Pop-Up Shop: Queer Film Theory 101

We’re taking a deep dive into lesbian outer space as we dive headfirst into Jodie Foster’s scifi tour de force Contact. (Yeah, Matthew McConaughey is in it, too, but we know why you’re really here.) Before Katy Perry and Gayle King made it in to space, Jodie Foster rocketed to the stars as the dreamy but misunderstood astronomer Ellie Arroway, proving to all of us once and for all that there was intelligent life out there. Everyone keeps telling her that she’s crazy and tries to get in her way. But this determined little queer presses on and eventually finds her vindication out in the vicinity of the star Vega.

This 1997 thriller made us all want to go to space to prove everyone wrong about us and showed us once again why Foster is a master of her craft. I mean she got us to sit through 2 1/2 hours of (surprisingly scientifically sound) space jargon so we could finally see her meet up with those damn aliens! It’s a tale of redemption, of sticking to one’s guns, and to being true to who you are. And what’s queerer than that?

As always, doors open at 7:00pm and the show starts at 7:30pm. Book and merch  sales will be provided by Reverie Books.

This event is free and open to the public