Nightmare Alley
SCL Screening + LIVE Q&A: NIGHTMARE ALLEY w/Nathan Johnson Composer NATHAN JOHNSON MODERATED BY TIM GREIVING (Film Music Journalist) Friday, December 3, 7:30PM PT Please be mindful of the SCL's Code of Conduct. When charismatic but down-on-his-luck Stanton Carlisle (Bradley Cooper) endears himself to clairvoyant Zeena (Toni Collette) and her has-been mentalist husband Pete (David…
Mothering Sunday
Composer MORGAN KIBBY MODERATED BY BYRON BURTON (The Hollywood Reporter) Screening Link available upon Registration YouTube Live Stream Q&A Monday, December 6, 12:00PM (PT) On Mothering Sunday, 1924, Jane Fairchild, foundling, maid to the Niven household, has no mother to go to. Jane meets with her secret lover, the young heir of a neighbouring estate.…
Respect
Songwriter, Singer, & Actress JENNIFER HUDSON Songwriters CAROLE KING JAMIE HARTMAN MODERATED BY ASHLEY IRWIN (SCL President) Screening Link available upon Registration YouTube Live Stream Q&A Monday, December 6, 2:00PM (PT) Jennifer Hudson is Aretha Franklin in the true story of the icon’s musical and spiritual journeys. She overcomes controlling men and inner demons and,…
New York Holiday Social
The Society of Composers & Lyricists warmly invites all New York-based members to join us in an evening of drinks and socializing to wrap up the year with cheer! After nearly two years of virtual events and social distancing, this winter's informal gathering will be a chance to celebrate our community and unite in one room once again. *** RESERVATION INFORMATION…
Old
Composer TREVOR GUREKIS Songwriter SALEKA SHYAMALAN Director M. NIGHT SHYAMALAN MODERATED BY MARK SMYTHE (Composer) Screening Link available upon Registration YouTube Live Stream Q&A Tuesday, December 7, 12:00PM (PT) A vacationing family discovers that the secluded beach where they're relaxing for a few hours is somehow causing them to age rapidly, reducing their entire lives…
Stillwater
Composer MYCHAEL DANNA MODERATED BY ASHLEY IRWIN (SCL President) Screening Link available upon Registration YouTube Live Stream Q&A Tuesday, December 7, 6:30PM (PT) Unemployed roughneck Bill Baker (Academy Award®-winner Matt Damon) travels from Oklahoma to Marseille to visit his estranged daughter Allison (Academy Award®-nominee Abigail Breslin). Imprisoned for a murder she claims she did not…
The Lost Daughter
Composer DICKON HINCHLIFFE MODERATED BY JON BURLINGAME (VARIETY) Screening Link available upon Registration YouTube Live Stream Q&A Wednesday, December 8, 1:00PM (PT) Alone on a seaside vacation, Leda (Olivia Colman) becomes consumed with a young mother and daughter as she watches them on the beach. Unnerved by their compelling relationship, (and their raucous and menacing…
Rebel Hearts
Songwriter RUFUS WAINWRIGHT MODERATED BY TRACY MCKNIGHT (Music Supervisor) Wednesday, December 8, 7:30PM PT Please be mindful of the SCL's Code of Conduct. In 1960s Los Angeles, The Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary fought for equality, their livelihoods, and their own freedom against an all-powerful Cardinal who sought to keep them in their…
Encanto
Composer GERMAINE FRANCO Songwriter LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA Director BYRON HOWARD JARED BUSH MODERATED BY JAZZ TANGCAY (Variety) Screening Link available upon Registration YouTube Live Stream Q&A Thursday, December 9, 2:00PM (PT) Welcome to the family Madrigal where every member is blessed with a magic gift unique to them. Everyone, that is, except Mirabel. When the family’s home…
Coda
Composer & Co-Songwriter MARIUS DE VRIES Co-Songwriter & Music Producer NICHOLAI BAXTER MODERATED BY JON BURLINGAME (Variety) Screening Link available upon Registration YouTube Live Stream Q&A Thursday, December 9, 6:30PM (PT) Seventeen-year-old Ruby (Emilia Jones) is the sole hearing member of a deaf family – a CODA, child of deaf adults. Her life revolves around…
The Mitchells Vs The Machines
Composer MARK MOTHERSBAUGH MODERATED BY JENELLE RILEY (Variety) Screening Link available upon Registration YouTube Live Stream Q&A Friday, December 10, 1:00PM (PT) The Mitchells vs. The Machines is an animated action-comedy about an ordinary family who finds themselves in the middle of their biggest family challenge yet…saving the world from the robot apocalypse. No big…
Flee
Composer UNO HELMERSSON MODERATED BY CHANDLER POLING (White Bear PR, Dublab Radio) Screening Link available upon Registration YouTube Live Stream Q&A Friday, December 10, 5:00PM (PT) Flee tells the story of Amin Nawabi as he grapples with a painful secret he has kept hidden for 20 years, one that threatens to derail the life he…