SBC slates film series

From staff reports
Published: September 11, 2008

The Sweet Briar College Weekend Film Series opens this weekend with “Caramel,” a Lebanese film about five Arab women confronting everyday issues of love and life in Beirut.

“Caramel” will be shown at 7 p.m. tonight and Saturday. All shows are at 7 p.m. and in Benedict Hall’s Tyson Auditorium (room 100).

Upcoming films in the series include:

Sept. 19 and 20: “Stop-Loss” (rated R)
Ryan Phillippe stars as a decorated Iraq war hero, who returns to his small Texas hometown after his tour of duty ends, only to be ordered back to Iraq, which forces a decision.

Oct. 10 and 11: “City of Men” (R)
Best friends Acerola and Laranjinha have been raised without fathers in Rio de Janeiro. As they both turn 18, each discovers things about his missing father amidst a war between rival drug gangs.

Oct. 24 and 25: “Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day” (PG-13)
Frances McDormand is Guinevere Pettigrew, a middle-aged governess who is fired from her job and takes a new one as a social secretary.

Nov. 7 and 8: “Reprise” (R)
This 2006 Norwegian film explores what happens to two aspiring authors six months after they ship their first novels off to publishers.

Nov. 14 and 15: “Quid Pro Quo” (R)
A semi-paralyzed radio reporter is led into an odd subculture after he’s sent to investigate a story about a man who walked into a hospital and demanded that his leg be amputated.

Dec. 5 and 6: “Mamma Mia!” (PG-13)
Told through the music of ABBA, Sophie prepares to get married at her mother’s hotel on a beautiful Greek island, and she wants her father to attend. There’s just one problem: she has no idea who he is. The diary of her mother (Meryl Streep) suggests three possibilities.

Dec. 12 and 13: “Brideshead Revisited” (PG-13)
Based on Evelyn Waugh’s 1945 novel, this film tells the story of Charles Ryder (Matthew Goode), who becomes infatuated with two members of a noble family: Sebastian (Ben Whishaw) and his sister, Julia (Hayley Atwell). Emma Thompson stars as the family’s
matriarch.