Pgm 29: WILL YOU STILL LOVE ME TOMORROW?

A happy, almost fifties-like soundtrack keeps Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow? solidly in the category of “romantic films,” and the direction has a gentle, easy feel, bright and comfortable without slipping into heavy-handedness or being overly melodramatic. All of the characters are extremely likable – even those that are secondary – and you’ll be rooting for each one of them to end up in their very own happily ever after.

Pgm 28: VALENTINE ROAD

Riveting interviews, creative animated sequences, and an inspiring soundtrack (including Macklemore & Ryan Lewis’ hit “Same Love”) combine to make Valentine Road a must-see film for teenagers as well as adults.

Pgm 27: STRANGER BY THE LAKE

Wringing considerable tension from sparse dialogue and a single location, Stranger By the Lake avoids exploitation or passing judgement as it asks us to consider what it is that attracts us to behavior we know puts us in danger.

Pgm 26: IAN HARVIE SUPERHERO / PERFORMING GIRL (short)

Ian Harvie is something we don't see often... or ever: he's a transgender stand-up comedian and he is determined to show us that we're not so different from him. Or each other.

Using excerpts from performances and family interviews, we get to know the compelling story of performance artist D’Lo, who was raised by Sri Lankan parents in Southern California.

Pgm 25: FIVE DANCES

Five Dances is a compelling dance drama, juxtaposing cool, abstract modern dance and soulful music with the reality of an artist's daily struggles amidst the endless dedication, camaraderie, and competition that are required to make a dance company succeed. It's also a tense, emotional love story about commitment to both high art and to one another.

Pgm 22: ROUTE OF ACCEPTANCE

Writer-director Heather Tobin will be in town tonight for the screening of her new film, about a young girl questioning what's next for her life as she ventures away from home and off to college.

Pgm 21: METH HEAD

Inspired by writer-director Jane Clark's own real-life experience with methamphetamine addiction, Meth Head is a harrowing and emotional portrayal of drug abuse, as well as the ways in which family (both the ones we're born into and the ones we make for ourselves) influence the paths we take in life. Jane Clark will be in attendance for a Q&A following tonight's screening!

Pgm 15: PIT STOP / TORN & FRAYED (short)

A nuanced, honest portrayal of life in a rural, blue collar town, Pit Stop avoids stereotypes and defies expectation at every turn. The two lead actors turn in captivatingly natural performances and, as he demonstrated with Ciao, Yen Tan knows how to write appealing, sympathetic characters. It’s a film which seems to argue that if you’re feeling stuck in life, you might simply be idling at a pit stop: the brief respite before you continue on to the final destination, the place where, once you’ve arrived, you sense you were meant to be all along.

Martin, a marine who has just returned home from Iraq, is caught between two lovers, and must choose who he wants to be and who he wants to be with.