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Declare your independence from the mainstream. See provoking independent, foreign, classic films or documentaries. READ MORE to chip in. https://www.meetup.com/clevelandfilm/pay_du...
We meet at landmarks like the Cedar Lee, Capitol, Cinematheque, Art Museum, or a university/ library and often walk to a locally owned restaurant to engage others on the film's true meaning.
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Upcoming events
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2026 MANHATTAN SHORTS @ Lakewood Public Library / Crumb and Spigot gastropub
Lakewood Public Library Main Library, 15425 Detroit Ave, Lakewood, OH 44107, USA, Lakewood, OH, USThe Manhattan Shorts are a program of 10 short films from 10 countries that are screened in the same week at over 500 locations around the world. This year includes films from the USA, Ireland, Australia, South Africa, United Kingdom, Moldova, Russia, Cuba, Georgia and Mexico.
If you want to know what the shorts are about, you can click here to read brief summaries. But I prefer to be surprised.
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2:00 MOVIE at the main branch of the Lakewood Public Library, 15425 Detroit Ave, Lakewood, OH 44107
After the Movie EATS/DISCUSSION at the Crumb and Spigot, a gastropub with many vegetarian and vegan options, 15322 Detroit Ave, directly across Detroit Ave from the library. Click here for the menu
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HELP CHIP IN:
Meetup.com charges our group for use of this site. Please contribute $5-10 annually to help defray this and other costs. Any surplus is given to the Cleveland Cinematheque.
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COUP 53 (2019) @ Cleveland Cinematheque / Valerio's
Cinematheque at Cleveland Institute of Art, 11610 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, OH, USA film every American should see. This documentary tells the tale of the successful 1953 Anglo-American plot to topple the democratically elected government of Iran whose head, Mohammad Mossadegh, planned to nationalize his country’s oil industry. We are still living with the consequences.
“passionate and fearless... jaw-dropping” – Hollywood Reporter
“as compelling as a John Le Carré novel or a Costa-Gavras classic” – Screen Daily
“a terrifying reminder that the past never goes away” - The Standard
Rotten Tomatoes: 100%
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5:15 MOVIE at Cinematheque/Cleveland Institute of Art, 11610 Euclid Ave, Cleveland
Free parking in the lots with "Cinematheque" signs on E 117th Street (accessible only from Euclid).
AFTER THE MOVIE: EATS/DISCUSSION at Valerio’s, 12405 Mayfield Road. Since Valerio’s a bit up the hill on Mayfield, we will take one (or, if necessary, two) cars from the Cinematheque parking lot to restaurant and back. Click here for the menu
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HELP CHIP IN:
Meetup.com charges our group for use of this site. Please contribute $5-10 annually to help defray this and other costs. Any surplus is given to the Cleveland Cinematheque.
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ALL OUR YESTERDAYS (2025) Irish History Doc @ Capitol Theater / Stone Mad Pub
Capitol Theatre, 1390 W 65th St, Cleveland, OH 44102, USA, Cleveland, OH, USOne day only. Tickets for the Philadelphia screening on October 11 are already sold out. Recommend you buy your tickets early by clicking here.
From the 18th century Penal Laws (which forbid Catholics from owning land, voting, or conducting Mass in public), through the potato famine and the large-scale emigration to United States in the 1850s, down to the present-day cultural revival, All Our Yesterdays combines interviews, archival footage and vibrant music to cover 250 years of history in one town in Ireland: Swinford in County Mayo. With an in-person appearance by writer/director Breege Rowley.
“This story is definitely something that’s going to interest not just Irish people, but the diaspora worldwide.” - Mayo News
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7:00 MOVIE at the Capitol Theater, 1390 W 65th St in Gordon Square..
AFTER THE MOVIE: EATS/DISCUSSION at the Stone Mad Pub, 1306 W 65th St, a three-minute walk north from the theater. Click here - and then scroll down - for the menu
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HELP CHIP IN:
Meetup.com charges our group for use of this site. Please contribute $5-10 annually to help defray this and other costs. Any surplus is given to the Cleveland Cinematheque.
CashApp $JimSimler
Zelle jimsimler@hotmail.com
Venmo jim-simler
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In Person Pay your event organizer1 attendee
THE SOCIAL RECKONING (2026) @ Cedar Lee Theater / Anatolia Cafe
Cedar Lee Theatre, 2163 Lee Rd, Cleveland Heights, OH 44118, USA, Cleveland Heights, OH, USWest Wing director Aaron Sorkin’s sequel to his Academy Award-winning The Social Network focuses on the 2021 leaks that revealed Facebook knowingly pushed rage-bate and content harmful to the mental health of teenage girls.
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4:10 MOVIE at Cedar Lee Theater, 2163 Lee Road, Cleveland Heights
After the Movie EATS/DISCUSSION : Anatolia Cafe, 2270 Lee Road, a short walk three blocks south of the theater on the opposite side of the street. Click here for the menu
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HELP CHIP IN:
Meetup.com charges our group for use of this site. Please contribute $5-10 annually to help defray this and other costs. Any surplus is given to the Cleveland Cinematheque.
CashApp $JimSimler
Zelle jimsimler@hotmail.com
Venmo jim-simler
PayPal Jim Simler's page
In Person Pay your event organizer1 attendee
Past events
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