From the US: The Royal Tenenbaums, The Godfather, Star Wars, To Kill a Mockingbird, Forest Gump, Apocalypse Now, Most of which appear on the American Film Institutes Top 100, This makes me think we should resurrect the #hubskifilmclub and instead of picking a film each week, just make our way from 100 to 1 on the AFI top 100 list. Any thoughts? humanodon, b_b, insomniasexx, cW, bgood79, khaaan, steve, JakobVirgil, NotPhil, b_b, caio, Hein, cgod, mk -All past participants. Anyone else in? flagamuffin, lil?
I was thinking of something really simple, for example this would be a post: Weekly Film Club: This weeks film: Citizen Kane -Discuss... #hubskifilmclub and then in the post, shout-out to all of those interested in being a part of it and maybe have some conversation starting questions. Some weeks may be really quiet but others may get more participation depending on the film. The nice part about it is that there is no selecting of what film is next. Honestly, this takes a ton of time usually. Couldn't hurt to try it and also try the #weeklydj style.
Oh sure. The biggest advantage I see in choosing from the AFI top 100 is that we'd have a lot of people who can contribute. I'm sure many of us have seen many of the films on the list, and have clearly formed opinions on them, making discussions that much more in-depth.
Perhaps we could use the #weeklyDJ style of hosting a movie every week, but have to select the movie from the AFI Top 100 list. It doesn't have to be in any particular order, either. Without order, it would give the host the freedom to choose from the AFI list.
You know, when the film club started we decided on 2 films from Sidney Lumet because of his then recent passing. I recently watched the 2 films because I never got round to it (12 Angry men and Before the devil knows you are dead) and I was really impressed. I still have to watch more of his movies if those 2 were a decent representation of his work.
If you want a couple other Lumet films, Dog Day Afternoon and Network are both fantastic. DDA is probably one of my favorites. thenewgreen, I'd be down for film club
Better late than never. I was blown away by 12 Angry Men. Not so much by Before the Devil Knows You're Dead.