SECRET MOVIE CLUB presents
Part of our New Movies to Unsettle the Sh@t Out of You Series, Thursday, October 13, 2022
LOCATION: The Secret Movie Club Theater, 1917 Bay Street, 2nd Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90021
*Please note entrance/parking is actually in the back of the building. Make a right on Wilson Street, then a right behind the building. We’re the first set of black steps after the big gate.
8pm RAW (2016, dir. Julia Ducournau, France, 99mns, DCP)
Across the next two Thursdays, we want to look at horror movies of the 2010’s that took on some of the most taboo subjects of horror and produced. . .dare we say it. . .art!
At the same time, these two movies are NOT for the faint hearted. The first one deals with cannibalism. The second with serial murder. But what we can promise you is that, if you take up the challenge, you will find yourself rewarded with two of the most powerful works in the horror genre of the last ten years.
Tonight, we look at Julia Ducournau’s debut Raw. Ducournau is now even more famous for her follow-up, the Palm D’Or winning, boundary pushing Titane. But Raw -- which tells the story of a young female medical student who starts as a vegetarian and then, after a horrific hazing incident, develops a taste for. . . well. . .meat -- is her startling debut.
But Raw isn’t just a “see if you can sit through it” kind of horror movie. Instead, it showcases Ducournau’s talent for using the horror genre as an examination of identity, being a woman, sexuality, trauma and abuse. What often makes a great filmmaker is someone who can speak to and express the difficult emotions, feelings and frustrations of the time. Ducournau with Raw and Titane is asserting an unapologetic female agency. But more important than that, she is just showing she is a damned amazing moviemaker to be reckoned with.
Best always,
Craig Hammill
Secret Movie Club Founder.Programmer
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HELPFUL SECRET MOVIE CLUB (1917 Bay Street, 2nd Floor, LA, CA 90021) THEATER PARKING TIPS:
We recommend that you park just outside our theater. Remember our theater is actually in a beautiful street art alleyway in the back of the 1917 Bay Street building. You get to our entrance by taking a right on Wilson, then a right behind the building. We are the first set of black steps on the right after the big gate.
There is also a parking lot at the corner of Mateo and Violet Street, just 2 blocks from our theater, which costs $7 per car.
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