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About Film Club
The UW Film Club is the foremost organization for exploring film culture at the University of Washington. Each week we get together, watch a film, and discuss it and everything else going on in the entertainment world. Additionally, we program quarterly filmmaking competitions, have access to prescreenings for many of the biggest releases of the year, and provide an outlet for our UW film community. For the Winter 2020 Quarter, we meet at 7:30 PM Thursday nights in Physics-Astronomy Auditorium A114.
Latest News and Reviews
Review: ‘Hamilton’ Adds a New Dimension to Its Musical
For people who are experiencing Hamilton for the first time, Hamilton is a recording of a 2016 Broadway performance of the popular musical of the same name. Hamilton itself is a string of musical numbers written by Lin Manuel Miranda; There is little spoken dialogue in the play. The story follows our overlooked founding father, …
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Review: ‘Desperados’ is a Hot Mess with a Good Message
It makes me very sad when bad movies happen to have good actors. Nasim Pedrad, a former SNL star who is highly talented in many ways, hasn’t really had her big break yet. It would seem, in theory, that landing the lead role in a comedy would be a step up from being the saving …
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Review: ‘One Way to Tomorrow’ is a Turkish Version of the Before Trilogy
One Way to Tomorrow, Netflix’s first original film from Turkey, is a pleasant if unimaginative tale of a chance encounter between two strangers who have more in common than they initially believe. The film’s somewhat confusingly translated title references the fact that the two main characters, Ali (Metin Akdülger), a lawyer, and Leyla (Dilan Çiçek …
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