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Synopsis

John Cameron Mitchell's SHORTBUS explores the lives of several emotionally challenged characters as they navigate the comic and tragic intersections between love and sex in and around a modern-day underground salon. The characters converge on a weekly gathering called Shortbus: a mad nexus of art, music, politics and polysexual carnality. Set in a post-9/11, Bush-exhausted New York City, SHORTBUS tells its story with sexual frankness, suggesting new ways to reconcile questions of the mind, pleasures of the flesh and imperatives of the heart.

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Film Information

• Genre: Drama
• Director: John Cameron Mitchell
• Written By: John Cameron Mitchell
• Starring: Sook-Yin Lee, Jay Brannan, Justin Bond, and Lindsay Beamish
• Running Time: 101 minutes, approx.
• MPAA Rating: Not Rated (18 and over)
• Language: English
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Reviews

"Developed by Mitchell and the actors, the characters don't always seem consistent from moment to moment, but a sharp sense of humor and comfortable performances by a committed and--it must be said--remarkably limber cast help smooth over the rough edges."

   - Keith Phipps, The Onion (A.V. Club)

"Mitchell's energy and occasional ingenuity make Shortbus an engaging viewing experience, provided you can stomach it."

   - Glenn Kenny, Premiere

"The boldest provocation of Mitchell's sweet, tender and gently funny film may be its exuberant celebration of community and togetherness at a cultural moment rife with fatalism and disconnect."

   - Scott Foundas, LA Weekly

"If there is such a thing as hard-core with a soft heart, this is it."

   - Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

"A darkly comic trifle that follows in the footsteps of such films as Catherine Breillat's"

   - Maitland McDonagh, TV Guide

Showtimes

• Wednesday, November 15th
  9:15 pm
• Thursday, November 16th
  9:15 pm
• Friday, November 17th
  9:30 pm
• Saturday, November 18th
  9:30 pm
• Sunday, November 19th
  7:00 pm
• Monday, November 20th
  9:15 pm
• Tuesday, November 21st
  9:15 pm
• Wednesday, November 22nd
  7:00 pm
• Friday, November 24th
  9:30 pm
• Saturday, November 25th
  9:30 pm
• Sunday, November 26th
  7:00 pm
• Monday, November 27th
  9:30 pm
• Tuesday, November 28th
  9:30 pm