UMass Lowell House of Sand and Fog

UMass Lowell's English Department presents the Common Text Film Series showing of "House of Sand and Fog." UML's own Andre Dubus III wrote the beautiful and tragic best-selling novel that was adapted into Vadim Perelman's acclaimed 2003 film. House of Sand and Fog is a gripping drama that explores, in perfect concert with The Bones of the Earth, the abstract and concrete meanings of home, and the strength of the impulse to stake one's claim on a place to call one's own. Starring Ben Kingsley and Jennifer Connelly. (126 min., R)