Reeling 2010: The Four-Faced Liar

Winner of an audience award at this year’s Outfest, The Four-Faced Liar explores the heartaches and adult growing pains of looking for love in the bustling streets of Manhattan. Feeling the vibrancy of the city that never sleeps, four twenty-somethings—Bridget, Trip, Molly and Greg—begin to figure out that both friendships and relationships can be more intertwined and complicated than expected. Bridget (played by the film’s writer, Marja Lewis Ryan) is a Bronte-quoting, pint-sized pimp who loves the ladies. She’s roommates with her favorite guy pal, Trip, and the two have forged a spirited and meaningful friendship based on shared habits, like womanizing and hanging out at their local pub, The Four Faced Liar. There, in between rousing rounds of playing “Never Have I Ever,” they meet a small town couple, Greg and Molly. As Trip and Greg begin to form a friendship, Bridget and Molly try to do the same. But with Molly increasingly becoming bored with her vanilla relationship, the sexual tension begins to build with Bridget. Will she be willing to sacrifice comfort and stability for excitement and passion? Is it even possible to have both? With love and life in the big city, anything can happen. —Benjamin Kelner for Reeling The Four-Faced Liar Jacob Chase (USA, 2009, 88 min.) Reeling: The Chicago Lesbian & Gay International Film Festival, the second oldest film festival of its kind in the US, is presenting 54 programs over 10 days from November 4-13, 2010. Advance sales are available until the day before the show. After that, tickets must be purchased at the theater box office on the day of the screening. Regular Screenings: $10 ($8 members), Matinee Screenings (before 5:00 pm): $8 ($6 members).

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