If you haven’t tried Cine Club online: each week we'll share a film and if you want to watch it, reply to the email and we'll send a link to the film and an invite to that week's live-stream (Saturday at 6:30pm). You can watch the film on your own time or join us for the live stream, whatever is most convenient to you.
Next Cine Club:
Wes Anderson’s MOONRISE KINGDOM
Friday September 24 at SFAI (800 Chestnut Street)
Doors open at 6 / Film at 6:30pm
A meditative love story of two Italian immigrants making their way in American as migrant workers. This tale reflects the complexity of the American West as it erupts into jealousy and violence. One of the great visual wonders of cinema.
This film remains as one of the most beautiful and lyrical in American cinema. The grandness of Malick's vision, the extraordinary visual integrity, and the simple but affecting characters are unforgettable. The trip across the plains, the isolated mansion, the terrifying locust swarm and the rags to riches tale, make it the equivalent of a visual novel. One of the best examples of pure filmmaking we have.
About the director:
Malick is one of the most unusual of American directors. He was born in Illinois, studied philosophy at Harvard, and began his graduate work in Oxford, England. His interests veered from there and he wound up at the American Film Institute. He directed his first film, Badlands in 1973. Days of Heaven, his second film, followed in 78. After many failed projects he simply vanished from the film scene, moved to Paris and did not produce a third film for 20 years. The Thin Red Line was produced in the late ‘90’s followed by The New World in 2005. Since then he has been one of the most active in the last decade with The Tree of Life, To The Wonder, Knight of Cups, Song to Song and the Voyage of Time.