Tufts Film Series Schedule Fall 2010

[josephineave.livejournal.com]

Tufts Film Series is back in business for the semester and they have posted their schedule of free films at their blog:

http://www.tuftsfilmseries.com/schedule/

Films this semester include Iron Man 2, Kick-Ass, Date Night, Inception, Despicable Me and Toy Story 3.

TFS films are free and open to the public (only exceptions would be if our presence prevents Tufts students from seeing a film -- hasn't happened yet). All screen in Barnum Room 08, which is the back entrance to Barnum, across from the Fletcher School and closest to the President's House.

Films and schedule are subject to change. Usual pattern for films is:

Film 1: Friday 7 pm; Saturday 9:30 pm; Saturday midnight
Film 2: Friday 9:30 pm; Saturday 7 pm; Sunday 8 pm

I will post schedule updates to my Google calendar.  You can also find specific times on the TFS blog and on Tuftslife.com.  Actual schedule may not be finalized until Weds. or Thurs. of each week.

Be warned that there will be technical problems (one of the projectors is out of order right now), sound and projection issues, late student projectionists and cancellations without notice. Student viewers can also be a bit rude and you can expect to see the glow of multiple smart phones during the course of each film (sometimes a call during the movie -- but rarely). Remembering that you are seeing the film for free may ease your frustrations. 

x-posted to freescreenings

Comments

two centimes

[misterthorn.livejournal.com]

I am a non-student neighbor of Tufts, and I went to a few of these in the spring with my g/f. We had a great time. Yes, there were occasional technical issues, but nothing that didn't get quickly resolved, and the crowds were all well-behaved and quiet once the movie got going. Way better behaved than many movies I've seen at the Boston Common megacineultrasuperhyperplexorama thing.

Re: two centimes

[josephineave.livejournal.com]

I'll admit the audience is reasonably well-behaved, but I've noticed more and more students (and I see this at MIT too) have no compunction about opening the old iPhone in the middle of a darkened room as if they were hanging out at the dorm. It's a minor irritant, but one that is worth warning folks about.

The technical issues are pretty much a given with this series and I've had to leave when the sound problems made it impossible to understand the dialogue. They have to change the reels in the middle right now which means a five minute break in the middle of the screening. Not enough to scare me away, but I figure people should be warned. More than a few times audiences members have had to go to the booth to bring a problem to the projectionist's attention.