Lets try this experiment

Start watching Dredd (2012) at 7pm, Central Time, USA (as precisely as you can) ... and come here for live posts as you watch!

This is ~14 hours from the time of this post

Here's a timeanddate.com link to the timezone(s) involved.

Lets try this experiment

Start watching Dredd (2012) at 7pm, Central European Summer Time (as precisely as you can) ... and come here for live posts as you watch!

This is ~7 hours from the time of this post

Here's a timeanddate.com link to the timezone(s) involved.

Top films (with equal votes) are:

• La Grande Bouffe (1973) wikipedia

The film tells the story of four friends who gather in a villa for the weekend, with the express purpose of eating themselves to death.

• Lost Highway (1997) wikipedia

A David Lynch film. I've not seen his 90s films but always meant to. After hearing of his illness, I figure now is as good a time as any

• Meet the Feebles (wikipedia)

Released in 1989, this is an early-ish Peter Jackson movie (yes, the LOTR guy).

It's a lurid and disturbing backstage comedy of a troupe similar to The Muppet Show.

I watched it with one friend in the mid 90s who, when it ended, stood, turned to me, and said "It is possible to go too far" before leaving the room.

But please see the voting post for the full list of films nominated, you may find something new and interesting there).

If I were forced to break the tie I'd select Lynch's Lost Highway just because it's likely confirmed recently we'll never see a new Lynch film and it feels appropriate to revisit one of his works that many of us have probably not seen.

But having a "popular winner" is antithetical to the spirit of this club, instead these are all likely worth watching!

Please watch as you wish, provide any tips on where to find these films if you can, and discuss how you found the films in the community!

Compared to the "popcorn theatre" I don't think it makes as much sense to have any live watch sessions, in part because getting more niche films can be trickier but also because I'm the kind of person that likes to watch niche films when I'm in the mood. But maybe that's just me! Let me know if you have any thoughts/feedback!

Dredd (2012) is our winning film this month (see voting post here).

IMDB | Wikipedia

Please treat this as discussion thread for the film ... or if you like, write up your own posts about it in the community!

Also, if you have any tips on where to get it, please feel free to share (I'll probably add them to the top post).

Personally, I've seen this one a few times, I even saw it on my birthday the year it came out as a present to myself!

And if you don't know, it was written by Alex Garland (and partly directed by him too) ... right before he did Ex Machina and Annihilation, and of course the same person behind Civil War. But sadly, it didn't perform well at the box office, though it probably should have ... very well done lower budget action IMO.

As with last month, I'll put up "live watch" threads here, scheduled for 7pm Sunday, 1st July, in

• CT "Central Time" (USA), and
• CEST "Central Euro Summer Time",

It's still a bit of an experiment, so do please check in if you can or provide any feedback on the whole live watch thing.

The basic idea is to start the film at 7pm as well as you can and casually chat, while avoiding the hassle of any synchronized stream. For which Lemmy's "chat" view now works (since v 19.3 or 19.5)

That being said, if anyone else would like to run a synchronized live stream, please go ahead and advertise in this community!

Honourable Mentions

only one real honourable mention this time, and it is truly a classic film too IMO:

Sneakers

• It got nearly as many votes as Dredd.
• And it is a classic ... if you haven't seen it, do you self a favour and check it out. It's technically a hacking film from 1992, but the parts of hacking that it focuses one have aged very well.

Please nominate a film for August's "Fedi Film Club"!

This is the "Fringe Theater" ... for weird, niche films, unknown classics and pioneering statements. If you've got more "popcorn" or popular films in mind, you should check out the "Popcorn Theater" post.

Anything that either you'd like to watch or would recommend to the community!

Please make sure it's more than roughly two years old so that it will (hopefully) be available somewhere.

And if possible, provide a quick description for why you'd like to watch or why you suggest it.

• See the July's Nominations and the introductory post for "Fedi Film Club".
• We'll take a vote on the suggestions in about a week's time after this. Then we can watch and discuss.
  • If you're keen to host a live watch & chat, let us know and we'll help notify others.

Please nominate a film for August's "Fedi Film Club"!

This is the "Popcorn Theater" ... for fun, popular films, box office hits and blockbusters. If you've got more "fringe" films in mind, you should check out the "Fringe Theater" post.

Anything that either you'd like to watch or would recommend to the community!

Please make sure it's more than roughly two years old so that it will (hopefully) be available somewhere.

And if possible, provide a quick description for why you'd like to watch or why you suggest it.

• See the July's Nominations and the introductory post for "Fedi Film Club".
• We'll take a vote on the suggestions in about a week's time after this. Then we can watch and discuss.
  • If you're keen to host a live watch & chat, let us know and we'll help notify others.