Chlotudis is pleased to welcome Mark Blane to the 30th annual Chlotrudis Awards Ceremony to accept the Buried Treasure award that his debut narrative feature, CUBBY, released in 2019, won in 2020. That year, the 26th annual Chlotrudis Awards Ceremony,
Read the review...Chlotrudis Adopts a New Visual Identity ()
To celebrate its 30th birthday, an age when one feels they have truly achieved adulthood, the Chlotrudis Society for Independent Film has updated its brand, adopting a new visual identity for the group. Don’t worry, the cat is still there. An
Read the review...Best of the 2023 Festivals ()
It was a year that many Chlotrudis members went back to Film Festivals in person and in force. The Society had strong representation at the Independent Film Festival Boston (IFFBoston), the Provincetown International Film Festival (PIFF), the Toronto International Film
Read the review...The 25th Annual Provincetown International Film Festival ()
by Cheryl Eagan-Donovan This year’s 25th anniversary edition of PIFF included lots of big budget premieres, both international and locally shot films, and as always, really great parties. Producer Vicki Oleskey and I arrived by the fast ferry from Boston
Read the review...IFFBoston 2023 – Celebrating Twenty Years of Independent Film ()
by Cheryl Eagan-Donovan The vibe at this year’s festival can be summed up in one word: gratitude. From audiences, filmmakers, festival staff, and volunteers, everyone seemed genuinely thankful to be back in person, seeing exciting new films on the big
Read the review...CHLOTRUDIS SOCIETY FOR INDEPENDENT FILM ANNOUNCES 2022 AWARD NOMS FOR 29TH YEAR – ‘AFTERSUN’ BASKS IN THE GLOW ()
Nominations for the 29th annual Chlotrudis Awards were finalized by the film group’s nominating committee this past weekend, ahead of its March 19th awards dinner to be held at the newly renovated French Library in Boston’s Back Bay. AFTERSUN, Charlotte
Read the review...2022’s Best Small Films ()
In recent years as “blockbuster” when applied to a film increasingly means “superhero genre” (a genre I’m not particularly interested in), I find myself gravitating more and more towards, well, smaller films. Films that don’t bust the block. Not necessarily
Read the review...Film Festivals 2022 and Beyond: Where Do We Go From Here? ()
by Peg Aloi Now that we’re essentially in the third year of an ongoing pandemic, one that as of December 2022 looks like it might be surging again and with added complications from new strains of RSV, flu and who
Read the review...Sweltering Summer Cinema ()
by Peg Aloi Though there are few pleasures finer than going to a nice cool movie theatre to beat the summer heat, occasionally we cinephiles prefer a more thoughtful arthouse experience to a raucous summer blockbuster. This summer’s unprecedented extreme
Read the review...Being Peter Bogdanovich: a life in film, worthy of being a film ()
by Tom Meek With the passing of Peter Bogdanovich earlier this year the movie world lost a filmmaker whose streak of instant classics in the 1970s rivaled that of fellow New Hollywood deities Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese and William
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