Final 'Hunger Games: Catching Fire' Trailer Is Here

http://huff.to/HsNTWF

Netflix Wants To Replace The Movie Theater

http://huff.to/17VxKA0

'Under The Skin' Teaser Trailer - Scarlett Johansson As An Alien

http://huff.to/1a6ienQ

10 Greatest Baseball Films of All Time

On Monday the Film Society will be meeting to discuss "42". If you're interested in watching some of the other great baseball films that have come out of Hollywood, this list is a great start!

Best Baseball Movies Ever Made

How Netflix Gets Its Movie Suggestions So Right

http://huff.to/1bewTO2

Surprising Early, Alternate Versions of Iconic Movie Posters

http://bit.ly/1afw70M

May Film Discussion: Robot & Frank

May Film Discussion

Watch and Discuss 

Robot & Frank
This month's Film Society discussion we will about Robot and Frank.  This Alfred P. Sloan Award winner was directed by Jake Schreier and written by Christopher Ford.  This was the first full length feature film for both writer and director, and was a favorite at the Sundance Film Festival.  The Alfred P. Sloan Award is given annually to a film that depicts science, technology, or math or has a character that is a scientist, engineer, or mathematician.  We hope that this quirky little gem, will win your heart and mind.  And there is much to discuss about a film like this.

Set in the near future, an aging ex-convict named Frank (Frank Langella, in a remarkable performance) lives alone and is experiencing increasingly serious mental deterioration and dementia. Frank's son Hunter (James Marsden), an attorney with a family of his own, grows tired of making weekly visits to his father's home, but is reluctant to put his father into full time care, so he purchases a robot companion (voiced by Peter Sarsgaard), which is programmed to provide Frank with therapeutic care, including a fixed daily routine and cognitive enhancing activities like gardening.  This is one buddy film, you won't want to miss.

This film is rated PG 13 for profanity, mostly at the beginning of the film, but peppered throughout.


Watch & Discuss
This month, the Film Society will engage in discussions about the themes of this movie.  The enjoyment of the films we watch can be enhanced by thinking more deeply about them and participating in discussions both online and at our monthly meeting.  Everyone is invited to participate in these discussions with us. Please join us and engage in thoughtful discussion about this film right here.

Questions for Discussion
Please leave your comments regarding these questions and any thoughts about the movie you'd like to discuss or share in the Comment Box below.

1.  The film is set "in the near future" but we never really know when.  How is our present technology enhanced to be "futurized" just a bit, to keep the feel of the film as "present-day" as possible?
2. Why do you think it is important for this story to be in the present day?
3.  What current social or cultural trends does this film portray or satirize?
4.  The film plays with film genres.  How many genres of movie do you find in this film?
5.  What do you think about robot helpers?  Is this a viable way to utilize technology effectively?
6.  Is it possible to have a relationship with a device that has no sentience?  Does this require redefining the term "relationship"?  Does this require a redefinition of sentience?

References
Robot & Frank on IMDB
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1990314/

Robot & Frank: vision of the future?  interview with the director in The Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2013/mar/08/robot-and-frank-vision-future

Movie Trailer



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Image Credits
http://www.thefilmbrief.com/2012/09/tuesday-trailer-robot-and-frank/
http://www.parentalguide.org/movieratingsguide.html

Legendary Film Critic Roger Ebert Dies At Age 70

http://huff.to/XtnMGr

Thirteen Terrifying Movies I Saw Before I Was Old Enough And So Am Now Permanently Scarred, by Lemony Snicket

http://bit.ly/Z7U1fE

'The Great Gatsby' Teaser Revealed As Release Date Approaches

http://huff.to/WVWIgL

April 10: Film Society Discussion

Now Showing

Watch and Discuss 

Life of Pi
At our next Film Society meeting, which will be held on April 10,  we will be discussing Ang Lee's Life of Pi, which took home 4 Oscars at the 2013 Academy Awards, including the Best Director Oscar. Based on the best selling novel, the film tells the story of Pi, who was shipwrecked after a storm and survived in a lifeboat with a zebra, an orangutan, a hyena and a male Bengal tiger named Richard Parker.

This film is rated PG for emotional thematic content and scary action sequences.


In an attempt to expand our horizons, the Film Society will begin to engage in discussions about the themes of the movies we watch.  Our viewing enjoyment can be enhanced by thinking more deeply about the movies we watch and beginning our discussions online with everyone who wants to participate in the discussion with us. Please join us as we enjoy the film on April 10 and engage in thoughtful discussion with us about it here.

Questions for Discussion
Please leave your comments regarding these questions and any thoughts about the movie you'd like to discuss or share in the Comment Box below.

1.  Pi is a very religious person.  What are some of the themes involving religion and belief in God that are brought out in the film?
2.  The novel was about imagination and the movie is very imaginative.  Do you think the stories Pi tells are true of fictitious?  Are there clues in the film that hint at the truth?
3.  Names and identities are also a strong theme running through the movie.  What does this movie say about personal identity?
4.. How do the three themes or religion, imagination, and identity tied together in this story?


References

Life of Pi on IMDB
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0454876/

Life of Pi, Sparkle Notes about the novel
http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/lifeofpi/study.html

Life of Pi Questions on Shmoop
http://www.shmoop.com/life-of-pi/questions.html


Movie Trailer




Image Credits
http://www.themommy-files.com/2013/02/get-a-head-start-on-all-of-the-excitement-with-the-academy-awards-and-life-of-pi/
http://www.parentalguide.org/movieratingsguide.html

Film Society Showing Tonight Febraury 13th, 6PM

Tonight we will be showing Pitch Perfect. Follow college freshman Beca (a delightful Anna Kendrick) as she decides to join her schools a cappella women's singing group. Alongside mean girls, sweet girls and weird girls whose only thing in common is how good they sound.

The 30 Best Movie Posters Of 2012

http://www.flavorwire.com/357479/the-30-best-movie-posters-of-2012

The Most Fantastic And Glorious Movies Of 2012—And The Worst Of The Worst

Oscars.org ; kaarsten/Shutterstock

http://www.motherjones.com/media/2012/12/best-greatest-most-fantastic-worst-movies-2012

Holiday Movie Preview 2012: 'Django Unchained,' 'The Hobbit' And More

http://news.moviefone.com/2012/11/19/holiday-movie-preview-2012_n_2158748.html

Guillermo Del Toro, 'Rise of the Guardians' Producer, On 'Pacific Rim' & The Movie He Almost Made With Charlie Kaufman

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/14/guillermo-del-toro-rise-of-the-guradians_n_2129768.html?utm_hp_ref=books&ir=Books

Film Society Meeting Tonight! Wednesday, November 14th,6PM

Hi everyone,

 

Tonight, Wed., Nov 14 at 6, we will be showing Moonrise Kingdom for free and with a special guest, a local boy who was in the film. If anyone can come early to help out, make popcorn etc...that would be great. Please let me know!

 

Hope to see you there.
Steph

Film Society Meeting Tonight-A Good Baby

We will be showing the movie "A Good Baby" starring Henry Thomas and David Straithorn, tonight at 6PM. This is a film that is not available on DVD anymore. It is set in the hills of North Carolina and has a similar feel to "Winter's Bone"  It's a great, atmospheric  film not to be missed. Anyone who can come a bit early to help that would be great. Mostly popcorn making, filling the water jugs etc.

 

'Looney Tunes' Movie: Jenny Slate Hired To Write Reboot Screenplay

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/20/looney-tunes-movie-jenny-slate_n_1899778.html?utm_hp_ref=entertainment

New 'Hobbit' Trailer: 'An Unexpected Journey' Wows

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/19/new-hobbit-trailer-an-unexpected-journey_n_1894738.html?utm_hp_ref=books&ir=Books