What we’re about
Welcome, Denver Cinephiles!
Denver Cinema Club is a social group for people who love independent, foreign, and classic films. We see two or three films a week, usually at the "artsy" theaters in central Denver: the Mayan, Chez Artiste, Esquire, and Sie FilmCenter. After watching a film, we usually go to a nearby restaurant to have a drink, chat about the movie, and socialize. It's a diverse, friendly group, and everyone is welcome.
In addition to our regular outings, we also attend special events: film festivals, trivia contests, Oscar parties, free screenings, etc. Watch your Meetup calendar for these, too.
We encourage group participation: we invite members to organize events of their own, and we have a Facebook page for any film-related topics you care to bring up.
Sound fun? See these pages for more details:
• Theater Information (Including Where to Park)
• Guest-Organizing a DCC Event
We hope to see you soon!
Upcoming events (4+)
See all- For real this time...Challengers at the Mayan!Landmark's Mayan Theatre, Denver, CO
First and foremost, many thanks to those of you who RSVP'd to the first scheduling of this and then had to put up with me canceling it. I appreciate your kindness and understanding.
Secondly, and on-topic, it's...Challengers! For real this time! Luca Guadagnino's latest and, somehow, the #1 movie at the box office this past weekend. If somehow you haven't read about it, here's the blurb that makes me intrigued to see it (courtesy of Tim Grierson of the Grierson & Leitch podcast):
A scintillating romantic triangle paired with a gripping sports drama, Challengers finds Luca Guadagnino in crowd-pleasing mode, delivering his most purely entertaining film. As is often the case with the Italian director’s pictures, the fickleness of love is at the centre of this narrative, but never before has he operated with such playful showmanship as he follows the ups and down of best friends, both of whom dream of tennis glory, and the rising star they each covet. Zendaya is superb as the object of their affections, complemented by Josh O’Connor and Mike Faist as longtime buddies who have much to learn both on the court and in the bedroom.
We'll head over again to the Mayan on Saturday afternoon, May 4th. The movie starts at 1:15 and I'll be in the lobby at 12:55 holding a Denver Cinema Club sign. Every attendee is responsible for buying their own ticket. Afterward, if anyone is interested, we'll head over to The Hornet to get some sustenance and dig into the movie. (And, hopefully, one of you fine folks will be able to explain the rules of tennis to me.)
Free parking is available in the lot on Lincoln next to the theater.
- Sasquatch Sunset at the Sloans Lake AlamoAlamo Drafthouse Cinema Sloans Lake, Denver, CO
Well, I can't promise it will be anything other than weird, but still fascinated by the Brian Tallerico/Rogerebert.com review below, all of this for a movie that weighs in under 90 minutes, do we dare?
Sasquatch Sunset,” a film that produced the most walkouts that I’ve seen so far this year. I jokingly told the guy sitting next to me that the walkout over/under was set at 25. You should have bet the over. The likelihood is that the dozens who fled didn’t know that this strange comedy is a film with no actual dialogue, a story told in grunts, bodily fluids, and longing stares under mountains of sasquatch make-up. Yes, it’s a film about sasquatches who live off the land, struggle to survive, and operate on primal urges. It’s a fascinating experiment, and one has to admire the commitment to the bit, but said bit grew old for me pretty quickly. I was bored before the halfway mark. At least I didn’t walk out.
Made by David and Nathan Zellner (“Damsel”), “Sasquatch Sunset” stars Jesse Eisenberg, Riley Keough, Christophe Zajac-Denek, and Nathan himself as a quartet of sasquatches who live in what looks like the Pacific Northwest.We can meet up in the bar after to debrief if we survive?
Free parking with validation
I am Row 5 Seat 5
- VardaVision #8: Varda by AgnèsSie FilmCenter, Denver, CO
The Sie's excellent Agnès Varda series, VardaVision, concludes with the final film from the late auteur. (NOTE: This Wednesday, May 1, there is NO VARDA, this meetup is for May 8.)
Varda by Agnès is a characteristically playful, profound, and personal summation of the director’s own brilliant career. At once impish and wise, she acts as our spirit guide on a free-associative tour through her six-decade artistic journey, shedding new light on her films, photography, and recent installation works while offering her one-of-a-kind reflections on everything from filmmaking to feminism to aging. Suffused with the people, places, and things she loved—Jacques Demy, cats, colors, beaches, heart-shaped potatoes—this wonderfully idiosyncratic work of imaginative autobiography is a warmly human, touchingly bittersweet parting gift from one of cinema’s most luminous talents.
I will be at a table in the lobby bar area by 6:15 with a Denver Cinema Club sign. The film program (and introduction by UCD Professor Howie Movshovitz) starts at 6:30. After the 90 minute film, we will gather again in the lobby to regroup, then walk to Bruz off Fax for beverages and discussion. Join us!
Buy tickets ($5 for members, $12 for non-members)
See all films in the series and dates (approximately one per week) We plan to have a meetup event for each one, so watch out for those.
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