Robot Panic Summer Film Festival 2010
Wake up and smell the sunscreen, folks. It’s summer once again, and you know what that means; It’s time once again for the Robot Panic Summer Film Festival. That’s right, all those months of trudging through snow and slaving over essays have finally paid off, and it’s time to kick back and enjoy some great film.
For those of you unfamiliar with the film festival, it was started three years ago as a means to collectively expand our film knowledge while counteracting the worst of the mindless summer action film. But before you say “Why would i do that? Movies are supposed to be FUN!” know that the goal of the festival isn’t to intimidate you or force you to trudge through hours of David Lynch pictures and hours-long Werner Herzog epics (as much as I may love them).
The name of the game has always been accessibility, and in curating the list of films this year, I’ve taken that into account more than ever. This year’s line-up is comprised of 12 great, thoughtful and discussion-provoking films that even the most budding film-lover can enjoy. The list includes French New-Wave films, modern classics, horror films, comedies, some over-looked, and some widely regarded among the best of all time. There’s something here for everyone, and this promises to be the most exciting year yet.
But the accessibility isn’t just the actual films themselves. In a trend hinted at with last year’s festival, every single film in this year’s lineup will be accessible to Netflix subscribers to watch instantly on your computer or Netflix-ready device (Which includes the Xbox 360, Playstation 3 and Nintendo Wii). Here’s how the festival will work:
Every Monday, a post will go up on Robotpanic.com detailing that week’s film. However, unlike in previous years, the actual discussion of the film will NOT take place in this thread. Rather, the discussion thread will be held in a separate post that goes up that Friday, to make it easier for people to participate over the weekend.
But that’s not all that Friday’s post will bring. It will also be the landing spot for the biggest and most exciting addition to the festival: A podcast. Each week, I will be bringing in one or more guests to discuss that week’s film. The RSS feed will be posted on the Friday, June 11 with the first discussion. But until then, here’s the official lineup:
Week 1:
June 7
Tell No-One
Week 2:
June 14
The Comedians of Comedy
Week 3:
June 21
Paper Moon
Week 4:
June 28
Rashomon
Week 5:
July 5
Breathless
Week 6:
July 12
Jules & Jim
Week 7:
July 19
Punch-Drunk Love
Week 8:
July 26
Harold & Maude
Week 9:
August 2
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Week 10:
August 9
Triangle
Week 11:
August 16
8 1/2
Week 12:
August 23
Brick
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Tags: 8 1/2, Breathless, Brick, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, film festival, Harold and Maude, Jules and Jim, Paper Moon, Punch-Drunk Love, Rashomon, Tell No One, The Comedians of Comedy, Triangle
June 1st, 2010 at 8:23 am
Fuck, Mitch, this is a good list. Damn, can’t wait.
June 1st, 2010 at 10:54 am
Nice work, Mitch. My Instant Queue has been updated.
June 1st, 2010 at 1:43 pm
woo hoo! I’ve been waiting for this
I’ve only seen one out of all of them – Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind – and I loved it.
June 1st, 2010 at 2:30 pm
Sir, you are in for a TREAT. Eleven of them, in fact.
June 1st, 2010 at 7:37 pm
I can’t say the list gets me as excited as I was in the past. But then again I just haven’t been in a movie mood for a while now.
June 1st, 2010 at 8:27 pm
Dude… Harold & Maude is easily one of my all time favorite movies!
Some good ones this year, classics mixed with new and interesting. Good call on Triangle as well, I stumbled across that on Netflix a little while back and was caught by surprise
June 2nd, 2010 at 9:10 am
What a great list Mitch, although I am more than a little dismayed about the lack of any Godzilla movies this year…. We can only hope
June 3rd, 2010 at 4:44 am
Great list. Rashomon and Brick are among my favourite movies.