| FAQ - Foolishly Answered Questions What is The Internet Film Club? The Internet Film Club is an online, worldwide film club originally founded by the users of IMDb.com but it has since then been active primary on the mailing list. We watch films by a chosen director or genre and discuss them with other movie-buffs around the world. How does The Internet Film Club work? Usually we pick a filmmaker or a genre (narrowed down by a specific time period) with a list of films that we focus on for a month: We watch them by ourselves and then talk about them (on our mailing list or on the IMDb Message Board. Members also often discuss other topics, not related to the director/genre of the month. Who are the members of The Internet Film Club? The growing member list includes all kind of film-enthusiasts ranging from journalists and experts to the ordinary movie-goer. Everyone who wants to deepen his/her film knowledge or talk about films is welcome. What is the mailing list? It is a post list on Google Groups where most of the discussions take place. There we decide the topic of each month and discuss the films we are watching (plus other film related topics people are interested in). What is your posting-/SPAM-policy on the mailing list? The mailing list is for discussion of films and film related topics. Members should try to limed their topics as much as possible to that.
Posts from new subscribers are moderated. This solution has filtered a lot of spam-mails. This means that it might take up to 12 hours for your first email to appear. Where can I read the newsletter? The newsletters are available on the GoogleGroups-site (http://groups.google.com/group/film-club/web) - we try to write one for each month in which we sum up the latest news and updates. What is a host - what does the host do? The host is a member who nominates three directors/genres for the rest of the members to choose from. Our votes are democratic. The director/genre which get most of the votes wins. How do I come a host? By writing to the cabinet filmclub-cabinet@googlegroups.com. Where can I find the host list? Here http://groups.google.com/group/film-club/web/host-list you can see what we have done from the beginning, what we are watching this month and what we are going to watch next months. You will also find a list of the upcoming hosts there. Do I have to participate every month and can I vote even though I'm not very active? No, you don't have to participate every month and yes you can vote even though you are not very active. How do I subscribe to the mailing list? Simply send an e-mail to film-club-subscribe@googlegroups.com How do I unsubscribe to the mailing list? Simply send an e-mail to film-club-unsubscribe@googlegroups.com Which films has been/are/will be in focus? You can find an entire list of films we've focused on here: http://www.internetfilmclub.info/?show=2 Which web-services are included in the Internet Film Club? The IFC operates with the following internet-services: * Googlegroups-site hosting our mailing list * Official website where we keep most information * IMDb.com where we frequently discuss the films (message boards) * Facebook-group - to see the faces of our dear members Who can I contact if I have other questions/comments/etc.? You can always contact us through e-mail: filmclub-cabinet@googlegroups.com Who are the cabinet members? There are three cabinet members at the moment, Kasper and Thorkell (the founding members) and Linda, who is responsible for the Newsletter. How old is the Internet Film Club? We started in August 2006. |