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Next Film Discussion:
Sun. June 23, 2024, at 6:30pm (zoom)
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June 23, 2024 (zoom video call)
The Fall Guy
Asteroid City
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare |
July 2024 (zoom video call)
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August 2024 (zoom video call)
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Click the links of film titles
to read a summary of our discussion.
See our diverse, passionate opinions
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Mar. 24, 2024 (zoom video call)
American Fiction (4.0)
Dream Scenario (2.8)
20 Days in Marupol (4.7) |
Apr. 21, 2024 (zoom video call)
The Starling Girl (3.7)
After Love (4.4)
You Hurt My Feelings (3.6)
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May 19, 2024 (zoom video call)
The Teachers' Lounge (Germany)
The Zone of Interest (UK)
Fallen Leaves (Finland)
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2024 PRE-OSCAR DISCUSSION PARTY
SUN. MARCH 3, 2024
See link for phtos and our winners
(Oscar awards March 10)
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Dec. 17, 2023 (zoom video call)
Killers of the Flower Moon (4.5)
BlackBerry (2.9)
Dumb Money (2.9) |
Jan. 21, 2024 (zoom video call)
Maestro (3.4)
The Holdovers (3.9)
Afire (3.4)
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Feb. 18, 2024 (zoom video call)
Anatomy of a Fall (4.1)
May December (2.6)
Poor Things (4.8)
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Sept. 17, 2023 (zoom video call)
LOLA (3.5)
Sisu (Finland) (3.6)
Hit The Road (Iran) (3.2)
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Oct. 22, 2023 (zoom video call)
Oppenheimer (4.0)
Past Lives (4.1)
How to Blow Up a Pipeline (3.3) |
Nov.. 19, 2023 (zoom video call)
Fremont (4.0)
The Burial (3.3)
L'Immensita (3.2)
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PARTY PHOTOS!
Pre-Oscar Discussion Parties:
2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018,
2017, 2016, 2015 2014 2013
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June 18, 2023 (zoom video call)
Juniper (New Zealand) (3.7)
Living (UK) 3.8)
Linoleum (3.0)
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July 23, 2023 (zoom video call)
Tetris(3.2)
Decision To Leave (S Korea) (2.8)
Return To Seoul (2.7) |
August 20, 2023 (zoom video call)
Master Gardener (2.5)
The Lost King (3.5)
The Outfit (4.0)
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March 19, 2023 (zoom video call)
Argentina, 1985 (3.7)
All Quiet On The Western Front (3.8)
To Leslie (3.9) |
April 23, 2023 (zoom video call)
The Whale (3.4)
Women Talking (3.2)
EO (Poland) (3.0)
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May 21, 2023 (zoom video call)
No Bears (Iran) (3.0)
The Quiet Girl (Ireland) (3.2)
The Last Film Show (India) (4.0)
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Adriane hanging out with her favorite
actor at the Essanay Film Museum Studio |
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December 18, 2022 (zoom video call)
Tar (3.9)
The Menu (3.6)
An Impossible Love (2.9) |
January 22, 2023 (zoom video call)
The Fabelmans(3.5)
She Said (4.0)
The Banshees of Inisherin(3.0)
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February 19, 2023 (zoom video call)
RRR (India) (3.0)
Elvis (3.4)
Aftersun (3.4)
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September 18, 2022 (zoom video call)
The Lost City (2.6)
Mustang (Turkey, 2015) (4.6))
Summer of Soul (4.6) |
October 23, 2022 (zoom video call)
Abe (2020) (2.9)
Miracle (Romania, 2022) (3.0)
Come From Away (musical 2021) (4.5)
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November 20, 2022 (zoom video call)
Julia (documentary) (4.4)
The Janes (documentary) (4.6)
Catherine Called Birdy (2.2)
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June 19, 2022 (zoom video call)
The House of Gucci (3.5)
A Hero (Iran) (3.3)
Everything Everywhere All At Once (3.6)
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July 17, 2022 (zoom video call)
Petit Maman(French) (3.5)
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (3.5)
The Worst Person in the World (3.6)
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August 21, 2022 (zoom video call)
Close-Up (Iran,1990) (3.0)
Killer of Sheep (1977) (3.4)
Delicious (French) (4.0)
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March 20, 2022 (zoom video call)
The Tragedy of Macbeth
and...PRE-OSCAR DISCUSSION!
Discuss who deserves an OSCAR
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April 17, 2022 (zoom video call)
Flee (Denmark) (4.0)
Parallel Mothers (Spain) (4.0)
Licorice Pizza (2.6)
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May 22, 2022 (zoom video call)
Maktub (Israel) (3.7)
Nitram (Australia) 3.7)
The Souvenir Part 2 (3.0)
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December 19, 2021 (zoom video call)
Belfast (Ireland) (4.1)
Passing (4.0)
tick,tick...Boom! (3.5) |
January 23, 2022 (zoom video call)
The Power of the Dog (4.5)
The French Dispatch (2.9)
The Lost Daughter (3.1)
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February 20, 2022 (zoom video call)
Being the Ricardos (3.0)
Don't Look Up (2.7)
Poetry (Korea) (4.0)
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August 22, 2021 (zoom video call)
Two Lottery Tickets (2.9)
Undine (3.8)
Oxygen (3.6)
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September 19, 2021 (zoom video call)
CODA (4.3)
The Present ((Palestine) short) (3.9)
The_Letter_Room (short)(4.2)
Dear Comrades! (Russia) (3.8) |
October 24, 2021 (zoom video call)
Annette (0.75)
The Band Wagon (3.3)
Worth (3.8)
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November 21, 2021 (zoom video call)
I'm Your Man (Germany) (4.1)
Bye Bye Germany (Germany/Belgium) (3.8)
Wadjda (Saudi Arabia) (3.8)
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April 18, 2021 (zoom video call)
Promising Young Woman (3.3)
and
PRE-OSCAR DISCUSSION PARTY |
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May 16, 2021 (zoom video call)
Minari (3.3)
Quo Vadis, Aida? (Bosnia) (4.2)
Sound of Metal (4.1) |
June 20, 2021 (zoom video call)
My Octopus Teacher (4.6)
Collective (4.6)
The Mauritanian (3.5)
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July 18, 2021 (zoom video call)
The United States vs Billie Holiday(3.7)
The Father (4.6)
Judas and the Black Messiah (3.1)
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January 24, 2021 (zoom video call)
A Fish Called Wanda (1988) (4.1)
Dr. Strangelove (1964) (4.6)
Bacurau (Brazil) (2019) (3.0)
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February 7, 2021 (special discussion)
Films from SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL |
February 21, 2021 (zoom video call)
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (4.0)
First Cow (2.5)
The 40-Year-Old Version (3.5)
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March 21, 2021 (zoom video call)
Nomadland (4.0)
The White Tiger (India) (3.7)
I Care A Lot (3.5)
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November 15, 2020 (zoom video call)
A Bag Of Marbles (2019 French) (4.5)
The Candidate (1972) (2.7)
Wag The Dog (1997) (3.7)
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December 13, 2020 (zoom video call)
13th (2020 documentary) (4.3)
Enola Holmes (3.2)
The Shop Around the Corner (3.5) |
January 3, 2021 (special discussion)
The Queen's Gambit series (4.8)
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August, 23, 2020 (zoom video call)
Corpus Christi (2019 Polish film) (3.9)
Woman At War (2018 Icelandic film) (4.2)
Diabolique (1955 French film) (3.4)
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September 20, 2020 (zoom video call)
Crip Camp (4.3)
20th Century Women (3.4)
Richard Jewell (3.7) |
October 18, 2020 (zoom video call)
Blow the Man Down (3.6)
The Skeleton Twins (3.3)
Big Night (3.9)
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April 19, 2020 (zoom video call)
Atlantiques (Senegal) (3.0)
8 1/2 (3.4)
Chinatown (4.5)
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May 17, 2020 (zoom video call)
Les Miserables (2019 film) (3.6)
American Factory (4.1)
Bombshell (3.3)
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June 14, 2020 (zoom video call)
Harold and Maude (4.1)
Dead Again (3.7)
Sullivan's Travels (3.7) |
July 19, 2020 (zoom video call)
The Insult (4.4)
The Vast of Night (3.2)
Uncut Gems (1.7) |
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November 17, 2019
The Lighthouse (3.0)
Parasite (3.8)
Jojo Rabbit (4.2)
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January 19, 2020
Ford vs Ferrari (3.7)
The Irishman (3.1)
Marriage Story (3.3)
Little Women (3.6)
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February 8, 2020
Pre-Oscar Discussion Party(photos)
Discuss why our favorite films and actors deserve an Oscar - see who we picked |
March 22, 2020 (zoom video call)
Pain and Glory (Spain) (3.3)
Honeyland (Macedonia)
(3.8)
Women On the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (3.6) |
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July 21, 2019
The Last Black Man in San Francisco(3.8)
Yesterday (3.7)
The Square (3.3)
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August 18, 2019
Farewell (3.0)
Once Upon A Time In Hollywood
(3.8)
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September 22, 2019
Luce (3.4)
Never Look Away
(4.4)
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October 20, 2019
Downton Abbey (3.0)
Ad Astra (2.7) |
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March 24, 2019
Ballad of Buster Scruggs (4.3)
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April 14, 2019
US (2.1)
White Lies (3.2)
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May 19, 2019
Diane (2.6)
Capernaum (4.2)
Mustang 3.8)
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June 23, 2019
Rocketman (3.6)
The Souvenir (1.7)
Shoplifters (3.5)
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November 18, 2018
Colette (3.6)
The Hate U Give (4.3)
The Old Man and the Gun (2.9)
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December 16, 2018
Green Book (4.4)
Boy Erased (3.5)
Can You Ever Forgive Me? (3.6)
The Favourite (3.4)
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January 20, 2019
Roma (4.0)
If Beale Street Could Talk (3.3)
Vice (2.7)
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February 17, 2019
Pre-Oscar Discussion Party!
Discuss why our favorite films and actors deserve an Oscar
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July 22, 2018
Hereditary (1.0)
The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2.7)
American Animals (2.5)
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August 19, 2018
Sorry To Bother You (3.5)
The Band's Visit (3.5)
Eighth Grade (3.6)
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September 16, 2018
BlacKkKlansman (3.7)
Crazy Rich Asians (3.4)
Atomic Falafel (3.5)
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Ocober. 21, 2018
A Star Is Born (4.2)
A Simple Favor (3.5) |
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March 3, 2018
Pre-Oscar Film Discussion Party
See photos and our vote for
best films of 2017
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April 22, 2018
Black Panther (3.6)
Isle of Dogs (3.0)
The Death of Stalin (3.2)
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June 10, 2018 (NO MEETING IN MAY)
A Fantastic Woman (3.8)
Lean on Pete (3.5)
The Rider (4.0)
I Feel Pretty (1.8) |
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See list of active discussion participants and list of enthusiasts/virtual participants below.... |
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November 19, 2017
Loving Vincent (3.9)
The Meyerowitz Stories (2.7)
The Florida Project (3.6)
Battle of the Sexes (3.0)
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December 17, 2017
Lady Bird (3.7)
3 Billboards Outside Ebbing Mo. (4.1)
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January 21, 2018
The Shape of Water (4.0)
Call Me By Your Name (3.3)
The Post (3.6)
Mudbound (3.6)
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Film Group Participants:
Adriane Dedic (Newark, CA)
Bill Courington (Palo Alto, CA)
Brooke & Mike Miller (Fremont, CA
Craig Watson (Fremont, CA)
Dan & Susan Lucchesi (Newark, CA)
David & Ruth Koffman (Menlo Park, CA)
Dolores Cronin (Los Angeles, CA)
Elaina Habel (Fremont, CA)
Gayle & Pete Averill (Newark, CA)
Joanne Weith (Fremont, CA)
Joan Gower (Fremont, CA))
Joyce Tanaka (Fremont, CA)
Karen Wilson (Hayward, CA)
Karina Nilsen (Newark, CA)
Liz Ellison (Fremont, CA)
Marian Sanders (East Palo Alto, CA)
Mona Laichandani (Walnut Creek, CA)
Rose Aguilar (Hayward, CA)
Sharon Golembo (Fremont, CA)
Nicky Anderson (Fremont, CA)
Simone & Spencer Archer (Newark, CA)
Susan Kemp (Palo Alto, CA)
Susan Toth (San Jose, CA)
Susan Van Wambeck (Oakland, CA)
Valerie Dews (Fremont, CA)
Vimal & Ron Advani (Fremont, CA)
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August 20, 2017
The Little Hours (2.6)
Dunkirk (3.8)
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September 17, 2017
Wind River (3.7)
The MidWife (3.1)
The Brand New Testament (3.0)
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October 22, 2017
I Am Not Your Negro (2.8)
Queen of Katwe (3.0)
Neruda (2.2) |
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May 21, 2017
Silence (3.5)
Toni Erdmann
(3.4)
Get Out (4.6)
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June 18, 2017
A Quiet Passion (2.6)
Norman (3.2)
Like Crazy (3.9)
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July 23, 2017
The Wedding Plan (3.5)
Beatriz At Dinner (2.2)
Wonder Woman (3.0)
The Big Sick (3.9) |
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February 19, 2017
Pre-Oscar Discussion Party
Discuss why our favorite films and
actors deserve an Oscar
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March 19, 2017
Patterson (3.5)
Elle (4.0)
The Salesman (3.2)
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April 23, 2017
The Sense of an Ending (3.2)
The Zookeepers Wife (3.1)
Land of Mine |
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October 23, 2016
Hell or High Water (3.1)
Wild Strawberries (Bergman) (3.0)
7th Seal (Ingmar Bergman) (2.8)
Persona (Ingmar Bergman) (2.6) |
December 11, 2016
Denial (3.0)
Manchester by the Sea (3.1)
Arrival (3.1) |
January 22, 2017
La La Land(4.2)
Moonlight(4.3)
Jackie(3.5) |
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July 17, 2016
Weiner (3.7)
Remember (3.8)
Nice Guys (3.2) |
August 21, 2016
Life Animated (3.8)
Hunt for the Wilder People (3.3)
Cafe Society (2.7) |
September 18, 2016
Florence Jenkins (3.3)
Indignation (4.0)
Imperium (2.0)
Equity (3.2) |