Medfield College Film Society

This week the society stays within the Touchstone Pictures vault as this season winds down with 1998's Rushmore, directed by Wes Anderson and starring Jason Schwartzman, Bill Murray, and Olivia Williams. Join us as we head off for prep school, then public school, and remember characters in our own youth who favor the characters in this movie. Except for the private school, we've lived it! And the music is great! Follow us @medfieldfilm for the latest news.

This week the society continues through the world of Touchstone Pictures with 2000's High Fidelity, directed by Stephen Frears and starring John Cusack. Sit back and let these grand tunes guide you through all the dysfunction you can bear and more - and don't forget the Jack Black! Are these guys ever going to do Disney movies again?! Follow @medfieldfilm on social media for the latest updates.

Did you ever wonder what your life would be like, if it was just... DIFFERENT? Tired of your domestic situation? Have a little ennui with the boss at work? Maybe wondering about your larger regrets? These are the questions that are tackled by the 1990 Touchstone classic Mr. Destiny, directed by James Orr and starring Jim Belushi, Linda Hamilton, and Michael Caine. Join us as another magical bartender shows us a huge WHAT IF, and the society reflects on their own ...

This week, the society views the 1997 Touchstone thriller Conair, directed by Simon West and starring a cast of luminaries, anchored by Nicholas Cage, John Malcovitch, and John Cusack. Join us as we board a plane with all the worst criminals in America, who frequently fly around the country together for some unknown reason. Bring your best hand-to-hand combat skills, sweet tea, and apple butter, because this one is a southern scorcher! Follow us @medfieldfilm on social media for the lat...

This week the society watches the 1991 Touchstone classic What About Bob, directed by Frank Oz and starring Bill Murray and Richard Dreyfuss. Join us as we explore the wonderful world of mental health in New England. Please leave your poor goldfish at home, that's just cruel to the goldfish. Don't hassle me, I'm local! It's the Medfield College Film Society! Follow us @medfieldfilm on social media for the latest updates.

This week the society continues their exploration of the realms of Touchstonia by watching 1988's Cocktail, directed by Roger Donaldson and starring the one and only Tom Cruise, Doug Coughlin, and society favorite Elisabeth Shue. Ever want to make it filthy rich? Try bartending! But beware, it's not all TGI Friday's - there's a seedy underbelly of intrigue, high dares, Tom Cruise freakouts, and a lot of Coughlin's laws! Follow us @medfieldfilm on social media for the latest news.

Are you tough? What is tough? Join the society this week as they watch the 1986 Touchstone Pictures treat Tough Guys, directed by Jeff Kanew, and starring Hollywood legends Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas, and newcomer Dana Carvey. Join us as we see what tough means - rebelling against your retirement home! Breaking up break dancing, and more! Just make sure to wear your pinstripes and be prepared for awful Kirk Douglas and Burt Lancaster impressions throughout. Follo...

The 80s were really something, weren't they? The ladies went to work and the men, they had to learn how to change diapers.... sometimes. But what would happen if THREE men had to change a diaper? Could they pull it off? Especially when dating all of the Upper West Side? These are the questions Michael Eisner and Disney executives had to answer when greenlighting 1987's Three Men and a Baby, directed by the one and only Leonard Nimoy and starring Tom Selleck, Ted ...

Relive the bloat of the late 90s and crazy what if scenarios of the late Clinton administration as the society watches their first movie of this season with 1998's Armageddon. This mega blockbuster, directed by Michael Bay and starring a cast of established and then-establishing stars headed by Bruce Willis, was a board room delight as theatergoers flocked in droves. But does it hold up to 2024 scrutiny? Will the society survive the armageddon of watching ALL Touchstone film...

Season Six begins! We take a trip to a tumultuous time in the history of the Walt Disney Company and the birth of Touchstone Pictures. We are joined by the Medfield College Players, who present the thrilling radio drama "Who's Touchin' My Stones." Follow us @medfieldfilm on social media.

This week we have the SEASON 5 FINALE - hard to believe it's been 5 years in the can! And to celebrate, we're hunting for gold.... AND PROTECTING IT with 2004's thriller National Treasure, directed by Jon Turteltaub and starring Nicolas Cage, Diane Kruger, and Sean Bean...... and Jon Voight. Join us as we follow clues our founding fathers left for us to connect us to a great and all powerful treasure! Beware of ever-present 90s antagonist Sean Bean though... he's wily. ...

What is it about 80s-era cop movies? Is it the wisecracks? The great villains who seem to always use fish markets as a front for their wrongdoing? The neverending fight against corruption? Perhaps it's as simple as appreciation for a sultry sax part. These are the questions we aim to tackle in this week's episode, where we watch the 1989 Touchstone Pictures vehicle Turner & Hooch, directed by Roger Spottiswoodle and starring funnyman Tom Hanks, Mare Winningha...

This week the society watches the 1960 Disney classic Pollyanna, directed by David Swift and starring Jane Wyman, Moochie, and the debut of podcast favorite Hayley Mills in the title role. Upset about how your life is going? Maybe refraction can help! Still upset about how your life is going? Maybe someone else's tragedy will help! The only way to find out is to listen in as our society chews on this full meal of a motion picture. Follow us @medfieldfilm on social med...

This week the society explores the intrigue of the Deep South in 1976's Treasure of Matecumbe, directed by Vincent McEveety and starring Robert Foxworth, Joan Hackett, and Peter Ustinov. Hey, when I said Deep South, did it send a shiver down your spine? Perhaps thinking of Polynesian war masks? Glaring dancing ruffians? Oh.... me neither. Anyway, join us as we watch this very unique set of events and perils, and see a little vintage Discovery Island along the w...

This week the society is back as we watch the 1993 film Cool Runnings, directed by Jon Turteltaub and starring John Candy, Leon, and Doug E. Doug. Join us as we recall fond memories of the Calvary Olympics, Western Steer restaurants, and hear Andy's opinions on line dancing (spoiler: he LOVES it!). Follow us @medfieldfilm on social media for the latest updates.

This week the society watches the Disney classic The Parent Trap from 1961, written and directed by David Swift and starring the incomparable Hayley Mills, Maureen O'Hara, and Brian Keith. Join us as we explore many things, but mostly talking about our admiration for Maureen O'Hara, Brian Keith, and the ranch house in this film. Will this one get a spot securely in our all-time top 10? Grab two (or more) fingers of bourbon, have a seat, and listen to find out! Join us @medf...

This week the society returns to the high seas with 1996's Muppet Treasure Island, directed by Brian Henson and David Lane, and starring Tim Curry, Billy Connolly, and Jennifer Saunders. See what happens when our friends the Muppets take on another literary classic, and one that we know well with the John Louis Stevenson classic. It's the perfect cure for your post-holiday CABIN FEVER! Follow us on social media @medfieldfilm

This week the society is back out West viewing the 1975 madcap adventure The Apple Dumpling Gang, directed by podcast regular Norman Tokar and starring Bill Bixby, Susan Clark, and Don Knotts and Tim Conway... doing their thing. We will ask the big questions, such as "why not dumplin'?" and "why can't you offer a woman a drink in Disney's old west?" This and more awaits, you, but first.... I gotta go Mr. Donovan....

The Medfield gang is back with a movie that was near and dear to most of us - 1973's animated classic Robin Hood, directed by Wolfgang Reitherman, starring Brian Bedford, Phil Harris, and Peter Ustinov, and featuring some truly iconic Roger Miller songs. Why don't you sit and rest a spell as we discuss this peach's place in the Disney echelon? Nobody really likes Skippy, but that shouldn't hurt things too bad, right? And George "Goober" Lindsay is up in here, surely that wil...

This week the society experiences the 1967 Disney spectacle The Happiest Millionaire, directed by podcast fixture Norman Tokar and starring Fred MacMurray, Tommy Steele, and Leslie Ann Warren. Experience the breathtaking musical extravaganza through the eyes of Andy, or resident critic who going into this quite-lengthy film claimed to "not like musicals." Or through the eyes of our historian, Michael Crawford, who once received the soundtrack on LP as a teenager for a birthday pre...