Hello Film Lovers!
We’re back from Toronto, and we’re actually facing a little movie burn-out, if you can believe it. However we’re thrilled to announce this week’s Monday Night Movie as a special, free, sneak preview of Walter Salles’ MOTORCYCLE DIARIES starring Gael Garc’Bernal. The screening takes place at 7:00 p.m. at the Loew’s Boston Common. Please arrive at the lobby by 6:30 so we can get you your pass.
MOTORCYCLE DIARIES
THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES is based on the journals of Che Guevara, leader of the Cuban Revolution. In his memoirs, Guevara recounts adventures he, and best friend Alberto Granado, had while crossing South America by motorcycle in the early 1950s.
DIRECTOR: Walter Salles
CAST: Gabriel Garcia Gael; Rodrigo De la Serna; Mia Maestro; Mercedes Moran
I’d also encourage you to try to catch another new release this week, JU-ON? This chilling Japanese film in the vein of RINGU, played last year at the Brattle Theatre’s Boston Fantastic Film Festival. In addition, an American version of this film starring Sarah Michelle Gellar and entitled THE GRUDGE, will be opening very soon, and you know you’ll want to see the original version first. It’s very creepy and well worth it!
Director Takashi Shimizu delivers Japanese horror filmmaking at its best. His latest film is the tale of a family who is brutally killed in their own home, leaving behind an evil spirit lurking in the shadows. When an unknowing homecare worker arrives on the scene, the spirit is awakened and a terrifying chain of events begins, affecting all those who step foot in the dark house. Sam Raimi calls JU-ON “the most frightening film I’ve ever seen, leaving you no time to catch your breath.” (Fully subtitled)
CAST: Megumi Okina, Misaki Ito, Misa Uehara, Yui Ichikawa, Kanji Tsuda, Kayoko Shibata, Yukako Kukuri, Shuri Matsuda, Yoji Tanaka, Takashi Matsuyama, Yuya Ozeki, Takako Fuji, Chikara Ishikura, Chikako Isomura, Daisuke Honda, Hirokazu Inoue
Finally, a third choice that is sure to be an intriguing and worthwhile film experience comes from Chlotrudis-winner John Sayles and his new political film, SILVER CITY. This would be this week’s choice for Monday Night Film, but it’s playing at Theatre’s I’d rather not go to. But if you don’t mind going to the Harvard Sq. Theatre, the Boston Common Theatre, or the Embassy in Waltham, I urge you to check out SILVER CITY.
During a Colorado gubernatorial race, an inarticulate candidate (Chris Cooper), the scion of a right-wing political dynasty, fumbles towards elected office. When the discovery of an unexplained corpse threatens his campaign’as well as the special interest groups who pull his strings’a private detective (Danny Huston) is hired. Having passively accepted corruption for years, the investigator’s sense of moral outrage is rekindled as the evidence he uncovers circles back, dangerously, toward his own employers. Co-starring Richard Dreyfuss, Daryl Hannah, Maria Bello, Thora Birch, Tim Roth and Kris Kristofferson. Written and directed by John Sayles.
CAST: Maria Bello, Thora Birch, Chris Cooper, Alma Delfina, Richard Dreyfuss, Miguel Ferrer, James Gammon, Daryl Hannah, Danny Huston, Kris Kristofferson, Cajardo Lindsey, Rodney Lizcano, Sal Lopez, Charles Mitchell, Michael Murphy, Mary Kay Place, Tim Roth, David Russell, Gary Sirchia, Ralph Waite, Billy Zane
Fans of Stephen Fry’s work may want to check out BRIGHT YOUNG THINGS, adapted from Evelyn Waugh’s novel Vile Bodies. Fans of anime could check out GHOST IN THE SHELL 2: INNOCENCE, which several people who were with us in Toronto enjoyed. The Harvard Film Archive presents an intriguing series entitled, “Movie Love: Almod’ and His Inspirations.” featuring such films as MATADOR, TALK TO HER, MILDRED PIERCE, and ALL ABOUT EVE. Fans of the political documentary won’t want to miss OUTFOXED: RUPERT MURDOCH’S WAR ON JOURNALISM at the Coolidge, or if you’re looking for some down and dirty fun in preparation for his film A DIRTY SHAME, check out the John Waters series at the Brattle.
See you at the movies!
Playing this week, September 17 – 23.
Brattle Theatre, Cambridge
ResFest 2004 (Fri. – Sun.)
John Waters: King of Cult!
Pink Flamingos (Mon.)
Female Trouble (Tue.)
Polyester (Wed.)
Hairspray (Thu.)
Midnites!
Coffee & CIgarettes (Fri. & Sat.)
Harvard Bookstore Presents!
Art SPiegelman (Mon.)
Gish Jen (Wed.)
Coolidge Corner Theatre, Brookline
Hero
Vanity Fair
Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch’s War on Journalism
Nina Simone: Love Sorceress (Fri. – Mon., Wed.)
Midnites!
Donnie Darko: The Director’s Cut (Fri. & Sat.)
Movies with Live Soundtracks (Fri.)
Midnites! Porn Fu!
Sex and Zen (Sat.)
Double Feature!
Raiders of the Lost Ark (Mon.)
Raiders: Adaptation Director Eric Zala in Person! (Mon.)
Director’s Cut
Crashing the Parties 2004
Harvard Film Archive, Cambridge
The Films of Christian Petzold
Wolfsburg (Fri. & Sun.)
Cuba Libre (Fri.)
Something to Remind Me (Sat. & Sun.)
The State I am in (Sat.)
Contemporary Hollywood Cinema
Psycho (Mon.)
Cin’ Fran’s
The Lovers on the Bridge (Mon.)
Movie Love: Almod’ and His Inspirations
Matador (Tue.)
Duel in the Sun (Tue.)
High Heels (Wed.)
Mildred Pierce (Wed.)
Hollywood Hits Theatre, Danvers
Garden State
Maria Full of Grace
The Door in the Floor
De-Lovely
Napoleon Dynamite
Landmark Theatres
Kendall Square, Cambridge
Ju-On
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
Faster
Bright Young Things
Festival Express
The Brown Bunny
Garden State
The Door in the Floor
Maria Full of Grace
Napoleon Dynamite
Embassy Cinema, Waltham
Silver City
Criminal
Vanity Fair
Garden State
Before Sunset
Napoleon Dynamite
Loews Theatres Copley Place, Boston
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
Freedom Park
Open Water
SuperBabies: Baby Geniuses 2
Fahrenheit 9/11
Maria Full of Grace
Before Sunset
Napoleon Dynamite
Harvard Square, Cambridge
Silver City
Criminal
Vanity Fair
Hero
We Don’t Live Here Anymore
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
The Films of Nuri Bilge Ceylan
The Small Town and Cocoon (Sat.)
Clouds of May (Sat.)
Distant (Sat. & Sun.)
Art on Film
Russian Ark (Sun.)
Russian Cinema: A Tribute to Lenfilm Studios
Twenty Days Without the War (Thu.)
Masquerade (Thu.)
The New Babylon (Thu.)
Irish Cinema
Goldfish Memory (Thu.)
New England Film Arists Present
Smoke and Mirrors: A Geisha Story (Thu.)
The Newburyport Screening Room, Newburyport
Festival Express
Boston Jewish Film Festival Events
Gearing Up for their Annual Film Festival!
Michael R. Colford
Chlotrudis Society for Independent Film, President