Denver Cinema Club

Rose of Nevada at the Sloan's Lake Alamo

Tue, Jul 28 · 5:45 PM MDT

Alamo Drafthouse Sloans Lake, 4255 West Colfax Avenue, Denver, CO, US

Deligthed by a spooky atmospheric fishing movie? Rose of Nevada might just be the scratch for your itch. Starring 2 of the hottest brit boy actors, Callum Turner and George Mckay, shot on 16 mm this promises to be soemthing a little diffferent.

“Rose of Nevada,” writer/director Mark Jenkin’s uncanny psychological drama, unrelentingly echoes with regret and mourning. Jenkin’s cold, frightening film destabilizes one’s senses and perspective, causing one to question whether our protagonist is a reliable observer or simply mad. At the outset, we’re overcome by a swirling sensory language of seagulls cawing and waves lapping, with background images of fishing material—a weathered skiff, a rusting anchor, and chains—being reclaimed by the earth. Jenkin, who wrote, shot, and edited the film and composed its eerie score, leaps between characters—the worn boat owner Mike (Edward Rowe), a desperate Liam (Callum Turner), and an overwhelmed Nick (George MacKay)—before settling on a red fishing trawler.
Like Jenkin’s other angling-minded works (“Enys Men” and “Bait”), “Rose of Nevada” enjoys confounding the viewer, forcing one to look askance at the words uttered by opaque characters, at the sights shown that appear disconnected from their origin, and at the sounds whose post-sync pitch is as muffled as the narrative’s ruminative events. Even the picture’s handsome appearance, shot on pristine 16mm, suggests wariness more than beauty. And when that red fishing boat reappears, it’s somethingakin to a William Carlos Williams poem—“so much depends on a red wheelbarrow”—inciting immense dread and false opportunity upon its return to Cornwall, England.(Robert Daniels/rogerebert.com)

Tickets available online and at the box office

Free 4 hour parking with validation in the parking structure north of the theater

We will head to Bar Fly (if available) after the film for debrief and beverages, otherwise we will wing it, plenty of local opportunities.

Tony - Free Advance Screening - AMC 9+CO

Wed, Jul 29 · 6:30 PM MDT

AMC 9+ CO 10, 826 Albión Street ,, Denver, CO, US

Before you RSVP, please:

• Read the description below carefully
• Also read our Advance Screenings page

We have a small number of seats for a free advance screening of Tony, an origin story about Anthony Bourdain. Active members of the club--those who attend our regular events--will get priority for the seats. When you RSVP, you will be added to the wait list, and I will move people from the wait list to the "going" list by hand. Please RSVP only if you are sure you can attend.

The studio reps have asked for our guest list by the afternoon of Tuesday the 28th. If you are on the "going" list on Tuesday, we will expect you at the movie on Wednesday. Again, please RSVP only if you are sure you can attend.

Arrive by 6:30 for the 7:00 screening. Skip the line if there is one, and check in with the studio reps. They will check your name off their list and direct you to your seat. (They usually seat everyone in the club together, but not always.) Don't be late! If you arrive after 6:45, you could lose your reserved seat.

• Watch the trailer for the film.
• See the film's page on Rotten Tomatoes.

I will not be there, so I don't have anything planned for after the movie. If you would like to meet with other members after the show, use the comments below to coordinate.

Have fun!

-- Mike

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TONY

A 19-year-old Anthony Bourdain travels to Provincetown and stumbles into the chaotic world of a restaurant kitchen, setting off a summer that will shape the course of his life.

STARRING
Dominic Sessa, Emilia Jones, Leo Woodall, Antonio Banderas, Stavros Halkias

DIRECTED BY
Matt Johnson

Summer of Jeanne Moreau - The Bride Wore Black (1968)

Wed, Jul 29 · 7:00 PM MDT

Edgewater Public Market, 5505 W. 20th Ave,, Edgewater, CO, US

Jules & Jim was really fun, so let's watch another Truffaut / Moreau collaboration, in a very different vein. The Bride Wore Black is Truffaut doing Hitchcock, with Jeanne Moreau as a bride who is widowed on her wedding day and sets her sights on revenge. Here is some great table setting from Turner Classic Movies.

This is definitely lighter fare than we've been watching this summer, but it's stylish and fun. And it's probably most interesting in conversation with Hitchcock, so you might watch, rewatch, or think about the Hitchcock film of your choice as a pairing. Truffaut made The Bride Wore Black just a few years after he famously interviewed Hitchcock in 1962 (a conversation which was transcribed into a book in 1967).
Some Hitchcockian suggestions:

• Shadow of a Doubt is, like TBWB, about evil hiding in plain sight.
• Vertigo, like TBWB, is about obsession disguised as love.
• The composer of TBWB, Bernard Herrmann, also scored The Wrong Man, Vertigo, and Psycho.
• Both TBWB and Rear Window were adapted from a Cornell Woolrich novel

You can stream The Bride Wore Black on MGM+ (sign up for seven days free) and a few other places.

Watch the film at home and then meet us to discuss. Edgewater Public Market has many food and drink options. We'll be on the patio outside, weather dependent.
Grab a bite and a drink and look for the DCC signage on our table. We're usually on the eastern end of the patio, in the shade of the building.

Note the change this week to Wednesday night!

Summer of Jeanne Moreau is casual and free-form, with plenty of time for chit-chat and other movie talk! Join us for one or many.