Penn Graduate Student Center

You get to choose the movie at the Grad Center during the You Choose Film Series! The Grad Center shows movies in the Common Room every Thursday at 6:30PM during the academic year. Suggest your favorite movies for us to show. The only restrictions are: (1) the movie cannot be more than 130 minutes long and (2) the movie has to be available on DVD.

Send your suggestions to center@gsc.upenn.edu. We'll let you know if/when we schedule your movie(s) and you can invite all your friends!

Thursday, November 12, 2009 , 06:30 PM - 08:30 PM
Graduate Student Center Common Room

In a futuristic world, human beings have destroyed Earth and evacuated the planet, leaving the cleanup to an army of robots they've programmed to do their dirty work. Due to a mishap, the dutiful WALL-E is the only one left. But with the arrival of a female probe, the monotony of WALL-E's existence is broken and he experiences love for the first time. Andrew Stanton directs this Golden Globe- and Oscar-winning Pixar tale with a sci-fi twist.

Thursday, November 19, 2009 , 06:30 PM - 08:30 PM
Graduate Student Center Common Room

After a lifetime of dreaming of traveling the world, 78-year-old homebody Carl is lured into an unbelievable adventure, thanks in part to the persistence of Russell, an 8-year-old Wilderness Explorer. Together, the unlikely pair embarks on a thrilling odyssey full of jungle beasts and rough terrain.