Date: Tuesday 29th August 2023
Time: Screening starts at 7:30pm
Location: LongPlay 318 St. Georges Rd, Fitzroy North
Howdy friends!
For our August screening, we are so incredibly thrilled to have another of our wonderful, esteemed members stepping in as guest host!
Join us on Tuesday August 29th as Michael Layland takes the reins to show Bone Tomahawk. One of the most exciting parts of sharing these nights with our community is getting to see some of our friends' favourite movies and get a wider range of voices and film selections, and this is certainly exemplary of that!
Michael completed a Bachelor of Education in Media Studies, English Literature and Language with dreams of becoming the next Spielberg. Sadly a lack of talent for movie directing and a dislike of teaching saw him drift into one career and then another but never lost his love of horror flicks. Early influences on his film appreciation included Sergio Leone, Dario Argento and the music maestro Ennio Morricone. Michael has a passion for running, hiking, and of course movies. He now works from home in the commercial building sector and is a long time member of the MHFS.
As for Bone Tomahawk, Michael describes this film by first time director S.Craig Zahler as "a horror western genre mash-up that has shades of John Ford’s The Searchers and dialogue inspired by Quentin Tarantino. A violent and gritty movie that leads down paths most unexpected and does so with a sense of humour. If you haven’t seen this movie, expect the unexpected. Made on a budget, Zahler managed to get some serious star power with Kurt Russel, David Arquette, Matthew Fox and Patrick Wilson saddling up for the adventure. It will grab you by the throat from the very beginning… quite literally".
This is sure to be another special night that you won't want to miss! Memberships will be available on arrival at a price of $15 for three screenings or $50 for twelve. We're still only taking cash but a tap thingy will eventually come along, at which time we'll also be increasing prices cos we be poor peeps! Not exactly sure when it'll happen, and it won't be by too much but if you want to beat the price rise, grab yourself a full membership so you won't have to think about it for atleast a year!
Thank you to Michael Layland and all of our members that have upcoming screenings, as well as a massive thanks and congratulations to Jack Kramme for his incredible July screening
We hope to see you all in August!
MHFS crew