Weird Movie Club Twin Cities

Not all French New Wave films are serious! "Zazie dans le Metro" (1960) is a fun, wacky movie starring an endlessly charming 10-year-old girl.

I'll get to the library at 1:30 p.m. and try to set everything up in time for a 2 p.m. start. Get there early so you don't miss a minute. The library closes at 5, so we'll have to wrap up discussion before then. Discussions tend to last no more than about half an hour, but maybe it will last longer this time if we break into smaller groups and make it feel less like a classroom.

It's all free. We'll be in the Andy Boss Community Room on the 4th floor of the George Latimer Public Library in downtown St. Paul.

Street parking is possible, but you might consider using the light rail. A great place to park and ride is the Western Avenue stop of the Green Line. There's always parking on Aurora Avenue, one street south of University.

And feel free to sitemail me to recommend another movie for a future meeting. It would be great if you wanted to host and lead discussion too. You can go by the official list from the website 366 Weird Movies (366 Weird Movies + Apocrypha: streaming info last updated 5/24/21 - Google Sheets) or suggest something else.

Of all of David Cronenberg's films, "Videodrome" might just be the Cronenbergiest. Extra points if you can watch it on videotape.

Watch "Videodrome" on your own and come ready to chat about it. It's rentable on Amazon and Fandango; at this writing I don't see it for free anywhere.

We'll meet at Pryes Brewing, which has lots of space and isn't very noisy. It's near downtown Minneapolis but has plenty of parking. I'll get there around 6:30 p.m. and claim a table on the opposite side of the bar. Get a drink and then head to the other end of the building, to one of the long tables near the risers. It's quietest there and there will hopefully be a long table free (though we might have to move around at least once to find enough space). You'll be able to identify me by my black baseball cap that says "Weird Movie Club" on it.

And feel free to sitemail me to recommend another movie for a future meeting. You can go by the official list from the website 366 Weird Movies (366 Weird Movies + Apocrypha: streaming info last updated 5/24/21 - Google Sheets) or suggest something else.

"Son of the White Mare" is a trippy, colorful animated Hungarian film from 1981. If you like watching movies under the influence, this would be a good time for it.

We're seeing it at the Trylon Cinema, so you'll need to get a ticket. I imagine you'll be able to get a ticket at the door, but just in case you can reserve tickets through trylon.org.

After the movie, I'd like to bring everyone a couple of blocks north to Arbeiter Brewing for the discussion. It'll be cold, but the walk from Trylon to Arbeiter takes less than 10 minutes.

I'll get there around 6:30 p.m. There's always street parking available around Trylon.

And feel free to sitemail me to recommend another movie for a future meeting. It would be great if you wanted to host and lead discussion too. You can go by the official list from the website 366 Weird Movies (366 Weird Movies + Apocrypha: streaming info last updated 5/24/21 - Google Sheets) or suggest something else.

This might be a divisive one, but I feel like we can't have a club about weird movies without covering at least one Peter Greenaway film. Be aware that "The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover" is an unabashedly arty film that is also so grotesque that it inspired the creation of the NC-17 rating. We'll be discussing the true 124-minute-long version, not the 95-minute cut that is rated R.

Watch "The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover" on your own and come ready to chat about it. Perhaps because it's NC-17, it's not easy to find streaming. As of this writing, a high-quality version is on Internet Archive here: The. Cook,.the. Thief,. His. Wife.&. Her. Lover. 1989.1080p. Blu Ray.x 264. YIFY : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive. Looks like there is also a DVD of it in the St. Paul library system, maybe in others too.

We'll meet at Pryes Brewing, which has lots of space and isn't very noisy. It's near downtown Minneapolis but has plenty of parking. I'll get there around 6:30 p.m. and claim a table on the opposite side of the bar. Get a drink and then head to the other end of the building, to one of the long tables near the risers. It's quietest there and there will hopefully be a long table free (though we might have to move around at least once to find enough space). You'll be able to identify me by my black baseball cap that says "Weird Movie Club" on it.

And feel free to sitemail me to recommend another movie for a future meeting. You can go by the official list from the website 366 Weird Movies (366 Weird Movies + Apocrypha: streaming info last updated 5/24/21 - Google Sheets) or suggest something else.