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Since January 2004, the Homewood Public Library has offered a film discussion group for the community to share its views of film, filmmakers, performers, cinematic and cultural trends.
Each program focuses on the discussion of a selected film and includes supporting study materials, including discussion questions, cultural context, film history, bibliographies, and other recommendations prepared by the group’s moderator.
As the film group is oriented toward the discussion of the program materials, the selected films are not screened in their entirety; however, in some cases, excerpts are shown. Group members are encouraged to obtain copies of the film through the library, the Metropolitan Library System interlibrary-loan program or other means, and view at home before the group is scheduled to meet.
The group is open to the public, with meetings to be held at 7:00 pm on the first Wednesday of each month, in the library's meeting room. Dates, times and film titles are advertised in the library’s newsletter, the monthly calendar, and this website. Please check back regularly for updates.
Calendar
June 3, 2009--Wednesday 7:00 p.m.
Film Discussion: Good Night, and Good Luck Directed by George Clooney, this movie is a tribute to Edward R. Murrow.
July 1, 2009--Wednesday 7:00 p.m.
Film Discussion: The Manchurian Candidate is a political thriller directed by John Frankenheimer.
August 5, 2009--Wednesday 7:00 p.m.
Film Discussion: Z won an Academy Award for Best Foreign Film in 1970.
This group will not meet in September
October 7, 2009--Wednesday 7:00 p.m.
Film Discussion: Crimes & Misdemeanors is a deftly rendered tale about the complexity of human choices.
Film Links
The Homewood Public Library is not responsible for the content on any of these external sites.
Allmovie.com
One of the most comprehensive, searchable databases of movie-related information. Users can search by title, cast, plot and keyword descriptors, as well as browse sections devoted to movie news, new releases, glossary of terms, essays and more. Constantly being updated, today it covers over 260,000 films, 380,000 actors, 25,000 star biographies, with 1,170,000 cast credits, and 870,000 production credits.
http://allmovie.com/
American Film Institute
"The American Film Institute (AFI) is the preeminent national organization dedicated to advancing and preserving film, television and other forms of the moving image. AFI's programs promote innovation and excellence through teaching, presenting, preserving and redefining this art form." Look for their irresistible and provocative series of lists commemorating over a century of the finest in American Film.
http://www.afi.com/tv/movies.asp
Cinema: How Hollywood Films are Made
An interactive opportunity to explore the various aspects of moviemaking, from screenwriting, directing, and producing to acting and editing. Here you can try your hand at writing a movie scene or managing a film, and learn about framing camera shots and all that mysterious movie jargon.
http://www.learner.org/exhibits/cinema/
Film 100
The authors of the Film 100 gathered a list of film's most important visionaries whose works both directly and indirectly created changes in the way films were made, seen, distributed, and preserved. Each entry offers detailed context to a film’s making and background, with character analysis, and a clear, scene-by-scene synopsis, with copious descriptions of action and long segments of dialogue included.
http://www.filmsite.org/film100.html
The Film Site: The Greatest Films
This site specializes in classic Hollywood films, with detailed overviews of many of the “greatest films" in cinematic history. Features 100 selected greatest films including greatest moments, famous scenes, a famous film quotes quiz & hundreds of vintage movie posters. Features a special section on film genres and links to major film search engines.
http://www.filmsite.org/
The Internet Movie Database
An international volunteer effort covering nearly 420,000 movies and TV programs, this searchable database includes filmographies; plot summaries; character names; movie ratings; movie trivia; quotes; goofs; soundtracks; genres; production companies; reference literature; a glossary of movie terminology; detailed technical data; and Academy Award information.
http://us.imdb.com/
The Movie Review Query Engine
A vast index of movie reviews from a broad variety of sources. All reviews are available in full text, and each movie is also linked to the appropriate page in the Internet Movie Database.
http://www.mrqe.com/
Senses of Cinema
"Senses of Cinema is an online journal devoted to the serious and eclectic discussion of cinema. [We are] primarily concerned with ideas about particular films or bodies of work, but also with the regimes (ideological, economic and so forth) under which films are produced and viewed, and with the more abstract theoretical and philosophical issues raised by film study. Our readership is a genuinely diverse group, bringing together people from a wide range of backgrounds, professions and interests but bound by a single common element: an informed, passionate and serious attitude toward cinema as an art. We recognise that an art as ephemeral and ethereal as cinema continues to fascinate, provoke, inspire, turn on, and evolve. Above all, we seek to facilitate approaches to cinema that present new possibilities for exploring, experiencing and imagining the world we live in."
http://www.sensesofcinema.com/
