April Outing: Le Weekend - tomorrow @ 2:15

Several of you have emailed asking why I hadn't yet let you know the time we're meeting to see Le Weekend tomorrow. The answer is simple: Until the weekday screening times are posted on Monday, I cannot let you know. In the past, I've often found that screening times posted or listed in the newspaper before Monday are inaccurate.

So here we go: The only screening that will work for us time-wise is 2:30. The next one, at 4:50, won't work because it gets us home too late if we've chosen to eat after the film.

So let's meet near the box office at the Varsity Cinema (Bay and Bloor) at about 2:15. Afterward, instead of going to Scaccia as usual, some members have asked for a change. So we're going to try the Bloor Street Diner, which is the cafeteria-style spot one floor below the cinema. No need to let me know if you plan to nosh because there's no need to make a reservation.

Hope to see you tomorrow,

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Terry

April Outing: Le Weekend

I know we just saw the March film a few days ago, but April is fast approaching and a movie I think most of us would really enjoy just arrived in Toronto. If you can wait to see it until Tuesday, April 1, please do so.

It is Le Weekend, an English comedy about an empty-next couple who revisit Paris, where they honeymooned long ago. Below are a synopsis and trailer.

Le Weekend is playing at the Varsity, but I'll have to let you know the time to meet later on.

Movie Info

In Mr. Michell's magically buoyant and bittersweet film, Jim Broadbent and Lindsay Duncan play a long-married couple who revisit Paris for a long weekend for the first time since their honeymoon, in hopes of rekindling their relationship-or, perhaps, to bring it to an end. Diffident, wistful Nick (Broadbent) and demanding, take-charge Meg (Duncan) careen from harmony to disharmony to resignation and back again as they take stock and grapple with love, loss, regret and, disappointment, in their own very English way. When Meg and Nick run into their insufferably successful old friend Morgan, an American academic superstar with a fancy Parisian address played with pure delight by Jeff Goldblum, their squabbles rise to a register that's both emotionally rich and very funny. 

Directed By: Roger Michell

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmbbrIe80Fs

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Terry 

March Outing: ANOTHER CHANGE OF PLAN

Sorry to say, once again the Coming Attractions website was incorrect. One Chance did not arrive in Toronto today after all. So once again I had to scramble to find a new film that would appeal to the majority of Movie Club members.

Hope I'm right in choosing The Grand Budapest Hotel, a zany story with a serious underlying theme, as described by its director, Wes Anderson, in an interview in today's Toronto Star: http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/movies/2014/03/13/wes_anderson_shares_secrets_about_making_the_grand_budapest_hotel.html

Here is a synopsis and a link to the trailer:

Synopsis: THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL recounts the adventures of Gustave H., a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars, and Zero Moustafa, the lobby boy who becomes his most trusted friend. The story involves the theft and recovery of a priceless Renaissance painting and the battle for an enormous family fortune -- all against the back-drop of a suddenly and dramatically changing.

Director:Wes Anderson

Cast:Ralph Fiennes, F. Murray Abraham, Mathieu Amalric, Adrien Brody, Willem Dafoe, Jeff Goldblum, Harvey Keitel, Jude Law, Bill Murray, Edward Norton, Saoirse Ronan, Jason Schwartzman, Léa Seydoux, Tilda Swinton, Tom Wilkinson, Owen Wilson, Tony Revolori, Larry Pine, Giselda Volodi, Florian Lukas, Karl Markovics, Zack Volker Michalowski, Neal Huff, Bob Balaban, Fisher Stevens

Trailer: http://videos.cineplex.com/All-Videos/2842418703001/The-Grand-Budapest-Hotel-Trailer-1/Video/

If you'd like to see The Grand Budapest Hotel, let's meet near the box office at the Varsity Cinema (Bloor & Bay) about 15 minutes before the 2:30 screening on Tuesday, March 18. Afterwards, those who wish to eat and chat will head downstairs to our usual Italian restaurant. PLEASE TELL ME IF YOU'RE PLANNING TO GO TO SCACCIA BY NO LATER THAN NOON ON MONDAY, MARCH 17, so I can make a reservation for the correct number people.

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Terry

March Outing Will be THIRD Tuesday

Well, fellow Movie Club members, no films with our names on them arrived in time for the second Tuesday of March. Plus, some of us will be busy attending LIFE's March Mingle that day anyway.

So let's make it official. This month's outing will be on March 18 - cinema and time TBA. 

 

What will we see? I polled members about potential interest in seeing One Chance and while not a lot of you responded, the majority of those who did said yes. And one member who already saw it at a film festival says it's terrific. My previous post included a synopsis and trailer for the film.

So there we have it: The Movie Club in Winter, when anything can happen - or not.

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Terry