Spoke with Pete last night about kicking off the Clan Movie Club - and we are now FULL SPEED AHEAD!

So chosen by myself and Pete, the 1st selection for the Clan Movie Club is the 2003 film, “The Station Agent.” First time writer/director Tom McCarthy (who’s known as a character actor himself in movies like “Michael Clayton,” “All The King’s Men” and TV shows like “The Wire”), “The Station Agent” is genuinely beautiful storytelling. A serious Sundance winner, it stars Peter Dinklage, Bobby Cannavale and Patricia Clarkson, and is a perfectly paced and poignant film that has a tone and theme similar to this year’s Pixar release “UP,” and for good reason, cause McCarthy got “story by” credit on the cartoon flick. A great tale of companionship, dependence on friends and what good “hangs” can mean to the quality of your life. And I’m not sure there are two people in this universe who like to “hangs” (aka sit around and talk about bullshit) then our group of friends, so this movie means a lot.

I usually would go into great detail about a movie like this, but I’m going to keep it short for now. Because that’s where you guys come in.

The goal of the Clan Movie Club is to have discussions about these movies, hear opinions and talk about meaningful movies that you may have missed. We’re looking for excitement on your end to talk about cinema. Post tons of comments, send us emails at Jensen@clanmovieclub.com. We want to see essays, theories, criticisms and anything we can post on the site to get people talking and selecting new favorite movies. 

And the more you participate…the higher your chance for rewards, because a goal of the Clan Movie Club is to reward those who are involved, making it a REAL CLUB…with REAL MEMBERSHIP! I’m even expecting some essays from PW!

And lastly, each movie selection will be accompanied by a Limited Edition Clan Movie Club shirt release. The design will be inspired by the film, tribute it and capture the feelings from the script/actors/cinematography, and we’re really happy with how the 1st one turned out. But we’ll announce the movie before the shirt, give you some time to fall in love with it and then release the shirt a week or two later. 

Hope you guys enjoy the first selection. It has a lot of emotion in it and really is such a great tale of friendship and personal growth. Let’s get it started, people!