The Curious Case of Benjamin Button(PG-13 / 166 min) Based on the short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald, this movie tells the bizarre story of Benjamin Button who is born as an old man and ages in reverse until he becomes a baby. In his 50s he falls in love with a 30-year-old woman and must come to terms with what will be the ultimate result of his relationship. July 6 at 1:30 pm / CC
The Office - Season 1 Marathon(NR / 135 min) Do you have the world's best boss, count choculitis or a beet farm? View on the large screen season one of NBC's comedy The Office. Episodes will be shown back to back. That's what she said. July 11 at 1:30 pm / AR
Gran Torino(R / 116 min) A disgruntled Korean War vet, Walt Kowalski (Eastwood), sets out to reform his neighbor, a young Hmong teenager, who tried to steal Kowalski's prized possession: his 1972 Gran Torino. July 14 at 1:30 pm / MU
Peaceful Warrior(PG-13 / 121 min) Scott is a cocky and talented member of the UC Berkeley gymnastics team who has nightly encounters with a Socratic vision who teaches him that every moment counts. He must put those thoughts into practice when he has a leg shattering motorcycle accident. July 20 at 1:30 pm / CC July 25 at 1:30 pm / AR
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas(PG-13 / 94 min) This unique film tells the story of the Holocaust through the eyes of eight-year-old Bruno whose father is a Nazi commander at Auschwitz. Bruno strikes up a friendship with a Jewish boy, Shmuel, through the fence surrounding the camp where everyone wears striped “pyjamas.” Their friendship will have startling and unexpected consequences for both of them. July 21 at 1:30 pm / MU
Independent Films
Lake Tahoe(Mexico / subtitled / 85 min) Teenage Juan crashes his family's car into a telegraph pole on the outskirts of town, and then scours the streets searching for someone to help him fix it. His quest will bring him to Don Heber, an old paranoid mechanic whose only companion is Sica, his almost human boxer dog; to Lucía, a young mother who is convinced that her real place in life is as a lead singer in a punk band, and to "The One who Knows", a teenage mechanic obsessed with martial arts and Kung Fu philosophy. The absurd and bewildering worlds of these characters drag Juan into a one day journey in which he will come to accept what he was escaping from in the first place--an event both as natural and inexplicable as a loved one's death. July 10 at 6 pm / PA July 28 at 6 pm / CC
The Window(Argentina, Spain / Subtitled / 85 min) It is a significant day for 80 year old Antonio. After an absence of many years, his estranged son is coming to visit. All must be perfect. There will be a toast with a very special champagne; an embrace; warm words that may finally bridge the gap between them… But before, Antonio must wait. Bedridden, he looks out his window at the Patagonian landscape and sees light and life, the past and the present, while sensing the future. He decides to secretly leave the house, unseen by his faithful caretakers, to take what might be a last walk in his fields, breathing the air, treading the earth, inhaling the scent of the land that had been his life. What could otherwise seem like insignificant memories or moments in one's life, take a special, beautiful meaning and weight in this poetic, humanistic film. August 14 at 6 pm / PA August 25 at 6 pm / CC
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
Lake Tahoe
The Window