Movie Night - The List

Movie Night 280

2008-03-28T16:58:00.003-05:00

Quasi-provocative Question: "Wunderkind or Swiss Miss?"

Day: 3/30/08

A Feature: Vitus

B Feature: Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger

Notes:

No movie night on 3/23/08 for Easter.
Liz's Minion Night, delayed by Kid Night and Jesus Night (and quite Kid Night appropriate).
Pre-movie night: the fierce sweaty crying of Margot.

Movie Night 279

2008-03-28T16:49:00.003-05:00

Quasi-Provocative Question: N/A (see notes below)
Day: 3/16/08

A Feature: Hot Rod
B Feature: Darkon

Notes:

A Feature was supposed to be Stardust with a question of "Pixie or Poxy" but again A Feature had been seen (sidebar to dictator - that's 2 weeks in a row), so Hot Rod was improvised. Possible question: "Sissy Spacek, why?"
Kid Night

Movie Night 278

2008-03-14T12:19:00.002-05:00

Quasi-provocative Question: "Puppet master or Marionette?"
Day: 3/9/08

A Feature: Direktøren for det hele (English Title: The Boss of It All)
B Feature: Cashback

Notes:

Guest: Paul
We almost got to see Darjeeling Limited
Popular consensus - Cashback does not live up to its billing as a "B+ Feature"
From imdb w/r/t Boss... and its nigh-gratuitous use of jump cuts. It wasn't Lars' fault (sorta) : "This movie is shot with camera technique called Automavision, an innovation in which the camera angles and movements are selected by a computer. The media notes explain technique, "a principle for shooting film developed with the intention of limiting human influence by inviting chance in from the cold". There are odd framings and jump cuts within scenes making everything seem a bit unsettled."

Movie Night 277

2008-03-03T13:24:00.003-06:00

Quasi-provocative Question: "Judging By the cover or coverlet?"
Day: 3/2/08

A Feature: Interview
B Feature: The Amateurs (AKA The Moguls)

Notes:

Margot debuts her zip up sweater with hood, almost derailing movie night
Evan's secret birthday.
Note (3/5/08): corrected qpq. Thanks to Jacob for catching the mistake.

Movie Night 276

2008-02-25T17:45:00.002-06:00

Quasi-provocative Question: "Turkish Heat, or Siberian Frigidity?"
Day: 2/24/08

A Feature: Iklimler (Int'l English Title: Climates)
B Feature: My Architect

Notes:

Jennifer is Minion and shocks us all by not bringing Carnivale

Movie Night 275

2008-02-25T17:38:00.002-06:00

Quasi-Provocative Question: "Touching, touching, touching, touching, or Touched?"
Day: 2/17/08

A Feature: Rang-e khoda (US Title: The Color of Paradise)
B Feature: God Grew Tired of Us: The Story of Lost Boys of Sudan

Notes:

Kid Night
Kicked in the Teeth Night. But in the best possible way.
Josh is almost de-cored after Evan brings some serious allegations against him. Josh is let off with a warning. All is forgiven.

Movie Night 274

2008-02-25T17:29:00.002-06:00

Quasi-provocative Question: "Defibrillator or Triple Bypass?"
Day: 2/10/08

A Feature: Elsker dig for evigt (Int'l English Title: Open Hearts)
B Feature: Gilda

Notes:

No movie night previous week for the Superbowl

Movie Night 273

2008-02-01T18:31:00.001-06:00

Quasi-provocative Question: "Firm and succulent, or Wormy?
Day: 1/27/08

A Feature: Adams æbler (Intl English Title: Adam's Apples)
B Feature: I Know Who Killed Me

Movie Night 272

2008-01-24T12:18:00.000-06:00

Quasi-provocative Question: "Village idiot, or adolescent?"
Day: 1/20/08

A Feature: Nói albínói (US Title: Nói)
B Feature: The Pervert's Guide to Cinema

Notes:

Evan makes good on his Jean Jacket Threat
Guest: Paul

Movie Night 271

2008-01-18T13:20:00.000-06:00

Quasi-provocative Question: "blowing wind or breaking boughs?"
Day: 1/13/08

A Feature: L'Enfant (Int'l Engligh Title: The Child)
B Feature: Score

Notes:

Evan corroborates existence of Beligan rednecks (see pic)
Radley Metzger returns in tonight's B feature. Wide speculation that Score might have been selected in anticipation of visitors.
confidential to dictator: qpq, wtf?

Movie Night 270

2008-01-18T13:13:00.000-06:00

Quasi Provocative Question: "Pot au Feu or Fond de Veau?"
Day: 1/6/08

A Feature: Carnivale Season 2 Eps 5 and 6
B Feature: Ratatouille

Notes:

First movie night of new year!
Jason is minion
Ratatouille originally slated as A feature until it is discovered several clubbers have seen it.

Movie Night 269

2008-01-18T13:06:00.000-06:00

Quasi-provocative Question: "Saccharine or Sugar Beet?"
Day: 12/30/07

A Feature: Sweet Land
B Feature: Mail Order Wife

Notes:

No movie night on 12/23. Merry Christmas
Mail order love night.

Movie Night 268

2008-01-18T13:00:00.000-06:00

Quasi-provocative question: unknown
Day: 12/16/07

A Feature: Jésus de Montréal (US Title: Jesus of Montreal)
B Feature: Valerie a týden divu (US Title: Valerie and Her Week of Wonders)

Movie Night 267

2008-01-18T12:55:00.000-06:00

Quasi-provocative Question: "Mumblecore, or mumble bore?"
Day: 12/9/07

A Feature: Mutual Appreciation
B Feature: Casshern

Notes:

Dictator maintains the qpq was more original than the one presented here
I don't think anyone made it through Casshern awake.

Movie Night 266

2007-12-07T13:43:00.000-06:00

Quasi-Provocative Question: "Less is more, or less is amore?"
Day: 12/2/07

A Feature: Amour l'après-midi, L' (Int'l Title: Love in the Afternoon)
B Feature: The Hot Spot

Movie Night 265

2007-12-07T13:34:00.000-06:00

Quasi-Provocative Question: "Honeymoon, or gloom?"
Day: 11/25/07

A Feature: Efter brylluppet (US Title: After the Wedding)
B Feature: Sukeban Deka: Kôdo nêmu = Asamiya Saki (US Title: Yo-Yo Girl Cop)

Notes:

A feature much beloved, B feature source of clubber tension (later resolved)

Movie Night 264

2007-12-07T13:26:00.000-06:00

Quasi-provocative Question: "Hurts so good, Or Herzhog?"

A Feature: Stroszek
B Feature: Six-String Samurai

Notes:

Davin is Minion
Original films (old comedies: A Feature: It Happened One Night, B Feature: The Bank Dick, quasi-provocative question: "Screwball or Sinker?") jettisoned, since planned A feature had been seen by several club members.
Potential QPQ, "Ian Curtis: film critic?" deemed inappropriate

Movie Night 263

2007-11-13T12:44:00.000-06:00

Quasi-provocative Question: "Strange danger or Stranger danger"
Day: 11/11/07

A Feature: Confidences trop intimes (English Title: Intimate Strangers)
B Feature: Body Double

Notes

Bat attack!
Cheese cake?
Davin fails to answer the call of the minion. At least until next week

Movie Night 262

2007-11-05T13:24:00.000-06:00

Quasi-provocative Question: "Daylight Savings or Losses?"

A Feature: Dnevnoy Dozor (US Title: Day Watch)
B Feature: No End In Sight

Notes:

(longingly) "It would be great to smoke in someone else’s body"

Movie Night 261

2007-11-05T13:18:00.000-06:00

Quasi Provocative Question: "Snicker or Hyde"
Day: 10/28/07

A Feature: The Man Who Laughs
B Feature: Gui da gui (English titles: Spooky Encounters or Encounter of The Spooky Kind )

Notes:

Halloween Edition
Davin breaks protocol by insisting we watch Spooky Encounters despite admitting he had seen in already

Movie Night 260

2007-11-05T13:11:00.000-06:00

Quasi Provocative Question: "Mumblecore or Mulmbe-doler?"
Day: 10/21/07

A Feature: LOL
B Feature: Gwoemul (English Title: The Host)

Movie Night 259

2007-10-15T13:21:00.000-05:00

Quasi-provocative Question: "Psychologico or Scrabblogico?"

A Feature: Word Wars
B Feature: Maxed Out

Notes:

Jason is Minion
Inaugural All Documentary Night
Jason tries to avoid minion duties by offering the clubbers a choice. He is shouted down

Movie Night 258

2007-10-11T12:06:00.000-05:00

Quasi-provocative Question: "Mumblecore or mublebore?"
Day: 10/7/07

A Feature: The Puffy Chair
B Feature: Summer Lovers

Notes:

The night's stated theme: "Ah, *yawn* romance"
According to IMDB* the tagline for Summer Lovers is: "They Spent a Summer of Love - to the Sounds of 'Chicago'
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Groove to the sound of Chicago's chart busting hit 'Hard To Say I'm Sorry' and 'Just Can't Get Enough' by Depeche Mode Plus Hit Numbers by - Elton John Tina Turner and many more!"

*btw - I saw Bela Tarr say that IMDB was "shit" at the Walker Art Center

Movie Night 257

2007-10-11T12:02:00.000-05:00

Quasi-provocative Question: "Glorious marathon, or long slog through The Desert?"
Day: 9/30/07

4 Episodes of Carnivàle

Notes:

Jen is minion

Movie Night 256

2007-10-11T11:57:00.000-05:00

Quasi-provocative Question: "Silver spoon, or bloody spoon?"
Day: 9/23/07

A Feature: Cautiva
B Feature: Winter Kills

Notes:

Reports are the best line of the evening was “Nice jammies.”

Movie Night 255

2007-09-21T13:35:00.000-05:00

Quasi-Provocative Question: "Infinity, mortality or morality?"
Date: 9/18/07

A Feature: Jeremiah Johnson
B Feature: The Prodigal

Notes:

Liz is Minion
B Feature a costume suggestion for Tanya?
A feature was supposed to be The Fountain, hence the question.

Movie Night 254

2007-09-21T13:27:00.000-05:00

Quasi-Provocative Question: "Bran, or Grem Warfare"
Date: 9/9/07

A Feature: The Wind That Shakes the Barley
B Feature: Tranceformer

Notes:

Snafu: Netflix did not send the B Feature, Dictator caught unawares. Tranceformer not-so-hastily substituted, most of the club leaves in protest.

Movie Night 253

2007-09-07T13:52:00.000-05:00

Quasi-Provacative Question: "Behind the wall OR in the wall?"
Date: 9/2/07

A Feature: Leben der Anderen, Das (US title: The Lives of Others)
B Feature: Parallax View

Notes:

Labor day pot luck edition
Suspicions night

Movie Night 252

2007-09-07T13:46:00.001-05:00

Quasi-provocative Question: Not sure. It was some French thing and Evan keeps forgetting to email me the actual question
Date: 8/26/07

A Feature: Casanova di Federico Fellini, Il (English Title: Felilini's Casanova)
B Feature: Why We Fight

Notes:

Evan is minion

Movie Night 251

2007-09-07T13:38:00.000-05:00

Quasi-provocative Question: "Between the eyes, or in the kisser?"
Date: 8/19/07

A Feature: White Heat
B Feature: Bugsy Malone

Notes:

Kid Night
B Feature had lots of kids.
White Heat is featured in a Madonna song

Movie Night 250

2007-08-09T13:11:00.000-05:00

Quasi-Provocative Question: "Dispirited Away, or Never Ending Haiku?"
Day: 8/5/07

A Feature: Yôkai daisensô (English Title: The Great Yokai War)
B Feature: WarGames

Notes:

Movie Night 250
Kid Night
250!

Movie Night 249

2007-08-03T13:59:00.001-05:00

Quasi-Provocative Question: "Fighting the Man OR overkilling Bill"
Day: 7/29/07

A Feature: Chinjeolhan geumjassi (US Title: Lady Vengeance)
B Feature: Matthew Barney: No Restraint

Movie Night 247

2007-07-23T13:31:00.000-05:00

Quasi-provocative Question: "Searching High, or Searching Low?"
Day: 7/15/07

A Feature: The Searchers
B Feature: Black Moon Rising

Notes:

Tanya is minion
Anticipating MN 250, Tanya brings the 250th best movie of all time, according to some list.
The actor who played Chief Scar was born in Germany
"It's that guy!"

Movie Night 246

2007-07-13T13:33:00.000-05:00

Quasi-provocative Question: "The early bird catches the tequila? OR Booze you lose?"
Day: 7/1/07

A Feature: Withnail & I
B Feature: Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song

Movie Night 244

2007-06-12T13:00:00.000-05:00

Quasi-Provocative Question: "Beamer or Googly?"
Date: 6/10/2007

A Feature: Wondrous Oblivion
B Feature: The 5000 fingers of Dr T.

Notes:

Kid night! Now with twice the kids!
5000 fingers was only slightly better received than The Music Man

Movie Night 243

2007-06-08T13:28:00.000-05:00

Quasi-Provocative Question: "Picking cotton, or plucking youth"

A Feature: Baby Doll
B Feature: Deadlier Than the Male

Notes:

First movie night of the Margot era!
- "I think Tennessee Williams has some serious problems that he can't get over."
- "Not only that but it takes him so long to not get over it."

Movie Night 242

2007-05-17T13:05:00.000-05:00

Quasi-Provocative Question: "Mother's Day, or Mother's Bane?"
Date: 5/13/07

A Feature: Otac na sluzbenom putu (US Title: When Father Was Away on Business)
B Feature: Diabolik (US Title: Danger: Diabolik)

Notes:

Mother's Day edition
Jenny's birthday edition

Movie Night 241

2007-05-08T13:13:00.000-05:00

Quasi-Provocative Question: "Voyeurism, or give-me-more-eurism?"
Date: 5/6/07

A Feature: Shortbus
B Feature: The Doll Squad

Movie Night 240

2007-05-08T13:05:00.000-05:00

Quasi-Provocative Question: "God save the queens or out of the closets and into our TVs?"
Date: 4/29/07

A Feature: The Queen
B Feature: Les Biches (aka Bad Girls, Girlfriends, or The Does)

Notes:

Liz is Minion
Liz sez w/r/t the qpq: It was "God save the queens or out of the closets and into our TVs? But then eveyone complained about my B feature [The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert], saying "Everyone's watched this like 100 times and yaddah yaddah. So...it didn't make as much sense afterall."

Movie Night 239

2007-04-24T12:55:00.000-05:00

Quasi-Provocative Question: "Ebb and flow of salt water, or genius?"
Day: 4/22/07

A Feature: Tideland
B Feature: Rocky Balboa

Movie Night 238

2007-04-19T13:01:00.000-05:00

Quasi-provocative Question: "Fitting in, or finking out?"
Date: 4/15/07

A Feature: Conformista, Il (US Title: The Conformist)
B Feature: The Devil and Daniel Johnston

Notes:

Davin is minion
Il Conformista actually *was* in Italian, even though lip movements did not seem to match

Movie Night 237

2007-04-19T12:55:00.000-05:00

Quasi-provocative Question: "Honey or comb?"
Day: 4/1/07

A Feature: Espíritu de la colmena, El (US title: The Spirit of the Beehive)
B Feature: Cavegirl

Notes:

The Spirit of the Beehive is a (fine IMHO) substitute for the intended A feature, Children of Men which had been seen by some clubbers.
The Dictator lied, Cavegirl is actually from 1985

Movie Night 236

2007-03-29T14:55:00.000-05:00

Quasi-provocative Question: "Epic of biblical proportions, or rambling nonsensical drivel?"
Date: 3/25/07

A Feature: Babel
B Feature: Carnivale Eps 9 & 10

Notes:

Jennifer is Minion
"No bats, though there was some really fine corn"

Movie Night 235

2007-03-22T12:44:00.000-05:00

Quasi-provocative Question: "Fighting Freedom, or Phooey?"
Date: 3/18/07

A Feature: Paradise Now
B Feature: Dark Summer (DVD Title: Innocents)

Notes:

"How come no one brought me tea when I was smoking a hookah on a hill?"
Dictator was right, older daughter from Innocents was wife from Brødre, not that it makes the film any better.

Movie Night 234

2007-03-16T12:35:00.000-05:00

Quasi-provocative Question: "Tonight's film is brought to us by our quasi-provocative sponsors----Hallmark or Nike?"
Day: 3/4/7

A Feature: Bacheha-Ye aseman (Us Title: Children of Heaven)
B Feature: SF: Episode One (US Title: Samurai Fiction)

Notes (Yer humble keeper of the count returns to town in time to catch the B feature, but it takes him an hour to shovel out his garage, so he was unable to attend. All notes from this week should be regarded as hearsay.)

Kid Night!
Evan's Birthday! The Dictator presented him with Twisted Thistle IPA from Belhaven (Scotland). He (Evan) drank it. There were also Tofutti Treats.
Quotes of the Evening:

"But, you have to understand the kid just isn't very bright."
"chill bitches." (at a kid night?!)
"Where the hell is Davin?"

Movie Night 233

2007-02-26T13:13:00.000-06:00

Quasi-provocative Question: "Deep Secrets, or Empty Cache"
Day: 2/25/07

A Feature: Caché (Intl English Title: Hidden)
B Feature: Stocks and Blondes

Notes:

Snow emergency movie night
S & B is widely regarded as a worst 5 Movie Night movie ever.
"Even I wouldn't pay to see that."

Movie Night 232

2007-02-19T13:10:00.000-06:00

Quasi-provocative Question: "Soul Food: Dine In, or Eat Out?"
Day: 2/18/07

A Feature: Alice's Restaurant
B Feature: Vampyros lesbos

Notes:

Evan is Minion
"Who knew this hippy thing would turn into grease-monkey sex?" / "I wonder is the sale of air compressors went up after this movie."
For the record, Vampyros lesbos was chosen for the soundtrack.

Movie Night 231

2007-02-12T12:46:00.000-06:00

Quasi-provocative question: "Dreams of passion, or narcoleptic love?"
Day: 2/11/07

A Feature: Science des rêves, La (US Title: The Science of Sleep)
B Feature: Jesus Camp

Notes:

Movie night is back after a Superbowl/Satantango hiatus!
Evan draws own name to be minion next week.

Movie Night 230

2007-02-12T12:34:00.000-06:00

Quasi-provocative Question: "Fuzzy Kisses, or Superdoopersmackeroo?"
Day: 1/28/07

A Feature: Moustache, La
B Feature: Bonus live disk from KISSology: The Ultimate Kiss Collection

Notes:

Tanja is Minion
Short movie night with lots of discussion
Why does "Moustache" take the femine definite article? Do any french speakers care to help out here?

Movie Night 229

2007-01-26T12:25:00.000-06:00

Quasi-Provocative Question: "Cain, Abel, or grunt of the litter?"
Day: 1/21/07

A Feature: Brødre (US Title: Brothers)
B Feature: The Girl From Monday

Notes:

Keeper of the Count is embarassed to admit he messed up the count
"It'd be nice to die just long enough for you to miss me."
"I've got to start going to more funerals."

Movie Night 228

2007-01-26T12:21:00.000-06:00

Quasi-Provocative Question: "Aways a bridesmaid never a bride, or cold feet?"
Day: 1/14/07

A Feature: Kill Bill Vol 1
B Feature: Kill Bill Vol 2

Notes:

Jason is minion
Tanja, for whom the bride was selected, is absent

Movie Night 227

2007-01-11T13:01:00.000-06:00

Quasiprovocative Question: "2 Men and a Baby, or Polish Tsosti?"
Day: 1/7/07

A Feature: Edi
B Feature: The Illustrated Man

Notes:

First movie night of '07 after a long hiatus!
Pisco sours for all

Movie Night 226

2006-12-19T13:41:00.000-06:00

Quasi-provocative Question: "Immaculate Conception, or Ostentation?"
Day: 12/17/06

A Feature: Je vous salue, Marie (US Title: Hail Mary) (w/ bonus intro feature: Livre de Marie, Le (US Title: The Book of Mary)
B Feature: Nacho Libre

Notes:

Christmas Edition complete w/fresh Egg Nog and bizarre 226 chant/song
"Season's F**king Greetings" sez the Dictator

Movie Night 225

2006-12-11T13:13:00.000-06:00

Quasi-provocative Question: "Western Romance or Eastern Mocklove?"
Day: 12/10/06

A Feature: Kinamand (US Title: Chinaman)
B Feature: The Devils

Notes:

Full house at Movie Night: Evan and Tanja return!
"Tonight we see just how big the Dictator's cajones are"

Movie Night 224

2006-12-11T13:01:00.000-06:00

Quasi-provocative Question : "Dirty Harry or Fucking Guy?"
Day: 12/2/06

A Feature: The Proposition
B Feature: Jagdrevier der scharfen Gemsen (US Title: Has Anyone Seen My Pants?"

Notes:

A "estrogen or testosterone" vote is held to determine the A Feature. Estrongen wins, but your humble Keeper of the Count had seen the film (Oasis).
IMDB user comment for Jagdrevier... : "What was I thinking?"

Movie Night 223

2006-12-11T12:55:00.000-06:00

Quasi-Provocative Question: ".... or Blue?"
Day: 11/26/06

A Feature: Gloomy Sunday - Ein Lied von Liebe und Tod (US Title: Gloomy Sunday)
B Feature: Ai no shinsekai (US Title: A New Love In Tokyo)

Notes:

Turkey Coma Edition
Visitor Curse continues
"I will catch Tuna!"

Movie Night 222

2006-12-11T12:52:00.000-06:00

Quasi-provocative Question: "Circle of Life, or Round of Ping Pong?"
Day: 11/19/06

A Feature: Lü cao di (US Title: Mongolian Ping Pong)
B Feature: The Benchwarmers

Notes:

Josh is Minion
Movie Night makes history! Scientists discover that never before in human history have these films been mentioned by the same person in the same day.

Movie Night 221

2006-12-11T12:50:00.000-06:00

Day 11/12/06

A Feature: Bad Day at Black Rock
B Feature: The Beguiled

Notes:

mmmm... Mushrooms
or Turtle Soup!

Movie Night 220

2006-12-11T12:47:00.000-06:00

Day: 11 /5/06

A Feature: Tsotsi
B Feature: Carnivale Eps

Movie Night 219

2006-11-03T13:48:00.000-06:00

Quasi-provocative Question: " Carnivale Or Cold War?"
Day: 10/29/06

A Feature: Nochnoy Dozor (US Title: Night Watch)
B Feature: Lust for a Vampire

Notes:

Pre-halloween party night

Movie Night 218

2006-11-03T13:42:00.000-06:00

Quasi-provocative question: "Wonderful, or wonder-full of it?"
Day: 10/22/06

A Feature: Wilby Wonderful
B feature: The Intruder

Notes:

"Black Comedy" night

Movie Night 217

2006-10-19T13:31:00.000-05:00

Quasi-Provocative Question: "Brilliant Explosion, Or ehhhnnhheehh?"
Date: 10/15/06

A Feature: Boom
B Feature: Bluebeard

Notes:

After several breaches of protocol, Evan was made minion at the nigh-last minute
ehhnneehh?

Movie Night 216

2006-10-10T12:36:00.000-05:00

Quasi-provocative Question: "What hath God wrought, or What wrath we got?"
Day: 10/8/06

A Feature: Vredens dag (US Title: Day of Wrath)
B Feature: Geung si sin sang (US Title: Mr Vampire)

Notes:

Davin is minion
Literal title of Mr Vampire: Mr Stiff Corpse

Movie Night 215

2006-10-08T18:44:00.000-05:00

Quasi-provocative Question: "How many licks does it take to get to the center of tostie roll pop?"

A Feature: Hard Candy
B Feature: Drácula contra Frankenstein (US Title: Dracula, Prisoner of Frankenstein)

Notes:

"For the love of God Tanya, what have you done?"
Tanya is minion
"AAAHHH" (sayeth the guy in the horse-drawn carriage)

Movie Night 214

2006-10-08T18:41:00.000-05:00

Quasi-provocative question: "Worth every penny, or we got hustled?"
Day: 9/24/06

A Feature: The Hustler
F Feature: Carnivale Eps 5 & 6

Notes:

Jennifer is minion

Movie Night 213

2006-09-21T17:35:00.000-05:00

Quasi-provocative question: "Smelling like roses or pushing up daisies?"
Date: 9/17/06

A Feature: Der Name der Rose (US Title: The Name of the Rose)
B Feature: Becket

Notes:

Jason is Minion
Medieval Night
End of the desert? Movies were more attendee friendly, but the night was long. Keeper of the count thinks its still an open question.
Apparently The Name of the Rose was an international production, even though everyone speaks English.

Movie Night 212

2006-09-14T13:13:00.000-05:00

Quasi-provocative question: "In the desert with Moses or in the sea with Jonah??"
Date: 9/10/06

A Feature: Paris, Texas
B Feature: Amarillo by Morning

Notes:

Liz is Minion
The end of desert? Although the Keeper of the Count would say "no desert here", journalistic ethics require me to report that the majority probably does not share my view.
Bonus features: Torrance Rises, Videos for "Praise You" and "Weapon of Choice" (Fatboy Slim)

Movie Night 211

2006-09-14T13:09:00.000-05:00

Quasi-provocative Question: "Farm Mart, or Lars von Trier Mart?"
Date: 9/3/06

A Feature: Manderlay
B Feature: Cowboy del Amour

Notes:

Cornless Labor Day edition
Last days of the desert?
"Our quasi-provocative, or perhaps just dumb, question"

Movie Night 210

2006-08-31T12:33:00.000-05:00

Quasi-provocative Question: "Spaghetti, or tandoori beans?"

A Feature: Sholay
B Feature: Mad Monster Party

Notes:

The desert continues
Bat attack! Liz knows where to find bats. Jason knows a popcorn kettle is also a bat corral.

Movie Night 209

2006-08-24T12:39:00.000-05:00

Quasi-provocative Question: "The Naked Cheetah OR Cat in the Dunes"
Date: 8/20/06

A Feature: Duma
B Feature: Them!

Notes:

The Keeper of the Count was absent so notes are second hand, but according to some accounts Duma was "adorable". Keeper of the Count never knew Russian parlamentary maneuvers could be so cute.
Kid night in the desert

Movie Night 208

2006-08-10T13:04:00.000-05:00

Quasi-provocative Question: "La Bête, or My Fair Donkey?"

A Feature: Peau d'âne (US Title: Donkey Skin)
B Feature: Torque

Notes:

Stay in school
Eat a salad
Go for a walk
John Doe (sheriff in Torque) *was* the weasely bartender from Road House (last seen at M.N. 206) and *is* the same john doe from X

Movie Night 207

2006-08-05T00:54:00.000-05:00

Quasi-provocative Question: "Sandbox, or sand cube?"
Day: 7/30/06

A Feature: Suna no onna (US Title: Woman of the Dunes)
B Feature: Nuda per Satana (Us Title: Nude for Satan)

Notes:

The Desert continues on a desert-like day

Movie Night 206

2006-07-27T13:00:00.000-05:00

Quasi-provocative Question: "(Angry) Fuck You, or (despondent) Fuck Me)
Day: 7/23/06

A Feature: Baise-Moi
B Feature: Road House

Notes:

We are still in The Desert

In an uncanny moment Jen mentions the as-yet-unannounced B feature as part of a tirade against Baise-Moi

Movie Night 205

2006-07-17T13:17:00.000-05:00

Quasi-provocative question: "An escape from the lines, or frontal lobes?"
Day: 7/16/06

A Feature: Le Roi de Coeur (US Title: King of Hearts)
B Feature: BattleGround: 21 Days on the Empire's Edge

Notes:

We enter The Desert

"They're not going to get footage of a chimp on a bicycle use it only once" - Evan. Unfortunatelty, Evan was proved wrong.

Movie Night 204

2006-07-12T12:52:00.000-05:00

Quasi-provocative Question: "Cinematic storm, or stalled front?"
Day: 7/9/06

A Feature: Capitaine Conan
B Feature: Wakusei Daisenso (Us Title: The War in Space)

Notes:

Evan is Minion
War Movie Night

Movie Night 203

2006-07-05T23:22:00.000-05:00

Quasi-provocative Question: "Shooting Range, or Wood Chipper?"
Date: 6/25/06

A Feature: Clay Pigeons
B Feature: Sound and Fury

Movie Night 202

2006-07-05T23:16:00.000-05:00

Quasi-provocative Question: "Thrilling or Psicológico?"
Date: 6/18/06

A Feature: Cronicas
B Feature: Carnivale Episodes 3 & 4

Movie Night 201

2006-07-05T23:12:00.000-05:00

Quasi-Provocative Question: "Peace on Earth, or Pieces of Earth?"
Day: 6/11/06

A Feature: Serenity
B Feaure: The Man From Plent X

Notes:

Joshua is Minion.

Movie Night 200 Extravaganza!

2006-07-05T22:50:00.000-05:00

Day: 6/3/06

This was an extrazanganza event, after many delays. All core clubers brought a film. and food. and drink. and miscelaneous extras. Order was determined by lot.

A Feature: The Long Hot Summer
Quasi-provocative Question: "Barn Burner, or Just Plain Hot?"
Minion: Jenny

B Feature: Overcoming
Quasi-provocative Question: "Unofficial Jens Voigt Fanclub, or Bjarne Riis hairclub for men?"
Minion: Jason

C Feature: The Jazz Singer
Quasi-provocative Question: "The Chosen People in the Promised Land, or Comin' to America?"
Minoin: Liz

D Feature: Siu nin Wong Fei Hung ji Tit Ma Lau (US Title: Iron Monkey)
Quasi-provocative Question: "Cleaned and Pressed, or Spanked?"
Minion: Davin

E Feature: Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus
Quasi-provocative Question: "Did Jesus have a purdy mouth?"
Minion: Noah

F Feature: The Swimmer
Quasi-provocative Question: "Think, or Swim?"
Minion: Evan and Tanya

G Feautre: Flesh Gordon
Quasi-provocative Question: "Sci-Fi or Bi-Fi?"
Dictator: Jake

Movie Night 199

2006-07-05T22:44:00.000-05:00

Quasi-provocative question: "12 O'Clock Shadow, Or Tangled Morass?"

A Feature: Clean, Shaven
B Feature: The Night of the Hunter

Notes:

General consensus is that this was a great and fitting sendoff to our second 100 movie nights

Movie Night 198

2006-05-02T13:13:00.000-05:00

Quasi-Provocative Question: "40 (+ over the hill) or Love"
Date: 4/30/06

A Feature: Match Point
B Feature: Play Misty for Me

Notes:

Match Point drives everyone to drink (not necessarily in a bad way)
Dirty, Harry?

Movie Night 197

2006-04-28T13:04:00.000-05:00

Quasi-provocative question: "Hubba Bubba or Gummo?"
Date: 4/23/06

A Feature: Bubble
B Feature: 2 Episodes of Carnivale

Notes:

ummm. (thinks for a while [countkeeper may have fallen asleep after a long weekend of ultimate]) Dictator sports a new doo.

Movie Night 196

2006-04-28T12:58:00.000-05:00

Quasi-provocative question: "Dead or Resurrected?"
Date: 4/16/06

A Feature: Io non ho paura (US Title: I'm not scared)
B Feature: The Sin of Harold Diddlebock (aka Mad Wednesday)

Notes:

Full crew!
Easter edition

Movie Night 195

2006-04-11T23:31:00.000-05:00

Quasi-Provocative Question: "Dan Rather or Katie Couric?"

A Feature: Shock Corridor
B Feature: Showgirls

Notes:

Again our numbers are thinned by trips and school. Showgirls is only seen by a Gang of Four
The quasi-provacative question was originally intended for Goodnight and Good Luck, but 40% of the clubbers in attendance had seen it.

Field Trip

2006-04-09T16:09:00.000-05:00

Date: 4/2/06

Due to several of our group either being in Europe or working on papers, MovieNight goes on official hiatus for a week. The domestic, non-studious members go to see V forVendetta at the lovely Heights Theater. We then retired for crappy service and disturbingly good cheese curds at the (overall quite awesome, even if it does represent the touristification of nordeast) Psycho Suzi's.

Movie Night 194

2006-03-27T17:04:00.000-06:00

Quasi-Provocative Question: "Madre or Cadre?"
Date: 3/26/06

A Feature: Casa de los Babys
B Feature: La Teta y la luna (US Title: Tete and the Moon)

Notes:

Cassorole Night. We kept tasting films until we found one nobody has seen. Morsels sent back to the kitchen: Y Tu Mama Tambien ("Madre or Tawdry?") and All the President's Men ("? or George Bush the Prequel?")
Wedding shower night. The club presents the newlyweds with a new DVD player. And not a moment too soon as Casa de los Babys freezes up with 5 minutes left.
Camera night. Jason goes to town with his brand new digital camera. Link to pictures coming soon.

Movie Night 193

2006-03-21T12:50:00.000-06:00

Quasi-Provocative Question: "Octopus hugs or Moby Dick kisses?"
Date: 3/19/06

A Feature: The Squid and the Whale
B Feature: Cry Baby

Notes:

The first movie night where Jacob and Jennifer aren't living in sin!
Shortest movie night ever

Movie Night 192

2006-03-06T13:48:00.000-06:00

Quasi-Provocative Question: "Barbershop quartet, or the hills are alive with the sound of silence?"
Date: 3/5/06

A Feature: Werckmeister Harmoniak (English Title: Werckmeister Harmonies)
B Feature: The Flame and Arrow

Notes:

Davin is minion. And none of the films came from Asia.
Intermission: Neighbors (Buster Keaton short 1920)

Movie Night 191

2006-02-27T12:56:00.000-06:00

Quasi-Provocative Question: "Nor'easter or Bore-easter?"
A Feature: The Weather Man
B Feature: Jigureul jikyeora! (Interntional English Title: Save the Green Planet!
Date: 2/26/06

Notes:

I missed the first movie, but reports are it involved a lot of fast food and a lot of Michael Caine saying "cameltoe"

Movie Night 190

2006-02-20T13:34:00.000-06:00

Quasi-provocative question: "Swedish vallhund...or...cockapoo"

A Feature: Mitt liv som hund (Us Title: My Life As a Dog)
B Feature: The Bad Seed

Notes:

Kid Night!
"They got a little blue chair for little boys and a little pink chair for little girls. "
"I'll Be a middle-aged Mongoloid from Memphis."

Movie Night 189

2006-02-13T13:21:00.000-06:00

Quasi-Provocative Question: "Red and Blue, or Purple?"

A Feature: Junebug
B Feature: My Flesh and Blood

Notes:

"Jesus loves you the way you are, but loves you too much to let you stay that way."
Family drama night

Movie Night 188

2006-02-13T13:13:00.000-06:00

Quasi-Provocative Question: "Turn, turn, turn, or burn, burn, burn?"

A Feature: Bom yeoreum gaeul gyeoul geurigo bom (Engligh Title: Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring)
B Feature: F for Fake

Notes:

Davin is minion (see MN#187)
Super Bowl Edition, numbers thinned by the game

Movie Night 187

2006-01-31T17:35:00.000-06:00

Quasi-Provocative Question: "Guantanamo Bay Pt 2, or Kaiju Big Battle?"
Date: 1/29/06

A Feature: Oldboy
B Feature: The Aristocrats

Notes:

Nasty/Badass night
Davin has seen both films, is appointed Minion for two weeks
Patron saint of movie night 187: Snoop Dogg

Movie Night 186

2006-01-24T12:12:00.000-06:00

Quasi-provocative Question: "Hearts or Clubs?"
Date: 1/22/06

A Feature: Rois et Reine (US Title: Kings and Queens)
B Feature: Blowup

Notes: (notes to follow soon)

Movie Night 185

2006-01-18T12:19:00.000-06:00

Quasi-provocative Question: "It's a hit, man or a flop, room full of people?"
Date: 1/15/05

A Feature: S Dnyom Rozhdeniya, Lola! (US Title: Happy Birthday, Lola!)
B Feature: Mad Hot Ballroom

Notes:

Liz is minion
Intermission returns with Festivus footage

Movie Night 184

2006-01-12T13:25:00.000-06:00

Quasi-Provocative Question: "The hills are alive, or broken backs?"
Date: 1/8/06

A Feature: Zelary
B Feature: Lifeforce

Notes:

The dictator's Ladies Night is undermined by fate, which prevented most of the ladies from attending

Movie Night 183

2006-01-03T23:43:00.000-06:00

Quasi-provocative question: "Out with the New, or in with the Old?"
Date 1/1/05

A Feature: Babí léto (US Title: Autumn Spring)
B Feature: Club Dread

Notes:

1st movie night of 2006, hangover edition
Special Guests: Eric, Sara and Ramona

Movie Night 182

2005-12-29T12:24:00.000-06:00

Quasi-provocative question: "Innocence Lost, or Shanghai-ed?"
Date: 12/18/05

A Feature: El Embrujo de Shanghai (US title: The Shanghai Spell)
B Feature: Dillenger

Notes:

Our numbers are thinned by illness. Pizza is the new popcorn. Blankets are the new black.
Evan, the appointed minion, is among the fallen. Tanya is minion pro tempore. (Is this in our charter?)
Movie night is on break for Christmas/the first night of Hanukkah

Movie Night 181

2005-12-18T14:03:00.000-06:00

Quasi-provocative question: "Living Wage, or Deadly Handout?"
Date: 12/11/05

A Feature: Wages of Fear
B Feature: The President's Analyst

Notes:

Movie Night started a tad late for a Festivus celebration

Movienight 180

2005-12-11T16:28:00.000-06:00

Quasi-provocative question: "Global Beauty or London-olia?"
Date: 12/4/05

A Feature: Beautiful People
B Feature: Murderball

Notes: no notes this week, the Keeper of the Count was a slacker and got this up too late to remeber the witty bon mots