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Scarecrow Video Presents Zeitgeist ‘23! – The Overlooked Films of 2022
You know about last year's blockbusters, you've heard about the critics' award-winners, you've endured the Oscar buzz. In this free online Zeitgeist ‘23! talk, we pick a crop of 2022 films unfairly overlooked by the hypemeisters. Film critic Robert Horton promises a varied selection of titles, rumored to include at least one droll indie comedy,… Continue Reading Scarecrow Video Presents Zeitgeist ‘23! – The Overlooked Films of 2022
Scarecrow Academy Presents Women in Trouble: Great Melodrama in Film
Scarecrow Video 5030 Roosevelt Ave NE, Seattle, WA, United StatesYear Five of Scarecrow Academy brings an ambitious discussion series titled "Women in Trouble: Great Melodrama in Film," an in-depth look at an often-derided, but frequently glorious genre sometimes called "women's pictures." In these ten weeks of free online conversations, we explore the way imaginative filmmakers have put women at the center of their hothouse… Continue Reading Scarecrow Academy Presents Women in Trouble: Great Melodrama in Film
Scarecrow Video Presents Flying Saucer Cinema: The Thing from Another World (1951)
Scarecrow Video 5030 Roosevelt Ave NE, Seattle, WA, United StatesOnline Film Discussion Part of the Flying Saucer Cinema Series Scientists at an Arctic research station discover a spacecraft buried in the ice. Upon closer examination, they discover the frozen pilot. All hell breaks loose when they take him back to their station and he is accidentally thawed out! Based on the short story “Who… Continue Reading Scarecrow Video Presents Flying Saucer Cinema: The Thing from Another World (1951)
Scarecrow Video Zeitgeist ‘23! – Human-Environmental Interactions in Science Fiction Films
Scarecrow Video 5030 Roosevelt Ave NE, Seattle, WA, United StatesA lecture-discussion hosted by board member Mark Daniels Have you ever thought about how you interact with the environment? Even just going for a walk in your local park or driving your car to work is an example of human-environmental interaction. In this session of Scarecrow Video Zeitgeist ‘23, we will talk about the human-environmental… Continue Reading Scarecrow Video Zeitgeist ‘23! – Human-Environmental Interactions in Science Fiction Films
Scarecrow Video Zeitgeist ‘24! – 2023: In Memoriam
We dedicate a Zeitgeist session to the movie people who took their final bows in 2023, a distinguished roster that includes Harry Belafonte, William Friedkin, and Glenda Jackson. It was an especially tough year for movie composers (Burt Bacharach, Robbie Robertson, Ryuichi Sakamoto) and sex symbols who bloomed in the '60s (Ryan O'Neal, Raquel Welch,… Continue Reading Scarecrow Video Zeitgeist ‘24! – 2023: In Memoriam
Scarecrow Academy Presents Election Year: Politics on Film
Year Six of Scarecrow Academy brings an in-depth look at movies that examine the world of politics in the cinema. In nine weeks of free online conversations, we explore the various approaches that great filmmakers take to the political process. From comedy to tragedy, from satire to fable, with directors ranging from Frank Capra to… Continue Reading Scarecrow Academy Presents Election Year: Politics on Film
