnabend and activist Michael Callen.

The Man Who Loved Yngve
The Man Who Loved Yngve

Feb 10 (Wed)
10:00pm
(NR) 90 min.
Part of the Florida State Gay & Lesbian Film Festival

Set in 1980s Norway with an amazing soundtrack, this film follows aspiring teen musician Jarle Klepp as he plays with his band, hangs with his girlfriend, and drags through high school. Everything is going great, until Yngve, the new boy shows up. Suddenly, Jarle has to deal with unexpected feelings and new discoveries about himself.

Shorts
The Color of Love

Feb 12 (Fri)
7:30pm
(Gay Shorts Program, ASLC 101B)
Part of the Florida State Gay & Lesbian Film Festival

Gay Shorts Program.

Shorts
Patrik, Age 1.5

Feb 12 (Fri)
10:00pm
Part of the Florida State Gay & Lesbian Film Festival

Screened in ASLC 101B.

A Serious Man
A Serious Man

Feb 11 (Thu)
7:30pm + 10:15pm
(R) 105min.

Larry Gopnick is trying to be a serious man, but his wife wants to leave him, his kids are stealing his money, his brother won’t move out, and he might not get his tenure. Larry isn’t quite sure if he’s supposed to seek answers from the rabbis, God, or pot, but he does know that he can’t keep on being exploited and that he must take charge of his own life. Directed by the Coen Brothers (No Country for Old Men, Fargo).

Fantastic Mr. Fox
Fantastic Mr. Fox

Feb 12 - 13 (Fri-Sat)
7:30pm + 10:00pm
(PG) 87min.

In Wes Anderson's stop-motion animation adaptation of Roald Dahl’s classic tale, Mr. Fox (George Clooney) is a wild chicken-killing animal with no intentions of being restrained. That is, until he has to get a real job when he and Mrs. Fox (Meryl Streep) have a baby. A few years later, Mr. Fox plans one last heist ending in an epic battle between the woodland creatures and the meanest farmers known to man. Co-starring Jason Schwartzman, Bill Murray, and Owen Wilson.

Predator
Predator

Feb 12 (Fri)
Doors open at 11:59pm
(R) 107min.

A group of testosterone-filled commandos are hired for a search and rescue mission in the jungles of Central America. But their machine guns and rocket launchers are no match against an invisible hunter with dreads lurking in the trees. Now it is up to Dutch (Arnold Schwarzenegger) to hunt the hunter. GET TO THE CHOPPER! And fly to the SLC to watch the making of a star: Carl Weathers.

Geoffrey Gilmore Presents a Movie You Haven't Seen Yet
Geoffrey Gilmore Presents a Movie You Haven't Seen

Feb 14 (Sun)
8:00pm
Tickets are $10 - $30 available at tickets.fsu.edu

Geoffrey Gilmore has been a regular guest at Seven Days of Opening Nights, offering insightful and honest commentary on the state of independent film. With previous titles like (500) Days of Summer and The Visitor, Geoffrey Gilmore will shows us a movie we haven’t seen and certainly one worth talking about.

Florida State University FSU Student Government Assoc. Oglesby Union