January 22, 2013 // Phantom Museums: The Short Films of the Quay Brothers // Bjorn

The delightfully creepy short films made by the delightfully creepy Quay Brothers are my pick for this upcoming installment of Trill Movie Night.

This might be my first time picking a movie without subtitles-- and that's only because there's no real dialogue! Instead, you have a largely "non-narrative experience, riveting the attention through hypnotic control of décor, music and movement".

These experimental animators have been making stop animation films since 1979 and are credited with helping to establish the puppet film as a serious adult art form. They were recently honored with a retrospective of their entire career as artists at the Museum of Modern Art in NYC and I was lucky enough to see it when I was there (as Trill Movie Night's foremost expert on The Quay Brothers, I will be taking questions at the end of the night).

There are about 13 short films in this series-- DON'T WORRY, we won't be watching them all!. I am still in the process of picking which shorts to show to fit into our usual time frame and to showcase a range of their work. But rest assured, each film is guaranteed to be "fraught with unresolved dreamlike narratives and psychosexual tensions".

Excited yet??!! The meet me and the Quay Brothers' disturbing visions at Brittany and Austin's place this Tuesday, Jan 22 at 6:30

-bjorn

January 8, 2013 // Crank 2 // Ben

This movie starts with a guy falling out of a helicopter, dying and coming back to life. That's like the first 25 seconds, and it only gets more intense from there.

We're talking guns up butts, Godzilla puppet fights, porn-star protests and horse dicks. I consider it one of the best action movies made recently, and while you may not agree with my assessment of quality, you will not be able to contest my assessment of insanity. At the very least, we can all enjoy Jason Statham's rock-hard charm together.

We'll be showing this movie at House Garry (1741 Hawthorne) in the standard 6:30 time slot. Unfortunately, while House Garry will be full of pizza and friendship and kick-ass action, it is not full of good wi-fi waves, and consequently we're going to be watching this one in standard definition instead of HD. To complete the throwback atmosphere however, we'll also be showing at least one episode of the best drama of the early Millennium, Dawson's Creek, after the movie (you know you love it).

Leave a post in the comments to let me know if you'll be able to make it. I need to know how much pizza to order (and how much vomit I'll have to clean off the floor because of the pure, raw intensity of this film). See you suckers there, and keep those guns out of those butts until then.

bg

Snoop Bloggy Blogg // Showing Order

Hey everyone, come here and check out our new blog! Brittany (hey girl!) had the idea to start a blog so that we can coordinate who is showing what, where and when. I'll give you guys the login and password info so you can post straight to the blog and tell everybody what they're going to see (and maybe tell them a little bit about it too, or write some abstract poetry about your feelings, whatever...). Leave a comment on the showing/movie post to let everyone know if you can make it.

I'm not sure of the "real" order of movie night and I think it might even be lost and known only to our ancient ancestors when they had cave-painting night. Bravely, I've taken the liberty to make up a new order instead that I think roughly matches what we've done so far and where we left off. If you feel like you are to far back on the list (or too far forward), have yourselves a good cry and then let me know and we'll figure something out. The Order is:

• Ben
• Bjorn
• Rory
• Springer
• Austin
• Caroline
• Brittany

Urban Dictionary defines "trill" as "[a]n adjective used in hip-hop culture to describe someone who is considered to be well respected, coming from a combination of the words 'true' and 'real'." Movie Night is the truest and realest thing any of us will ever experience in our whole lives. As such, I felt the title was appropriate.

Keep it real,
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