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Large screen TVs and full-line DVD services have liberated movie lovers from fear of parking and stale popcorn. Across the country, movie lovers are staying in and creating their own version of book clubs - but without the homework. The Movie Lovers' Club - the only guide for movie nights with friends - motivates readers to form their own Lovers' Club clubs to explore the more than 100 excellent film suggestions, summaries, critical reviews, and insider anecdotes. Author Cathleen Rountree offers a year's worth of must-see classic, contemporary, independent, and foreign films and provocative discussion questions to keep the cinematic conversation lively. With everything readers need to know to start a Movie Lovers' Club, the book's selections run the gamut and include powerful films such as To Kill a Mockingbird, Henry and June, and Real Women Have Curves. Whether you need advice for a political group, a girls' night out party, or a band of indie film devotees, movie watching reaches new depths with ideas on where, when, and how to launch a film group. A how-to guide with must-see movie suggestions for a rousing film group.
A lifelong movie lover, Cathleen Rountree researches and writes about the confluence of cinema, psychology, and cultural mythology. She speaks regularly at film, writing, and women's conferences throughout the U.S., and teaches writing at the University of California, Santa Cruz. She lives in Aptos, California.
A lifelong movie lover, Cathleen Rountree researches and writes about the confluence of cinema, psychology, and cultural mythology. She speaks regularly at film, writing, and women's conferences throughout the U.S., and teaches writing at the University of California, Santa Cruz. She lives in Aptos, California.