Julie Johnson

Directed by Bob Gosse

United States

EAST COAST PREMIERE

Cult-fave Lili Taylor (I Shot Andy Warhol) and bad-girl pop icon Courtney Love (The People Vs. Larry Flynt) find romance amidst the banality of suburban life in this touching, defiantly unconventional tale of self-discovery and new beginnings.Ý Julie Johnson tells the offbeat story of its title character (Taylor), a New Jersey housewife who hides science magazines in her kitchen cabinets and longs for a life beyond the mundane succession of barbecues and parties provided by Harry, her ungrateful lout of a husband.Ý Sooner than you can say Gloria Steinem, Julie throws Harry out of the house and starts taking a computer course, taught by the inspiring Spalding Gray, at the local high school.Ý Spurred on by her tenacity and drive, Julie's best friend Claire (Love, strangely appealing as a Jersey girl) also walks out on her equally neglectful spouse, moving in with Julie and her two kids.Ý Tension escalates as the two women disover there is more than friendship between them, and are forced to deal with both their prejudiced working-class community and their own internalized homophobia.Ý Director Bob Gosse (Niagara, Niagara) elicits great performances from his two leads and captures the intimacy of their relationship with a rare tenderness and earthy sensuality.Ý Julie Johnson's transformation from dutiful homemaker to aspiring scientist speaks to the dreamer in all of us, in a film that is a beguiling addition to contemporary lesbian cinema.Ý With music by Liz Phair.Ý A 2001 Sundance Film Festival selection.Ý Director Bob Gosse will attend the screening and discuss the film with the audience.

9:00 PM Screening $10

Followed by Festival Club @ Twist with no additional admission charge