Wed, 04 Jun 2025 22:27:55 -0700WeeblyMon, 14 Apr 2025 16:02:26 GMThttp://samgroupil.org/film-discussion-group/june-13-rashomonWhen: June 13 at 1:30pm
Where: Hybrid, with in person at North Shore Senior Center, 161 Northfield Rd., Northfield.

May and June meetings will be hybrid with in person at North Shore Senior Center, 161 Northfield Road, Northfield.
 
​​JUNE
Our film for June is Rashomon, a 1951 Japanese film directed by Akira Kurosawa. The date for our June meeting is June 13. Rashomon won the Oscar for best foreign language film. The film is highly regarded for pioneering the Rashomon effect, a plot device involving various characters, each of whom provides a subjective, alternative, and contradictory version of the same event. Here the event is the murder of a samurai in a forest.
 
The film is available at local libraries and can be screened for free on Plex or for a fee on Amazon Prime, YouTube, Apple TV, and Fandango.
 
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Alan Greene, film group coordinator]]>Mon, 14 Apr 2025 15:56:17 GMThttp://samgroupil.org/film-discussion-group/may-9-the-lady-eveThe Film Discussion Group meeting scheduled for May 9 has been cancelled.]]>Sun, 16 Mar 2025 06:12:27 GMThttp://samgroupil.org/film-discussion-group/march-14-heistWhen: April 11 at 1:30pm
Where : Hybrid, with in person at North Shore Senior Center, 161 Northfield Rd., Northfield.

Thanks to Marc Rosenberg for leading the March discussion of Falling Down, and for filling in for me at NSSC.
 
Our April film is Heist, a 2001 film written and directed by David Mamet.  (There is another film by the same name made in 2015.; we will be discussing the Mamet film). The film is about a career thief, played by Gene Hackman, who runs afoul of his crime syndicate boss. Hackman decides to go for one last big job. Also starring Danny DeVito, Sam Rockwell, and Rebecca Pidgeon.
 
You can obtain the film from local libraries or stream it on Fubo (free if you have a subscription), Apple TV, Fandango, Google Play, or Amazon Prime.

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Alan Greene, film group coordinator]]>Mon, 03 Mar 2025 18:55:26 GMThttp://samgroupil.org/film-discussion-group/march-14-falling-downWhen: March 14 at 1:30pm
Where : Hybrid, with in person at North Shore Senior Center, 161 Northfield Rd., Northfield.
 
Thank you to Michael Berman for choosing, providing considerable background information, and leading our discussion on Valentine's Day of, The Maltese Falcon, a classic film noir which many of us can watch over and over again.
 
Out film for March 14 is Falling Down, a 1993 film directed by Joel Schumacher.
 
Falling Down is a story about a middle-aged man, Michael Douglas, who is dealing with unemployment and divorce. He sets out one day to attend his daughter's birthday party. Enroute his car breaks down on a LA highway. He abandons the car and starts walking to the party. His frustration and bitterness increase and he has a number of violent encounters, including one with a veteran cop (Robert Duvall). The film raises issues of social justice, consumerism, and the decline of American culture.
 
Remember to watch the film on your own before we meet for our discussion.
The film is available at local libraries and can be rented on You Tube, Google Play, Apple TV, Amazon Prime, Fandango, and a new service called Row 8.
 
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Alan Greene, film group coordinator]]>