Sunday Night Film Club - Boston

"By intercepting a package and following instructions meant for a deceased gangster, aimless 20-year-old Sébastien (George Babluani, the director's brother), thinks he's going to make a quick buck and help his poor immigrant family. Instead, things take a turn for the absolute worse when the trail he is following leads him into the heart of the French countryside and face to face with a clandestine ring of gangsters who bet on human lives. A surreal, neo-noir thriller from debut writer/director Géla Babluani. Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival. (Fully subtitled)"

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August 17, 2006

"Snakes on a Plane" - A Very Special SNFC

Join the Boston Sunday Night Film Club this Sunday, August 20th at 8:00pm for Snakes on a Plane at the Boston Common 19.

The club is going to be a little different this week, as we will be meeting for food and drink (and drink... and drink) before we venture over to the Common Theatre for the film. Meet us at Remington's (124 Boylston St) at 6pm, look for Sean wearing a nametag outside the restaurant. We will get a table based on the headcount at 6pm, but if you need to show up later we can always get a second table and float between them. It also might be a wise idea to stop by the theatre before and get some tickets, as the studio has manufactured some cult status for this film.

Plot Synopsis: Snakes... on a Plane

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August 10, 2006

"Beowulf & Grendel" - Aug 13th

Join the Boston Sunday Night Film Club this Sunday, Aug 13th at 7:00pm for Beowulf & Grendel at the Kendall Square Cinema . Look for Sean wearing a nametag in the theatre lobby about 15 minutes before the film. As always, after the film we will descend on a local establishment for dinner/drinks/discussion.

"A medieval adventure—part legendary fable, part horror-story—based on the seminal ninth century Anglo-Saxon poem, Beowulf. Director Sturla Gunnarsson tells the blood-soaked tale of a Norse warrior’s battle against the murderous and vengeful troll Grendel (Ingvar Sigurdsson), who has laid siege to the kingdom of Hrothgar (Stellan Skarsgård), King of the Danes. Beowulf (Gerard Butler) leads a troop of warriors across the sea to rid the village of the marauding troll, but his willingness to kill on behalf of Hrothgar wavers when it becomes clear that the King is responsible for the troll’s rampages. Filmed in Iceland, the drama plays out in a brutish Northern Europe where Beowulf is caught in a battle of vengeance, loyalty and mercy. In English."

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August 6, 2006

Update to Little Miss Sunshine!

Apparently, MovieTickets.com showtimes disagree with those at the website for the Coolidge Corner. Tonight's showtime is 7:30pm, one half hour later than previously announced. Sorry for the confusion!

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August 3, 2006

"Little Miss Sunshine" - Aug 6th

Join the Boston Sunday Night Film Club this Sunday, Aug 6th at 7:00pm 7:30pm for Little Miss Sunshine at the Coolidge Corner Theatre . Look for Sean wearing a nametag in the theatre lobby about 15 minutes before the film. As always, after the film we will descend on a local establishment for dinner/drinks/discussion.

"No one among the Hoovers quite has it together, but it's not for lack of trying. Father Richard, a hopelessly optimistic motivational speaker, is desperately attempting to sell his 9-step program for success--without much success. Meanwhile, the Hoovers' pro-honesty mother Sheryl is constantly harried by her family's eccentric secrets, especially those of her brother, a suicidal Proust scholar fresh out of the hospital after being jilted by his gay lover. Then there are young Hoovers with their unlikely dreams--the four-eyed, slightly pump, seven year-old would-be beauty queen Olive and Dwayne, an anger-fueled, Nietzche-reading teen who has taken a staunch vow of silence until he gets into the Air Force Academy. Topping off the family is the grandfather, a foul-mouthed pleasure-seeker recently kicked out of his retirement home for snorting heroin. They might not be the picture of the perfect mental health, but when a fluke gets Olive invited to compete in the fiercely competitive Little Miss Sunshine competition in California, the whole Hoover family rallies behind her. They pile into their rusted-out VW bus and head West on a three-day tragicomic journey filled with madcap surprises and leading up to Olive's big debut--which will change the entire misfit family in ways they could never imagine."

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August 1, 2006

SNFC in the Boston Metro

Me in the Boston Metro
Originally uploaded by seangraham.

The Boston Metro, a free Monday-Friday paper, gave a plug to the Sunday Night Film Club last friday. They even used a dorky picture of me that I link to in the newsletter to help people find me. It's nice to have my picture in a section of the paper that isn't the police blotter.

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