Hey there Everyone!
There are two new films opening at the Kendall Square Theatre that you shouldn’t miss. One is next week’s Chlotrudis Monday Movie of the Week. ROCK SCHOOL is a hilarious documentary about the Paul Green School of Rock Music in Philadelphia, where a very peculiar and excitable teacher educates the youth of America about the importance of Frank Zappa, Black Sabbath and Metallica. Could this be the true life inspiration for Jack Black’s character in SCHOOL OF ROCK? Join us for the 7:45 p.m. screening at the Kendall Square Theatre on Monday night to find out!
Director Don Argott follows the trials and tribulations of students, ages nine to seventeen, of the Paul Green School of Rock Music’an after-school, Philadelphia institute of rock led by its founder and namesake. As Green takes a rag-tag group of students out of music oblivion, he molds them into a force to be reckoned with on the stage at Zappanale, a five-day music festival in Germany of all things Zappa. Will the kids bring the audience to their knees, or crash and burn the night of the big show to turn into rock school dropouts?
Director: Don Argott
The other film opening tomorrow I highly recommend. I saw BROTHERS at the Toronto International Film Festival last year and was quietly blown away. This is Danish director Susanne Bier’s follow-up to the masterful OPEN HEARTS. This powerful drama examines how war can have unexpected and dramatic consequences on civillians who have family in combat. The film stars Nikolaj Lie Kaas (RECONSTRUCTION), Ulrich Thomsen (THE INHERITANCE), and Connie Nielsen (DEMONLOVER). This would have been the week’s Monday Movie of the week had I not already seen it.
Most importantly, coming up tomorrow night there’s a Brattle event that no self-respecting Chlotrudis member will want to miss! Spend an evening with Chlotrudis Award winner Hal Hartley! Hal will be in town to promote the release of his latest film, THE GIRL FROM MONDAY, a science fiction film Hartley-style, about sex and consumerism starring the irrepressible Bill Sage. Since we’re such big fans of Hal at the Brattle, we decided to throw him a reception, and it’s to great an opportunity to pass up! Join Hal at Harvest, Friday, June 3, 5:30 – 7:00 for some delicious food and Harpoon beer, courtesy of our sponsors, Harvest Restaurant and Harpoon Brewery. Your $25.00 ticket will grant you admission to the reception for the free food and beer (along with a chance to say hello to Hal) as well as a ticket to see Hal’s new film and hear his Q&A afterwards! What more do you want? A lot of you got a chance to meet Hal when he was in town a few years ago to accept his Chlotrudis award, and it would be great if you’d stop by to say hello, and congratulate him on his Chlotrudis win. Advance tickets are on sale at the Brattle website, and are available at Harvest starting at 5:30 p.m. We’re limiting this event to 40 people and you really want to be one of them! Help the Brattle sell this event out!
See you at the movies!
Playing this week, June 3 – 9.
Brattle Theatre, Cambridge
Area Theatrical Premiere!
The Girl from Monday (Fri. – Sun.) Hal Hartley in person at Fri. 7:15 screening!
Special Reception for Hal Hartley @ Harvest! (Fri.) Tickets are only $25 and include a ticket to 7:15 screening.
Trouble + Desire: the Films of Hal Hartley
The Unbelievable Truth (Mon.)
Possible Films: Hal Hartley Shorts (Tue.) Double Feature!
Amateur (Tue.) Double Feature!
No Such Thing (Wed.) Double Feature!
The Book of Life (Wed.) Double Feature!
Henry Fool (Thu.)
Coolidge Corner Theatre, Brookline
The Girl from Monday
Ladies in Lavender
Mad Hot Ballroom
Born into Brothels (Sat. & Sun.)
Midnite Madness
Leslie & The Ly’s in concert with guest BJ Snowden (Fri.)
Meet the Feebles (Fri. & Sat.)
Special Screening
F.W. Murnau’s Faust with live musical accompaniment by Cul De Sac (Mon.)
Brookline Booksmith presents Nick Hornby (Tue.)
Sneak Preview Screening and Fundraiser
Stolen Childhoods (Wed.)
FEI Theatres Capitol Theatres, Arlington
The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill
Millions
FEI Theatres Somerville Theatres, Somerville
Born into Brothels (Mon. – Thu.)
Bombay Cinema Presents
Bunti Aur Babli
Harvard Film Archive, Cambridge
Matters of Life and Death: The Films of Bruno Ganz
Downfall (Fri.)
Behind Me (Sat. & Sun.)
Marquise of O (Sat. & Sun.)
The American Friend (Mon. & Tue.)
Knife in the Head (Mon. & Tue.)
The Left-Handed Woman (Wed.)
Nosferatu (Wed.)
Hollywood Hits Theatre, Danvers
Mad Hot Ballroom
Layer Cake
Enron: the Smartest Guys in the Room
Look at Me
Landmark Theatres
Kendall Square, Cambridge
Rock School
Brothers
Eating Out
Layer Cake
The Holy Girl
Kung Fu Hustle (ineligible)
Look at Me
Enron: the Smartest Guys in the Room
Embassy Cinema, Waltham
Rock School
Mad Hot Ballroom
Ladies in Lavender
Enron: the Smartest Guys in the Room
Layer Cake
The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill
Loew’s Harvard Square, Cambridge
Crash (ineligible)
Mad Hot Ballroom
Ladies in Lavender
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Kira Muratova Retrospective
Passions (Fri.)
Chekhov’s Motives (Sat. & Wed.)
The Aesthenic Syndrome (Sun. & Thu.)
Armenian Cinema
Vodka Lemon (Fri. – Sun, Wed. & Thu.)
Birds on Film
The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill (Sat.)
Art of Film
Tall: The American Skyscraper and Louis Sullivan (Sat.)
Boston Jewish Film Festival: Encores and More
Le Grande R’/i> (Sun.)
Paper Snow (Thu.)
The Newburyport Screening Room, Newburyport
Monsieur N
West Newton Cinema, West Newton
Turtles Can Fly
Dear Frankie
Bride & Prejudice
Winter Solstice
Look at Me
Walk on Water
The Chorus
Paper Clips
Melinda and Melinda
COMING SOON!
An Evening with Hal Hartley
Filmmaker Hal Hartley will be appearing at the Brattle Theatre in Harvard Square for the area premier of his latest film: THE GIRL FROM MONDAY.
The Brattle Film Foundation will host an opening night reception in honor of Mr. Hartley on Friday June 3rd from 5:30’7:00PM at Harvest Restaurant around the corner from the Theatre. Tickets to the reception are $25.00 and include admission to the 7:15 screening followed by a Q&A session.
Advance tickets available on the Brattle website (www.brattlefilm.org) or after 5:30PM on the day of the event at the Harvest Restaurant. It is recommended to purchase advance tickets because space is limited for the reception.
The Girl From Monday will screen at the Brattle Theatre, June 3 through the 5th as the kick-off for a week-long restrospective of Mr. Hartley’s films. In addition to the premiere, the series will include such favorites as THE UNBELIEVABLE TRUTH, AMATEUR, BOOK OF LIFE and HENRY FOOL. The retrospective will run from June 6th through June 9th.
If you would like to purchase tickets just for the screening with Mr. Hartley present or other individual screenings in the retrospective, you can do so online at www.brattlefilm.org ‘ tickets for the screening with Mr. Hartley present are $10, all other shows in the series are the normal Brattle Theatre ticket prices.
May Events from The Boston Jewish Film Festival
The Boston Jewish Film Festival Encore and More! at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, June 2 ‘ July 7. See www.bjff.org/events for details
Michael R. Colford
Chlotrudis Society for Independent Film, President