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Here's a list of tons of leftist movies.
On item 1:
That will depend on your group.
On item 2:
Here is some unsolicited advice.
I am assuming you all working adults. If so, twice a week is too often. You won’t get consistent attendance. Twice a month is a lot for something like this.
Tbc I am not expecting (nor would I want) major attendance at every screening. Some people can't do one of the recurring days, some people can't do the other, and yes we are all busy adults and that's life. If a given screening ends up as just me and the cat, that's fine too. The main thing for me is just to build and maintain the habit of movie watchin'.
First off: hell yeah, it's great to watch movies in a group setting.
Second off: it's going to depend entirely on the preferences and vibes of the group. But allow yourselves to vary the genere, and to not get into a rut where you're watching too many "good" or "bad" movies in a row. We occasionally overindulged in weird B movies, and I put my foot down at one point and asked to watch something actually good.
We kicked off our group watches with RRR, which was a great flick for a group setting.
Just watched Chingking Express recently and really enjoyed it.
A Scene at the Sea by takeshi Kitano walk the line between funny and tragic. It's about a deaf surfer. His movies Hana-bi (fireworks) and Sonatine are both excellent and have similar vobes as well.
The Straight Story by David lynch is also a long the lines of melancholic, funny and poetic like the other movies I listed.
Chungking Express is superb. As is The Straight Story.
I'd throw in a recommendation for Hirokazu Kore-eda's "Shoplifters" - it's an often funny, joyful movie that nonetheless deals with serious subjects of poverty, social isolation, found family, and more.
Depends on how restless the crowd is I guess, but Kurosawa's movies have always gone down really well in my experience, it stands out and resonates with people in a way modern films don't really do anymore. Seven Samurai or Yojimbo would probably be the ones I recommend. They might not go down well if your group hates black and white movies or subtitles though.
Dersu Uzula (produced by Mosfilm and filmed in the Soviet Union) would make a great movie for the November "emotional" prompt as well.
The last movie I watched in a big group was RRR and it absolutely killed. idt I would classify it as “emotional” tho.
wuxia and kung fu movies tend to do well in group settings in my experience. people like watching badass stuntmen do amazing martial arts and nearly die. as far as emotional movies i think royal tenenbaums and some other wes andersons have some emotional heft without being so heavy that people won't want to come. the holdovers is another one like that and also has a holiday theme so it might be good for later in november
Princess Mononoke
Depending on how based the audience is:
Joker (2019)
Taxi Driver (1976)
Drive (2011)
Drive my Car (2021)
Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
Manchester by the Sea (2016)
My Dinner with Andre (1981)
Fight Club (1999)
Barbie (2023)
For 2
Oooh Barfly is fantastic, good call.
was chatting with my partner about this prompt, here are their reccs:
On 1.
Sovereign with Nick Offerman, brilliant movie, but heavy
On 2.
The Notebook, which is unfortunately sad (and a romance movie) but I can heartily recommend it
for November the theme is "just to feel"
The Power of the Dog
The Sisters Brothers
watched both of these in a group setting and they absolutely killed. both happen to be westerns
Behind The Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon is a yearly halloween watch for me and my crew. Can't recommend it higher. Just trust me.
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