The Phoenix Film Society is the largest film membership organization in Phoenix! Members pay an annual membership fee that is also a tax-deductible donation to the Phoenix Film Foundation. The membership helps to support the Phoenix Film Festival and other programs of the non-profit Phoenix Film Foundation.

Join us today and start enjoying the best film community in Arizona!

Members receive the following:

• Complimentary passes to at least one monthly film screening: Hosted by prominent members of the local film community, including critics, professors, and other film experts. After most screenings, there will be a “Hosted Discussion” with audience members discussing different aspects of the film presentation. Many times there are multiple screenings in a month.
• Invitations for special film events: The Phoenix Film Society will also present Seminars and Conversations with Actors and Filmmakers, and Phoenix Film Society members will be the first to know, with discounted or free admission for these events. In past years they have included events attended by Bill Paxton, Shia LeBouf, Jerry Bruckheimer, Derek Luke, Josh Lucas and Felicity Huffman.
• Priority invitations for all Insider Screenings: The Phoenix Film Festival sponsors “Insider Screenings”, and you will get invited to all of these screenings before the rest of the Insider subscribers, up to two days in advance!
• Free passes to the annual Phoenix Film Festival: The Phoenix Film Society membership includes complimentary passes to the annual Phoenix Film Festival. Your level of Society Membership includes equivalent Passes to enjoy
  the biggest Film Festival in Arizona.
• Special Discounts on Phoenix Film Festival Merchandise: Everybody loves to wear the latest in Film Festival gear – and you’ll be able to save 20% on all Festival merchandise as a member of the Phoenix Film Society!

 ”Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy”

Post-film discussion hosted by Chris LaMont, Founder of the Phoenix Film Festival

Directed by: Tomas Alfredson (Let the Right One In)

Starring:  Tom Hardy, Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Benedict Cumberbatch, Stephen Graham and Mark Strong.

Synopsis:
In 1970s England, Control (John Hurt), the head of MI6, dispatches a spy (Mark Strong) ]to meet with a Hungarian general who knows the identity of a Soviet spy within the organization’s ranks. However, the mission goes wrong, and the general dies before he can reveal the information. Undersecretary Oliver Lacon (Simon McBurney) ]calls veteran agent George Smiley (Gary Oldman) back from forced retirement to ferret out the mole and stop the flow of vital British secrets to the Russians.

Tickets:
Tickets: Tickets for this event are free for Phoenix Film Society members ONLY. You must RSVP by clicking the link below or by calling 602-955-6444 to ensure you receive admittance to this screening.

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 ”Man on a Ledge”

Directed by: Asger Leth

[ There will be studio security at this screening. We recommend not bringing cell phones to the theatre. ]

Starring:  Sam Worthington, Elizabeth Banks, Jamie Bell, Ed Harris, Edward Burns

Synopsis:
An ex-cop and now wanted fugitive (Sam Worthington) stands on the ledge of a high-rise building while a hard-living New York Police Department hostage negotiator (Elizabeth Banks) tries to talk him down. The longer they are on the ledge, the more she realizes that he might have an ulterior objective.

Tickets:
Tickets: Tickets for this event are free for Phoenix Film Society members as well as a LIMITED number of guest tickets. A limited number of guest tickets will be issued to ensure all members may attend. You must RSVP by clicking the link below or by calling 602-955-6444 to ensure you receive admittance to this screening.

Click here for tickets:  http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/214129

 ”Act of Valor”

Synopsis:
An unprecedented blend of real-life heroism and original filmmaking, Act of Valor stars a group of active-duty Navy SEALs in a powerful story of contemporary global anti-terrorism. Inspired by true events, the film combines stunning combat sequences, up-to-the minute battlefield technology and heart-pumping emotion for the ultimate action adventure.

Act of Valor takes audiences deep into the secretive world of the most elite, highly trained group of warriors in the modern world. When the rescue of a kidnapped CIA operative leads to the discovery of a deadly terrorist plot against the U.S., a team of SEALs is dispatched on a worldwide manhunt. As the valiant men of Bandito Platoon race to stop a coordinated attack that could kill and wound thousands of American civilians, they must balance their commitment to country, team and their families back home.

Each time they accomplish their mission, a new piece of intelligence reveals another shocking twist to the deadly terror plot, which stretches from Chechnya to the Philippines and from Ukraine to Somalia. The widening operation sends the SEALs across the globe as they track the terrorist ring to the U.S.-Mexico border, where they engage in an epic firefight with an outcome that has potentially unimaginable consequences for the future of America.

Tickets:
Tickets: Reservations are currently only being accepted for members. You must RSVP by clicking the link below or by calling 602-955-6444 to ensure you receive admittance to this screening.

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** NOTE: Details about this event are in continuous development, this page will be updated with the latest details of this yearly event. **

Fun, Networking, Socializing

Filmmakers, friends, and family are all welcome!  Bring your loved ones with you, and make it an evening to celebrate!!  Free food, no-host bar, music by Micah Beverly, door prizes, and silent auction.  Filmmakers, directors, producers, editors, actors, and crew.  It’s  a great time to network, or just hang back and relax.  We hope to see you there!

Other Notable Happenings

• The screenplay finalists for the Script to Screen Challenge will be announced.  Find out which scripts will have the opportunity to be produced.
• Trailer and short film screenings through-out the night

 ”Phoenix Film Festival Preview Screening”

Join us for a sneak peak of the 2012 Phoenix Film Festival. We will be screening one of the feature film selections for this year’s festival. In addition, the director of the film will be joining us for a post-film question and answer discussion. This is a great chance to see a Phoenix Film Festival movie, before anyone else.

**Film title to be announced in February**

Tickets:
Tickets: Tickets for this event are free for Phoenix Film Society members as well as a LIMITED number of guest tickets. A limited number of guest tickets will be issued to ensure all members may attend. You must RSVP by clicking the link below or by calling 602-955-6444 to ensure you receive admittance to this screening.

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“The Descendants”

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** Society MEMBERS ONLY Screening **

Closing out the Alexander Payne series is his latest film, The Descendants. This highly-anticipated film starring George Clooney is already getting Oscar buzz. The film also features; Judy Greer, Beau Bridges, Matthew Lillard and Robert Forster.

Synopsis:

A newly widowed father – and one of the richest men in Oahu, Hawaii – takes off with his two rebellious daughters to track down his wife’s lover on the island of Kauai.

“Sideways”
November 10th at 7pm

Society members may attend with a guest

Others may purchase tickets for $10

The second film in our Alexander Payne series is “Sideways” starring Paul Giamatti, Thomas Haden Church and Virginia Madsen. This film was nominated five Oscars and also a win for Alexander Payne for Best Screenplay. It was the first film ever screened for the Phoenix Film Society.

Synopsis:
In this intoxicating, intelligent comedy, director Alexander Payne (Election, About Schmidt) serves up “one of the best movies of the year” (Entertainment Weekly) about the ups, downs and sideways journeys of life. A wine-tasting road trip through California’s famed Central Coast takes an unexpected detour as Miles (Paul Giamatti) and Jack (Thomas Haden Church) hit the gas en route to their mid-life crisis. The comically mismatched pair soon find themselves drowning in wine, women… and laughter!

 ”The Artist”

Post-film discussion hosted by Bill Goodykoontz of The Arizona Republic

Directed by: Michel Hazanavicius

Starring:  John Goodman, Missi Pyle, James Cromwell, Penelope Ann Miller, Joel Murray, Jean Dujardin, Berenice Bejo and Malcolm McDowell,

Synopsis:
Hollywood 1927. George Valentin (Jean Dujardin) is a silent movie superstar. The advent of the talkies will sound the death knell for his career and see him fall into oblivion. For young extra Peppy Miller (Berenice Bejo), it seems the sky’s the limit – major movie stardom awaits. THE ARTIST tells the story of their interlinked destinies.

Tickets:
Tickets: Tickets for this event are free for Phoenix Film Society members ONLY. You must RSVP by clicking the link below or by calling 602-955-6444 to ensure you receive admittance to this screening.
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2141

About Schmidt

November 8, 2011 – 7:00PM

Society members may attend with a guest
Others may purchase tickets for $10

Kicking of the Alexander Payne retrospective is “About Schmidt” starring Jack Nicholson and Kathy Bates. Nicholson and Bates were both nominated for Oscars for their roles in this film

Synopsis:
Warren Schmidt (Nicholson) is about to taste a not so sweet slice of life. When he retired, he and his wife Helen had big plans, but an unexpected twist changed everything. Now, all of Schmidt’s attention is focused his daughter’s upcoming wedding to a loser waterbed salesman. From meeting hippie parents to sponsoring a Tanzanian foster child, Schmidt embarks on a search for answers…and discovers that life is full of trick questions.