About us
Welcome, Denver Cinephiles!
Denver Cinema Club is a social group for people who love to watch and talk about film. We lean toward independent, foreign, and classic films, but we'll also see an occasional cult film or blockbuster. For details about the group, see our web site. We hope to see you soon!
Upcoming events
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JEOPARDY! Bar League Trivia - Alamo Sloans Lake - Sunday, April 26 - 4:30 PM
Alamo Drafthouse Sloans Lake, 4255 West Colfax Avenue, Denver, CO, USJoin DCC for JEOPARDY! Bar League trivia at BarFly, the bar at the Sloans Lake Alamo Drafthouse. Rhonda will be our host this week. The contest starts at 5:00, but the group will meet at 4:30 to stake out seats, place food and drink orders, and get acquainted.
It's free to play, though--understandably--BarFly would like participants to order something. Teams can have up to six players; if more than six DCCers show up, the group will split into two teams.
Here is the web page for the game.
The group will aim for the couches on the south side of the bar, along the windows overlooking Colfax. Look for a small Denver Cinema Club sign. Arrive early if you can, and help save seats!
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Ask E. Jean - Sie FilmCenter - Sun, Apr 26 - 5:00 PM
Sie FilmCenter, 2510 E Colfax Ave, Denver, CO, USRead carefully, please!
Ask E. Jean, a documentary about E. Jean Carroll, is the closing film of this year's Women+Film Festival. Join us!
Festival screenings often sell out, so I recommend ordering your ticket in advance, here. Tickets are $13 for Denver Film members and $16 for non-members.
We'll meet in the theater lounge at 5:00 for the 5:30 screening. If I can't get a table, I'll try to hang out near the soda machine. I'll have a small Denver Cinema Club sign. We'll go in and take our seats around 5:15.
After the screening we'll gather again in the lounge, then walk over to Bruz Off Fax to chat about the film. Bruz has tasty Belgian beers, wine, root beer, and various snacks available.
For those driving, there is a free parking garage behind the theater, accessible from the alley.
If you are new to the club, please read our Civil Citizens Guide before RSVPing.
See you at the Sie!
-- Mike
11 attendees
DEEP DIVE: Italian Neorealism: Part 2
Edgewater Public Market, 5505 W. 20th Ave,, Edgewater, CO, USThis is a watch at home, discuss in person event — Part II of a two-part Deep Dive into Italian Neorealism.
As Italy moved further from the war, the focus of Italian Neorealism shifted from collective crisis to everyday life. The rubble remained, but the questions changed: how to work, how to live, how to hold onto dignity when stability never fully returns. This second chapter centers on Vittorio De Sica’s films: Bicycle Thieves, Miracle in Milan, and Umberto D. Together, they narrow the scale, tracing not recovery but persistence, where small losses carry real weight and survival becomes quieter, more personal.
We will meet to discuss our thoughts on Tuesday, April 28, at Edgewater Public Market. We will likely be at a picnic table outside, but please watch the comments for our exact location. Please try to watch all three before attending.
Here is the list of films with instructions on how to find them.
BICYCLE THIEVES (1948, Vittorio De Sica, Italy)
Bicycle Thieves follows a working man and his son through postwar Rome, where a single stolen bicycle threatens everything. De Sica keeps the story simple, but the stakes are absolute. Work, dignity, and identity collapse into one fragile object. As the search stretches on, hope gives way to desperation, and small compromises begin to feel inevitable. The system doesn’t intervene. The city just keeps moving.- Watch on Criterion Channel
- Watch on HBO Max
- Watch on Prime Video
- Watch on Kanopy
- Rent from YouTube
- Rent from Prime Video
MIRACLE IN MILAN (1951, Vittorio De Sica, Italy)
Miracle in Milan begins in the same postwar poverty, but moves in a different direction. De Sica follows a community of the poor as they build a fragile world of their own on the city’s edges. Hardship remains, but it’s met with warmth, humor, and small acts of generosity. The film doesn’t escape reality so much as lift it, allowing moments of wonder to emerge without fully resolving what surrounds them.- Watch on Criterion Channel
- Watch on HBO Max
- Rent from YouTube
- Rent from Prime
UMBERTO D. (1952, Vittorio De Sica, Italy)
Umberto D. follows an aging pensioner drifting through Rome, where each day becomes a negotiation between dignity and survival. De Sica strips the story down to routines, small setbacks, and quiet moments that carry disproportionate weight. Nothing dramatic needs to happen for the pressure to build. The world doesn’t turn against Umberto. It simply has no place for him.- Watch on Criterion Channel
- Watch on HBO Max
- Watch on Kanopy
- Rent from Prime
10 attendees
The Green Knight - Mayan Theatre - Wed, April 29, 6:45 PM
Landmark Mayan Theatre, 110 Broadway, Denver, CO, USJoin us at the beautiful Mayan Theatre for another excellent David Lowery film, The Green Knight! I watched this on a wee screen in 2021, and I'm looking forward to seeing it on a big one.
- Watch the trailer
- Read the reviews on Rotten Tomatoes
We'll meet at 6:45 for the 7:00 screening. Look for me in the lobby; I'll be holding a small Denver Cinema Club sign. Tickets are just $6 for paid Landmark Loyalty members.
After the screening (at about 9:15) we'll walk across Broadway to Postino for snacks, drinks, and discussion. (If you don't plan to go to Postino, let me know so I can adjust our reservation.)
For those driving, the Mayan has a free, dedicated parking lot on the east side of Lincoln, behind the theater. The parking lot entrance is next to the bus stop.
See you at the Mayan!
-- Mike
11 attendees
Past events
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