June 19 // Caligula // Bjorn

Quite. 

So join me as we watch the movie that needs no introduction (except for the one our friend Ebert so generously provided). 

The Wikipedia entry categorizes it as an "Italo–American erotic biographical drama film". It stars Malcolm McDowell, of "Clockwork Orange" fame, and Helen Mirren, of Helen Mirren fame. It has been called the most controversial film of all time, and the worst film of all time, and that is exactly why we're watching it. 

7pm, House Garry. Pizza, beer, and gratuitous, unsimulated sex scenes will be provided! 

June 12 // Blue Is The Warmest Color // Rory

Rory showed this movie, which was awesome, but didn't make a blog post about it.  I am adding one after the fact so that we have a record of all the awesome movies we saw even though some of us (cough) are not very good at blogging.

- Mr. Trill

May 29, 2014 // Machete Kills // Ben

Take all of the celebrities (Mel Gibson, Charlie Sheen, Lady GaGa, Sophia Vergara) (hey, I didn't say they were good celebrities), add all of the weapons (guns, boob guns, hand cannons, and, of course machetes), a dash of titties, and a bucket of blood and you have the sequel to last year's surprise movie night hit, Machete Kills.

Come to house Garry at 7:00 pm this Thursday to see the film that Adam Graham of the Detroit News called an "inside joke wrapped in a fanboy fantasy, pieced together through a haze of ironic detachment" (and also "barely a movie").  Is it as good as the first one?  I doubt it. Is it good at all?  Hey, did you hear what I said earlier?  There are boob guns!  Who are you anyway, A.O Scott?  Chill out.

As always, there will be complementary pizza and teen angst provided.  BYOB and sense of irony.

Machete don't text, but he does do movie night.

May 22, 2014 // Dogtooth // Caroline

Trillsters,

House Garry (OMG it's GOT season!) is looking forward to hosting you this Thursday, May 22nd for a showing of Dogtooth. I'd heard of it before, but never watched it until this past week. I was initially intrigued by the satirical premise and my love of dark/black comedy. It's a little raw, a little surreal and a lot bizarre. From a purely visual standpoint, I think it's stunning; particularly the restraint in what's captured in the frame (as well as when it cuts away). It was premiered in 2009 by Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos at the Cannes Film Festival.

Dinner: "Parachutes" (pizza)
Drinks: "Fly Swatters" (bring your own beers)
Time: "Truck" (dusk: 7pm)

See you there!
Caroline

The Fountain (changed to The Friends of Eddie Coyle) - May 8, 2014 - Springer

Thursday, May 8, 2014 - Springer's Apartment - 7:00 pm
Pizza will be provided.

The Fountain is a 2006 film directed by Darren Aronofsky (Requiem for a Dream, Black Swan).  I came across it on a list of "25 Films You Should See" or something like that.  The reviews are sort of all over the place.  The list contained lots of movies I really liked, so I thought I'd trust the list maker and try this one. From IMDB: "The Fountain is a story of love, death, spirituality, and the fragility of our existence in this world."  So it's pretty much a movie version of Dawson's Creek, except that it has conquistadors, brilliant scientists and futuristic astronauts and it's not set in Capeside as far as I know.
I am updating so we have our records straight - at the last minute I decided instead to show The Friends of Eddie Coyle, a 1973 crime drama starring Robert Mitchum.

See you Thursday!

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.