Courageous “Anita”

Anita: Speaking Truth To Power

Starts Friday, May 9  at the Loft Theater, 3233 E. Speedway

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Post-film discussion on Friday, May 9 at 7:00pm with Daisy M. Jenkins, executive vice president and Chief Human Resources Officer for Carondelet Health Network, and Barbara Atwood, Mary Anne Richey Professor of Law Emerita and Director of the Family and Juvenile Law Certificate Program at the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law.
Regular admission prices.

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Spicey “The Lunchbox” coming to the Loft

Opening at the Loft Cinema, 3233 E. Speedway Blvd. on Friday, April 18.

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In the romantic drama The Lunchbox, middle-class housewife Ila (Nimrat Kaur) is trying once again to add some spice to her marriage, this time through her cooking. She desperately hopes that a new recipe will finally arouse some kind of reaction from her neglectful husband. She prepares a special lunchbox to be delivered to him at work, but, unbeknownst to her, it is mistakenly delivered to another office worker, Saajan (Irrfan Khan, Life of Pi), a lonely man on the verge of retirement.

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Much Ado About Shakespeare at the Loft in April

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The Loft is celebrating William Shakespeare’s 450th birthday with a month of classic Shakespeare adaptations from some of the world’s greatest filmmakers! All through April, see the Masters of Cinema take on the Master of the English Theatre in thrilling, dramatic and humorous films that bring the magic of The Bard to the big screen!

Trivia question: what day in April was Shakespeare born?  Answer at end of this post.

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LUNAFEST (films by, for, about Women) at the Loft

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March is  Women’s History (“Herstory”) Month. Check out this annual event at the Loft Cinema in celebration of women during the entire month. It’s also Girls’ Day today in my Japanese culture, when we honor the girls in our families (Carolyn’s note).

Tuesday, March 4 at 7:00pm

General Admission: $10 • Students: $5, www.lunafest.org, spencerl@email.arizona.edu

 To purchase tickets in advance call WOSAC at (520) 621-5656. Advance tickets are not available at The Loft Cinema, 3233 E. Speedway Blvd.

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