September 21st discussion : The Motorcycle Diaries

Register for this discussion starting September 4th.

Pick up your copy of the DVD starting September 15th.

Director – Walter Salles

Screenplay – Jose Rivera, adapted from the memoir Notas de viaje by Ernesto Guevara, and the biography Con el Che por America Latina by Alberto Granado

Stars – Gael Garcia Bernal, Rodrigo de la Serna

Plot: Ernesto Guevara and his friend Alberto are medical students on the verge of graduation. They head out on a life-changing motorcycle trip across South America in 1952, a trip that alters their views of privilege and poverty.

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Peter Travers Rolling Stone

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June 22nd discussion : Capote

Register for this discussion starting June 2nd.

Pick up your copy of the DVD starting June 2nd.

Director – Bennett Miller

Screenplay – Dan Futterman (adapted from the book by Gerald Clarke)

Stars – Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener, Clifton Collins Jr., Chris Cooper

“In November, 1959, the shocking murder of a smalltown Kansas family captures the imagination of Truman Capote (Philip Seymour Hoffman), famed author of Breakfast at Tiffany's. With his childhood friend Harper Lee (Catherine Keener), writer of the soon-to-be published To Kill a Mockingbird, Capote sets out to investigate, winning over the locals despite his flamboyant appearance and style. When he forms a bond with the killers and their execution date nears, the writing of "In Cold Blood," a book that will change the course of American literature, takes a drastic toll on Capote, changing him in ways he never imagined.” Product description via amazon.com

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Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times
David Edelstein Slate

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