January Film Club

 Well well well, Happy New Year! 2023, wow. Here we are. With a new year comes a whole new lineup of (hopefully) wonderful films (you know I do my best). So, without any further ado or preamble, here is your film for January!

For the month of January, we will be watching Taika Waititi's wonderful Jojo Rabbit. 

Jojo Rabbit is a 2019 comedy-drama film written and directed by Taika Waititi, adapted from Christine Leunen's 2008 book "Caging Skies". Roman Griffin Davis portrays the title character, Johannes "Jojo" Betzler, a ten year old Hitler Youth member who finds out that his mother is hiding a Jewish girl (Thomasin mcKenzie) in their attic. He must then question his beliefs while dealing with the intervention of his imaginary friend (Waititi), a fanciful version of Adolf Hitler with a comedic stance on the politics of war. The film also stars Sam Rockwell, Rebel Wilson, Stephen Merchant and Alfie Allen.

The film received mostly critical acclaim, among its numerous accolades, the film won Best Adapted Screenplay, while also being nominated for five other awards, including Best Picture, at the 92nd Academy Awards. It currently holds an 80% on Rotten Tomatoes and Peter Travers of Rolling Stone gave it 3.5/4 stars saying this in his review, "Waititi brings intimacy and indelible passion to each step in this boy's journey to empathy. The film, which grows less comic and more delicate as it moves towards its foregone conclusion, may fall short of greatness, but it never sinks to the maudlin. With expert help from cinematographer Mihai Malaimare and composer Michael Giacchino, the auteur walks a tightrope with uncommon skill."

We will be meeting Thursday, Jan. 26th at 5:30pm

Here's the trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tL4McUzXfFI

Hope to see you there!