Wednesday, February 23
Callas Forever

7&9PM CU Boulder, Muenzinger Auditorium
Tickets: $5 General Admission; $4 with CU Student ID

The latest film from acclaimed director Franco Zeffirelli -- the generous, grand, flamboyant story of the operatic diva and gay icon, Maria Callas. Callas soared for years as the reigning soprano diva of her time, until her ill-fated relationship with Greek shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis ended abruptly when he married Jackie Kennedy. Her career and personal health took a dive, until one producer who believed in her risked all to orchestrate her last comeback performance to sold out crowds around the world. Jeremy Irons stars as the gay producer and Callas faithful.

Wednesday, March 9
Tarnation

7&9PM CU Boulder, Muenzinger Auditorium
Tickets: $5 General Admission; $4 with CU Student ID

Jonathan Caouette edited 19 years of his own life into a shape that affirms his love for his scratched and dented family, a gesture of hope and promise standing out from a bleak landscape. After years of growing up with grandparents and occasional foster familiares while his manic depressive mother was in and out of institutions, Caouette finally moves from the south to New York City where he finds peace with his partner, David.

As Jonathan shares his coming of age and his acceptance of his sexuality he never shies away from revealing himself in the most intimate ways. “No gay person came up to me and brainwashed me,” young Jonathan declared to the camera. “If anybody’s listening, I am gay. I’ve always been gay. I don’t know if it’s been the molesting or not. I’m just lusty for everything.”

After Jonathan calls “every Steve Caouette in the world” to find his father, whom he hasn’t seen since he was two, he finally reaches him. Within the first three minutes of speaking with his son for the first time in about 20 years, Jonathan’s father asks, “Are you gay? You don’t have AIDS, do you? Cause if you have AIDS, I don’t want anything to do with you.” You can feel the kick of his words in your gut, as Jonathan may have felt in his stunned silence.

"Once in a blue moon, a picture shows up at a festival that busts our ways of looking at cinema wide open. That this should happen this year at Sundance, and - get this - by way of a young somebody's first feature - is something of a miracle."

- Ron Stringer, LA Weekly