2009 Robot Panic Summer Film Festival Lineup
It’s been a grueling year, but the summer months are finally upon us. It’s time to kick back and relish every ounce of fun possible for three sun-soaked months. But what to do? The pool is packed, the beaches are crawling with pasty tourists, and the box office is clogged with the same high-octane blockbusters you see recycled every year. Why not save the gas, stay home and watch something worth the time you put into it? Well you’re in luck, because the Robot Panic Summer Film Festival is back for a second year, bringing with it three months of films to keep the summer interesting.
For fourteen weeks starting Monday, June 1st, the community will collectively watch and discuss one film per week, carefully selected and scheduled for the ultimate summer viewing experience. The post for each new film will be posted every Monday, and discussions will take place in the comments section of that post.
Now, last year there were some issues with people obtaining the films in time for the discussion each week, and I’ve taken that into account when selecting this year’s films. That’s why, with only two exceptions, every film featured in the festival is available for streaming via Netflix Watch Instantly. So now, without further ado, here is this year’s lineup of films!
Jun 1
All the President’s Men
Jun 8
The Wind that Shakes the Barley
Jun 15
Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father
Jun 22
Bottle Rocket
Jun 29
Primer
Jul 8
JCVD
Jul 13
The Maltese Falcon
Jul 20
Network
Jul 27
Paris, Je T’aime
Aug 3
Unforgiven
Aug 10
Oldboy
Aug 17
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Aug 24
Le Cercle Rouge
Aug 31
Let the Right One In
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May 25th, 2009 at 11:36 am
Mitch, you are the man for this. I can’t wait to watch some of these for the first time, and some of these again. These are all great choices and this should be just as fun – if not more – than last year.
May 25th, 2009 at 12:00 pm
Looking forward to this as I have on seen two of the films on the list. Roll on June 1st.
May 25th, 2009 at 1:23 pm
Damn dude, you just nailed a bunch of movies on my list of movies I need to watch. I can’t wait to watch Oldboy
May 25th, 2009 at 8:18 pm
Alright, just added the necessary flicks to my instant queue. Pretty pumped for this. Thanks again, Mitch.
May 25th, 2009 at 9:56 pm
All right! Great list, I’m especially looking forward to the conversation surrounding Primer… Any thoughts on MC’s idea about viewing parties over Live?
May 26th, 2009 at 8:11 am
awesome! I can actually participate this year, since I’ve finally got “free time”. I’m really looking forward to watching these. I haven’t seen any of them yet (haven’t even heard of a few).
May 26th, 2009 at 8:44 am
I’ve added most of these to my queue. Should be fun. JCVD was already on my list of stuff to watch.
May 26th, 2009 at 9:09 am
Oh, I’m going to say this in that week’s post, but let me warn you here also: Whatever you do,
DO NOT DO ANY RESEARCH ON DEAR ZACHARY.
Do not look at a plot synopsis, do not read reviews, nothing. What makes this film is the way it reveals information to the audience, and the best way to view it is to go in with an absolutely clean palate. Lag and I can both attest to this.
May 26th, 2009 at 9:49 am
@Deadward: I totally forgot about that. Great idea! Hey Mitch, when you post the instant queue movies, can you make mention that people can organize viewing parties via Xbox Live? If you’d like to schedule a time, that’d be cool. But otherwise we can leave it to the comments section.
May 26th, 2009 at 10:30 am
What? No “Midnight Meat Train?”
JK, this list is pretty cool, with lots of new stuff which is GREAT! Count me in on any viewing parties
May 26th, 2009 at 9:07 pm
I’m going to be in and out for this one. Last year was a big DVD year and my collection grew bigger than I thought it would but this year my focus is music.
May 26th, 2009 at 9:26 pm
@Rusty: But you have Netflix, right? Most of these are watch instantly.
May 27th, 2009 at 5:52 pm
Nope. I always just go ahead and buy the movies I really want or if it’s something I don’t have to see right away I’ll wait for a $10 sale. Everything else is borrowed… mostly from my sister who does have Netflix.
May 27th, 2009 at 6:04 pm
So you’re not the David in my Netflix friends list? I wonder who the hell that is.
May 28th, 2009 at 9:35 am
@John
I think that I might be the David in your Netflix friends list that you are talking about.
July 13th, 2009 at 5:19 pm
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