FOR MEMBERS ONLY a weekly column written especially for Denver Film Society Members. It includes special programs for DFS Members only, along with information about programs that are especially of interest to film-loving members and others who are cinema lovers! If you are NOT already a member, please JOIN NOW so you can enjoy many of the "Members Only" benefits!
What I try to highlight in this DFS Members column, are all those
events that DFS Members are ESPECIALLY hot for....I like to call those
events- FILM PLUS MORE.....that means, films plus guest filmmakers,
panels and/or receptions, some for DFS Members ONLY!
If you are already a DFS Member - check in here whenever you are looking for something wonderful to do!
Thanks!
Posted wEDNESDAY, May 16, 2012
DFS Members! Here are some important "SAVE THE DATES" for Mini-festivals coming up in June and July!
J'ADORE French Film Festival: June 21 - 24
CINEMA Q Film Festival: July 19 - 22
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This Thursday, May 17th @ 7pm
DocNight: Battle for Brooklyn
Director Michael Galinsky IN-PERSON!
BATTLE FOR BROOKLYN follows the story of reluctant activist Daniel
Goldstein as he struggles to save his home and community from being
demolished to make way for a professional basketball arena and the
densest real estate development in U.S. history.
Click here for more info and to purchase tix: BATTLE FOR BROOKLYN
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Next Monday, May 21st @ 7pm
Ski lovers! Women athletes!
Don't miss the NEXT
Women & Film: Ready to Fly
Whitney Childers IN-PERSON!
Ready To Fly is that
all-too-rare, true story of a woman hero who triumphs over massive
obstacles to not only achieve her dream, but to change the world for
other women in the process. We follow Lindsey Van and her women's ski
jumping family through their 15-year fight to achieve gender equality in
the Olympic Winter Games. A character-driven documentary of pluck and
determination, Ready To Fly will make you laugh, cry, and leave the theater feeling empowered. It's a stand-up-and-cheer movie.
Click here to purchase tickets: READY TO FLY
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THIS WEEKEND
The Watching Hour: Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
Friday & Saturday, May 18 & 19 at 10pm
Click here for more info or to buy tix: BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE
Cinco en Mayo Series: La Bamba
Sat, May 19 at 2pm
Click here for more info or to buy tix: LA BAMBA
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great events Coming up NEXT WEEKEND
Colorado Cinema Salon: Van Gogh On Screen, Running After Lightning
Sunday, May 27th at 2pm at the Denver FilmCenter/Colfax
Hosted by Robert Denerstein
Vincent van Gogh died in July of 1890 at the age of 37. This
prolific artist -- largely ignored during his own time -- has created a
mystique unlike almost any other painter before or since. It's not
surprising that many filmmakers have tried to depict and understand Van
Gogh's tumultuous life. For many of us, the Van Gogh we know is the one
we've met at the movies. In our May Cinema Salon, we'll take a look at
how Van Gogh has been portrayed on film. Has any filmmaker been up to
the task? Can filmmakers succeed in capturing an artist's creative
process? Should they even try? Must the best art inevitably be linked
with suffering? With a major Van Gogh exhibit -- "Becoming Van Gogh'' --
scheduled to open at the Denver Art Museum this fall, it seemed an
ideal time to begin reflecting on a life that has been filtered through a
multiplicity of interpretations. Joining Salon curator and moderator
Robert Denerstein for this afternoon devoted to understanding why
filmmakers have been so fascinated by Van Gogh will be Denver University
professor and art historian M.E. Warlick and artist and Art Students
League instructor Sandra Kaplan. Our Van Gogh Salon promises to be a
lively and, we hope, provocative look at the work of cinema artists --
from Vincente Minnelli to Robert Altman -- who have tried to capture the
creative lightning that is Van Gogh.
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great events Coming up NEXT Month
Monday, May 28th:
Member FREE Screening
aLFRED HITCHCOCK!
The next DFS Members only FREE screening from the series,
MY FAVORITE DIRECTOR. And don't forget, you don't need to go somewhere for a "quick bite", just come to the DFCC at 6p, and you will be treated to a beautiful spread from the SAME CAFE! What a combo! Hitch & SAME CAFE!
***NEW ***
for ALL our Member monthly screenings
6pm Pre-reception
food provided by SAME CAFE!
Click here to learn more about: SAME CAFE
The last Monday of the month, FREE and EXCLUSIVE to Denver Film Society Members...we
culled our member's opinions for their 10 favorite directors and will
be highlighting one of those directors each month with a FREE
screening. We announce what director we are showing but no one will
know what film we're spotlighting until the projector rolls! We
guarantee it will be a special entry in the filmmaker's canon and will
be presented on 35mm film.
This screening ARE FIRST COME, FIRST SEATED....SHOW YOUR DFS MEMBERSHIP CARD FOR ADMISSION.
DUAL memberships get 2 admissions
Single/Student/COFilmmaker memberships get 1 admission
No exceptions.
The Perfect Cultural Triple Play on Colfax:
Movies, Music and Literature
See you at the Denver FilmCenter//colfax soon!
Eileen O'Brien
Director of Membership & Volunteers