LSC Events for Wednesday, February 26 through Tuesday, March 04

Friday, February 28

The Celluloid Closet (1995) This documentary explores the treatment of gays and lesbians in cinema, with excerpts from over 100 films and commentaries by many major motion picture artists. "Hollywood, that great maker of myths, taught straight people what to think of gays and gay people what to think of themselves." Narrated by Lily Tomlin.
7 & 10pm in 26-100, 100 min, rated R

Friday, February 28

Yojimbo (1961) Directed by Akira Kurosawa. Starring Toshiro Mifune. Yojimbo (Mifune), a masterless samurai, wanders into a town to find it terrorized by two rival factions. He offers his services to the highest bidder but, uncovering treachery, he arranges events so that both sides will destroy each other. Kurosawa's love of the cinematic conventions of the Western genre shows itself in the plot and in some set-ups. This has resulted in several remakes, such as the recently released Last Man Standing, which nevertheless lack the virtuosity of Kurosawa's technique.
7:30pm in 10-250, 110 min, rated NR

Saturday, March 01

The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996) Rose (Barbara Streisand) is a professor of literature in her forties who has given up on the idea of marriage, until she meets a math professor named Gregory (Jeff Bridges). Even though Gregory simply wants a marriage of friendship, without physical affection, Rose falls in love with him and decides to try to capture the heart of the man she loves.
7 & 10pm in 26-100, 126 min, rated PG-13

Sunday, March 02

Bad Boys (1995) Hen pecked family-man Marcus Burnet (Martin Lawrence), and smooth, wealthy ladies' man Mike Lowry (Wil Smith) are Miami cops given 72 hours to reclaim $100 million worth of stolen heroin. They must track down the drugs while protecting the beautiful material witness (Tea Leone) from the bad guys.
7 & 10pm in 26-100, 105 min, rated R