Chlotrudis Indie Film Wrap-Up, August 1 - 7

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So, I've been amazingly sporadic with my announcements this summer, but there hasn't been a whole lot going on in the independent film scene. I hope you've been getting out to the movies! There are a couple of things to mention this week though, so here I am. As inexplicable as it is that MAMA MIA!... (MORE)

Chlotrudis Indie Film Round-Up, July 4 - 10

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Wow... I'm super late with this, so I'm going to skip the intro and just post the list of films playing this week. I'll just say, am I the last person to see ENCOUNTERS AT THE END OF THE WORLD, Werner Herzog's visually arresting documentary about Antarctica? I will try to catch that very soon as it... (MORE)

Chlotrudis Indie Film Round-Up, June 27 - July 3.

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Thank you to the Brattle Theatre for screening Bruce McDonald's THE TRACEY FRAGMENTS for a week starting Friday, June 27. This innovative film starring Ellen Page wowed me in Toronto, and Chlotrudis co-presented the film at the Independent Film Festival of Boston in May. Now the Brattle is running the exclusive area premiere for one week. DON'T... (MORE)

Chlotrudis Indie Film Round-Up, June 13 - 19

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Sorry for missing the last couple of weeks' announcements. I was in L.A. for BookExpo America and things got a little hectic. While the summer blockbusters are starting to dominate the screens, there's still plenty of independent fodder out there to check out. Tom Kalin's SAVAGE GRACE opens this week, and if you're a fan of dark... (MORE)

Chlotrudis Indie Film Round-Up, May 23 - 29

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The Chlotrudis Movie of the Week is taking the Summer Off!

Now, don't think this means there won't be opportunities for Chlotrudis members to get together and go to the movies. On the contrary, I'm hoping that there will be even more opportunities than ever, and this is how we would like it to work. Everyone has... (MORE)

Chlotrudis Tuesday Night at the Movies + Indie Film Round-Up, May 16 - 22

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I know some of you may have seen this film at the Sunday Eye Opener, but for this week's Tuesday Night at the Movies, join us at the Coolidge Corner Theatre for the 7:15 p.m. screening of SON OF RAMBOW. In what some critics have called the best family film of the year... a film that can... (MORE)

Chlotrudis Monday Night at the Movies + Indie Film Round-Up, May 2 - 8, 2008

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I'm going to be away all next week at a work conference, but Isabel is going to take over the organizing duties for the Chlotrudis Monday Night at the Movies, so hopefully you'll consider joining her! The film is called ELITE SQUAD, directed by José Padilha, whose last film was the intirguing and well-received BUS 174. ELITE... (MORE)