Hey there, Film Lovers!
Get flying for some more high-flying, color-coordinated, martial arts fun as the Chlotrudis Monday Night at the Movies enjoys Zhang Yimou’s HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS! Join us for the 7:10 screening at the Kendall Square Theatre. Since the show is so early, we need to meet for dinner at 5:45 p.m. at the Cambridge Brewery (they just updated their menu) so let me know in advance if you’ll be joining us and we’ll save you a seat!
With the Tang Dynasty in decline and unrest raging throughout the land, China’s corrupt government is locked in battle with the House of Flying Daggers, a rebel army. When two local captains, Leo (Andy Lau) and Jin (Takeshi Kaneshiro) are ordered to capture the rebels’ new leader, Jin pretends to “rescue” the beautiful, blind revolutionary Mei (Zhang Ziyi, CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON) from prison, earning her trust so he can escort her to the secret headquarters of the House. The plan works, but to their surprise, Jin and Mei fall deeply in love. An epic martial arts romance from director Zhang Yimou (HERO). (Fully subtitled)
Director: Zhang Yimou
Cast: Andy Lau, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Zhang Ziyi, Song Dandan
As the holiday season approaches, the independent film world is taking an unusal turn and actually slowing down a bit. However there are several new films being released for you to chose from. THE SEA INSIDE features the considerable acting chops of Spanish past Chlotrudis nominee, Javier Bardem as real-life quadrapelegic Ramon Sampedro. The Coolidge Corner Theatre and the Boston Jewish Film Festival present a heartwarming documentary PAPER CLIPS about a Tennessee elementary school class learning about the Holocaust. Opening at the Coolidge next Wednesday is the much-anticipated film by Pedro Almodovar, BAD EDUCATION. We’ll be seeing that next Monday if you want to wait.
I hope to catch BEING JULIA after reading Hilary’s stellar review. I was even more excited to learn that it featured Sheila McCarthy (I’VE HEARD THE MERMAIDS SINGING) in a supporting role. It looks like I’ll have to head out to the West Newton Cinema, The Capitol Theatre in Arlington, or Hollywood Hits in Danvers, but I think I’ll be able to manage that. Incidentally, if you haven’t seen VERA DRAKE for Imelda Staunton’s outstanding Best Actress-worthy performance, you still have a chance at the West Newton Cinema. And please take note that I’ve added the independent listings for the FEI Theatres in Arlington and Somerville, as well as the West Newton Cinema.
See you at the movies!
Playing this week, December 10 – 16.
Brattle Theatre, Cambridge
A Holiday Tradition!
It’s a Wonderful Life
It’s a Punk Rock Christmas
End of the Century: the Story of the Ramones (Fri. & Sat.)
Mondo Punko: Punk Rock Performance Footage (Fri. & Sat.)
Urgh! A Music War (Sun. & Mon.)
Special Return Engagement
The Leopard
Coolidge Corner Theatre, Brookline
Bad Education (Wed. & Thu.)
Kinsey (Fri. – Tue.)
Sideways
Paper Clips
Midnites
Tarnation (Fri. & Sat.)
Bad Santa
Pantyhose Hero (Sat.)
FEI Theatres Capitol Theatres, Arlington
Being Julia
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
What the Bleep Do We Know
FEI Theatres Somerville Theatres, Somerville
Garden State (Fri. – Thu.)
What the Beep Do We Know (Sat. – Thu.)
Bombay Cinema Presents
Swades (Sat. – Thu.)
Veer-Zaara (Sat. & Sun.)
Harvard Film Archive, Cambridge
Happpy Holidays!
No Screenings
Hollywood Hits Theatre, Danvers
Kinsey
Being Julia
Sideways
Napoleon Dynamite
Landmark Theatres
Kendall Square, Cambridge
House of Flying Daggers
The Sea Inside
On the Waterfront
Sideways
Kinsey
The Motorcycle Diaries
Embassy Cinema, Waltham
House of Flying Daggers
Closer
Sideways
The Motorcycle Diaries
Loews Theatres Copley Place, Boston
Kinsey
I Heart Huckabees
The Motorcycle Diaries
Ray (Not eligible, but co-starring Kerry Washington!)
Harvard Square, Cambridge
Closer
Finding Neverland
I Heart Huckabees
A Very Long Engagement (Not Eligible)
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
New England Film Artists Present
Anya In and Out of Focus (Sat. & Sun.)
Asian Cinevisions
The Hunter and the Hunted (Sat & Sun.)
Men Suddenly in Black (Wed.)
French Cinema
As If Nothing Happened (Sat., Sun., Wed., Thu.)
Friends of Film Sneak Preview
The Ritchie Boys (Sun.)
Cinema Tropical
To the Left of the Father
The Newburyport Screening Room, Newburyport
Red Lights
West Newton Cinema, West Newton
Kinsey
Being Julia
Paper Clips
Vera Drake
UPCOMING EVENTS!
Boston Jewish Film Festival
Upcoming Films (full descriptions follow below):
Marian Marzynski’s documentary about his daughter’s life, ANYA IN AND OUT OF FOCUS, generated a great deal of interesting conversation when it premiered at the Museum of Fine Arts (MFA) this Sunday. There are two more screenings of the film, beginning this Saturday, and the filmmaker will be on hand to answer questions at both of them. (See show times at the MFA above.)
This Sunday, the BJFF is proud to copresent a sneak preview screening of a new documentary, THE RITCHIE BOYS, also at the MFA. (See showtimes at the MFA above.)
The moving and poignant documentary, PAPER CLIPS, showcased by BJFF in 2003, opens this Friday in Boston at the West Newton Cinema and the Coolidge Corner Theatre. (See Coolidge Corner schedule above.)
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Boston Public Library
Werner Herzog Film Series
Mondays at 6 p.m. in the Rabb Lecture Hall – FREE!
Fitzcarraldo (Dec. 20)
Cobra Verde (Dec. 27)
Michael R. Colford
Chlotrudis Society for Independent Film, President