SECRET MOVIE CLUB presents

Part of our THE LITTLE MOVIE THAT COULD series! Tuesday, January 25, 2022

SPECIAL NOTE: ANDREW BUJALSKI Q&A @ 7P BEFORE MOVIES! We're honored that Mr. Bujalski will be joining us remotely (projected onto our movie screen!) from Austin to answer your questions about how he made these two incredible features, writing/directing, etc. If you're a filmmaker, this is an incredible opportunity to speak to one of our great American moviemakers about how to get it done!

Also, both movies will be screened on 35mm!

LOCATION: The Secret Movie Club Theater, 1917 Bay Street, 2nd Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90021

7p Andrew Bujalski Q&A (Mr. Bujalski joins us remotely from Austin, Texas to take your questions; we’ll project on our movie screen)

745pm MUTUAL APPRECIATION (2005, wri/dir by Andrew Bujalski, Goodbye Cruel Releasing, 110mns, 35mm)
945pm COMPUTER CHESS (2013, wri/dir by Andrew Bujalski, Kino Lorber, 92mns, 35mm)

We start 2022 with the debut of our January 2022 series The Little Movie That Could dedicated to amazing works of cinema made with limited means.

We wrap up with a double of Andrew Bujalski's little miracles. And we're honored to have Mr. Bujalski join us remotely for a Q&A at 7pm to precede both movies!

2005's Mutual Appreciation finds Bujalski in full mumblecore bloom with a story about a night in the apartment of Lawerence and Ellie and their guests Sara, a radio DJ, and Allan, a member of an indie band. Suddenly Allan and Ellie might be developing feelings for each other but want to do the right thing by Lawerence and Sara.

Unlike many movies that trod the same territory of conflicted romance, Mutual Appreciation is one of those rare gems that clearly struggles with what the right thing is to do in these situations.

Bujalski blew everyone's minds when he released Computer Chess , a one of a kind sci-fi comedy, that centers on an early 1980's computer chess tournament at a hotel that is also housing a Swingers' convention (!!). Shot on early 1980's video equipment, the movie makes the most of its limited means to explore communities, personalities, and sexual awkwardness before. . .well. . .that ending. . .you just have to see it. It exploded this programmer's mind in 2013 and remains his own personal favorite Bujalski.

So if you're looking for those movies that will inspire you to get off your duff and start making movies, you couldn't start at any better place than with Andrew Bujalski and his cinema.