Disclaimer:
When the scheduled movie is unavailable we will substitute another movie in its place.
January 1, 2010 HAPPY NEW YEAR! Centre closed.
January 8, 2010 ***SPIDER LILIES IS BEING SUBSTITUTED WITH:
Drifting Flowers (2008) Drama 97 min Cantonese with English subtitles
January 15, 2010
Some Prefer Cake (1998) Comedy/Romance 95 min
January 22, 2010
Orlando (1992)
January 29, 2010
The Early Works of Cheryl Dunye (2008) Documentary 80 min.
Disclaimer:
When the scheduled movie is unavailable we will substitute another movie in its place.
January 1, 2010 HAPPY NEW YEAR! Centre closed.
January 8, 2010 ***SPIDER LILIES IS BEING SUBSTITUTED WITH:
Drifting Flowers (2008) Drama 97 min Cantonese with English subtitles
Three stories share the theme of women coming to terms with homosexuality. In the first segment, May (Pai-Chih-ying) is an eight-year old girl whose blind sister Jing (Serena Fang) makes money as a musician. Jing plays in a nightclub combo with Diego (Chao Yi-lan), a masculine looking woman whose passionate kiss with Jing is witnessed by May. In the second segment of director Zero Chou's film, Lily (Lu Yi-ching) is an elderly woman with Alzheimer's reminded of her childhood when she is unexpectedly reunited with her school friend Yen (Sam Wang), a gay man who is living with AIDS. The third part of the film returns to Diego in adolescence, coming to terms with her sexuality when she finds love with a beautiful nightclub performer. Drifting Flowers was an official entry at the 2008 Berlin Film Festival.
January 15, 2010
Some Prefer Cake (1998) Comedy/Romance 95 min
In San Francisco, Kira (Kathleen Fontaine) has a day job at a warehouse, writes jokes for her sister (Mimi Gonzales) who does stand-up comedy back East. She wants to perform her own material, but does so with disastrous results. Her best friend Sydney (Tara Howley) writes food reviews, which Kira would like to do, having more interest in cake than she does in her boyfriend. Meanwhile, Kira sleeps with every woman she can and one of them stalks her roommate as well as Kira. At the same time, Kira has been introduced to Robin, who has not yet had a serious relationship. Kira must take control of her sexuality and her life direction or sink deeper into an abyss of her own making. The film is the first feature length movie directed by Heidi Arnesen.
January 22, 2010
Orlando (1992)
Britain's Sally Potter adapts Virginia Woolf's Orlando to film. A young nobleman, Orlando (Tilda Swinton) is commanded by Queen Elizabeth I (Quentin Crisp) to stay forever young. The film follows him through several centuries of British history, in which he experiences a variety of lives and relationships until he changes his gender, partly fed up and disgusted with how men think and act. As a woman of nobility, Orlando continues her journey to experience the truth about life, love and approaching one's own sex in 18th century England. Orlando discovers that androgeny is the key to her happiness as well as that of her daughter. Nominated for two Oscars for its brilliant visual design.
January 29, 2010
The Early Works of Cheryl Dunye (2008) Documentary 80 min.
The early works before Dunye's Watermelon Woman include: Greetings from Africa, which stars Cheryl exploring the mysteries of lesbian dating in the 1990's. In The Potluck and the Passion, sparks fly as racial, sexual and social politics intermingle at a lesbian potluck. An Untitled Portrait examines Dunye's relationship with her brother through film footage, super 8 mm home movies and Dunye's special brand of humor. Vanilla Sex asks: Is it who you do or what you do? and She Won't Fade is a self-reflexive look at the sexuality of a young black lesbian, called "funny, sharp and insightful". Janine examines a black lesbian's relationship with a white, upper class high school girl.
