SPEC Film Society hosts free sneak previews of upcoming movies, screens recent releases at least twice per month on campus, and in 2008 hosted its inagural speaker, renowned film director and producer Spike Lee. Past advance screenings include Forgetting Sarah Marshall and Frost Nixon.
A limited supply of free passes are avilable in OSL on the second floor of Houston Hall.
When: Wednesday September 8, 2010 at 7:30pm
Where: Rave Theater (formerly, The Bridge Cinemas)
4012 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA
Limited supply of free passes for the advanced screening of Going The Distance. Passes must be downloaded at www.gofobo.com/rsvp. RSVP Code: SPEC5KD4
(Physical tickets are NOT available in the Office of Student Affairs.)
When: Wednesday 25th August, 2010 at 7.30pm
Where: Rave Theater (formerly, The Bridge Cinemas)
4012 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA
It’s summer and we have free tickets for you! Limited supply of free passes for the advanced screening of Scott Pilgrim vs The World. Get your pass at the Office of Student Life (200 Houston Hall, 3417 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104)
When: Wednesday 11th August, 2010 at 7.30pm
Where: The Ritz East Theater
125 S. 2nd Street
(Between Chestnut and Walnut Streets, Front and Second Streets)
Philadelphia, PA 19106
Why: It’s summer. It’s a fantastic movie. It’s free.
PICK UP YOUR TICKETS AT:
Office of Student Life, Room 200 Houston Hall
ONLY A FEW LEFT SO HURRY!
AFTERSCHOOL, is director Antonio Campos’ first feature film, made when he was only 24-years-old. Having premiered at Cannes Film Festival, it was nominated for Best First Feature at the 2009 Independent Spirit Awards, and Best Breakthrough Director and Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You at the 2008 Gotham Awards.
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Robert is a young American student at an elite East Coast preparatory school who accidentally captures on camera the tragic death of two classmates. Their lives become memorialized as part of an audio-visual assignment designed to speed up the campus-wide healing process. But the video memorial assignment results in an atmosphere of paranoia and unease among students and teachers.
Print out your ticket here:
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In this panel discussion faculty from Anthropology, Film Studies, and Psychoanalysis will use the Academy Award winning film Crash as a starting point for a discussion of how these disciplines use the concepts of cultural, interpersonal, and intrapsychic conflict. They will also compare different concepts of character as use by the different disciplines. They will use excerpts from the film to illustrate the approaches to the use of these concepts in understanding personal, racial, and cultural conflicts in contemporary society. This panel should be especially illuminating since one of the panelists, Andrew Reimer, is the executive producer of the film.
Come hear the story of the making of the cult hits BOONDOCK SAINTS and BOONDOCK SAINTS II: ALL SAINTS DAY from the filmmakers themselves! Writer/Director TROY DUFFY, producer CHRIS BRINKER, and actor DAVID DELLA ROCCO will detail their experiences getting these films made, show a never-before-seen film about the process, and answer your questions!
The event will be held on FRIDAY MARCH 19TH, 7PM, in COLLEGE HALL 200.
After the show, the filmmakers and actor will be signing autographs, so be sure to bring any Boondock Saints merchandise you have to get it signed, and meet them face to face!
The event is free and open to the entire Penn community. No tickets are necessary. Doors open at 6:30, so show up early because seating is limited. Hope to see you there!
** Due to the impending snowstorm, ComFest will not be held on Wednesday, February 10. The event will be held on March 3 at 8PM in Zellerbach Auditorium. Tickets already purchased will be honored, but must be exchanged at the Annenberg Box Office for tickets dated March 3. All questions may be directed to spec@specevents.net **
Class of 2010: ComFest will still be considered the Feb Club event for February 10th! You may use your ticket (for February 10 or March 3) to receive the stamp for that day at any other Feb Club event. If you have not yet purchased a ticket for ComFest, you may do so on Locust Walk. See you on March 3!
ComFest is a one-night-only annual show where SPEC and the Mask and Wig Club invite sketch comedy troupes from other schools in the region to join them on stage in what can be described as nothing other than a Comedy Festival. This SPEC and Mask and Wig will be enjoying the comedic stylings of University of Maryland’s SKETCHUP, Princeton’s Triangle Club, and Boston College’s Hello…Shovelhead!
And to top it all off, there’s always a SWEET CELEBRITY COMEDIAN to host the event. Previous hosts include Judah Friedlander, Kenan Thompson, and Steven Colbert. And this year is no different.
You loved him when he put his bum on the Swedish. You loved him when he humped a dead moose. You especially loved him when he televised the removal of his right testicle. It is SPEC’s pleasure to announce that Tom Green will be hosting Comfest this year!
Check out the DP coverage here. Tickets ($10, $8 for Seniors) will be available on Locust Walk.
You can also see Mask and Wig’s coverage of the event here.
SPEC Film presents a FREE ADVANCED SCREENING of YOUTH IN REVOLT, followed by a Q&A with stars MICHAEL CERA and PORTIA DOUBLEDAY and author C.D. Payne!
Tuesday December 1st, 7:30pm at The Bridge (40th and Walnut)
Pick up your tickets in the OSL or click the link below to print out your ticket.
Seating is on a first come first served basis, so arrive early as we expect this event to be packed!
Youth in Revolt” is a coming-of-age comedy that puts a fresh and outrageous stamp on a tale of adolescent obsession and rebellion. Starring Michael Cera (also of the Oscar® winning film “Juno” and “Superbad”) and based on the acclaimed novel by C.D. Payne, “Youth in Revolt” is the story of Nick Twisp a unique, but affable teen with a taste for the finer things in life like Sinatra and Fellini who falls hopelessly in love with the beautiful, free-spirited Sheeni Saunders (Portia Doubleday) while on a family vacation. But family, geography and jealous ex-lovers conspire to keep these two apart. With Sheenis encouragement, Nick abandons his dull, predictable life and develops a rebellious alter ego: Francois. With his ascot, his moustache and his cigarette, Francois will stop at nothing to be with Sheeni, and leads Nick Twisp on a path of destruction with unpredictable and uproarious consequences.