Film Club: Whiplash / Damien Chazelle @ Gilda

You're welcome to join us for our film club featuring classic movies from all decades! After the screening, we'll gather somewhere nearby to discuss the film and share our appreciation for the art of cinema.

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This time our featured film is Damien Chazelle's Whiplash, screening at Gilda:

Whiplash is a 2014 American independent psychological drama film written and directed by Damien Chazelle, and starring Miles Teller, J. K. Simmons, and Paul Reiser. It focuses on an ambitious music student and aspiring jazz drummer (Teller), who is pushed to his limit by his abusive instructor (Simmons).

Whiplash premiered in competition at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival on January 16, as the festival's opening film, where it won the Audience Award Dramatic and the Grand Jury Prize Dramatic. The film opened in limited release domestically in the United States and Canada on October 10, 2014, gradually expanding to over 500 screens and finally closing on March 26, 2015. The film received acclaim for its screenplay, direction, editing, sound mixing and Simmons’s performance. It grossed $50 million on a $3.3 million budget during its original theatrical run. The film received [multiple accolades](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_accolades_received_by_Whiplash "List of accolades