Lost Films is the on-campus film society sponsored by Messiah College’s Student Activities Board. All films are shown in Parmer Cinema, located in Boyer Hall, which seats 125 and features state of the art acoustics and projection. For more information on any film series, including start times, film discussion times, and directions, please contact Jeff Rioux at (717) 766-2511 ext. 7234.
Contemporary Film Series - Fall 2008
All films cost $1.
Will, a member
of a strict Brethren family, must hide his friendship with renegade
movie-maker and classmate Lee Carter. Their friendship is tested to its
breaking point while they create a diabolical home movie inspired by
“Rambo: First Blood.”
This
film documents the final weeks of rehearsal for the Young at Heart
chorus, a group of 70-90-year-old amateur singers who travel the
country performing catchy pop tunes. This account focuses on preparing
new songs for a concert in their hometown which succeeds in spite of
several real heart-breaking events.
The
newest Indiana Jones adventure begins in the desert Southwest in
1957—at the height of the Cold War. Indy and his sidekick Mac have
barely escaped a close scrape with nefarious Soviet agents on a remote
airfield. Indy and Mac must find a way to evade the ruthless Soviets,
follow an impenetrable trail of mystery, grapple with enemies and
friends of questionable motives, and, above all, stop the powerful
Crystal Skull from falling into the deadliest of hands.
Wall-E,
a garbage-collecting robot, has been left to clean up the mess left
behind when humankind abandons earth. Along with a sprightly cockroach,
Wall-E becomes mesmerized with showtunes and trinkets of the earth’s
history. When Eve, a lovely reconnaissance robot, arrives on the scene,
Wall-E is smitten and the two band together to stage a mutiny to make
the earth a better place.
When a
disillusioned economics professor returns home after attending a
conference in New York City, he is startled to find a young couple, who
turn out to be illegal immigrants, living in his apartment. Their
unlikely friendship proves that in a world of six billion people, it
only takes one to change your life.
Based on the Broadway musical featuring the songs of pop band ABBA, Mamma Mia! tells the story of Sophie (Amanda Seyfreid), a bride-to-be living with her mother Donna (Meryl Streep) on a picturesque Greek Isle. Sophie has always dreamed of being walked down the aisle by her father—but doesn’t know who he is. Stealing her mother’s diary, she narrows it down to three men and invites them to the ceremony—with inevitably humorous and heartwarming results.
Critics have compared this documentary to a real-life retelling of the popular 80s film The Breakfast Club. Filmmaker Nannette Burstein follows the lives of five high school seniors as they head into their final year before graduation. Through heartbreak and humor, tough decisions and painful realizations, these five students learn lessons and take those first tenuous steps into adulthood. The film breaks down high school stereotypes—the jock, the band geek, the beauty queen—to provide a vivid portrait of teenage life.
Based on Ann Brashares’ best-selling series of novels, four young women continue their journey towards adulthood that began with “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants.” Now three years later, these lifelong friends embark on separate paths for their first year of college and the summer beyond, but remain in touch by sharing their experiences with each other as they always have—with honesty and humor.
Batman (Christian Bale) continues his seemingly endless effort to bring justice to Gotham City. With the help of District Attorney Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart), Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations that plague the city streets. Soon the heroes find themselves prey to the reign of chaos unleashed by a rising criminal mastermind known to the terrified citizens of Gotham as The Joker (Heath Ledger).
Written and directed by the Coen brothers (No Country for Old Men), Burn After Reading tells the story of an ousted CIA official whose memoirs accidentally fall into the hands of two bumbling gym employees intent on exploiting their find—to absurd ends.
A misanthropic dentist, Bertram Pincus (Ricky Gervais), gains the ability to communicate with ghosts after a near death experience during a routine colonoscopy. What’s worse, the spirits all want something from him—including Frank Herlihy (Greg Kinnear), who cons Pincus into breaking up the impending marriage of his widow (Téa Leoni).
All films will be show on
Fridays at 7 and 9:30 p.m. and Saturdays at 4:30, 7, and 9:30 p.m. in
Parmer Cinema. Tickets are $1 and can be purchased beforehand at the
Ticket Office or on the day of the show at Parmer.
