Virtual Film Club

Program Type:

Film Club

Age Group:

Adults
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Program Description

Virtual Film Club

Each month we pick a culturally or historically significant film for library patrons to watch and discuss. Watch the film on your own time, then meet with our virtual film club to discuss the film on Zoom. Registration is required. Zoom Invites will be sent out via email.

Event Details

This month's film is Cloud Burst (2011), directed by Thom Fitzgerald

Additional Resources:

GENERAL

Official website: http://www.cloudburstmovie.com/

Official U.S. trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U89Xb9j6beo (2½ minutes)

REVIEWS

Knight at the Movies (Richard Knight, Jr., Windy City Times, 2017): https://www.windycitytimes.com/lgbt/Knight-at-the-Movies-Cloudburst-Amour-film-note/41044.html

Richard Propes, The Independent Critic (2020): https://theindependentcritic.com/cloudburst_

Linda Barnard, Toronto Star (2013): https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/movies/olympia-dukakis-and-brenda-fricker-escape-to-canada-in-cloudburst-review/article_f0cb22b7-f43b-596d-bb18-e3bb9bcdbc95.html

James Plath (Movie Metropolis, 2013) [DVD Review]: https://moviemet.com/review/cloudburst-dvd-review

EXTENDED conversation/critique/evaluation (Dodge Movie Podcast): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GO1yVTMwZo    (30 minutes!)

ABOUT THE DIRECTOR (Thom Fitzgerald)

Biography (Canadian Film Encyclopedia) : https://cfe.tiff.net/canadianfilmencyclopedia/content/bios/thom-fitzgerald

Short biographical data + an Interview with Fitzgerald and actor Ryan Douchette of Cloudburst: https://alchetron.com/Thom-Fitzgerald   (interview takes about 6½ minutes)

Biographical material, etc., at Tribute.ca : https://www.tribute.ca/people/thom-fitzgerald/3523/

Poetics and Perseverance – Thom Fitzgerald of “The Hanging Garden” (IndieWire, 05-14-1998): https://www.indiewire.com/features/general/poetics-and-perseverance-thom-fitzgerald-of-the-hanging-garden-82857/

 

BOOKS

306.766 Faderman, Lillian. The gay revolution: the story of the struggle (2015)

791.43 Thomson, David. Sleeping with strangers: How the movies shaped desire (2019)

 

All links current and active as of 11-15-2023