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Nov
7
5:30 PM
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I Vitelloni (1953)
Cinematheque – 5:30 p.m.
comedy/drama
Director: Federico Fellini
Italy/France, 104 minutes
Italian with subtitles, Black & White
High Historical Importance Five young men linger in a post-adolescent limbo, dreaming of adventure and escape from their small seacoast town. They while away their time spending the lira doled out by their indulgent families on drink, women, and nights at the local pool hall. Federico Fellini’s second solo directorial effort (originally released in the U.S. as The Young and the Passionate) is a semiautobiographical masterpiece of sharply drawn character sketches: Skirt chaser Fausto, forced to marry a girl he has impregnated; Alberto, the perpetual child; Leopoldo, a writer thirsting for fame; and Moraldo, the only member of the group troubled by a moral conscience. An international success and recipient of an Academy Award® nomination for Best Original Screenplay, I Vitelloni compassionately details a year in the life of a group of small-town layabouts struggling to find meaning in their lives.—The Criterion Collection I Vitelloni is an Italian comedy/drama film directed by Federico Fellini. Recognized as a pivotal work in the director's artistic evolution, the film has distinct autobiographical elements that mirror important societal changes in 1950s Italy. Rated 100 on the infamous Tomatometer on Rotten Tomatoes http://pixhost.ws/avaxhome/2007-06-21/PDVD_042.jpg
5:30 p.m. I Vitelloni – Cinematheque
Meet in the Lobby 10 minutes ahead of time or look for the group inside the theater. We’ll try to save seats in the first two rows of the upper section, center. The flick is almost 2 hours, so expect to be out around 7:30 p.m. 7:45 p.m. After Film Discussion/Dinner – the After-Party @ Ristorante Etna
Since film ends early, we’ll head over to Ristorante Etna, 11919 Mayfield Road, 216.791.7670, for discussion, drinks and perhaps dinner. Etna is named after the famous and magnificent Mount Etna volcano on Sicily’s north east coast a visual treat when sailing through the Straights of Messina. Special note – For Members Only! Chef and Owner Peppe Pilumeli will present complementary deserts from the menu for each entrée purchased. The menu selection is fantastic and features not only gelato but also some Italian-themed treats constructed with fresh berries, freshly whipped cream and chocolate! Expect a gastronomical delight http://www.etnalittleitaly.com/_wp_generated/wp31db99bf_0f.jpg
We will have a reserved table so you must indicate "dinner on your RSVP to have a seat! Please let us know your dinner plans on your RSVP so that we can reserve a seat for you at the "Movie Group" table. We have requested separate checks but due to the size of our group, you can expect a standard gratuity to be added. If circumstances force you to cancel, please try to notify the organizer as early as possible. It’s best to pay your check in cash to streamline the process. Plot – Synopsis
As summer draws to a close, a violent downpour interrupts a beach-side beauty pageant in a provincial town on the Adriatic coast. Sandra Rubini (Leonora Ruffo), elected "Miss Siren of 1953", suddenly grows upset and faints: rumours fly that she’s expecting a baby by inveterate skirt chaser Fausto Moretti (Franco Fabrizi). Under pressure from Francesco (Jean Brochard), his respectable father, Fausto agrees to a shotgun wedding. After the sparsely attended middle-class ceremony, the newlyweds leave town on their honeymoon.
Unemployed and living off their parents, Fausto's twenty-something friends kill time shuffling from empty cafés to seedy pool halls to aimless walks across desolate windswept beaches. During the interim, they perform immature pranks. Taunting honest road workers from the safety of a luxury car they never earned, they're given a sound thrashing when it runs out of gas.
Back from his honeymoon and settled in with Sandra, Fausto is forced to accept a job as a stockroom assistant in a religious-articles shop owned by a friend of his father-in-law's. Incorrigible, he pursues other women even in his wife's presence. One evening after a variety show, Leopoldo agrees to accompany old Sergio for a walk along the seashore to discuss the merits of his play but when the actor propositions him, he takes to his heels in horror.
http://www.melbournecinematheque.org/2007/films_by_title/images/vitelloni.jpg Review
http://www.navecorsara.it/archivio_old/archivio/salviamo_il_classico/vitelloni.jpg By: Marcin Kukuczka
After Lo Sceicco Bianco (1952), a young Italian director whose name was at the time barely famous, Federico Fellini manifested his artistic vision not as a Neo-realist, which would logically be associated with the Italian cinema of those days, but as an independent individual figure. Brave as it might have seemed, the young man from Rimini who already worked with some Neo-realists, including Roberto Rossellini, achieved an individual success. I Vitelloni being for many people the first look at the young talent appeared to be the opening door, a dawn for the career of, though controversial, one of the greatest directors.
But that is history and modern viewers usually ask an important question: will I like the film even if I am not a Fellini buff? How is I Vitelloni perceived nowadays? Do people - not the elite but simple ordinary viewers - find Fellini attractive? Although it is hard to answer these questions at once, I highly enjoyed this film which appears to be a combination of autobiography and fantasy, of pleasure and confusion, of chaos and cosmos.
I Vitelloni has a wonderful content and truly believable characters with captivating stories that one may analyze at different levels and from various perspectives. Fausto represents an irresponsible page of man's life. Although he gets married and seems to love his young beautiful wife Sandrina, his psyche faces a contradiction: desire of women does not allow him to live a stable family life. Other of his friends have more or less similar interests but they are all single. They badly want to leave their province homes for a luxurious life yet only one of them dares to do it... Women are their blessing and their curse, dreams are their fears and their bliss. Yet, carnival is equal for all: a true relief. What a life!
However, the content of I Vitelloni is in no way on the focus. It is rather a movie, like our psyche, built upon details. Every detail makes a perfect sense in the harmony. What details do I mean: MOMENTS that have a powerful impact on the memory and subconsciousness of single viewers. I loved the scene on the beach: cold, windy Sunday and the symbolic look at life. Another brilliant piece is when the men are wandering through the streets and long for Fausto who is in Rome with his newly married wife. Moraldo's conversation with young boy, Guido, at night is also memorable. I was personally overwhelmed by the way Fellini refers to inspiration as sea wind...
But to these moments, I must add an important aspect: wit. Humorous moments are what makes the film a particular atmosphere. It's on the one hand pretty psychological and on the other hand a great, enjoyable, amusing spectacle. The show of the carnival and the flirting, Fausto's new job, the episode with the stolen angel, search for Sandrina, etc. I slipped my sides at some of the moments and particularly when Fausto danced in the street just after his return from Rome.
However, I have not yet touched a significant aspect: why I Vitelloni is so Felliniesque? It is because of the themes he discusses here and continued to rise in his later works: hypocrisy of social conventions like in Nights of Cabiria (1957), marital treason like in Giulietta Degli Spiriti (1965), family (parent) pressure like in 8 1/2 (1963), journey like in La Strada (1956), easy love like in La Dolce Vita (1960). These themes are, like in all of his other movies, perfectly embedded in the stories and supplied with aforementioned wit. But it is crucial to mention that I Vitelloni takes the best of Fellini in general. He does not become so psychedelic like in Giulietta Degli Spiriti or so easy going like in La Dolce Vita. I Vitelloni has the best of his elements with the combination of a particular charm.
But Fellini would not have done so well without great cast. Neo-realism had a tendency to cast infamous people and Fellini goes in the same direction here. Franco Fabrizi, perhaps the only famous actor, is perfect as Fausto. You can find this actor in many Italian productions and this is one of his very best roles. Other male characters all do great jobs.
If you like Fellini, this film is among the three most significant ones for you - a true must have. If you, however, are not very much in love with the director, you will also find many wonderful aspects of this film. It is not too specific like other Fellini films are: a charming Italian silver screen production, an example of "il grande cinema" (Did you like Martin’s review? Let him know: marcin_kukuczka@op.pl ) FEE
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MOVIE LINKS:
Cinemateque, Cleveland Institute of Art, 11141 East Blvd. http://www.cia.edu/academicResources/cinematheque/filmSchedule.php?action=extended
PARKING: They have a free parking lot.
Cost:
$1.50
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Etna Ristorante
Cleveland,
OH, 44106
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8 Yes
1 Maybe
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Nov
1
4:00 PM
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2 attended (est.) –
5.001
Sunday, November 1, at 6:30 pm
Fellini’s Casanova (1976)
(Il Casanova di Federico Fellini)
Director: Federico Fellini
Italy/France, 165 minutes – 2 hours, 45 minutes
Language: English, Color
Rated “R”
Genre: Drama, Romance
High Historical Importance Casanova - Fellini’s fantasy about the love life of fabled 18th-century libertine Casanova (Donald Sutherland) is one of the maestro’s most opulent films, with Oscar-winning costumes and a memorable Nino Rota score. 35mm print from the Universal Pictures studio archive! Adults only! This is the first of nine Fellini films that the Cinematheque will screen in November and December.
“The initial sequence says it all. It is carnival time in Venice. Fireworks are raining down on the citizens, the young and the old, the beautiful and the misshapen. Suddenly, with the help of an elaborate system of weights and pulleys, the giant head of Venus begins to emerge from the Grand Canal. The crowd cheers as the master of the revels extols the goddess of love. The head rises creakily to eye level and a cable breaks. Slowly she sinks back into the dark waters. A mother screams to a child, "Cross yourself!"
http://img.youtube.com/vi/JZMoQUQ5bak/0.jpg
Using as his text Giacomo Casanova's "The Story of My Life," Federico Fellini has created another revel of a movie—spectacular, but singularly joyless—that has the effect of celebrating the absolute end of romance and eroticism. There's nothing left but sex, and sex is a terminal disease. Love is a placebo.” – The New York Times
4 p.m. Eats & Discussion – the Before-Party @ Nighttown
Since the film is so long, we’ll meet for dinner before at Nighttown, 12387 Cedar Road, 216.795.0550. We’ll be in the ornate lounge area that is styled after a turn-of-the-century bordello. Nighttown is so popular that the last time we were here people skipped the movie and just came for dinner. They are welcoming us back with a gracious 15 Percent Discount for everyone at our table. Nighttown is on Cedar Hill just west of Fairmount. Metered parking is available in the rear with an entrance off Cedar just west of the club. We will have a reserved table so you must indicate "dinner on your RSVP to have a seat! Please let us know your dinner plans on your RSVP so that we can reserve a seat for you at the "Movie Group" table. We have requested separate checks but due to the size of our group, you can expect a standard gratuity to be added. If circumstances force you to cancel, please try to notify the organizer as early as possible. It’s best to pay your check in cash to streamline the process. If you don't see us when you walk in, ask to be seated with Bill Johnson or the Indie Movie Group. 6:30 p.m. Casanova – Cinematheque
Meet in the Lobby 10 minutes ahead of time or look for the group inside the theater. We’ll try to save seats in the first two rows of the upper section, center. The flick is nearly 3 hours, so expect to be out around 9:30 p.m. Seats at this venue are somewhat hard. Considering the length of the film, you may want to bring a stadium cushion. http://www.fundacion.telefonica.com/at/tem/tem053.jpg Plot – Synopsis 18th Century Italy. Giacomo Casanova has a reputation as a great lover. He passes through many adventures in search of passion. He meets the aging Marquise d’Urfe who wants him to impregnate her so that she can reincarnate in her child’s body, is jailed as a black magician but escapes, and enters a love-making competition held by the Prince del Brando, along with many other adventures. Federico Fellini emerged in the late 1950s, making gorgeous, often deliriously effervescent films of post-War Italy such as Nights of Cabiria (1957), La Dolce Vita (1960) and 8½ (1963). Following his international acclaim as a result of these, Fellini went onto make a trilogy of titularly self-presented films, beginning with Fellini Satyricon (1969), following through Fellini's Roma (1972) and ending with Fellini's Casanova. In each film Fellini revels in extravagantly decadent excess. The films are hugely sprawling in length – Casanova runs at over three hours, for instance. They are films driven by the production designers and costumers – plot comes a distant second to the scenery on display. In Satyricon Fellini made a decadent spectacle out of Ancient Rome and Roma was a series of meditations on present-day Italy, while Casanova charts the decadent spectacle of the Italy of modern antiquity.
The sheer extravagance of Fellini's Casanova is absolutely stunning. Fellini romps in the outlandish creations the design teams come up with – huge orgies in the street by costumed attendees, nuns wearing scarlet-hooped corsetry. When Casanova travels upon the sea he floats upon rippling black polyurethane; at one point he makes love to a woman wearing a crown of candles. There’s a visit to the skeleton of a leviathan where surrealistic slideshows of dreamy womb horror images play, while outside women dance up and down on a horse-drawn swing and a man with a woman painted on his stomach juggles, while inside Casanova arm-wrestles a seven foot-tall giantess.
http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/2661/casanovanr7.jpg Reviews – Fellini's Casanova is much less about the self-proclaimed 18th-century philanderer, his life and his times, than it is the surreal, guilt-ridden confessions of a nice, middle-class Italian husband of the 20th century. This fellow, on reaching middle age shortly before the sexual revolution, is still tormented by fantasies that seem to him to be wicked and to the rest of us merely exhausting.
I don't know how else to interpret this strange, cold, obsessed film, which I find fascinating, because I find the man who made it fascinating, a talented mixture of contradictory impulses, and as depressing as an eternal hangover. Other people, less convinced of the Fellini genius, may be driven up the wall.
With Juliet of the Spirits in 1965, Mr. Fellini seems, in retrospect, to have entered his Roxy Theater-Radio City Music Hall period by making a series of films in which he has steadfastly insisted on giving the customers more than their money's worth of movement, color, sound, light, costumes, décor, specialty acts, sideshow freaks, quick changes and dazzling, theatrical artifice.
The Clowns and Roma, documentary variations on themes close to Mr. Fellini's heart, were virtually meditations upon his methods. In Amarcord, his best film since 8½, the superabundance of style was given purposeful shape by benevolence and good feelings.
Fellini's Casanovarecalls Fellini's Satyricon. Though its concerns are narrower, it's as otherworldly as that nightmare vision of the pre-Christian Roman Empire. Like that film, too, Casanovamakes no attempt to recreate an identifiable era, but, rather, to create a completely subjective impression.
Nothing is real. Mr. Fellini, who now works exclusively within a studio, creates everything himself. The studio is the locus of his interior world. It's not for him to go on location to shoot a tree or a sky when he can choose the sort of tree or sky he wants from the scenic designer. Never for a moment does he ask us to believe that any tree or sky ever looked this way, only to understand that this is how he feels about them.
Now, in Casanova, Fellini has gone one step further by, in effect, constructing his leading actor. He has molded the features of Donald Sutherland, who plays Casanova, much as if he were constructing a set, adding an imperial forehead and extending the nose and chin so that no matter how the actor turns, no matter how he is photographed, they define a grotesque absurd condition.
In one of the more chilly sequences of the movie, Casanova becomes infatuated with a beautiful, life-sized mechanical doll, which he takes to bed with him. The always chastely, almost prudishly photographed sexual encounter that follows has no more, or less, meaning than any of Casanova's other affairs. It's all close-ups of Casanova's sweating forehead, accompanied by panting of the sort that suggests a critical shortness of breath. In these encounters, the orgasm is a death rattle.
The closing image of the film is the aged Casanova dreaming of his youth, dancing with this mechanical doll across the frozen waters of the Grand Canal, where, below the ice, we can see the head of Venus with its empty eyes.
The image is daring and beautiful, but it is repeating the film's single note for one more time than is easily supportable. Like Satyricon, Casanova has the form of a frieze that ends by meeting itself where it began. With the exception of a casual reference to Casanova's father, and a sequence—the best in the film—in which he runs into his aged mother in Germany, Casanova is less characterized than he is presented as if he were someone in a pageant. The New York Times - Vincent Canby FEE
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************************************************* MOVIE LINKS:
Cinemateque, Cleveland Institute of Art, 11141 East Blvd. http://www.cia.edu/academicResources/cinematheque/filmSchedule.php?action=extended
PARKING: They have a free parking lot. Movie Reviews. http://www.rottentomatoes.com/
Cost:
$1.50
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Nighttown
Cleveland,
OH, 44106
41.501070,-81.595090
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4 Yes
7 Maybe
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Oct
28
6:00 PM
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10 attended (est.) –
3.505
A Serious Man, from the Coen Brothers, might be their best movie in years. Right now, it is showing exclusively at the Cedar Lee. I hope to see a number of you there. 6:00 EATS
Lopez is a group favorite. And it is right across the Street from the Theater. Please try to have exact change to speed the checkout up. Please let us know your dinner plans on your RSVP so that we can either save you a seat at the "Movie Group" table or plan to meet you at the movie. Checks are processed in groups of 2 or 3 so please bring CASH to pay for your meal. If you don't see us when you walk in, ask to be seated with the Movie Group. 7:30 MOVIE
Meet at the ENTRANCE DOOR 5 minutes ahead of time or look for the group inside the theater or meet us afterward outside the entrance door in the lobby. Members will be receiving a special price of $5.50 a ticket for this event. When purchasing tickets, request the Independent Movie Group discount. Please make sure to RSVP in a timely fashion so that we have an accurate attendee list. http://mimg.sulekha.com/english/a-serious-man/Stills/a-serious-man-stills04.jpg DESCRIPTION
It is 1967, and Larry Gopnik (Michael Stuhlbarg), a physics professor at a quiet Midwestern university, has just been informed by his wife Judith (Sari Lennick) that she is leaving him. She has fallen in love with one of his more pompous colleagues, Sy Ableman (Fred Melamed), who seems to her a more substantial person than the feckless Larry. Larry's unemployable brother Arthur (Richard Kind) is sleeping on the couch, his son Danny (Aaron Wolf) is a discipline problem and a shirker at Hebrew school, and his daughter Sarah (Jessica McManus) is filching money from his wallet in order to save up for a nose job.
REVIEW
In one of the best directed films of 2009, the Coen Brothers use techniques that actually fit the frustrating mood of the film as opposed to using them just for a cool shot.
http://www.bdkreviews.com/recent.php#aseriousman FEE
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************************************************* MOVIE LINKS: Cleveland Cinemas (Cedar Lee), Cleveland Heights, 2163 Lee Road. http://www.clevelandcinemas.com/cinemadrilldown.asp?intCin=2921 PARKING: Paid Parking is now 24 X 7, so bring a couple of quarters. Credit cards work in the garage. A free parking lot is on Edgewood road, one block west of Lee road at Cedar. Cinematheque, Cleveland Institute of Art, 11141 East Blvd. http://www.cia.edu/academicResources/cinematheque/filmSchedule.php?action=extended PARKING: They have a free parking lot. Cleveland Museum of Art Panorama Series, 11150 East Blvd. http://www.clevelandart.org/events/film.aspx PARKING: They have an attendant parking garage. There is also street parking. Movie Reviews. http://www.rottentomatoes.com/ NOTE TO FIRST TIME GOERS: If this is your first movie with the group, there is no fee to attend. This group has been successful partly because members have a genuine interest in meeting fellow independent movie goers. We don't always know where to look for you, especially first timers. We have multiple meeting places: 1. Entrance door to the movie in the theater hallway 5-10 minutes before the movie starts, 2. By the Marquee (or entrance door) after the movie, or 3. Reserved table at a restaurant under the name "Movie Group". We don't always sit together in the movie theater but if you see a bunch of people talking about good movies they have seen, it is probably us. Please join in. We are always happy to get new people involved. NOTE TO ALL: In the world of Independent films, it is recommended that you check back a few days before the event to make sure the movie, restaurant, location or time has not changed.
Cost:
$1.50
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Lopez
Cleveland,
OH, 44118
41.499657,-81.565350
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14 Yes
4 Maybe
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Oct
24
7:00 PM
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6 attended (est.) –
4.002
On the heels of the Italian Film Festival, we are just in time for the Jewish Film Festival. While we are going to see this one, be sure to check out some of their other films.
http://www.clevejcc.org/FilmFest.asp Tickets are $9. The movie will most likely sell out, so make your reservations as follows:
Mandel JCC Member Service Desk during regular hours – no fees (Closed on Saturdays)
(866) 546-1358 handling fee ($2/ticket) will be added
Purchase tickets online, a handling fee ($2/ticket) will be added http://www.clevejcc.org/FilmFest.asp
If you want me to get tickets for you, use Paypal ($10) by Friday October 9 at 3pm and I will purchase them for you. Note: This is NOT the Helen Mirren version that has just completed filming. 7:00 EATS
It is hard to believe, but our group has never been to this Cleveland favorite eatery. http://www.boulevardblue.com/ It is under a ten minute drive to the theater. Please let us know your dinner plans on your RSVP so that we can either save you a seat at the "Movie Group" table or plan to meet you at the movie. Checks are processed in groups of 2 or 3 so please bring CASH to pay for your meal. If you don't see us when you walk in, ask to be seated with the Movie Group. 9:00 MOVIE
Meet at the ENTRANCE DOOR 5 minutes ahead of time or look for the group inside the theater or meet us afterward outside the entrance door in the lobby. AFTER MOVIE DISCUSSION
Jimmy's at 2195 Lee is a block left of the theater and is expecting us afterward for coffee, beer and beet cake. http://allthefestivals.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/the-debt.jpg DESCRIPTION
Alternating between the 1960s and the present, The Debt tells the riveting tale of three young Mossad agents assigned to capture a Nazi war criminal and return him to Israel to stand trial. REVIEW
The Debt is an effective thriller and a worthwhile addition to the ... Film Festival lineup.
http://hoopla.nu/films/hahov/thedebt.html FEE
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************************************************* MOVIE LINKS: Cleveland Cinemas (Cedar Lee), Cleveland Heights, 2163 Lee Road. http://www.clevelandcinemas.com/cinemadrilldown.asp?intCin=2921 PARKING: Paid Parking is now 24 X 7, so bring a couple of quarters. Credit cards work in the garage. A free parking lot is on Edgewood road, one block west of Lee road at Cedar. Cinematheque, Cleveland Institute of Art, 11141 East Blvd. http://www.cia.edu/academicResources/cinematheque/filmSchedule.php?action=extended PARKING: They have a free parking lot. Cleveland Museum of Art Panorama Series, 11150 East Blvd. http://www.clevelandart.org/events/film.aspx PARKING: They have an attendant parking garage. There is also street parking. Movie Reviews. http://www.rottentomatoes.com/ NOTE TO FIRST TIME GOERS: If this is your first movie with the group, there is no fee to attend. This group has been successful partly because members have a genuine interest in meeting fellow independent movie goers. We don't always know where to look for you, especially first timers. We have multiple meeting places: 1. Entrance door to the movie in the theater hallway 5-10 minutes before the movie starts, 2. By the Marquee (or entrance door) after the movie, or 3. Reserved table at a restaurant under the name "Movie Group". We don't always sit together in the movie theater but if you see a bunch of people talking about good movies they have seen, it is probably us. Please join in. We are always happy to get new people involved. NOTE TO ALL: In the world of Independent films, it is recommended that you check back a few days before the event to make sure the movie, restaurant, location or time has not changed.
Cost:
$1.50
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Boulevard Blue
Cleveland,
OH, 44120
41.487558,-81.593656
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9 Yes
3 Maybe
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Oct
16
7:00 PM
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11 attended (est.) –
5.004
Rotten Tomatoes shows 48 reviews of this movie of which 48 gave it a thumbs up. It is partly American (idol) and part showing the reality of their political situation. Probably the best documentary you will see this year. 7:00 MOVIE
Meet at the ENTRANCE DOOR 5 minutes ahead of time or look for the group inside the theater or meet us afterward outside the entrance door in the lobby. This is the Art Museum NOT the Cinemateque. 8:45 AFTER MOVIE DISCUSSION AND EATS
Felice is a new restaurant that grows their own food in their garden. We went there last March to raves by all who attended. It is at 12505 Larchmere. It is less than a 10 minute drive from the theater and is somewhat close to I-490. 216-791-0918. Review: http://www.cleveland.com/goingout/index.ssf/2008/10/felice_is_a_restaurant_that_wi.html
Map: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=cedar%20lee%20felice%20larchmere&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wl Please let us know your dinner plans on your RSVP so that we can either save you a seat at the "Movie Group" table or plan to meet you at the movie. Checks are processed in groups of 2 or 3 so please bring CASH to pay for your meal. If you don't see us when you walk in, ask to be seated with the Movie Group. http://www.hotdocs.ca/thumbs/resources/images/publicitystills/AfghanStar_4.720x405.jpg DESCRIPTION
Directed by Havana Marking. Winner of the Audience Award for Best Documentary at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and one of the most acclaimed movies of 2009, this movie introduces a handful of Afghan citizens—men and women—willing to risk their safety and even their lives as singing contestants on a hugely popular "American Idol"-style TV show in post-Taliban Afghanistan. REVIEW
The movie uses the talent show Afghan Star as a prism through which to examine the fragmented tribal culture of Afghanistan as reflected in the backgrounds of four finalists (two of them women) and the public responses to their performances.
http://movies.nytimes.com/2009/06/26/movies/26star.html?ref=movies FEE
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************************************************* MOVIE LINKS: Cleveland Cinemas (Cedar Lee), Cleveland Heights, 2163 Lee Road. http://www.clevelandcinemas.com/cinemadrilldown.asp?intCin=2921 PARKING: Paid Parking is now 24 X 7, so bring a couple of quarters. Credit cards work in the garage. A free parking lot is on Edgewood road, one block west of Lee road at Cedar. Cinematheque, Cleveland Institute of Art, 11141 East Blvd. http://www.cia.edu/academicResources/cinematheque/filmSchedule.php?action=extended PARKING: They have a free parking lot. Cleveland Museum of Art Panorama Series, 11150 East Blvd. http://www.clevelandart.org/events/film.aspx PARKING: They have an attendant parking garage. There is also street parking. Movie Reviews. http://www.rottentomatoes.com/ NOTE TO FIRST TIME GOERS: If this is your first movie with the group, there is no fee to attend. This group has been successful partly because members have a genuine interest in meeting fellow independent movie goers. We don't always know where to look for you, especially first timers. We have multiple meeting places: 1. Entrance door to the movie in the theater hallway 5-10 minutes before the movie starts, 2. By the Marquee (or entrance door) after the movie, or 3. Reserved table at a restaurant under the name "Movie Group". We don't always sit together in the movie theater but if you see a bunch of people talking about good movies they have seen, it is probably us. Please join in. We are always happy to get new people involved. NOTE TO ALL: In the world of Independent films, it is recommended that you check back a few days before the event to make sure the movie, restaurant, location or time has not changed.
Cost:
$1.50
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Cleveland Museum of Art the
Cleveland,
OH, 44106
41.506805,-81.610306
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12 Yes
5 Maybe
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Oct
11
4:15 PM
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10 attended (est.) –
5.006
Sunday, October 11, at 4:25 pm
Paris
Paris (2008)
France, 2009
130 minutes, drama/romance/comedy
Director: Cédric Klapisch
French with subtitles
Paris is a movie about love, life.......and Paris! Pierre, a professional dancer, suffers from a serious heart disease. While he is waiting for a transplant which may (or may not) save his life, he has nothing better to do than look at the people around him, from the balcony of his Paris apartment. When Elise, his sister with three kids and no husband, moves in to his place to care for him, Pierre does not change his new habits. And instead of dancing himself, it is Paris and the Parisians who dance before his eyes. Rated R for language and some sexual references. http://thecia.com.au/reviews/p/images/paris-1.jpg 4:25 p.m. Paris – Cedar-Lee Theatre
Meet in the Lobby 10 minutes ahead of time or look for the group inside the theater. We’ll try to save seats in the first two rows of the upper section, center. The flick is 130 minutes, so expect to be out around 6:40 p.m. SPECIAL NOTICE – Members only!
We have arranged for a special Members Only discounted ticket purchase at the Cedar-Lee Theater. When you purchase tickets, request the Independent Movie Group discount! That will entitle you and guest (s) to a discounted $5.50 ticket. This special discount applies only to scheduled movie events of the Independent Movie Goers Group on MeetUp.com. It does not apply to non-scheduled movies or for non-members. Please make sure to RSVP in a timely fashion so that your name appears on our Event List prior to submission to Cedar-Lee management.
http://www.nighttowncleveland.com/images/facade_small.jpg 7 p.m. After Film Discussion – the After-Party @ Nighttown Since film ends early, we’ll head over to Nighttown, 12387 Cedar Road, 216.795.0550, for discussion, drinks and perhaps dinner. Weather permitting we’ll have a table (s) in Stephen’s Green, the covered patio area. If it’s chilly, we’ll be in the lounge area. Nighttown is so popular that the last time we were here people skipped the movie and just came for dinner. I will invoke my Press Club 15 percent Discount for everyone at our table. Nighttown is on Cedar Hill just west of Fairmount. Metered parking is available in the rear with an entrance off Cedar just west of the club. We will have a reserved table so you must indicate "dinner on your RSVP to have a seat! Please let us know your dinner plans on your RSVP so that we can reserve a seat for you at the "Movie Group" table. We have requested separate checks but due to the size of our group, you can expect a standard gratuity to be added. If circumstances force you to cancel, please try to notify the organizer as early as possible. It’s best to pay your check in cash to streamline the process. Ask to be seated with Bill Johnson or the Indie Movie Group. http://i28.tinypic.com/vzgcw5.jpg Movie Goer comments: Ray Harley from Blairgowrie, Scotland
“A wonderfully complex study of both the city, and it's people on a wonderfully complex group of characters. Every one was as interesting as any other, regardless of the stature of the actor playing them, and you were invested in them all because of it. Juliette Binoche and Albert Dupontel were the most familiar names to me, but their characters were not allowed to dominate the story. ”All along the way you were taken on journeys that were unsignposted and shocking, in some cases, because of it. ”A quite extraordinary tale that deserves a far wider audience than it is likely to get. Overall the film was a shining example, in my opinion, of what makes French cinema the best in the world.” gyurmi3 from Hungary
“This is a great, lovable film. I am still under the influence of it. Me and my girlfriend simply had to sit in a good restaurant in town afterwards to discuss it over a bottle of Chardonnay. This is so much about life! The director wisely lets the viewers to decide about some points that have been intentionally left in a subtle haze. And he does not want to teach us, does not want to moralize and tell us a great story. This is a fresh, very French movie which is just a great start for the new spring season. It is 130 minutes long, still a lot of people (including us) were reluctant to stand up at the end and leave the room seeing the "Fin" sign. Thanks Monsieur Klapisch for the great evening, and of course everybody who contributed his film, first of all the actors - all of them were very credible and smashing. Sorry if I sound overenthusiastic, but - for me - this was a great experience, indeed. I can only recommend it to everybody. Go, and see it, and make yourself a great evening!” Paris Trailer Reviews –
Reviewed By: Jennie Kermode – Eye for Film
He loved Paris. He idolised it all out of proportion...
Opening with a dizzying journey through the titular city, immediately giving us a fresh perspective on one of the most frequently filmed places in the world, Cedric Klapisch's portrait of Paris is right up there with Woody Allen's classic Manhattan. It's a love letter, a symphony, a passionate tribute to the history and architecture and people of a place like nowhere else on Earth. Klapisch may not have Gershwin to aid him, but he has Baudelaire, and his subdued imagery, taking in every corner of the place, celebrating fruit markets and warehouses as much as monuments and the Seine, helps to create a film you'll never forget. Nominally centered on the life of a former dancer who has just discovered that he has a potentially fatal heart condition, Paris is really an ensemble piece, bringing together tales of the loosely connected lives of citizens from all walks of life. There's also a brief visit to Cameroon, where a young man dreams of travelling to Paris to see the fashion model he met during her vacation. These people are learned and naive, confused and intensely focused, happy and sad, yet they are all a part of something greater, and as the film progresses we gradually come to understand how the city itself lives through them. Isolated in his apartment on account of his illness, Pierre (Romain Duris) is the perfect point of focus, watching people from his window and speculating about their lives. His sister Élise (Juliette Binoche) makes herself his carer, but has problems of her own, wondering if she's too old now to have a hope of finding love. We also meet lecturer Roland (Fabrice Luchini), a history professor besotted with a yound student but unprepared, despite his borrowed observations, for what dealing with youth really means; and his brother Philippe (François Cluzet), a comfortable middle aged architect dismayed by the accusation that he's normal. This is a film full of understated humour. Sometimes we are laughing at the characters as much as with them, but there is a sense in which their ridiculousness makes them all the more real and all the more worthy of affection. It is also a film which is truly grim in places and which pulls no punches in dealing with matters of life and death, but this is all a part of its beauty. Likewise it interweaves the legacy of the past with the technology and fashions of the present, showing a city which is changing all the time and yet remaining itself. This film will leave you spellbound as only Paris can.
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The Los Angeles Times
Seeing another side of Paris In his bittersweet valentine to the City of Light, Cedric Klapisch crisscrosses an array of mostly working-class Parisians whose lives intersect. The setup is a common one for contemporary filmmakers; what lifts Paris from the sub-genre pack is a fine ensemble, in particular the emotional chemistry between two of the screen's most magnetic actors, Juliette Binoche and Romain Duris. Duris' dancer faces a life-threatening heart ailment. He remains eager for life, even if he must experience it from his balcony or at the corner boulangerie, run by a comically chirpy martinet (the superb Karin Viard). Taking care of him, his sister (Binoche) comes to a new understanding of the joking remark that opens the film: "The universe is everywhere." There are fine moments throughout. A history professor (Fabrice Luchini) text-stalks a beautiful student (Mélanie Laurent) and, in a terrific scene, visits a psychotherapist (Maurice Benichou), all but begging for his defenses to be torn down. But, as good as the cast is, the multiple stories dilute the film's effect, and authorial string-pulling is often evident. If the idea of interconnectedness feels secondhand, what's fresh and affecting is the way Binoche's and Duris' characters navigate life and death. From the catacombs to the city's heights, Paris turns an unblinking gaze on the beauty of melancholy and the daring leap toward joy.
-- Sheri Linden FEE
Goes toward charges incurred for using the MeetUp website. You can access PayPal or pay your fee to the Organizer at the event.
************************************************* MOVIE LINKS:
Cinemateque, Cleveland Institute of Art, 11141 East Blvd. http://www.cia.edu/academicResources/cinematheque/filmSchedule.php?action=extended
PARKING: They have a free parking lot. Movie Reviews. http://www.rottentomatoes.com/
Cost:
$1.50
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Nighttown
Cleveland,
OH, 44106
41.501070,-81.595090
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9 Yes
3 Maybe
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Oct
7
7:00 PM
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Lorna was apparently silent about the fact that she is not opening up at the Cedar Lee. But Loren Cass will be showing at the Art Museum that same day. This movie is the antithesis of the polished Hollywood movie. But it certainly should be a treat to see the work of an aspiring filmmaker. 6:00 EATS
I will be grabbing a quick bite at the Museum Cafe. Look for the group in the back room. 7:00 MOVIE
Meet at the ENTRANCE DOOR 5 minutes ahead of time or look for the group inside the theater or meet us afterward outside the entrance door by the tables. The Theater is on the lower level of the museum. AFTER MOVIE DISCUSSION
Perhaps we can head over to the Silver Spartan diner for a light sandwich or dessert. http://www.indiewire.com/images/uploads/iw9/movies/gothamnomsUNDISTRIB.jpg DESCRIPTION
Hailed by The New York Times as "one of the year’s great discoveries," this lyrical debut film (written initially when the writer-director-star was only 15) follows three disaffected teens in 1996 St. Petersburg as they engage in random acts of sex, drinking, and violence in the tense wake of racial unrest there. REVIEW
In terms of low-budget filmmaking aspiring past its limitations, Loren Cass is the real deal.
http://www.timeout.com/film/newyork/reviews/87385/loren_cass.html FEE
Goes toward charges incurred for using the MeetUp website. You can access PayPal or pay your fee to the Organizer at the event.
************************************************* MOVIE LINKS: Cleveland Cinemas (Cedar Lee), Cleveland Heights, 2163 Lee Road. http://www.clevelandcinemas.com/cinemadrilldown.asp?intCin=2921 PARKING: Paid Parking is now 24 X 7, so bring a couple of quarters. Credit cards work in the garage. A free parking lot is on Edgewood road, one block west of Lee road at Cedar. Cinematheque, Cleveland Institute of Art, 11141 East Blvd. http://www.cia.edu/academicResources/cinematheque/filmSchedule.php?action=extended PARKING: They have a free parking lot. Cleveland Museum of Art Panorama Series, 11150 East Blvd. http://www.clevelandart.org/events/film.aspx PARKING: They have an attendant parking garage. There is also street parking. Movie Reviews. http://www.rottentomatoes.com/ NOTE TO FIRST TIME GOERS: If this is your first movie with the group, there is no fee to attend. This group has been successful partly because members have a genuine interest in meeting fellow independent movie goers. We don't always know where to look for you, especially first timers. We have multiple meeting places: 1. Entrance door to the movie in the theater hallway 5-10 minutes before the movie starts, 2. By the Marquee (or entrance door) after the movie, or 3. Reserved table at a restaurant under the name "Movie Group". We don't always sit together in the movie theater but if you see a bunch of people talking about good movies they have seen, it is probably us. Please join in. We are always happy to get new people involved. NOTE TO ALL: In the world of Independent films, it is recommended that you check back a few days before the event to make sure the movie, restaurant, location or time has not changed.
Cost:
$1.50
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Cleveland Museum of Art the
Cleveland,
OH, 44106
41.506805,-81.610306
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2 Yes
0 Maybe
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Oct
3
5:00 PM
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17 attended (est.) –
5.004
Saturday, October 3, at 7:10 pm
REVANCHE
Austria, 2008, Götz Spielmann
German/Russian with Subtitles
One of the five films nominated for this year’s Academy Awards Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, this terrific thriller focuses on an ex-con working as a bouncer at a Vienna brothel. He dreams of running away and starting over with one of the establishment’s Ukrainian hookers. However, when the robbery that would bankroll his new beginning goes awry, he hides out at his grandfather’s farm—only to discover that the cop investigating the case lives next door. And, he has an alluring wife. Economical, emotionally cool, and elegantly precise in the manner of Michael Haneke, Revanche (“revenge”) announces the arrival of another Austrian “auteur of the first rank” (Andrew Sarris). Scores an excellent 94 on the infamous Tomatometer. The film won 14 awards at national and international festivals and earned an Oscar nomination for Best Foreign Language Film in 2009. Cleveland premiere. Subtitles. 35-mm. 121 min. http://www.observer.com/files/collage_large/c_sarrisrevanche.jpg
EATS- Balaton @ 5 p.m.
Since film is fairly long at 2 hours, we’ll meet before @ 5 p.m. for dinner at Shaker Square’s Balaton Hungarian restaurant. It is located at 13133 Shaker Square (216.921.9691) on the northwest quadrant. Parking is available in the rear with access from Shaker Boulevard (west) and Moreland. They offer a tantalizing middle European menu including Wiener Schnitzel, Bécsi Szelet, Chicken Paprikash, Csirke Paprikás , and Stuffed Cabbages, Töltött Káposzta. Other offerings include goulash soup, and the Hungarian lecso, a tomato based summer stew. The Hungarian wine list includes selections from the hills of the Lake Balaton region. What a great way to spend Saturday evening enjoying a tasty dinner with friends, a great foreign film, followed by an engaging discussion! We will have a reserved table so you must indicate "dinner on your RSVP to have a seat! Please let us know your dinner plans on your RSVP so that we can reserve a seat for you at the "Movie Group" table. We have requested separate checks but due to the size of our group, you can expect a standard gratuity to be added. If circumstances force you to cancel, please try to notify the organizer as early as possible. It’s best to pay your check in cash to streamline the process. 7:10 p.m. Movie at Cinematheque
Meet at the ENTRANCE DOOR 10 minutes ahead of time or look for the group inside the theater. If you responded “yes,” we will look for you afterward outside the entrance door. We will try to save seats in the first two rows of the upper section, center. The flick is 121 minutes, so expect to be out around 9:20 p.m. THE AFTER-PARTY at 9 p.m.
After Revanche we’ll walk over to Palette at the Glidden House for discussion and drinks. Pallet is just a 3 minute walk from Cinematheque at 1901 Ford Drive. If the weather is accommodating, we just may end up on Sergio’s patio where there are comfy overhead heaters.
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DESCRIPTION & PLOT Desperately in love, Tamara, a Ukrainian prostitute, and Alex, her boss’s errand boy, must not reveal their secret relationship, as employees are not permitted to be romantically involved. In order to escape their red-light-district lives and fulfill their passions, Alex and Tamara devise a plan to rob a bank in a remote village. However, the robbery goes wrong, and a police officer (Andreas Lust) pursues their getaway car, resulting in tragedy and bloodshed. This calamity leads Alex to take refuge at his grandfather’s desolate farm at the edge of the woods. What follows is a harrowing chain of events that radically alters the lives of everyone involved in the botched robbery. Set against Vienna’s demimonde and Austria’s rural landscape, REVANCHE is an unsentimental exploration of grief, revenge, longing and love (Courtesy of the Toronto International Film Festival).
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REVIEW
REVANCHE
August 5, 2009 by Roger Ebert
Revanche involves a rare coming together of a male’s criminal nature and a female’s deep needs, entwined with a first-rate thriller. It is also perceptive in observing characters, including a proud old man. Rare is the thriller that is more about the reasons of people instead of the needs of the plot.
Alex and Tamara are a sad couple. In a trashy Vienna brothel, she is a prostitute from the Ukraine, he is an ex-con who works as a bouncer for the reprehensible pimp Konecny. They are having a secret affair. Neither has the nerve to cross the pimp, the ruler of their world. Konecny has his eye on Tamara, and at one point, visits her for sexual purposes while Alex hides humiliatingly under her bed.
http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?Site=EB&Date=20090805&Category=REVIEWS&ArtNo=908069995&Ref=AR&Profile=1001&Maxw=438
Both Alex (Johannes Krisch) and Tamara (Irina Potapenko) are pitiful. They steal moments of love in their grubby rooms, and Alex plots a bank robbery. He brings her along in the getaway car. It will be easy, he says. Nobody will get hurt. Look — his gun isn’t even loaded. However, it does go wrong, and a cop turns up just as they’re driving away. Alex takes refuge at the only place he can think of, his grandfather’s humble farm. And it is here that the story transcends crooks and hookers and bank jobs and becomes so surprisingly human. The catalyst, I think, is the character of the grandfather, played by Hannes Thanheiser. He’s a proud old man, living alone, mourning his wife, feeding his friends the cows, resisting well-meaning attempts to move him into a “home.” When he dies, he wants to be carried out of his farmhouse. He has seen little of his grandson. Alex goes to work, chopping a mountain of firewood for the winter. They eat simple meals of sausage, cheese and bread. I liked the old man and wanted to give him some mustard. Susanne (Ursula Strauss), a neighbor’s wife, visits Alex with offers of assistance. He appreciates her friendliness but not her help. Alex is distant and unfriendly. She takes good notice of him, and out of the blue, asks him to visit her that night, when her husband is away. He does. No formalities. They have sex on her kitchen table.
Of course, she is the wife of the cop who happened upon the bank robbery, but none of them can know this. We do. We also know that the cop cannot give her a child, and she wants to become pregnant. In this limited world, the old man’s son is the only eligible father; she loves the old man and sees the son working hard for him. The suspense at first involves whether the cop will happen upon them having sex. Then Revanche, nominated this year for the best foreign film Oscar, begins to involve a great deal more. It’s here that the film’s power resides. It seamlessly brings together the possibility of violence, of Alex’s exposure, of threats to Susanne’s marriage, of harm to the old man’s well-being, in a way that doesn’t seem to manipulate these things for advantage. Instead, it simply tells a good story, very well. Susanne becomes the protagonist. She is taking dangerous risks. All three of the men are unhappy and touchy. In a way, she represents their only hope.
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As I watched Revanche, I became grateful that I didn’t know the actors. American films often involve actors well known to me, which is fine — but also sometimes stars chosen primarily because they’re “bankable.” Few bankable stars could work in this material. The Austrian actors look ... normal. Unglamorous. Plausible. Ursula Strauss, as Susanne, looks sweet and pleasant but is care-worn and not a great beauty. As Alex, Johannes Krisch looks like a loser marginalized by crime and prison. As the prostitute Tamara, Irina Potapenko retails what beauty she has in a buyer’s market. All of these actors create characters who are above all people, not performances. That’s why the film is peculiarly effective; it’s about their lives, not their dilemmas. And the bedrock is old Hannes Thanheiser, born in 1925, as a strong, stubborn, weathered old man who doesn’t live through his grandson, his neighbors or anyone else, but on his own terms, in daily mourning of the wife who shared his long life. That harm or loss could come to him would be a great misfortune. How often, after seeing a thriller, do you continue to think about the lives of its characters? If you open up most of them, it’s like looking inside a wristwatch. Opening this one is like heart surgery. Revanche was a 2009 Oscar nominee. FEE
Goes toward charges incurred for using the MeetUp website. You can access PayPal or pay your fee to the Organizer at the event.
************************************************* MOVIE LINKS:
Cinemateque, Cleveland Institute of Art, 11141 East Blvd. http://www.cia.edu/academicResources/cinematheque/filmSchedule.php?action=extended
PARKING: They have a free parking lot. Movie Reviews. http://www.rottentomatoes.com/
Cost:
$1.50
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Balaton Restaurant
Cleveland,
OH, 44120
41.484264,-81.591090
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16 Yes
7 Maybe
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Oct
1
6:00 PM
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Fans of Oldboy and Lady Vengence should welcome this new movie by director Park Chan-wook.
Described as a Vampire movie, its not that straightforward. If you liked "Let the right one in" earlier in the year, then you might like this. Note Park's films can be graphic, not for the faint of heart. 6:00 p.m. EATS
To be announced when showtimes are published. Please let us know your dinner plans on your RSVP so that we can either save you a seat at the "Movie Group" table or plan to meet you at the movie. Checks are processed in groups of 2 or 3 so please bring cash to pay for your meal. If you don't see us when you walk in, ask to be seated with the Movie Group. 7:00 to7:30? to be annouced when showtimes are published
Meet at the ENTRANCE DOOR 5 minutes ahead of time or look for the group inside the theater or meet us afterward outside the entrance door in the lobby AFTER MOVIE DISCUSSION
Jimmy's it is for good food, drink and conversation.
DESCRIPTION
There are more interesting ideas in a reel of Thirst than in dozens of other vampire movies combined. And Park's visual eye is as strong as ever. Some of the imagery in Thirst is jaw-droppingly creative and memorable. Sang-hyun is a priest who cherishes life; so much so that he selflessly volunteers for a secret vaccine development project meant to eradicate a deadly virus. But the virus takes the priest, and a blood transfusion is urgently ordered up for him. The blood he receives is infected, so Sang-hyun lives—but now exists as a vampire. Struggling with his newfound carnal desire for blood, Sang-hyun's faith is further strained when a childhood friend's wife comes to him asking for his help in escaping her life. Sang-hyun soon plunges into a world of sensual pleasures, finding himself on intimate terms with the Seven Deadly Sins.
FEE
Goes toward charges incurred for using the MeetUp website. You can access PayPal or pay your fee to the Organizer at the event.
************************************************* MOVIE LINKS: Cleveland Cinemas (Cedar Lee), Cleveland Heights, 2163 Lee Road. http://www.clevelandcinemas.com/cinemadrilldown.asp?intCin=2921 PARKING: Paid Parking is now 24 X 7, so bring a couple of quarters. Credit cards work in the garage. A free parking lot is on Edgewood road, one block west of Lee road at Cedar. Cinematheque, Cleveland Institute of Art, 11141 East Blvd. http://www.cia.edu/academicResources/cinematheque/filmSchedule.php?action=extended PARKING: They have a free parking lot. Cleveland Museum of Art Panorama Series, 11150 East Blvd. http://www.clevelandart.org/events/film.aspx PARKING: They have an attendant parking garage. There is also street parking. Movie Reviews. http://www.rottentomatoes.com/ NOTE TO FIRST TIME GOERS: If this is your first movie with the group, there is no fee to attend. This group has been successful partly because members have a genuine interest in meeting fellow independent movie goers. We don't always know where to look for you, especially first timers. We have multiple meeting places: 1. Entrance door to the movie in the theater hallway 5-10 minutes before the movie starts, 2. By the Marquee (or entrance door) after the movie, or 3. Reserved table at a restaurant under the name "Movie Group". We don't always sit together in the movie theater but if you see a bunch of people talking about good movies they have seen, it is probably us. Please join in. We are always happy to get new people involved. NOTE TO ALL: In the world of Independent films, it is recommended that you check back a few days before the event to make sure the movie, restaurant, location or time has not changed.
Cost:
$1.50
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No location was chosen for this Meetup
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3 Yes
7 Maybe
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Sep
27
4:30 PM
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7 attended (est.) –
4.503
Seraphine will be visiting us in November so instead we look up to a Bright Star. Although I have already seen one romantic comedy this year, Bright Star will be my first one set in the 19th century. 4:30 MOVIE (Check back for exact time)
Meet at the ENTRANCE DOOR 5 minutes ahead of time or look for the group inside the theater or meet us afterward outside the entrance door in the lobby. 6:45 AFTER MOVIE DISCUSSION AND EATS
We will be heading to Shaker Square to try out Grotto for their excellent small plates, pasta or pizza. It is under a ten minute drive (Turn left/South on Lee. Turn right/West on Shaker. It is on the North West quadrant of Shaker Square.) http://www.grottoshakersquare.com/. Better yet, print out directions from here:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=2163+Lee+Rd,+Cleveland,+OH+44118-2975+(Cleveland+Cinema%2FCedar+Lee)&daddr=13101+Shaker+Sq,+Cleveland,+OH+44120-2312+(Grotto+Wine+Bar)&hl=en&geocode=FW4_eQIdNWkj-yGTAm5wj3a-Ig%3BFdv_eAIdrwMj-yHgrVMmjVf55w&mra=ls&sll=41.49074,-81.57823&sspn=0.00528,0.009645&ie=UTF8&z=15 Please let us know your dinner plans on your RSVP so that we can either save you a seat at the "Movie Group" table or plan to meet you at the movie. Checks are processed in groups of 2 or 3 so please bring CASH to pay for your meal. If you don't see us when you walk in, ask to be seated with the Movie Group. http://www.collider.com/wp-content/image-base/Movies/B/Bright_Star/movie_images/Bright%20Star%20movie%20image%20Abbie%20Cornish%20%281%29.jpg DESCRIPTION
London 1818: A secret love affair begins between 23-year-old English poet, John Keats (Ben Whishaw), and the girl next door, Fanny Brawne (Abbie Cornish), an outspoken student of high fashion. This unlikely pair begins at odds, he thinking her a stylish minx, while she is unimpressed, not only by his poetry but by literature in general. However, when Fanny hears that Keats is nursing his seriously ill younger brother, her efforts to help touch Keats, and when she asks him to teach her about poetry, he agrees. When Fanny's alarmed mother and Keats' best friend finally awake to their atttachment, the relationship has an unstoppable momentum. Intensely and helplessly absorbed in each other, the young lovers are swept deeply into powerful new sensations. REVIEW
Director Jane Campion has a knack for portraying female characters so intimately that she seems to get beneath their skin. She does it again in Bright Star, an exquisite piece of film-making.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/cannes-film-festival/5329970/Cannes-2009-Bright-Star-review.html FEE
Goes toward charges incurred for using the MeetUp website. You can access PayPal or pay your fee to the Organizer at the event.
************************************************* MOVIE LINKS: Cleveland Cinemas (Cedar Lee), Cleveland Heights, 2163 Lee Road. http://www.clevelandcinemas.com/cinemadrilldown.asp?intCin=2921 PARKING: Paid Parking is now 24 X 7, so bring a couple of quarters. Credit cards work in the garage. A free parking lot is on Edgewood road, one block west of Lee road at Cedar. Cinematheque, Cleveland Institute of Art, 11141 East Blvd. http://www.cia.edu/academicResources/cinematheque/filmSchedule.php?action=extended PARKING: They have a free parking lot. Cleveland Museum of Art Panorama Series, 11150 East Blvd. http://www.clevelandart.org/events/film.aspx PARKING: They have an attendant parking garage. There is also street parking. Movie Reviews. http://www.rottentomatoes.com/ NOTE TO FIRST TIME GOERS: If this is your first movie with the group, there is no fee to attend. This group has been successful partly because members have a genuine interest in meeting fellow independent movie goers. We don't always know where to look for you, especially first timers. We have multiple meeting places: 1. Entrance door to the movie in the theater hallway 5-10 minutes before the movie starts, 2. By the Marquee (or entrance door) after the movie, or 3. Reserved table at a restaurant under the name "Movie Group". We don't always sit together in the movie theater but if you see a bunch of people talking about good movies they have seen, it is probably us. Please join in. We are always happy to get new people involved. NOTE TO ALL: In the world of Independent films, it is recommended that you check back a few days before the event to make sure the movie, restaurant, location or time has not changed.
Cost:
$1.50
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Cedar Lee Theatre
Cleveland Heights,
OH, 44118
41.500360,-81.565400
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15 Yes
7 Maybe
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