Hey moviegoers and film fans!
Want to support Pride while seeing some great LGBTQ flicks at a great price? Halifax Pride has the answer!
In the weeks leading up to Pride (July 18-26), the organizers of Halifax Pride have teamed up with Empire Theatres for a series fundraising film screenings. Tickets are only $6.99. Or, for only three dollars more, you get a ticket/popcorn/drink combo. Just $9.99! You can pre-purchase movie tickets online but not ticket/popcorn/drink combo. Net box office proceeds will be donated by Empire Theatres to the Halifax Pride 2010 Festival.
Each movie is being played at Empire 8 Park Lane at 11:30 p.m. on a Friday and Saturday night. So if you can't make it to one night, you can try the other! For more info, you can check out the facebook event.
A Single Man
Friday, June 25 & Saturday, June 26 @ 11:30 p.m.
In Los Angeles 1962, at the height of the Cuban missile crisis George Falconer, a 52 year old British college professor is struggling to find meaning to his life after the death of his long time partner, Jim. George dwells on the past and cannot see his future as we follow him through a single day, where a series of events and encounters, ultimately lead him to decide if there is a meaning to life after Jim. George is consoled by his closest friend Charley, a 48 year old beauty who is wrestling with her own questions about the future. A young student of George's, Kenny, who is coming to terms with his true nature, stalks George as he feels in him a kindred spirit. A romantic tale of love interrupted the isolation that is an inherent part of the human condition and ultimately the importance of the seemingly smaller moments in life.
Transamerica
Friday, July 9 & Saturday, July 10 @ 11:30 p.m.
Bree is a highly educated, conservative transsexual woman who passes as a G.G., living in a poor section of Los Angeles and working two jobs to save money for her final sexual reassignment surgery. Her life takes an unexpected journey when she learns that when she was a he, she fathered a son, now a teenage runaway hustling on the streets of New York. When she receives a phone call from Toby, who's looking for his father, she realizes she must confront her past. She flies to New York to bail Toby out of jail and offers him a ride cross-country, secretly plotting to abandon him with the stepfather he ran away from.
The Adventures of Priscilla: Queen of the Desert
Friday, July 16 & Saturday, July 17 @ 11:30 p.m.
Two down-at-heels transvestites and an older transsexual travel by bus from Sydney to a cabaret engagement in the Australian outback.
...Hm. Since that description doesn't do it justice, here's a trailer:
See you at the cinema!
Kirk
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