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Offerings from the Silver Screen at Tyson
By: Lauren Hart ‘10
STAFF WRITER

This spring, the SBC Film Series offers us a spectrum of some the year’s best movies, ranging from mainstream American films to independent foreign films.

The films shown throughout each semester provide free entertainment to students who are interested in a variety of high-quality movies. Although it is expensive to have distributors provide films to Sweet Briar, the program is designed to offer students a great opportunity to enjoy them at no cost.

“We like to show films that students don't normally have the chance to see,” says Eleanor Salotto, professor of Film Studies and director of the Film Series program.

The program has succeeded for over then years now. Fall 2006, we were treated to Tsotsi, Kontroll, An Inconvenient Truth, Transamerica, A Scanne Darkly, and a number of other powerful pieces. This semester's choices are likewise promising in their diversity and high quality.

The first film this month is The Science of Sleep, which will show February 9th and 10th at 7:30 in Tyson.

The Science of Sleep, written and directed by Michel Gondry (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind), tells us the story of a shy young man (Gael Garcia Bernal) who lives in a dream world of love and fulfillment. He is faced with a dilemma when he may not be able to solve his real life lover's problem within his dream universe.

Marie Antoinette, playing on February 23rd and 24th , stars Kirsten Dunst as the famed Austrian princess, ill-fated wife of Louis XVI (Jason Schwartzman). Marie is unprepared for the political woes of an unfriendly foreign court, and overcomes her isolation by engaging in a decadent lifestyle with a close circle of friends. The film follows her to the end of her reign, and the fall of Versailles.

Other selections this semester include Oscar-nominated films Half Nelson, Babel, Little Children, and Pan’s Labyrinth.

“It is a great opportunity to see films they haven't seen before,” Salotto says of the Film Series. Students are invited to come, hang out, and catch some of the year’s most moving performances every other weekend.