Video by Anne Sofie Nørskov, Joanne Leonhardt Cassullo Video Fellow

Movie: Internet Cat Video Festival When: 5:30 p.m. July 20, 2016 Who With: JL, JP, VP, a coworker run-in, and adoptable kittens! Movie Count: 43 Snacks: Popcorn, Cold Smoke for me, IPA for JL Reaction: So much fun! This was our first time going to the local showing of the Internet Cat Video Festival. It was a blast with a sold out crowd. A ton of kids were laughing their heads off. The kind of laughter where y=they became addicted to the feeling of laughing so you laugh even when things aren't funny (I'm looking at you claymationy balloon cat and purrkour cat) just to try to keep the euphoria pulsing through their young brains. One of the co-founders of Reddit had a nice video about adopting a cat and expressed an idea I hadn't considered before. Cat videos are so the internet because dog people bond outside and share the experience in parks and at sidewalk cafes (although not so much in Missoula anymore thanks to the City's enforcement of the health code, my sincere thanks). Cats are such an at-home experience, it's only natural to share that life online. One cat killed a balloon version of itself, another lazily pushed a dog in a pool, one even scared off a bear through a glass door. Loved it! Tons of fun. Highly recommend it. I also highly recommend getting yourself a cat. We went with more adulty black cats, Isby and Ivy, and they are our favorites. Recommendation: Let’s Go! | Let it come to you  | Let it pass Next Up: Star Trek Beyond ( I actually first typed Star Wars Beyond, my insincere apologies) (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){ (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o), m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m) })(window,document,'script','http://ift.tt/1pxBd1V','ga'); ga('create', 'UA-76779394-1', 'auto'); ga('send', 'pageview'); http://ift.tt/29OHqoG from Blogger http://ift.tt/29N9Ymb

Movie: Midnight Special When: Friday May 20th-ish Who With: JL with an AW & AD run-in! Movie Count: 33 Snacks: Beers at Flippers with AW & AD after Reaction: You never totally know what's going on in this movie and that's part of the fun. This was definitely an "it's the journey not the destination" kind of story and I was on the edge of my seat the whole time. The tagline is He's Not Like Us and the glimpses into the world he is like seem pretty awesome. Our after the movie conversation began naming all the movies that focus on super kids which the government would like to take from their families without just compensation (that's a takings "joke" for you land use nerds and/or constitutionalists). Seemed like there would be a lot but we didn't get too far: ET and The Hunger Games. Got any additions to our pre-empted discussion? Recommendation: Let’s Go! | Let it come to you  | Let it pass Next Up: The Meddler (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){ (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o), m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m) })(window,document,'script','http://ift.tt/1pxBd1V','ga'); ga('create', 'UA-76779394-1', 'auto'); ga('send', 'pageview'); http://ift.tt/1t598G4 from Blogger http://ift.tt/1XAw9Ox

Movie: Blue Velvet When: May 15, 2016 at 5:15 pm Who With: JL Movie Count: 31 Reaction: Holy Smokes! This is a crazy intense movie and I'm not sure I'm old enough to see it. Part of The Roxy's Essential Cinema Series, Blue Velvet was shown for a full week in honor of its 30th anniversary. In between the squeaky clean opening and closing in Lumberton, a town similar to Missoula, the creepiest interactions and dialogue occur. Ears, singing, young love, and warped relationships. David Lynch knows what he's doing in combining a teen story line with the creepiest creepy adult thriller. It's "American Beauty" on creep steroids. If you haven't seen it, you gotta, but I can't imagine watching it ever again. Recommendation: Let’s Go! | Let it come to you  | Let it pass Next Up: The Man Who Knew Infinity (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){ (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o), m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m) })(window,document,'script','http://ift.tt/1pxBd1V','ga'); ga('create', 'UA-76779394-1', 'auto'); ga('send', 'pageview'); http://ift.tt/1XWlfRr from Blogger http://ift.tt/1TNwdE5

Movie: The Room When: 9 pm, Saturday, May 14th Who With: JL Movie Count: 30! Snacks: Beers Reaction: I first saw this movie when friends trucked it over from Seattle circa 2010. The four of us watched it in the privacy of our Equinox apartment and I was blown away by how bad this movie really was. Maybe you've heard that it doesn't have a plot or dialogue that makes any sense or that it reveals so much about film making by making the invisible things boldly visible. I was excited to go through the experience again with a theater full of people laughing and quoting along. But, in a twist that would have confounded Tommy Wiseau, graduation weekend took any potential viewers and it was just me and JL in the theater. We should have recruited people! Somehow, with the benefit of time, this movie got hilariously worse. I can't have anything to say that hasn't already been said. And if you haven't seen it you just can't know. Although, visiting the movie's website may give you a hint at what's in store. I really wish the website address was "TheRoomTheMovie" but "TheRoomMovie" will have to do. If you have seen The Room, I would recommend listening to Julie Klausner's 2014 interview with Juliette Danielle ["You're tearing me apart, Lisa!"] or episode 23 of How Did This Get Made?. There is something stupidly fitting that now you have to differentiate between when you're talking about "Room" or "The Room." Here's hoping the person you're talking to has seen both! Recommendation: Let’s [ALL] Go! | Let it come to you  | Let it pass Next Up: Blue Velvet (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){ (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o), m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m) })(window,document,'script','http://ift.tt/1pxBd1V','ga'); ga('create', 'UA-76779394-1', 'auto'); ga('send', 'pageview'); http://ift.tt/1OJu5Ll from Blogger http://ift.tt/1WdvUYJ

MOVIES Favorite: Songs My Brother Taught Me Least Favorite: Requiem for the American Dream Funniest: Hello, My Name is Doris Important Stuff: The Maltese Falcon Missed Connections: Silence of the Lambs, Eraserhead, Racing Extinction, Kramer vs. Kramer, Footloose Sing-Along, He Named Me Malala, Galaxy Quest. STATS April Movies: Only 4 outside the IWFF Would-a-Cost: $156 with the  IWFF All Screenings Pass Total Movies YTD: 28 Would-a-Cost YTD: $596 Cosmic Dual Membership: $450 - We did it ya'll! We broke even on the membership we didn't even pay for. It was hard work and I'm proud of our commitment. It's funny to get here in April which was not our best performing month due to the house selling/buying project. Pressure's off and with summer coming on strong and a house we love being at, we'll see how the movie pace holds up. OUTSIDE THE ROXY Trapped at the WIlma on April 25th - Want to get mad? See this documentary about access to reproductive care. Animal Reunions, Nature PBS Broad City, Comedy Central on Hulu Start here if you haven't been yet. The Path, Hulu - If episodes weren't doled out once a week we would already be finished with this show. The Turner House by Angela Flournoy - Got it from the library only to have a holder rip it out of my hands before I was done. Don't you know I need to read a novel set in an upcoming travel destination? New York Mag - free with expiring United miles (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){ (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o), m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m) })(window,document,'script','http://ift.tt/1pxBd1V','ga'); ga('create', 'UA-76779394-1', 'auto'); ga('send', 'pageview'); http://ift.tt/23XGz9a from Blogger http://ift.tt/27Bs4fO

Movie: Hello, My Name is Doris When: 7:15 pm, Friday, April 9 Who With: JL Movie Count: 25 Snacks: I'm guessing we split a bowl of popcorn Reaction: This is a joyful movie that gets into some of the harder stuff of life when it should but doesn't leave you there. Sally Field is pretty magical as Doris - an awkward older lady who is somewhat emotionally stunted, naive, and relatable. Director and co-writer Michael Showalter does almost too good of a job looking at young people through a Baby Boomer/Gen X resentment-filled lens. He picks fun at their crafting, tech, music, and lingo while also relying on these ideas to move the story along. The bit that made my brain talk to itself was when rather than establish a dummy social network, the movie oddly relied on THE social network, Facebook, but makes up an alternative interface for it. Why? Stephen Root is one of those people who makes me laugh by just appearing on screen. Even in this more serious role, his humor seeps out. Part of me wants to think this is a bizarro side story within the Office Space universe, in which Milton's issues have been addressed and now it's time to deal with sister Doris's. All in all, it's a fun sweet movie that I'm glad I hadn't seen the trailer to prior. Semi-spoilers all the way through! Whoa, I just learned that this movie is rated R. That is ridiculous - it's pretty tame. If you're wondering, "Why the long break between posts, Christine?" well, it's because I had a conference in Phoenix, where I snuck into "Chongqing Hot Pot," which I don't think I liked - too violent but the food looked great. I'l let this Variety review explain. It was in a great theatre though, the Valley Art, It's part of the Harkins chain and a 2001 renovation kept the charm and still feels recent 15 years later. They have a great gimmick: if you buy and wear their t-shirt you get free popcorn for the year. Since returning to Missoula on April 6th and the Roxy on April 9th, I've seen four membership movies and will be getting around to posting-o-plenty. Recommendation: Let’s Go! | Let it come to you  | Let it pass Next Up: The Maltese Falcon http://ift.tt/22ERm7C from Blogger http://ift.tt/1Vb4VMW