Archive - Cognitive Film Society

The Invite, 2026 - ★★★★½

If everything looks perfect and we want for nothing - why are we so miserable?

18 hrs ago • Cognitive Film Society

Meatballs, 1979 - ★★★½

Throw in a trip to Action Park and this is a pretty accurate representation of sleep away camp in the 1970s-1980s.

Jul 5 • Cognitive Film Society

Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, 1991 - ★★★★

Search your heart, search your soul and you know this Robin Hood is a stone cold 90’s classic.

Jul 4 • Cognitive Film Society

Minions & Monsters, 2026 - ★★★½

I'm clearly a mark for any film that has Josef Von Sternberg in a critical role, or one that references Chaplin, Lloyd, and Keaton and the pre-code, pre…

Jul 4 • Cognitive Film Society

Aliens, 1986 - ★★★★★

Is this the most intense film ever made?

Jul 4 • Cognitive Film Society

Lifeguard, 1976 - ★★★½

A charming melodrama and character study of Sam Elliot’s titular lifeguard.

Jul 3 • Cognitive Film Society

Near Orouët, 1971 - ★★★★★

The perfect summer hang, filmed like a memory of the most romantic summers of your life.

Jul 2 • Cognitive Film Society

Batman, 1989 - ★★★★★

There are misguided souls who will tell you that Matt Reeves’ The Batman (2022) is the first time Batman is a detective, and first as film noir.

Jul 2 • Cognitive Film Society

The Devil's Trap, 1962 - ★★★★½

Vlacil’s films tread the boundaries between the real world and something more spiritual.

Jul 1 • Cognitive Film Society

June 2026

A New Leaf, 1971 - ★★★★½

Even sociopaths deserve true love and to walk hand and hand into the sunset with their beloved.

Jun 29 • Cognitive Film Society

Goldfinger, 1964 - ★★★★★

The gold standard for all action-spy thrillers.

Jun 27 • Cognitive Film Society

Mikey and Nicky, 1976 - ★★★★★

We live in a world run by Mikey and Nicky’s - cheap small time hoods who fascinate us with proclamations of love, loyalty and sympathy - while wallowing…

Jun 27 • Cognitive Film Society

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