Five Great
Films – Five Virtual Conversations
October 1
– 29
HOW IT
WORKS
- Cinema
100 is hosting a virtual film experience in lieu of our usual shared
movie-going experience at the Grand Theatres
- Watch
five great films on your own (available on Netflix and Amazon Prime)
- View
our co-hosts’ conversations about each film on Facebook (posted each Thursday)
- Join
the Facebook conversation by posting your comments, observations, and questions
We are super excited to add more viewing options for you all during the virtual series. Our good friends at Dakota Media Access are playing the videos at 3pm on Thursdays.
New options!!
Thursdays at 3:00 pm
Community Access channels 12 & 612HD
and streaming on FreeTV.org, Roku & AppleTV
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October 1, 2020
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs – 2018 (USA) – 133 min., R (Comedy, Drama, Musical,
Western)
Synopsis:
Presents six tales of life and violence in the Old West that feature a singing
gunslinger, a bank robber, a traveling impresario, an elderly prospector, a
wagon train, and a perverse pair of bounty hunters.
Directors & Writers: Ethan and Joel Coen
Stars: Tim
Blake Nelson, James Franco, Stephen Root, Liam Neeson, Brendan Gleeson, Tyne
Daly, and many more
Selected Awards:
2019 Oscar Nominee – Original Song, Costume Design, and Best Adapted Screenplay
Where to Watch:
Netflix
Discussion Co-hosts: Linda Garding and Brian Palecek
Read a Review
October 8, 2020
Wildlife
- 2018 (USA) - 105 min., PG-13 (Drama)
Synopsis: A
family is tested to the breaking point when Joe Brinson, a teenage boy, is left
to deal with his mother's complicated response after his father temporarily
abandons them to take a job fighting wildfires in Montana. Adapted from Richard
Ford’s 1990 novel, Wildlife.
Director & Writers: Paul Dano, director; screenplay by Paul Dano and Zoe
Kazan
Stars: Ed
Oxenbould, Jake Jyllenhaal, Carey Mulligan, Bill Camp
Selected Awards:
2019 Independent Spirit Awards, Nominee -- Best First Feature, Best Female Lead
(Carey Mulligan), and Best Cinematography (Diego García)
Where to Watch:
Netflix, Amazon Prime
Discussion Co-hosts: Anita Casey-Reed and Todd Ford
Read a Review
October 15, 2020
The Death of Stalin - 2017 (UK)
- 107 min., R (Comedy, Drama, History)
Synopsis: Moscow,
1953. After being in power for nearly thirty years, Soviet dictator Joseph
Stalin, feared even by members of his inner circle, collapses alone in his
rooms. When he is discovered, the senior members of the Council of Ministers
scramble to maintain order, weed out competitors, and take power. Who will prevail?
A darkly satiric tale based on real events.
Director & Writer: Directed by Armando Iannucci; written by Armando
Iannucci and David Schneider
Stars: Steve
Buscemi, Simon Russell Beale, Paddy Considine, Jeffrey Tambor
Selected Awards: 2018 BAFTA Awards, Nominee – Outstanding British Film of the Year and
Best Adapted Screenplay
Where to Watch: Netflix, Amazon Prime
Discussion Co-hosts: Linda Garding and Brian
Palecek
Read a Review
October 22, 2020
I’m Thinking of Ending Things - 2020 (USA) - 134 min., R (Drama, Thriller)
Synopsis: Despite
misgivings and second thoughts about their relationship, a young woman (Jessie
Buckley) takes a road trip with her new boyfriend, Jake (Jesse Plemons), to his
family farm. At the farm with Jake's mother (Toni Collette) and father (David
Thewlis) and again, back on the road in a snowstorm, the young woman begins to
question everything she thought she knew about her boyfriend, herself, and the
world. Inspired by Iain Reid’s namesake novel.
Directors & Writers: Charlie Kaufman, director and screenplay writer
Stars: Jesse
Plemons, Jessie Buckley, Toni Collette, David Thewlis
Where to Watch: Netflix
Discussion Co-hosts: Anita Casey-Reed and Todd Ford
Read a Review
October 29, 2020
Dolemite Is My Name - 2019 (USA)
- 118 min., R (Biography, Comedy, Drama)
Synopsis: Eddie
Murphy portrays real-life legend Rudy Ray Moore, a comedy and rap pioneer who
proved naysayers wrong when his hilarious, obscene, kung-fu fighting alter ego,
Dolemite, became a 1970s Blaxploitation phenomenon. [Source: IMDB.com]
Directors & Writers: Craig Brewer, Director; writers, Scott Alexander and
Larry Karaszewski
Stars: Eddie
Murphy, Keegan-Michael Key, Mike Epps
Selected Awards: 2020 Golden Globes Nominee for Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy,
and Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture- Musical or Comedy, Eddie
Murphy
Where to Watch: Netflix
Discussion Co-hosts: Marlene
Anderson and Renee Stromme with Dan Rogers
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