Dec 26, 2018
In this episode, the Director's Club goes the verite route as we
look at
the films of legendary documentarian Frederick Wiseman. Joined by
Chicago Film Discussion Group co-organizer Peter Richards, we go
over the vastswath of a remarkably consistent body of work that
delves into extensive looks at towns, schools, strip...
Dec 25, 2018
Five years in the making, only completed via Christmas miracle, Director's Club host emeritus Patrick Ripoll returns to fulfill an old debt. Tyler Foster joins him to discuss the work of Seijun Suzuki, from his inauspicious beginnings cranking out Nikkatsu programmers to his glory days of cranking out really...
Nov 23, 2018
In this episode, the Director's Club takes the cannoli and runs with it as we look at the films of Francis Ford Coppola. With Uberfounder of the Director's Club (and Now Playing Network head) Jim Laczkowski, in Part I we dive into his four masterpiece films, and explo re where in his early history was hints of such...
Nov 8, 2018
Cross-posted over at Voices + Visions too!
Jim here! I've been in a horrible funk so I put out the call (or the "Pat" signal) to my dear old friend Patrick Ripoll to stop by for pizza, cannoli and some good old fashioned conversation. First we dealt with our dark thoughts surrounding jobs and then turned on the mics to...
Oct 28, 2018
This month the Director's Club takes a Phantasmic journey through the films of director Don Coscarelli. Coming from the "New Wave of Horror", Coscarelli combined abtract nightmare imagery, a youthful small-town generosity, and an iconic imposing prescence of a Tall Man to create his legendary horror movie "Phantasm",...