Canada, 2007 | 104 min | Denys Arcand | DVD | Not Rated Jean-Marc Leblanc is a depressed civil servant fed up with his meaningless existence. Each new day presents the same tedious routine as the day before. To escape the crushing boredom that is his life, Jean-Marc turns to a fantasy world where he is the imaginary hero in an array of extraordinary adventures. In this dark comedy from one of Canada's best directors, we see that sometimes fantasy is just as important as reality.
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by Federico Garcia Lorca, adapted by Lillian Groag
Directed by Norma Saldivar
"Better dead with the blood drained away than alive with it rotting." Passions run high in this visceral and brooding tragedy. Set in the Spanish countryside, Blood Wedding chronicles a tragic couple as they navigate social mores, economic hardship, and generational expectations, ultimately facing insurmountable odds in their desire to live and love.
With support from a National Endowment for the Arts Masters Dance award, the Dance Program will showcase "Name by Name", a master work by renowned choreographer and guest artist Susan Marshall. Also featured will be fresh, contemporary choreography created by Dance Program faculty artists in collaboration with other interdisciplinary faculty members on campus. Original, innovative new works by Peggy Choy, Kate Corby, Li Chiao-Ping, Marlene Skog, Chris Walker and Jin-Wen Yu, accompanied by live music, will be performed by Dance Program students in this one-time-only, special gala concert.
South Korea, 2008 | 88 min | Yoon Hong-Seung | DVD | Not Rated Twenty students in a special honors class are taking their midterms. All of a sudden a voice comes in over the loudspeaker telling them that for every question they get wrong, one person will die. Now the students and their teacher must race against the clock to get the right answers to save the lives of their fellow classmates! Fans of the SAW series will find the bloody torture scenes are even more gruesome than the best of Jigsaw's traps.
November 21 | South Korea, 2003 | 120min | Chan-wook Park | DVD | R It would be a sin to reveal too much about this riveting and bizarre thriller from Korean director Chan Wook Park, except to say that it's about a man named Dae-Su who is locked in a hotel room for 15 years without knowing his captor's motives. When he is finally released, Dae Su finds himself still trapped in a web of conspiracy and strangeness. His own quest for vengeance becomes tied in with romance when he falls for an attractive sushi chef (Gang Hye-Jung), who feeds him live octopus and who may or may not be involved with the bizarre mystery. There are intense fight scenes (Dae Su's favorite weapon is a hammer), look-away moments of torture and self-mutilation, sex, and gallons of black humor. Not for the squeamish, but for those seeking something wholly original and daring, this cinematic entree is alive--it's hard to imagine a better slice of psycho-shock sensationalism. (from Rotten Tomatoes)