Due to the ongoing power outage at the Kendall Square Cinema, tonight’s SNFC meeting is cancelled.
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“Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work” – Jul 11th
Join the Boston Sunday Night Film Club this Sunday, Jul 11th at 7:15p for Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work at the Kendall Square Cinema . Look for Sean wearing a nametag in the theatre lobby about 15 minutes before the film. As always, after the film we will descend on a local establishment for dinner/drinks/discussion.
The highly acclaimed documentary Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work takes the audience on a year-long ride with legendary comedian Joan Rivers in her 76th year of life – peeling away the mask of an iconic comedian and exposing the struggles, sacrifices and joy of living life as a ground breaking female performer. The film is an emotionally surprising and revealing portrait of one the most hilarious and long-standing career women ever in the business. Directed by Ricki Stern and Anne Sundberg (The Devil Came on Horseback).
No Movie This Weekend – July 4th
The Boston Sunday Night Film Club will not be meeting this July 4th due to the holiday. Â We will return the following Sunday, July 11th.
“Knight and Day” – Jun 27th
Join the Boston Sunday Night Film Club this Sunday, Jun 27th at 7:30pm for Knight and Day at the AMC Harvard Square 5 . Look for Sean wearing a nametag in the theatre lobby about 15 minutes before the film. As always, after the film we will descend on a local establishment for dinner/drinks/discussion.
“June Havens (Diaz) finds her everyday life tangled with that of a secret agent (Cruise) who has realized he isn’t supposed to survive his latest mission. As their campaign to stay alive stretches across the globe, they soon learn that all they can count on is each other.”
“Winter’s Bone” – Jun 20th
Join the Boston Sunday Night Film Club this Sunday, Jun 20th at 7:20pm for Winter’s Bone at the Coolidge Corner Theatre . Look for Howard wearing a nametag in the theatre lobby about 15 minutes before the film. As always, after the film we will descend on a local establishment for dinner/drinks/discussion.
Seventeen-year-old Ree Dolly (Jennifer Lawrence) sets out to track down her father, who put their house up for his bail bond and then disappeared. If she fails, Ree and her family will be turned out into the Ozark woods. Challenging her outlaw kin’s code of silence and risking her life, Ree hacks through the lies, evasions and threats offered up by her relatives and begins to piece together the truth.
“The A-Team” – Jun 13th
Join the Boston Sunday Night Film Club this Sunday, Jun 13th at 7:10pm for The A-Team at the Regal Fenway Stadium 13 . Look for Sean wearing a nametag in the theatre lobby about 15 minutes before the film. As always, after the film we will descend on a local establishment for dinner/drinks/discussion.
“1980s TV action gets a reboot with this new version of The A-Team, which shifts the Vietnam vet backstory to a group of Iraq War vets who become mercenaries for hire. Joe Carnahan (Smokin’ Aces) directs from a script by G.I. Joe’s Skip Woods. Liam Neeson heads up the crew as Hannibal, the brains of the operation, with Bradley Cooper as Face, UFC star Quinton “Rampage” Jackson filling in for Mr. T as B.A. Baracus, and District 9’s breakout star, Sharlto Copley, inheriting the unhinged role of “Howling Mad” Murdock. Jessica Biel also co-stars”
“Holy Rollers” – Jun 6th
Join the Boston Sunday Night Film Club this Sunday, Jun 6th at 6:50p for Holy Rollers at the Kendall Square Cinema . Look for Sean wearing a nametag in the theatre lobby about 15 minutes before the film. As always, after the film we will descend on a local establishment for dinner/drinks/discussion.
Holy Rollers is inspired by actual events in the late ’90s when Hasidic Jews were recruited as mules to smuggle ecstasy from Europe into the United States. Sam Gold (Jesse Eisenberg), a young Hasid from an Orthodox Brooklyn community, reluctantly follows the path his family has chosen for him, awaiting a pending arranged marriage and studying to become a Rabbi. A charming neighbor, Yosef (Justin Bartha), senses SamÂ’s resistance and propositions him to transport ‘medicineÂ’ for Jackie (Danny A. Abeckaser), an Israeli dealer, and his girlfriend, Rachel (Ari Graynor). Sam quickly demonstrates his business skill to his bosses, who instantly take Sam under their wing. Now exposed to the exciting and gritty worlds of Manhattan and Amsterdam nightlife, Sam begins to spiral deeper into their detrimental lifestyle, experimenting with ecstasy and then falling for Rachel. As the business grows, SamÂ’s double life begins to rip his family apart and the community becomes suspicious of his illegal activities. Sam slowly comes to realize the façade behind the easy money and parties. Caught between life as a smuggler and the path back to God, Sam goes on the run, forced to make a fatal decision that could bring the entire operation crashing down
“Survival of the Dead” – May 30th
Join the Boston Sunday Night Film Club this Sunday, May 30th at 4:35pm for George A. Romero’s Survival of the Dead at the Kendall Square Cinema . Look for Dan wearing a multicolored shirt in the theatre lobby about 15 minutes before the film. As always, after the film we will descend on a local establishment for dinner/drinks/discussion.
On an island off the coast of North America, local residents simultaneously fight a zombie epidemic while hoping for a cure to return their un-dead relatives back to their human state.
No Movie This Weekend
The Boston Sunday Night Film Club will not meet this Sunday, May 23rd. Â Whether we meet on Memorial Day Weekend (May 30th) has yet to be determined. Â We’ll let you know as soon as a decision has been made.
Independent Film Festival Boston 2010
The Independent Film Festival Boston 2010 is just around the corner, April 21st through the 28th! Â The lineup this year is ambitious as always, and deciding which films I’m going to attend is already a challenge. Â You can see the schedule and buy tickets here, and as last year that site features the “Festival Genius” which helps you create a schedule and resolve conflicts. Â It’s a great tool.
The festival film I’ve selected for the club this year is “Strange Powers: Stephin Merritt and The Magnetic Fields”, and as Stephin is from the area I’d would be surprised if this wasn’t a popular show. Â I’d recommend buying tickets in advance. Even better, you save a buck by buying your tickets in advance!
If that film doesn’t sound like your cup of tea, there are many other interesting films showing that evening, so hopefully you can find something else you are interested in. Â If you want to be a true IFF degenerate like myself, may I recommend obtaining a festival pass. Â I find that even if the math of money on tickets and money on a pass is close, the convenience of having a pass and getting into the theatre first removes much of the pressure of trying to see lots of movies. Â Last year I believe I saw 18 or 19, so I certainly got my value out of it. Â And this year they’ve added an additional day to the festival, so it should be even easier!