Joe Meyers

Film Critic for the Connecticut Post

May 11

"Oscar Fallout And What's New At The Movies"

Joe's topic is "Oscar Fallout And What's New At The Movies." In his talk, he will discuss the world of film, do a retrospective on the Academy Awards and make some comments about what's ahead in film for the summer. The meeting begins at 10AM at the Saugatuck Congregational Church, 245 Post Road East

Joe Meyers, a native of Chicago, did most of his schooling in Philadelphia and studied journalism at Penn State. The former editor of the (now sadly defunct) Delmarva News, he spent two wonderful years in the late 1970s running the first (and only) art house movie theater on the Delmarva Peninsula, where he learned many valuable lessons about the differences between commerce and art. A collection of Joe's pieces about film stars of the past - "Whatever Happened to..." – went through several printings. Recently, Joe has hosted several "Critics' Choice" evenings at the non-profit Avon Theatre Film Center in Stamford, including a screening of "The Producers" which was followed by Joe's Q&A with the film's star Gene Wilder.