Thursday May 1, 2014 // The Day of the Locust // Bjorn

Trill movie goers:

This week I will be showing the 1975 cult classic "The Day of the Locust" directed by John Schlesinger and starring Donald Sutherland and Karen Black. It's a story set in the so-called "Golden Age of Hollywood", and is a scathing indictment of the all-consuming L.A. movie machine, and is based on a novel by Nathanael West that was published in 1939, at the peak of Hollywood's golden era. 

The film follows the empty and desperate lives of some of Hollywood's not-so-gifted residents, all held up to the mirror of the glamour and epic scale of the major successes of the time period, films such as The Wizard of Oz and Gone With the Wind. 

Watch in horror as you witness the grotesque and delusional self-destruction of such characters as an aging dwarf, an androgynous tap-dancing child star, and a sexually repressed accountant named Homer Simpson. 

This Thursday, 7pm, Springer's place. Be there and watch as any and all dreams come to a violent, crashing end. Also, pizza and beer!

April 24, 2014 // Sin Nombre // Rory

PEOPLE,

This time around I have selected the 2009 U.S./Mexican film, Sin Nombre.  The English translation is "Without a Name" or "Nameless" for all you gringos/gringas.  I'm picking Sin Nombre because of the director, Cary Joji Fukunaga.  I was so impressed with his direction in True Detective (he actually directed every episode of season 1, which is a rarity in a television series) that it made me want to go back and check out some of his earlier work.  Sin Nombre is Mr. Fukunaga's feature film debut (he also has a 2011 adaptation of Jane Eyre on his resume) and he both wrote and directed it.  Sin Nombre won awards for both directing and cinematography at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival.  Although you may not be familiar with Mr. Fukunaga now, I am sure that we will be seeing more good things from him in the future.

Rotten Tomatoes gives this blurb about Sin Nombre: "Part harrowing immigration tale, part gangster story, this debut by writer/director Cary Fukunaga is sensitive, insightful, and deeply authentic".

7:00 PM @ House Garry
The running time is 96 minutes, so the option for DC is there afterwards.
As always, all your pizza needs will be provided for by yours truly.  The beverages are up to you.  Burping is encouraged.  Please don't let me be the only one.

April 9, 2014 // The Sound of Noise // Ben

UPDATE: We'll be watching "The Sound of Noise" instead since I was the last person on Earth to see "The Cabin in the Woods" (a situation now remedied).  See you tomorrow!

I hate horror movies.

I mean it.  Being scarred is not a good feeling, so why would anyone want to watch a movie whose primary purpose is making them physically feel bad.  It's like a reverse porno or something.  It makes no sense.

On the other hand, Netflix thinks I will give this five stars, and I have heard a lot of good things about it, and I would be watching it in a room full of people who would probably protect me if a monster tried to eat me while we were watching this movie.  Also, when I was little I thought I hated roller coasters, like for years.  I refused to even think about getting on one.  Until one day someone tricked me into going on a roller coaster, and you know what?  I loved it.

So who knows, maybe I don't even know what I like, and by then end of this I'll be watching back-to-back Saw marathons every TMN.  Or maybe you will all get to see me cry.  I guess we'll find out next Wednesday at 7:00 PM (House Garry).

-bg

p.s.  I know this was a big popular movie, so I don't know if most people have already seen this.  If you have, please note so in the comments.  If most of us have already seen it, I have a backup pick (not scary) that we'll watch instead.