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Monday November 02,2009 Frost/Nixon (R) Oscar winning director Ron Howard brings to the screen writer Peter Morgan's (The Queen, the Last King of Scotland) electrifying battle between Richard Nixon, the disgraced president with a legacy to save, and David Frost, a jet-setting newsman with the interview of a lifetime, in the untold story of the historic encounter that changed the relationship between journalism and politics forever: Frost/Nixon. Reprising their roles from Morgan's stage play are Frank Langella, who won a Tony for his portrayal of Nixon, and Michael Sheen, who fully inhabited the part of Frost onstage in London and New York. From three years after being forced from office, Nixon remained silent. But in the summer of 1977, the steely, cunning former commander-in-chief agreed to sit for one all-inclusive interview to confront the questions of his time in office and the Watergate scandal that ended his presidency. Nixon surprised everyone in selecting Frost as his televised confessor, intending to easily outfox the breezy British showman and secure a place in the hearts and minds of Americans. Frost/Nixon (2009) U.S.A; Director Ron Howard; 122 minutes; DVD; Drama/History. Guest speaker Professor Wesley Townsend will give a brief minute lecture before and Q&A directly after the film. Lumina Theatre. 7:00 PM. Free.

Tuesday November 03,2009 Smoke Signals (PG-13) Thomas is a skinny, toothsome kid wearing oversized glasses and plaid shirts under three-piece suites. Victor is a brooding loner. These Coeur d'Alene Indians trek from their Idaho reservation to Phoenix to retrieve the ashes of Victor's estranged father. Based on Sherman Alexie's The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven, this is the first film written, directed, and acted completely by American Indians. Directed by Chris Eyre. DVD. Runtime: 88 minutes Starring: Adam Beach, Evan Adams, Irene Bedard, and Gary Farmer Lumina Theater. 7 p.m. FREE. Sponsored by UNCW Presents.

Friday November 06,2009 500 Days of Summer (PG-13) Tom Hansen (Joseph Gordon-Levitt of Brick) is a man who believes that his life will never be complete until the girl of his dreams is by his side. The question remains, who is this mystery woman? Is it the cute and loveable Summer Finn (the blue eyed beauty Zooey Deschanel), who refuses to believe in love? If it's not, who else could it be? Tom spends the better part of two years trying to figure out the answer to these questions, all while riding the highs and lows that all of us are familiar with. Although shot with a bouncy, indy-quirk style, 500 Days of Summer is a powerful film that speaks to anyone who has ever lost… and loved. Directed by Marc Webb. 35mm. Runtime: 95 minutes. Lumina Theater. 7 & 10 p.m. ACE Blockbuster. 2 dollars with UNCW Student ID. 4 dollars for non-students.

Saturday November 07,2009 The Metropolitan Opera Live in HD: Turandot Director Franco Zeffirelli's breathtaking production of Puccini's last opera is a favorite of the Met repertoire. Maria Guleghina plays the ruthless Chinese princess of the title, whose hatred of men is so strong that she has all suitors who can't solve her riddles beheaded. Marcello Giordani sings Calàf, the unknown prince who eventually wins her love and whose solos include the famous "Nessun dorma." Conductor: Andris Nelsons Production: Franco Zeffirelli, Maria Guleghina, Marina Poplavskaya, Marcello Giordani, Samuel Ramey Approximate running time 3 hours 30 minutes / 2 intermissions. Sponsored by the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute. · All operas are presented with English subtitles. · Doors to the Lumina Theatre open 30 minutes prior to performance. · Refreshments (cash/check) are available one hour prior and during the first intermission. · Park in Lots E and M. Lumina Theater. 1 p.m. To order tickets, call 910.962.3195.

Saturday November 07,2009 The Hurt Locker (R) An intense portrayal of elite soldiers who have one of the most dangerous jobs in the world: disarming bombs in the heat of combat. When new Sergeant James takes over the bomb disposal team amidst the violent conflict in Iraq, he surprises his two subordinates, Sanborn and Eldridge, by recklessly plunging them into a deadly game of urban combat. James behaves as if he's indifferent to death. As the men struggle to control their wild new leader, the city explodes into chaos, and James' true character reveals itself in a way that will change each man forever. This film will have you on the edge of your seat from explosive beginning to explosive end. Featuring performances by Jeremy Renner (The Assassination of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford) Ralph Fiennes (In Bruges), Guy Pearce (Memento). Directed by Kathryn Bigelow. 35mm. Runtime 131 minutes. Lumina Theater. 8 p.m. FREE with UNCW Student ID. 4 dollars for non-students. ACE Films Spotlight Series.

Sunday November 08,2009 City of God This shockingly violent film shows the unbelievable poverty, greed, danger and crime in the Cidade de Deus - a housing project started in the 60's that became one of the most dangerous places in Rio de Janeiro. Busca-Pe is a poor black child who takes the eye of an artist to his horrific surroundings. He eventually becomes a professional photographer where he attempts to capture the humanity of a seemingly inhumane existence. Starring Matheus Nachtergaele, Seu Jorge, Alexandre Rodrigues, Leandro Firmino Da Hora In Portuguese with English subtitles Directed by Fernando Meirelles Runtime: 138 minutes Lumina Theater. 7 p.m. FREE. Sponsored by Graduate Student Life.

Monday November 09,2009 Babam ve Oglum (My Father and My Son) Not Rated Sadik is a rebellious youth who was politically active as a university student. His father expects him to become an agricultural engineer and return to operate his family farm in an Aegean village. Instead, Sadik becomes a left-wing journalist. On the dawn of September 12, 1980, when a military coup hits the country, Sadik cannot find access to a hospital or doctor, so his wife dies while giving birth to their only child, Deniz. Years pass and Sadik discovers that his life will end soon due to an illness. He decides to return to his village with 8 year old Deniz, knowing that it will be hard to correct things with his father, Huseyin. My Father and My Son is a 2005 Turkish film written and directed by Çağan Irmak. In Turkey, the movie was seen by four million cinemagoers in spring 2005 becoming one of the most successful movies in Turkish box-office history. It is a drama with some gentle comedy. DVD. Runtime: 110 minutes. Original language: Turkish, subtitled in English Lumina Theater. 7 p.m. FREE. Sponsored by the Turkish Student Association.

Wednesday November 11,2009 Cucalorus Film Festival Cucalorus, named one of the "Top 25 Coolest Film Festivals" by Moviemaker Magazine, is celebrating its 15th anniversary as an international film festival located in the historic, port city of Wilmington, NC. The festival is non-competitive to create a laid-back atmosphere and to foster open dialogue where filmmakers and audience feel free to share stories and socialize. Cucalorus provides a forum where film becomes a player in the social and political arena and offers a new voice for the South. Over 10,000 tickets were sold in 2008 and over 130 films will screen this November 11th-15th, 2009 ACE Films partners with Cucalorus Film Festival to host screenings in UNCW's Lumina Theater. Tickets will be available at Sharky's Box Office on the first floor of the Fisher Student Center, next to the entrance for Lumina Theater. Info on the festival can be found at: Cucalorus.org Schedule: Nov. 11 7:00 p.m. - That Evening Sun Nov. 12 9:30 a.m. - General Perspectives: Short Films 1:15 p.m. - TiMER 3:45 p.m. - The Messenger 7:45 p.m. - The Square 10:45 p.m. - Big Fan Nov. 13 10:00 a.m. - That Evening Sun 1:00 p.m. - Half Empty 4:15 p.m. - Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire 8:00 p.m. - Easier with Practice 10:45 p.m. - The House of the Devil Nov. 14 10:45 a.m. - Harmony and Me 1:45 p.m. - Bomber 4:00 p.m. - Mississippi Damned 7:15 p.m. - Calvin Marshall 10:15 p.m. - Bitch Slap Nov. 15 10:30 a.m. - Calvin Marshall 1:00 p.m. - Mississippi Damned 4:00 p.m. - TiMER 7:00 p.m. - The Messenger

Wednesday November 11,2009 That Evening Sun (Cucalorus) Abner Meecham, an aging Tennessee farmer discarded to a nursing facility by his lawyer son, flees the old folks' home and catches a ride back to his country farm to live out his days in peace. Upon his return, he discovers that his son has leased the farm to Abner's old enemy and his white trash family. Not one to suffer fools or go down easy, Abner moves into the old tenant shack on the property and declares that he won't leave until the farm is returned to his possession. But Lonzo Choat, the new tenant, has no intention to move out or give in to the old man's demands. This sets up a ruthless grudge match between Abner and Choat, each man right in his own eyes, each too stubborn to give an inch. Angered by his son's betrayal, and haunted by recurring dreams of his long‐dead wife, Abner sets about his own path toward reclaiming his life. Lines are drawn, threats are made, and the simmering tension under the Southern sun erupts, inevitably, into savagery. Starring Hal Holbrook, Ray McKinnon, Walt Goggins, Mia Wasikowska and Carrie Preston. Winner of the Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature at SXSW 2009. Winner of the Audience Choice Award for Best Feature at the 2009 Sarasota Film Festival and the 2009 Nashville Film Festival. Director: Scott Teems Cinematographer: Rodney Taylor Producers: Laura Smith, Terence Berry, Raymond McKinnon, Walton Goggins Format: 35mm Runtime: 110 minutes ACE Films partners with Cucalorous Film Festival to host screenings in UNCW's Lumina Theater. Info on the festival can be found at: Cucalorus.org Tickets will be available at Sharky's Box Office on the first floor of the Fisher Student Center, next to the entrance for Lumina Theater. Lumina Theater. 7 p.m. Advance Tickets Recommended or carry a Cucalorus Pass. Presented by the Cucalorus Film Festival.

Thursday November 12,2009 Big Fan (Cucalorus) Pal Aufiero, 35-year old parking garage attendant from Staten Island, is the self-described "world's biggest New York Giants fan." His family berates him for doing nothing with his life, but they don't understand the depth of his love of the Giants or the responsibility his fandom carries. After a chance encounter with Giants star quarterback, Quantrell Bishop, Paul's world crashes around him as his family, the team, the media and authorities engage in a tug-of-war over Paul, testing his allegiances and calling into question everything he believes in. Director: Robert Siegel Editor: Joshua Trank Writer: Robert Siegel Cinematographer: Michael Simmonds Producer: Jean Kouremetis, Elan Bogarin Music: Philip Watt Cast: Patton Oswalt, Michael Rapaport, Kevin Corrigan, Marcia Jean Kurtz, Matt Servitto Runtime: 102 minutes ACE Films partners with Cucalorous Film Festival to host screenings in UNCW's Lumina Theater. Info on the festival can be found at: Cucalorus.org Tickets will be available at Sharky's Box Office on the first floor of the Fisher Student Center, next to the entrance for Lumina Theater. Lumina Theater. 10:45 p.m. Advance Tickets Recommended or carry Cucalorus Pass. Presented by the Cucalorus Film Festival.

Thursday November 12,2009 The Square (Cucalorus) A stylistic, twist-filled film noir, The Square centers on an adulterous couple whose scheme leads to arson, blackmail, and murder. The Square is the first feature from Australian stuntman-turned-director Nash Edgerton and his brother Joel who co-wrote and stars in the film. Nash Edgerton (Director/Writer/Executive Producer), Joel Edgerton (Writer/Executive Producer), Matthew Dabner (Writer/Executive Producer), Brad Shield (Cinematographer), Luke Doolan (Editor), Elizabeth Mary Moore (Production Designer). Cast: David Roberts, Claire van der Boom, Anthony Hayes, Joel Edgerton, Peter Phelps, Bill Hunter, Damon Herriman, Brendan Donoghue, Kieran Darcy-Smith, Lucy Bell, Hanna Mangan-Lawrence Format: 35 mm Runtime: 101 minutes Screening with Section 44. Format: DVD ACE Films partners with Cucalorous Film Festival to host screenings in UNCW's Lumina Theater. Info on the festival can be found at: Cucalorus.org Tickets will be available at Sharky's Box Office on the first floor of the Fisher Student Center, next to the entrance for Lumina Theater. Lumina Theater. 7:45 p.m. Advance Tickets Recommended or carry Cucalorus Pass. Presented by the Cucalorus Film Festival.

Thursday November 12,2009 TiMER (Cucalorus) What if a clock could count down to the moment you meet your soul mate? In this alternate version of present day Los Angeles, a revolutionary device called the TiMER fulfills this fantasy. For a reasonable installation fee and moderate monthly charges, a TiMER implanted in the wrist will accurately display the numbers of days, hours, minutes and seconds until the wearer's date with destiny. Sounds awesome, right? Not if you're Oona O'Leary (EMMA CAULFIELD, Buffy the Vampire Slayer). She faces the rare dilemma of a blank TiMER. Her soul mate-whoever and wherever he is-doesn't have a TiMER. While her family and friends move through life with predetermined romantic fates, Oona searches for her perfect match via process of elimination, tentatively dating TiMER-less men but never getting emotionally invested. Instead she convinces them to get TiMERs, only to have her hopes crushed time and time again. Staring down the barrel of thirty and tired of waiting for her would-be life partner to get off the dime, Oona breaks her own rules and falls for Mikey (JOHN PATRICK AMEDORI, Gossip Girl), a charming and inappropriately young supermarket clerk with a countdown of four months. But what will happen when those four months are up? Only when Oona ignores the ticking clock can she finally experience the exhilarating and unpredictable hot mess that is love. Jac Schaeffer (Director/Writer), Harris Charalambous (Cinematographer), Maya Sigel (Production Designer), Peter Samet (Editor), Joe Dzuban (Sound), Andrew Kaiser (Music). Cast: Emma Caufield, Michelle Borth, John Patrick Amedori, Desmond Harrington, JoBeth Williams Format: DigiBeta Runtime: 99 minutes Screening with Horn Dog short. Format:35mm ACE Films partners with Cucalorous Film Festival to host screenings in UNCW's Lumina Theater. Info on the festival can be found at: Cucalorus.org Tickets will be available at Sharky's Box Office on the first floor of the Fisher Student Center, next to the entrance for Lumina Theater. Lumina Theater. 1:15 p.m. Advance Tickets Recommended or carry Cucalorus Pass. Presented by the Cucalorus Film Festival.

Thursday November 12,2009 The Messenger (Cucalorus) Ben Foster stars as Will Montgomery, a US Army officer who has just returned home from a tour in Iraq and is assigned to the Army's Casualty Notification service. Partnered with fellow officer Tony Stone to bear the bad news to the loved ones of fallen soldiers. Will faces the challenge of completing his mission while seeking to find comfort and healing back on the home front. When he finds himself drawn to Olivia, to whom he just delivered the news of her husband's death, Will's emotional detachment begins to dissolve and the film reveals itself as a surprising, humorous, moving and very human portrait of grief, friendship and survival. Director: Oren Moverman Producer: Benjamin Goldhirsh, Mark Gordon, Lawrence Inglee, Zach Miller Format: 35mm Runtime: 112 minutes ACE Films partners with Cucalorous Film Festival to host screenings in UNCW's Lumina Theater. Info on the festival can be found at: Cucalorus.org Tickets will be available at Sharky's Box Office on the first floor of the Fisher Student Center, next to the entrance for Lumina Theater. Lumina Theater. 3:45 p.m. Advance Tickets Recommended or carry Cucalorus Pass. Presented by the Cucalorus Film Festival.

Thursday November 12,2009 Short Films (Cucalorus) A savvy selection of shorts collected especially for area high school students. Teens have a chance to ask questions to the filmmakers who brought the movies to the fest. This program is funded by a grant from the Landfall foundation. ACE Films partners with Cucalorous Film Festival to host screenings in UNCW's Lumina Theater. Format: DVD Info on the festival can be found at: Cucalorus.org Tickets will be available at Sharky's Box Office on the first floor of the Fisher Student Center, next to the entrance for Lumina Theater. Lumina Theater. 9:30 a.m. Advance Tickets Recommended or carry Cucalorus Pass. Presented by the Cucalorus Film Festival.

Friday November 13,2009 Precious (Cucalorus) Set in Harlem in 1987, Claireese "Precious" Jones is a sixteen-year-old African-American girl born into a life no one would want. She's pregnant for the second time by her absent father; at home, she must wait hand and foot on her mother, a poisonously angry woman who abuses Precious emotionally and physically. School is a place of chaos and Precious has reached the ninth grade with good marks and an awful secret: she can neither read nor write. Precious may sometimes be down, but she is never out. Beneath her impassive expression is a watchful, curious young woman with an inchoate but unshakeable sense that other possibilities exist for her. Threatened with expulsion, Precious is offered the chance to transfer to an alternative school, Each One/Teach One. Precious doesn't know the meaning of "alternative," but her instincts tell her this is the chance she has been waiting for. In the literacy workshop taught by the patient yet firm Ms. Rain (Paula Patton), Precious begins a journey that will lead her from darkness, pain and powerlessness to light, love and self-determination. PRECIOUS was an Official Selection at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival - Un Certain Regard, and winner of three awards at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival including the Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award in the US Dramatic Competition. The film was also the centerpiece of the 2009 Toronto Film Festival Gala Presentation where it received the 2009 Cadillac People's Choice Award. PRECIOUS is the only film ever to receive teh Audience awards at Sundance and Toronto. Director: Lee Daniels Cinematographer: Andrew Dunn Producer: Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness, Gary Magness, Mark Mathis Format:35mm Runtime: 109 minutes ACE Films partners with Cucalorous Film Festival to host screenings in UNCW's Lumina Theater. Info on the festival can be found at: Cucalorus.org Tickets will be available at Sharky's Box Office on the first floor of the Fisher Student Center, next to the entrance for Lumina Theater. Lumina Theater. 4:15 p.m. Advance Tickets Recommended or carry Cucalorus Pass. Presented by the Cucalorus Film Festival.

Friday November 13,2009 That Evening Sun (Cucalorus) Abner Meecham, an aging Tennessee farmer discarded to a nursing facility by his lawyer son, flees the old folks' home and catches a ride back to his country farm to live out his days in peace. Upon his return, he discovers that his son has leased the farm to Abner's old enemy and his white trash family. Not one to suffer fools or go down easy, Abner moves into the old tenant shack on the property and declares that he won't leave until the farm is returned to his possession. But Lonzo Choat, the new tenant, has no intention to move out or give in to the old man's demands. This sets up a ruthless grudge match between Abner and Choat, each man right in his own eyes, each too stubborn to give an inch. Angered by his son's betrayal, and haunted by recurring dreams of his long‐dead wife, Abner sets about his own path toward reclaiming his life. Lines are drawn, threats are made, and the simmering tension under the Southern sun erupts, inevitably, into savagery. Starring Hal Holbrook, Ray McKinnon, Walt Goggins, Mia Wasikowska and Carrie Preston. Winner of the Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature at SXSW 2009. Winner of the Audience Choice Award for Best Feature at the 2009 Sarasota Film Festival and the 2009 Nashville Film Festival. Director: Scott Teems Cinematographer: Rodney Taylor Producers: Laura Smith, Terence Berry, Raymond McKinnon, Walton Goggins Format:35mm Runtime: 110 minutes ACE Films partners with Cucalorous Film Festival to host screenings in UNCW's Lumina Theater. Info on the festival can be found at: Cucalorus.org Tickets will be available at Sharky's Box Office on the first floor of the Fisher Student Center, next to the entrance for Lumina Theater. Lumina Theater. 10:00 a.m. Advance Tickets Recommended or carry a Cucalorus Pass. Presented by the Cucalorus Film Festival.

Friday November 13,2009 The House of the Devil (Cucalorus) In the 1980s, college student Samantha Hughes takes a strange babysitting job that coincides with a full lunar eclipse. She slowly realizes her clients harbor a terrifying secret; they plan to use her in a satanic ritual. Director: Ti West Producer: Josh Braun, Roger Kass, Larry Fessenden, Peter Phok Format: 35mm Runtime: 93 minutes ACE Films partners with Cucalorous Film Festival to host screenings in UNCW's Lumina Theater. Info on the festival can be found at: Cucalorus.org Tickets will be available at Sharky's Box Office on the first floor of the Fisher Student Center, next to the entrance for Lumina Theater. Lumina Theater. 10:00 p.m. Advance Tickets Recommended or carry Cucalorus Pass. Presented by the Cucalorus Film Festival

Friday November 13,2009 Half Empty (Cucalorus) When a corrupt executive must cover up a coke deal, he must fire his best employee, Adam, and hire a patsy, Sam. By strange coincidence, these two meet in a bar and discover how much they really have in common. Half Empty is a feature plot driven character comedy of situation and coincidence. Director: Troy Carlton & Marcus Mizelle Format: DVD Runtime: 90 minutes Screening with Lost Paradise. ACE Films partners with Cucalorous Film Festival to host screenings in UNCW's Lumina Theater. Info on the festival can be found at: Cucalorus.org Tickets will be available at Sharky's Box Office on the first floor of the Fisher Student Center, next to the entrance for Lumina Theater. Lumina Theater. 1:00 p.m. Advance Tickets Recommended or carry Cucalorus Pass. Presented by the Cucalorus Film Festival.

Friday November 13,2009 Easier With Practice (Cucalorus) In an attempt to promote his unpublished novel, Davy Mitchell sets out on a road trip with his younger, looser brother Sean. However, the idealism of being on the road wears off quickly as the trip proves to be a lonely and unfulfillable experience for Davy whose discordant relationship with his brother seems impossible to reconcile. One night in a motel room he gets a random phone call from a mysterious woman named Nicole who wants Davy to have phone sex with her. They start a sexy, funny and intimate affair which leaves Davy happier than he has been in years. Hoping there can be more to the relationship than virtual sex and a phone bill, Davy decides he wants to meet Nicole. Ultimately, he will have to face not only the truth about their relationship but also about himself. Director: Kyle Patrick Alvarez Cinematographer: David Morrison Producer: Cookie Carosella Format: DigiBeta Runtime: 100 minutes Screening with Postalolio. ACE Films partners with Cucalorous Film Festival to host screenings in UNCW's Lumina Theater. Info on the festival can be found at: Cucalorus.org Tickets will be available at Sharky's Box Office on the first floor of the Fisher Student Center, next to the entrance for Lumina Theater. Lumina Theater. 8:00 p.m. Advance Tickets Recommended or carry Cucalorus Pass. Presented by the Cucalorus Film Festival.

Saturday November 14,2009 Harmony and Me (Cucalorus) Robert Byington's endearing twentysomething crisis movie blends familiar elements to original and satisfying effect. A thematic relation to Gregory's Girl, Swingers and Forgetting Sarah Marshall, it uses a bargain basement mumblecore aesthetic, but sidesteps the self-indulgence to which that mini-genre is prone thanks to a sustained sharp wit. Sad-faced Justin Rice is our afflicted protagonist, Harmony, who's a prototype nightmare dumpee - the sort of heartbroken friend you take out for consolatory drinks two or three times before resorting any excuse to avoid hearing, yet again, the play-by-play rehash of just what went wrong. In the wake of his separation from his perky dreamgirl Jessica (Kristen Tucker), Harmony's friends and family are as unsympathetic as only true intimates can be. His appalling brothers mock his anguished state, and his buddies counsel stoicism on the basis that Jessica was 'dull' and 'only an eight' (as opposed to the elusive 'ten'). The there's Harmony's boss, who self-confessedly loses interest in women once they reach legal age; and his mother, an obsessive chainsmoker whose lungs, according to her doctor, 'should be declared a national disaster area'... Harmony and Me is primarily played for dark laughs, but inside Rice's guarded, edgy little performance there's a sincere portrayal of someone absolutely trapped in self-consciousness and self-pity. His social missteps and emotional misjudgements are harrowingly, hilariously close to the bone. Witness Harmony drifting inexorably into an instantly regrettable one-night-stand with his neighbour, Natasha (Alison Latta), a bolshy blonde embodiment of every soulsucking oversharer you've ever met; or jumping up as if electrocuted when his male pal tries to embrace him. ('You're a mess,' notes said pal, sadly. 'Rigid. Tense, too.') Low-budget comedies are often satisfied with basking in their limited resources, ripping off their influences and chucking forth the odd off- colour gag; but Harmony and Me is a far more distinctive and intelligent affair, which distinguishes itself by its fine comic timing and its agile deployment of language. A tiny-budget, less people-pleasing version of those love-the-loser comedies crafted around comics of the moment Seth Rogen, Steve Carell and Paul Rudd, this film is bold enough not to flinch from the ugliness of emotional turmoil; humane enough to forgive it; and ballsy enough to laugh right in its face. Director: Robert Byington Cinematographer: Jim Eastburn Producer: Kristen Tucker Format: DigiBeta Runtime: 74 minutes ACE Films partners with Cucalorous Film Festival to host screenings in UNCW's Lumina Theater. Info on the festival can be found at: Cucalorus.org Tickets will be available at Sharky's Box Office on the first floor of the Fisher Student Center, next to the entrance for Lumina Theater. Lumina Theater. 10:45 a.m. Advance Tickets Recommended or carry Cucalorus Pass. Presented by the Cucalorus Film Festival

Saturday November 14,2009 Bomber (Cucalorus) A bittersweet comedy about love, family, and dropping bombs on Germany. An 83 year-old man returns to Germany for a long planned journey of atonement. When Ross, his useless son agrees to drive him there, a nightmare family road trip ensues. Director: Paul Cotter Cinematographer: Rick Siegel Producer: Paul Cotter & Maureen Ryan Format: DigiBeta Runtime: 84 minutes ACE Films partners with Cucalorous Film Festival to host screenings in UNCW's Lumina Theater. Info on the festival can be found at: Cucalorus.org Tickets will be available at Sharky's Box Office on the first floor of the Fisher Student Center, next to the entrance for Lumina Theater. Lumina Theater. 1:45 p.m. Advance Tickets Recommended or carry Cucalorus Pass. Presented by the Cucalorus Film Festival.

Saturday November 14,2009 Calvin Marshall (Cucalorus) Junior college student Calvin Marshall is determined that he's going to have a huge career in major league baseball. What everyone else realizes and Calvin does not is that Calvin is one of the worst ballplayers in history. When Calvin falls hard for an attractive volleyball star with a big future, he gets some hard lessons in love and life, but must face his own strengths and limitations before he can move into the future and determine the profession he's really suited for.Gary Lundgren's 35mm feature stars Alex Frost, Michelle Lombardo and Steve Zahn. Lundgren's short "Wow and Flutter" screened at Cucalorus in 2005. Director: Gary Lundgren Cinematographer: Patrick Neary Producer: Anne Lundgren & Michael Matondi Format: 35mm Runtime: 93 minutes ACE Films partners with Cucalorous Film Festival to host screenings in UNCW's Lumina Theater. Info on the festival can be found at: Cucalorus.org Tickets will be available at Sharky's Box Office on the first floor of the Fisher Student Center, next to the entrance for Lumina Theater. Lumina Theater. 7:15 p.m. Advance Tickets Recommended or carry Cucalorus Pass. Presented by the Cucalorus Film Festival.

Saturday November 14,2009 Bitch Slap (Cucalorus) "Bitch Slap" is a modern throwback to the "B" Movie/Exploitation films of the 1950s-70s, mixing hot girls, fast cars, big guns, nasty tongues, outrageous action and jaw-dropping eye candy with a message...don't be naughty! At its core, "Bitch Slap" follows three bad girls (a down-and-out stripper, a drug-running killer and a corporate powerbroker) as they arrive at a remote desert hideaway to extort massive booty from a ruthless underworld kingpin. Things quickly spin out of control as allegiances change, truths are revealed, other criminals arrive for the score, the fate of the world hangs in the balance and they are forced to confront a villain much worse than they ever expected… themselves. It's the ultimate morality tale as, one by one, they realize the whole "she-bang" was a set-up and one of the film's characters may not even be human… Director: Rick Jacobson Editor: Joe McFadden & Corey Yaktus Writer: Eric Gruendemann & Rick Jacobson Cinematographer: Stuart Asbjornsen Producer: Eric Gruendemann, Rick Jacobson Music: John R. Graham Cast: Julia Voth, Erin Cummings, America Olivo, Michael Hurst, Lucy Lawless, Kevin Sorbo, Renée O'Connor Format: DigiBeta Runtime: 104 minutes ACE Films partners with Cucalorous Film Festival to host screenings in UNCW's Lumina Theater. Info on the festival can be found at: Cucalorus.org Tickets will be available at Sharky's Box Office on the first floor of the Fisher Student Center, next to the entrance for Lumina Theater. Lumina Theater. 10:15 p.m. Advance Tickets Recommended or carry Cucalorus Pass. Presented by the Cucalorus Film Festival

Saturday November 14,2009 Mississippi Damned (Cucalorus) Wanting to escape was the easy part. Taking place in 1986 and 1998 and based on a true story, three poor, Black kids in rural Mississippi reap the consequences of their family's cycle of abuse, addiction, and violence. They independently struggle to escape their circumstances and must decide whether to confront what's plagued their family for generations or succumb to the same crippling fate, forever damned in Mississippi. Bitterly honest and profoundly subtle, writer/director Tina Mabry successfully captures growing up in a world where possibilities and opportunities seem to die in the face of the suffocating reality of physical and sexual abuse, obsession, and a myriad of destructive compulsions. Mississippi Damned won the Jury Award for Best Narrative Feature at the 2009 Urbanworld Film Festival, the Grand Jurty Award for Narrative Features at the 2009 American Black Film Festival, the Jury Award for Best American Independent Film at the 2009 Philadelphia Film Festival and the Special Jury Award for Narrative Breakthrough at the 2009 Atlanta Film Festival. Director: Tina Mabry Cinematographer: Bradford Young Producer: Morgan R. Stiff, Lee V. Stiff Format:35mm Runtime: 2 hours ACE Films partners with Cucalorous Film Festival to host screenings in UNCW's Lumina Theater. Info on the festival can be found at: Cucalorus.org Tickets will be available at Sharky's Box Office on the first floor of the Fisher Student Center, next to the entrance for Lumina Theater. Lumina Theater. 4 p.m. Advance Tickets Recommended or carry a Cucalorus Pass. Presented by the Cucalorus Film Festival.

Sunday November 15,2009 Calvin Marshall (Cucalorus) Junior college student Calvin Marshall is determined that he's going to have a huge career in major league baseball. What everyone else realizes and Calvin does not is that Calvin is one of the worst ballplayers in history. When Calvin falls hard for an attractive volleyball star with a big future, he gets some hard lessons in love and life, but must face his own strengths and limitations before he can move into the future and determine the profession he's really suited for.Gary Lundgren's 35mm feature stars Alex Frost, Michelle Lombardo and Steve Zahn. Lundgren's short "Wow and Flutter" screened at Cucalorus in 2005. Director: Gary Lundgren Cinematographer: Patrick Neary Producer: Anne Lundgren & Michael Matondi Format: 35mm Runtime: 93 minutes ACE Films partners with Cucalorous Film Festival to host screenings in UNCW's Lumina Theater. Info on the festival can be found at: Cucalorus.org Tickets will be available at Sharky's Box Office on the first floor of the Fisher Student Center, next to the entrance for Lumina Theater. Lumina Theater. 10:30 a.m. Advance Tickets Recommended or carry Cucalorus Pass. Presented by the Cucalorus Film Festival.

Sunday November 15,2009 Mississippi Damned (Cucalorus) Wanting to escape was the easy part. Taking place in 1986 and 1998 and based on a true story, three poor, Black kids in rural Mississippi reap the consequences of their family's cycle of abuse, addiction, and violence. They independently struggle to escape their circumstances and must decide whether to confront what's plagued their family for generations or succumb to the same crippling fate, forever damned in Mississippi. Bitterly honest and profoundly subtle, writer/director Tina Mabry successfully captures growing up in a world where possibilities and opportunities seem to die in the face of the suffocating reality of physical and sexual abuse, obsession, and a myriad of destructive compulsions. Mississippi Damned won the Jury Award for Best Narrative Feature at the 2009 Urbanworld Film Festival, the Grand Jurty Award for Narrative Features at the 2009 American Black Film Festival, the Jury Award for Best American Independent Film at the 2009 Philadelphia Film Festival and the Special Jury Award for Narrative Breakthrough at the 2009 Atlanta Film Festival. Director: Tina Mabry Cinematographer: Bradford Young Producer: Morgan R. Stiff, Lee V. Stiff Format: 35mm Runtime: 2 hours ACE Films partners with Cucalorous Film Festival to host screenings in UNCW's Lumina Theater. Info on the festival can be found at: Cucalorus.org Tickets will be available at Sharky's Box Office on the first floor of the Fisher Student Center, next to the entrance for Lumina Theater. Lumina Theater. 1 p.m. Advance Tickets Recommended or carry a Cucalorus Pass. Presented by the Cucalorus Film Festival.

Sunday November 15,2009 TiMER (Cucalorus) What if a clock could count down to the moment you meet your soul mate? In this alternate version of present day Los Angeles, a revolutionary device called the TiMER fulfills this fantasy. For a reasonable installation fee and moderate monthly charges, a TiMER implanted in the wrist will accurately display the numbers of days, hours, minutes and seconds until the wearer's date with destiny. Sounds awesome, right? Not if you're Oona O'Leary (EMMA CAULFIELD, Buffy the Vampire Slayer). She faces the rare dilemma of a blank TiMER. Her soul mate-whoever and wherever he is-doesn't have a TiMER. While her family and friends move through life with predetermined romantic fates, Oona searches for her perfect match via process of elimination, tentatively dating TiMER-less men but never getting emotionally invested. Instead she convinces them to get TiMERs, only to have her hopes crushed time and time again. Staring down the barrel of thirty and tired of waiting for her would-be life partner to get off the dime, Oona breaks her own rules and falls for Mikey (JOHN PATRICK AMEDORI, Gossip Girl), a charming and inappropriately young supermarket clerk with a countdown of four months. But what will happen when those four months are up? Only when Oona ignores the ticking clock can she finally experience the exhilarating and unpredictable hot mess that is love. Jac Schaeffer (Director/Writer), Harris Charalambous (Cinematographer), Maya Sigel (Production Designer), Peter Samet (Editor), Joe Dzuban (Sound), Andrew Kaiser (Music). Cast: Emma Caufield, Michelle Borth, John Patrick Amedori, Desmond Harrington, JoBeth Williams Format: DigiBeta Runtime: 99 minutes Screening with Horndog short. Format: 35mm ACE Films partners with Cucalorous Film Festival to host screenings in UNCW's Lumina Theater. Info on the festival can be found at: Cucalorus.org Tickets will be available at Sharky's Box Office on the first floor of the Fisher Student Center, next to the entrance for Lumina Theater. Lumina Theater. 4 p.m. Advance Tickets Recommended or carry Cucalorus Pass. Presented by the Cucalorus Film Festival.

Sunday November 15,2009 The Messenger (Cucalorus) Ben Foster stars as Will Montgomery, a US Army officer who has just returned home from a tour in Iraq and is assigned to the Army's Casualty Notification service. Partnered with fellow officer Tony Stone to bear the bad news to the loved ones of fallen soldiers. Will faces the challenge of completing his mission while seeking to find comfort and healing back on the home front. When he finds himself drawn to Olivia, to whom he just delivered the news of her husband's death, Will's emotional detachment begins to dissolve and the film reveals itself as a surprising, humorous, moving and very human portrait of grief, friendship and survival. Director: Oren Moverman Producer: Benjamin Goldhirsh, Mark Gordon, Lawrence Inglee, Zach Miller Format: 35mm Runtime: 112 minutes ACE Films partners with Cucalorous Film Festival to host screenings in UNCW's Lumina Theater. Info on the festival can be found at: Cucalorus.org Tickets will be available at Sharky's Box Office on the first floor of the Fisher Student Center, next to the entrance for Lumina Theater. Lumina Theater. 7 p.m. Advance Tickets Recommended or carry Cucalorus Pass. Presented by the Cucalorus Film Festival.

Monday November 16,2009 The Spanish Apartment (L'auberge Espagnole) (R) As part of a job that he is promised, Xavier, an economics student in his twenties, signs on to a European exchange program in order to gain working knowledge of the Spanish language. Promising that they'll remain close, he says farewell to his loving girlfriend, then heads to Barcelona. Following his arrival, Xavier is soon thrust into a cultural melting pot when he moves into an apartment full of international students. An Italian, an English girl, a boy from Denmark, a young girl from Belgium, a German and a girl from Tarragona all join him in a series of adventures that serve as an initiation to life. ~ Sujit R. Varma 122 min. DVD. Sponsored by CARE & International Programs Join CARE @ the movies! All CARE films are about relationships-affected by family or cultural expectations, losses and the need for exploration and support. Lumina Theater. 7 p.m. Free.

Tuesday November 17,2009 Rabbit-Proof Fence (PG) Tues, Nov 17 from 7-9 pm, Lumina Theater Free and open to the public. The basis for the title of this true story is the path which three girls from Aboriginal and white parents follow when they flee from Western Australia. They leave their lives as domestic servants where they are not allowed to recognize their Aboriginal roots and set off on an incredible 1500 kilometer journey across the Outback. This film shows both sides of the race debate in Australia, presenting the rationale behind each decision that is made. Lumina Theater. 7 p.m. FREE. Directed by Phillip Noyce. DVD, Runtime 94 min. International Cinema Series sponsored by UNCW Presents.

Wednesday November 18,2009 Quase Dois Irmãos (Almost Brothers) The strange friendship between two men of opposite social classes. Miguel is a senator; his childhood friend Jorge is a major drug-dealer. In the 1970s, they meet in prison: Miguel was there for political reasons, and Jorge, as a common criminal. Lumina Theater. 7 p.m. FREE. Sponsored by Foreign Languages and Literatures.

Thursday November 19,2009 Have You Heard From Johannesburg?: Apartheid and the Club of the West This documentary traces the anti-apartheid movement, focusing on America's role as a key battleground, with African-Americans at the center of the struggle. Campaigning in boardrooms, universities, embassies, and Congress, African-Americans, for the first time in history, alter the direction of US foreign policy. Lumina Theater. 7 p.m. FREE. Sponsored by the Upperman African American Cultural Center.

Friday November 20,2009 Ghajini (NR) Ghajini is a remake, by the same director, of a 2005 film of the same name. The plot is similar to the US film Memento (dir. Christopher Nolan), and stars Aamir Khan, Asin Thottumkal, and Jiah Khan. Aamir spent a year at the gym with a personal trainer to prepare for the role. The movie is about the life of a rich businessman who develops anterograde amnesia following a violent encounter in which his love interest, Kalpana, was murdered. Through tattoos on his body and Polaroid pictures that he has left himself, he tries to find the killer. Directed by A.R. Murugadoss. DVD. Runtime: 183 minutes. Lumina Theater. 7 p.m. ACE Blockbuster. 2 dollars with UNCW Student ID. 4 dollars for non-students.

Saturday November 21,2009 Moon (R) Director Doug Jones (son of glam-rock titan David Bowie) offers us a space oddity of his own in this suspenseful sci-fi thriller. Sam Bell (a powerhouse performance by Sam Rockwell) is an industrial miner serving a lonely 3 year-term on the moon. He is kept company by the cheery robot GERTY (Kevin Spacey) and videos of his wife and child back home on Earth. Plagued by hallucinations, Sam begins to sense that things are not running quite according to plan. Moon gives respect to the classics of its genre without sacrificing originality or ingenuity. Directed by Duncan Jones. 35mm. Runtime: 97 minutes. Lumina Theater. 8 p.m. FREE with UNCW Student ID. 4 dollars for non-students. ACE Films Spotlight Series.

Monday November 23,2009 Gilbert Garboni's Quest for Success Film Premiere In a vein resembling that of Borat and Napoleon Dynamite, this raw new docu-comedy, filmed on location in the Carolinas, follows the bizarre happenings of oddball teenager Gilbert Garboni as he seeks to become renowned. Mixing reenacted material and unscripted, unrehearsed interactions with people, the film takes the viewer through multiple vicissitudes as it explores dating, sports, medicine, religion and other topics. Among the unusual occurrences that ensue look for Gilbert to don an outfit made completely of aluminum foil, interview a proctologist and a former World Heavyweight Champion, find himself trapped in a garbage bag and entertain TV personalities with a glow-in-the-dark ball. DVD. Runtime: 88 minutes. Predominantly English with Latin segments. Not Rated. The director recommends that the films is for viewers 13 and older. Lumina Theater. 7 p.m. FREE. Lumina Theater. 7 p.m. FREE. Sponsored by Robert Colon, local filmmaker.

Monday November 30,2009 Earthlings Considered the most persuasive documentary ever made, EARTHLINGS is a feature length film about humanity's absolute dependence on animals (for pets, food, clothing, entertainment, and scientific research) but also illustrates our complete disrespect for these so-called "non-human providers." The film is narrated by Academy Award nominee Joaquin Phoenix (GLADIATOR) and features music by the critically acclaimed platinum artist Moby. "Of all the films I have ever made, this is the one that gets people talking the most. For every one person who sees EARTHLINGS, they will tell three." - Joaquin Phoenix, actor/narrator "If I could make everyone in the world see one film, I'd make them see EARTHLINGS." - Peter Singer, author "It is a rare experience to be changed by a film. EARTHLINGS has that power" - Persia White, actress "The most powerful movie I have ever known" - Robert Cohen DVD. 95 minutes. Earthlings.com Lumina Theater. 7 p.m. FREE. Sponsored by SETA (Students for the Ethical Treatment of Animals).

Tuesday December 01,2009 We Are Together We Are Together tells the remarkable and moving story of a group of children who overcome hardship and loss with music. Filmed over a period of three years, it is the story of an orphanage unlike any you've ever seen, where the young singers of the Agape Choir lift their voice to create the home and family thye so very much need. With unforgettable kids, soaring music, and a plot full of surprises, We Are Together is a stirring experience that will stay with you. Format: DVD Lumina Theater. 7 p.m. FREE. Sponsored by the Upperman African American Cultural Center and Health Promotions.