MUFF TO x Now and Then

MUFF TO x Now and Then (August 17) 

HI ALL. 

Now I know you all have been champing at the bit for another installation of (sarcasm font) my stunning and witty series of blog recaps, and I am terribly sorry about the delay to get this one out into the ether. 

When this movie came out, I missed it by about a few years because I was just a little too young - it never became one of those important, formative movies for me, and I have nothing but sadness about that. I'm going to go ahead and say that Now and Then is the woman-identified Stand by Me and it should be remembered in time as a fucking classic. It masterfully weaves in death and sex and love and pain and friendship with ease; it is so cute and UM BRENDAN FRASER PLAYS A HOTTIE SOLDIER DRIFTER. (Talking about BF with Reel Girl Talk programmer Emily Gagne in a coffee shop landed me a free americano because I made the barista laugh, which was also pretty cool.)

Although we always have fun at our screenings, there was something really special in the air for Now and Then - a distinct feeling of excitement from some of the audience that they were re-living a childhood favourite: a movie that taught them about all the confusing and difficult feelings that come with getting older. And I swear to god, I live for that shit because I'm a huge dingus. Check out some of the fab faces who came out: 

As a part of our series miniMUFF (where a short film plays before each of our movies which is written/directed/edited/produced by women), we paired Now and Then with the delightfully weird Penny's for Tea by Sophie Jarvis, where in a mid-50's suburban backdrop, a group of friends get together for tea: and they're all played by a dogs. Because, why not?

Beautiful. 

You ready for the prize recap? HERE WE GO.

-A $100 giftcard from secrets from your sister..., for all your boob needs
-This One Summer written and illustrated by Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki from The Beguiling Books & Art 
-A bag of tasty candy from The Candy Bar 
-TWO sexy prize packs from the Condom Shack
-And a WHOLE BUNCH OF PUDDING FOR ALL YOUR BRA STUFFING AND SNACKING NEEDS. 

We're hilarious. 

We would like to once again thank our amazing sponsors who make our screenings so much fun, as well as our special home, The Carlton Cinema! Thank you so much and we'll see you next month for the inaugural Reel Girl Talk presentation of 9 to 5!