The Cinema Lounge meets ONLINE Monday, May 18, 2020 at 7:00pm. Our topic is Teachers, Teachers.

They give generously of their knowledge and guidance, often with low pay. Most of us made their lives hell when we were kids. In honor of Teacher Appreciation Week, and with the school year winding down, let's remember those great educators who have appeared on screen. Whether inspirational like Jaime Escalante (Edward James Olmos) in Stand and Deliver and John Keating (Robin Williams) in Dead Poets Society, or funny such as Mr. Hand (Ray Walston) in Fast Times at Ridgemont High and the anonymous teacher (Ben Stein) in Ferris Bueller's Day Off, they are all worthy of our attention.

You can join the discussion on ZOOM (link coming soon).

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The Cinema Lounge, a film discussion group, meets the third Monday of every month (unless otherwise noted) at 7:00pm at Teaism in Penn Quarter, 400 8th St., NW in Washington, DC (closest Metro stop is Archives, also near Metro Center and Gallery Place). NOTE: We will meet in the downstairs area. WE ARE MEETING ONLINE THIS MONTH. You do not need to be a member of the Washington DC Film Society to attend. Cinema Lounge is moderated by Adam Spector, author of the DC Film Society's Adam's Rib column.

Remember the year 2019, way back before the coronavirus, when we could go out and see films in movie theaters? 2019 now feels like it was 100 years ago. As that year ended I had foregone my usual end of the year list. But now the quarantine has given me a reason to proceed. With so many of 2020’s films postponed, it’s a perfect time to go back last year’s best and catch up on what we may have missed. My top 10 list for the year should provide some useful streaming suggestions. Check it out in my new Adam’s Rib column.

We are always looking for film-related material for the Storyboard. Our enthusiastic and well-traveled members have written about their trips to the Cannes Film Festival, Karlovy Vary Film Festival, London Film Festival, Venice Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival, Toronto Film Festival, Austin Film Festival, Edinburgh Film Festival, the Berlin Film Festival, the Palm Springs Film Festival, the Reykjavik Film Festival, the Munich Film Festival, and the Locarno Film Festival. We also heard about what it's like being an extra in the movies. Have you gone to an interesting film festival? Have a favorite place to see movies that we aren't covering in the Calendar of Events? Seen a movie that blew you away? Read a film-related book? Gone to a film seminar? Interviewed a director? Taken notes at a Q&A? Read an article about something that didn't make our local news media? Send your contributions to Storyboard and share your stories with the membership. And we sincerely thank all our contributors for this issue of Storyboard.

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