Fat Girls 7:00pm • Oct 1 • the Guild 8:45pm • Oct 4 • Film center

And you thought your high school days were rough. Meet Rodney Miller, an endearing high school senior with more problems than his small Texas hometown can handle. There’s his religious-fundamentalist mother, whose years of serving him Holythemed food has left him overweight; his mean father, who dies under the most curious of circumstances; his prom date, hot british Joey, who isn’t really into bigger guys; and his desire to be a Broadway actor some day, fueled by a growing attraction to his drag queen drama teacher, Seymour Cox (Jonathon Cauoette from Tarnation). Writer/director/star Ash Christian wrote and filmed this entire movie before he was legally able to drink and the result is a biting, refreshing satire that has been described as ‘John Waters meets John Hughes.’ Anyone who has ever felt like an outsider should do themselves a favor and not miss Fat Girls. (USA, 2006, 82 min, dir: Ash Christian)

plays with: Latch Key

Two brothers with very different desires attempt a little after-school fun before their mother comes home. (USA, 2005, 11 min, dir: Garth Bardsley)