Cinephiles Club 2020 SUMMER FILMS LIST

Hi everyone,

If you’re a Cinephile like me 2020 has probably been busy with even more glorious, sometimes trashy consumption of film and television. Thanks to Covid-19, we haven’t been able to meet at the movies late on a Summer evening. If you’re a New Yorker like me, it’s proven to be almost impossible to go to a drive-in movie. I personally have never been, and it proves to be on my bucket list year after year.

It’s been a hell of year so far, and we are only halfway through.

I’m trying to be good. I’m doing my best to follow rules and respect safety guidelines….But its Summer, and we want to have fun.

Staying in and the movies available to us in our homes helps keeps us safe, sane, and stimulated.

Here is the official Cinephiles Club 2020 Summer Film List:

For SUMMER IN THE CITY kinda vibes

• Taxi Driver (1976)

  • Dir: Martin Scorsese

    Starring: Robert De Niro, Cybill Shephard, Jodie Foster, Albert Brooks, Harvey Keitel 

De Niro IS New York.

• A Bronx Tale (1993)

  • Dir: Robert De Niro

  • Starring: Robert De Niro, Chazz Palminteri, and Lillo Brancato

• West Side Story (1961)

  Dir: Robert Wise

  Starring: Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn, Rita Moreno, and George Chakiris

• She’s Gotta Have It (1986)

  • Dir: Spike Lee

  • Starring: Tracy Camilla Johns, Tommy Redmond Hicks, John Canada Terrell, Spike Lee

For STAY WEIRD Vibes

• Greener Grass (2019)

  • Dir: Jocelyn DeBoer, Dawn Luebbe

  • Starring: Jocelyn DeBoer, Dawn Luebbe, Beck Bennett

Eve’s Bayou (1997)

• Dir: Kasi Lemmons

• Starring: Samuel L. Jackson, Jurnee Smollett, Lynn Whitfiled, Debbi Morgan, Meagan Goode, and Diahann Carroll

Blow the Man Down (2019)

• Dir: Bridget Savage Cole, Danielle Krudy

• Starring: Sophie Lowe, Morgan Saylor, Margo Martindale

• Midsommar (2019)

  • Dir: Ari Aster

  • Starring: Florence Pugh, Jack Reynor, Vilhelm Blomgren, William Jackson Harper

For Fun, Late Night Movie Vibes

• Back to the Future (1985)

  • Dir: Robert Zemekis

  • Starring: Michael J. Fox. Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Crispin Glover

• Palm Springs (2020)

  • DIr: Max Barbakow

  • Starring: Andy Samberg and Cristin Milioti

• Birds of Prey (2020)

  • Dir: Cathy Yan

  • Starring: Margot Robbie, Jurnee Smollet- Bell, Mary Elizabeth Winstead,Rosie Perez, Ella Jay Basco, Ewan McGregor

• Emma (2020)

  • Dir: Autum de Wilde

  • Starring: Anya Taylor- Joy, Johnny Flynn, Josh O’ Connor, Callum Tuner, Mia Goth, Miranda Hart, Bill Nighy

• Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again! (2018)

  • Dir: Ol Parker

  • Starring: Lily James, Amanda Seyfried, Meryl Streep

Keep watching. Have a great Summer. Meet me at the movies.. hopefully soon.