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FOUR SEASONS BREEZE | JANUARY 2020 39 We show films you generally won't find at the Cineplex like documentaries, foreign language films, indie films and any other smaller, well-reviewed films that don't get wide distribution. Our first monthly screening, Sunday, Jan. 12 at 6 pm, is the film The Farewell (USA 2019, 1 hr. 40 min., some English subtitles). Here is a brief description from IMDb. com: "A headstrong Chinese-American woman returns to China when her beloved grandmother is diagnosed with terminal cancer. Billi struggles with her family's decision to keep grandma in the dark about her own illness as they all stage an impromptu wedding to see grandma one last time." Our second monthly screening, on Sunday, Jan. 26 at 6 pm, is the film Echo in the Canyon (USA 2018, 1 hr. 22 min., English). Here is a brief description from IMDb.com: "A look at the roots of the historic music scene in L.A.'s Laurel Canyon featuring the music of iconic groups such as The Byrds, The Beach Boys, Buffalo Springfield, and The Mamas and the Papas." All of our screenings are followed by lively discussion about the film and we'd love to have you join us. The Lodge Theater has very limited seating, so if you're interested in our screenings, come early. We hope to see you there. Please note that all films announced are subject to availability. If you have any questions about the Counter Culture Cinema Club or want to recommend a film, please email Micki Rosen at michelesrosen@gmail.com. ~ Micki Rosen Counter Culture cinema club Classic Film Group We are continuing with another famous director, Clint Eastwood. We'll be screening Play Misty For Me on Tuesday, Jan.14, at 6 pm, in The Lodge Theater. We'll follow with a discussion on Clint Eastwood's Trademarks. Clint Eastwood made his directorial debut with this 1971 suspense/thriller, Play Misty For Me, in which he also stars as Dave Garver, a late-night radio disc jockey for a small station in Carmel, California. During his show, he opens the phones to take requests, at which times a frequent caller, a woman named Evelyn (Jessica Walter), always asks for the same tune: Misty. One night in a bar, he meets a young lady, and they end up spending the night together. She says there are no strings attached… but over time it's obvious that she is obsessed with him. She pushes him very hard, and no matter how much he tells her to get lost, she won't take a hint. At first, it's all seemingly innocent but over time she begins to show a crazier and crazier side. As for the title, every time she calls in to his show, she says Play Misty For Me as it's "their" song. As time passes, the film begins to look more and more like Fatal Attraction. The movie revolves around a character played with an unnerving effectiveness by Jessica Walter. She is something like flypaper; the more you struggle against her personality, the more tightly you're held. Clint Eastwood, in directing himself, shows that he understands his unique movie personality. He is strong but somehow passive, he possesses strength, but keeps it coiled inside. And so the movie, by refusing to release any emotion at all until the very end, absolutely wrings us dry. There is no purpose to a suspense thriller, I suppose, except to involve us, scare us, to give us moments of vicarious terror. Play Misty For Me does that with an almost cruel efficiency. For more information, email me at 4seasonsmoviegroup@gmail.com. ~ Paul Plamondon

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