LSC Events for Wednesday, March 05 through Tuesday, March 11

Friday, March 07

Celestial Clockwork (1993) Ana bolts from her wedding altar and flies from Venezuela to Paris (in her wedding gown) to realize her dream of becoming a great opera star. The Parisian director, Italo Medici, is filming an operatic Cinderella, but will Ana fit the glass slipper before she is deported back to Caracas? The evil, plotting, self-absorbed Celeste tries to thwart Ana, but Ana has a great team in her corner: her Russian voice coach, a wealthy lesbian psychoanalyst, a precient gay waiter/astrologer, and a voodoo witch doctor.
7 & 10pm in 26-100, 85 min, rated NR

Friday, March 07

Death of a Bureaucrat (1966) Directed by Tomas Gutierrez Alea. Starring Salvador Wood, Silvia Planas. This film is an amusing satire which presents a startling view of Cuban society after the 1959 revolution. After an exemplary worker is buried clutching his union card, his widow (Planas) finds she needs it to claim her pension. The fruitless attmpts of her nephew (Wood) to obtain an exhumation order lead to a series of hilarious situations that remind us of the fact that political ideology alone cannot change society.
7:30pm in 10-250, 84 min, rated NR

Saturday, March 08

101 Dalmatians (1996) Disney remakes its 1961 animated classic in live action, casting Glenn Close as Cruella De Vil, an evil villainess attempting to steal dalmatian puppies to make spotted coats. Also stars Jeff Daniels and Joely Richardson.
3, 7 & 10pm in 26-100, 103 min, rated G, with Dolby Spectral Recording sound

Sunday, March 09

The Player (1992) Robert Altman's scathing satire of power-hungry studio executives provides an insider's look at the corrupt movie studio system. Tim Robbins stars as an arrogant young executive who murders a screenwriter and steals his girlfriend -- and must deal with the consequences. Dozens of top actors make cameo appearances.
7 & 10pm in 26-100, 123 min, rated R