The Laramie Film Society blog will be on hiatus until further notice. Please go to our website for all current news, including our Summer Film Series at the ACPL now in progress!
The LFS website can be found at: http://film.laramie.wy.us/
17 Friday Jun 2016
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inThe Laramie Film Society blog will be on hiatus until further notice. Please go to our website for all current news, including our Summer Film Series at the ACPL now in progress!
The LFS website can be found at: http://film.laramie.wy.us/
03 Tuesday May 2016
Posted 1966 LFS Poll, LFS Poll Winners
inThe winner of this year’s 50th anniversary movie poll is Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
The top ten follows:
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? won Oscars for Best Actress (Elizabeth Taylor), Best Supporting Actress (Sandy Dennis), Best Cinematography (b&w), Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, and Best Costume Design (b&w).
Thank you to everyone who participated!
29 Tuesday Mar 2016
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inLaramie’s historic Wyo Theatre is going forward as a cinema. The theater is offering affordable memberships ($10 individual/ $15 family) available now with the goal of creating a membership of 50 by early April. Members will have the following benefits: $3 admission, with a free small popcorn; members can bring one “guest” per individual member at $5 per ticket; $1 refills on combined soda and popcorn; and no commercials before the feature presentation. Members will receive an advance schedule of all upcoming films. The Wyo Theatre is a 90-year-old landmark in Laramie and the Laramie Film Society looks forward to its grand re-opening. The Wyo Theatre’s website is: http://www.wyolaramie.com/ and their membership form can be found here: http://www.wyolaramie.com/membership316.pdf
New members will be voting on whether the first film screened is CHI RAQ or MALEFICENT.
25 Thursday Feb 2016
Posted 1966 LFS Poll
in27 Sunday Sep 2015
Posted 1965 LFS Poll, LFS Poll Winners
inThe Laramie Film Society thanks the Laramie Plains Civic Center’s Gryphon Theatre and all who attended last night’s screening of Doctor Zhivago. The 50th anniversary presentation brought the epic film back in all its glory. Thanks as well to Vicki Schuster for yet another great poster!
The Laramie Film Society thanks its 2015 sponsors: the Alibi Pub, Mizu Sushi restaurant, and Turtle Rock Coffee and Cafe, all local Laramie businesses who support all of our programs.
Above, a shot of the movie as it played [exit sign on far right will give you an idea of the size of the screen]; below, attendees exit the theater following the screening.
01 Tuesday Sep 2015
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inThis past July, a Laramie Film Society tradition continued with the screening of silents on 16mm during the Jubilee Days street dance on July 10. Bob Roten threads up the films in the photo at left.
On August 8, the Laramie Film Society presented “The Little Shop of Horrors” (1960) in the courtyard of the Alibi Pub. The LFS thanks the Alibi for the space, and for being one of our 2015 sponsors! Click the photo below for a video link showing what it was like. The Laramie Film Society thanks member Brittney Beck for shooting photos during this event for us! Below, the LFS’ Bob Roten and John Davis set up the screening.
15 Friday May 2015
Posted 1965 LFS Poll, LFS Poll Winners
inDoctor Zhivago is the winner of the 1965 movie poll– in a very close race with The Sound of Music. Below, is the top ten as voted….
1. Doctor Zhivago (57 votes/ 7 lists)
2. The Sound of Music (50 votes/ 8 lists)
3. For a Few Dollars More (40 votes/ 6 lists)
4. The Spy Who Came in From the Cold (35 votes/ 6 lists)
5. A Patch of Blue (22 votes/ 3 lists)
6. Cat Ballou (21 votes/ 4 lists)
7. The Collector (20 votes/ 3 lists)
8. Thunderball (19 votes/ 4 lists)
9. The Great Race (19 votes/ 2 lists)
10. Ship of Fools (18 votes/ 5 lists)
25 Saturday Apr 2015
Posted 1965 LFS Poll, 1965 Movie Reviews
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Alphaville is available at UW’s Coe Library.
Patrick is a regular contributor to Laramie Movie Scope. See many more reviews of his at: http://www.lariat.org/AtTheMovies/old/others.html
21 Tuesday Apr 2015
Posted 1965 LFS Poll, 1965 Movie Reviews
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Loves of a Blonde is available at UW’s Coe Library.
Patrick is a regular contributor to Laramie Movie Scope. See many more reviews of his at: http://www.lariat.org/AtTheMovies/old/others.html
20 Monday Apr 2015
Posted 1965 LFS Poll
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