Little Art Theatre

Academy Award nominee for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Achievement in Film Editing! Set in Harlem in 1987, this is the story of Claireece "Precious" Jones, a sixteen-year-old African-American girl born into a life no one would want. She's pregnant for the second time by her absent father; at home, she must wait hand and foot on her mother, a poisonously angry woman who abuses her emotionally and physically. School is a place of chaos, and Precious has reached the ninth grade with good marks and an awful secret: she can neither read nor write. Precious may sometimes be down, but she is never out. Beneath her impassive expression is a watchful, curious young woman with an inchoate but unshakable sense that other possibilities exist for her. Threatened with expulsion, Precious is offered the chance to transfer to an alternative school, Each One/Teach One. Precious doesn't know the meaning of "alternative," but her instincts tell her this is the chance she has been waiting for. Precious begins a journey that will lead her from darkness, pain and powerlessness to light, love and self-determination. 1 hr. 49 min. Rated R for child abuse including sexual assault, and pervasive language.

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From Jason Reitman, the Oscar-nominated director of Juno, comes a comedy called Up in the Air starring Oscar winner George Clooney as Ryan Bingham, a corporate downsizing expert whose cherished life on the road is threatened just as he is on the cusp of reaching ten million frequent flyer miles and just after he's met the frequent-traveler woman of his dreams. "Up in the Air is light and dark, hilarious and tragic, romantic and real," says Entertainment Weekly. "It's everything that Hollywood has forgotten how to do." 1 hr. 49 min. Rated R for language and some sexual content.

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