Hello!

Thanks again for the great response to last weekend’s Manhattan Short Film Festival! A great time together and an amazing group of short films! The winner will be announced by the Manhattan Short Film Festival and announced here in the next week or so. For those who attended or are interested, I'll put an event wrap-up at the bottom of this announcement.

Our October calendar has been finalized and man do we have a line-up for you! Check out our complete October calendar filled with some of the season's biggest movie releases below:

GRAVITY at Cinemark Gahanna on Friday, October 11th!

• Sign up now to join us to see Oscar winners Sandra Bullock and George Clooney team up as astronauts in GRAVITY – our “heart-pounding, thrilling and visually spectacular” start to Oscar season!
• Film Description: A medical engineer on her first shuttle mission and a veteran astronaut face disaster on a seemingly routine spacewalk. Rotten Tomatoes says, “Alfonso Cuaron’s Gravity is an eerie, tense sci-fi thriller that’s masterfully directed and visually stunning!"
• We’ll plan to see Gravity on Friday, October 11th at Cinemark Gahanna followed by our traditional post-movie fun at Max and Erma’s!
• Click here for complete details and to join Carlos at this event: http://www.meetup.com/Columbus-Movie-Group/events/139145252/

THIRD TUESDAY $1+ MOVIE at Carriage Place Cinema on Tuesday, October 15th!

• The third Tuesday of the month means it’s time for another fun outing with Terry and company!
• Join us on Tuesday, October 15th where just $1.25 gets you a great movie and fun group of folks to enjoy it with!
• Movie title, showtime, and post-movie plan will be confirmed and announced the week before the show.
• For complete details or to join Terry at this event, click here:  http://www.meetup.com/Columbus-Movie-Group/events/139073062/

CAPTAIN PHILLIPS at Cinemark Gahanna on Friday, October 18th!

• Don’t miss seeing the first of two highly anticipated Tom Hanks films this fall: CAPTAIN PHILLIPS!
• Film Description: Captain Phillips is a multi-layered examination of the 2009 hijacking of a U.S. container ship by a crew of Somali pirates. This pulse-pounding thriller examines the relationship between the ship's commanding officer (Tom Hanks) and his Somali counterpart (Barkhad Abdi).
• We’ll plan to see Captain Phillips on Friday, October 18th at Cinemark Gahanna.
• Complete details and post-movie plan will be announced at the date gets closer. For now, click here to sign up to join Carlos at this event: http://www.meetup.com/Columbus-Movie-Group/events/136145042/

THE COUNSELOR at the Gateway Film Center on Monday, October 28th!

• We’ll close out October on a high note as we get together to see the star-studded thriller: THE COUNSELOR!
• Film Description: Screenwriter Cormac McCarthy (No Country for Old Men) and director Ridley Scott (Alien, Gladiator) join forces for this thriller about a nightmarish scenario in which a respected lawyer's one-time dalliance with an illegal business deal spirals out of control. The film stars Michael Fassbender, Penélope Cruz, Cameron Diaz, Javier Bardem, and Mr. Brad Pitt.
• We’ll plan to see a 7pm(ish) showing of The Counselor on Monday, October 28th at the Gateway Film Center (where all CMG movies are just $6.50)!
• Click here for complete details or to join Dan at this event:
  http://www.meetup.com/Columbus-Movie-Group/events/136144082/

SAVE THE DATE:

• Mark your calendars now for Saturday, December 14th!
• Details coming soon!

MANHATTAN SHORT WRAP-UP:

• Thanks to everyone who came out to this year's event! A lot of fantastic short films, some terrific conversation and a really fun time together!
• FRIDAY, the film about a young man plotting revenge after a terrorist bombing in London and THE PALE OF SETTLEMENT, about a10-year old boy during the time of the Crimean War were both powerful and moving and landed near the top of nearly every list.
• At the other end of the spectrum, KIZMET DINER presented the heartwarming short about a singing waitress and her seemingly disinterested customer and DO I HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF EVERYTHING was the laugh-out-loud funny comedy about one particularly chaotic morning for a family.  Along with Friday and The Pale of Settlemet, these were two of the most-frequent ballot winners from our group.
• The short film I AM A GREAT BIG BALL OF SADNESS was a big hit with many -- but one that didn't rank high with me initially.  But, as is often the case, after talking with others and allowing it to sit and marinate at bit, this short film has become the probably the most meaningful and memorable.
• Short films like #30, BLACK METAL, and NO COMMENT benefited from especially strong performances by people and the documentary IRISH FOLK FURNITURE benefited from strong performances from furniture!
• In all, an especially strong group of short films this year!  The winner will be announced on the Manhattan Short website at 10pm on Sunday, October 6th and will be included in our next weekly update!
• Thanks again for being part of this event!  As always, the best part of the night was getting together with CMG friends!

Take care,

Dan