Hey there Everyone!
The 2005 films are starting on Monday Nights starting January 17! Join us at the Kendall Square Cinema for some anime/sci fi adventure for the new South Korean film SKY BLUE. Now, this may seem like the type of film that should be playing at the Brattle Theatre, and in truth, it should be. But we take our films where we can get them, so please join us for the 7:40 p.m. show on Monday night. And that leaves us plenty of time to grab a bite for dinner at the Cambridge Brewery at 6:00 p.m. So let me know if you’d like to join us for dinner and we’ll save you a seat! Here’s a synopsis of the film.
In the near future, mankind’s reckless exploitation of the environment has sparked a world war that has all but ended human civilization. Jay, a young female trooper thriving in a magnificent, organic city named Ecoban, guards the city against the incursions of outsiders. But when she witnesses the cruelty of Ecoban’s leaders towards thousands of war refugees’and discovers her childhood sweetheart is leading the rebellion’her loyalty to Ecoban is put to the test. Director Moon Sang Kim’s debut feature is seen widely as a technical hallmark of a maturing Korean animation industry. In English.
Director: Moon Sang Kim
A few big films open this week that are 2005 eligible for Chlotrudis, even though they are considered 2004 films for Oscar consideration. Let me amend what I just wrote. They may be eligible. We won’t know until we see their release pattern in the next few weeks. If they expand to over 1000 screens, they become ineligible! At any rate, those films are the Sean Penn-starring THE ASSASSINATION OF RICHARD NIXON, and the Al Pacino starring WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE’S THE MERCHANT OF VENICE. You can catch either of those films at the Kendall Square Theatre as well.
Sunday heralds the return of THE SUNDAY EYE OPENER, co-presented by the Brattle Theatre. For a mere $25.00, Chlotrudis members buy a spot in the hippest hangout on a Sunday morning. Each Sunday at 11 a.m. enjoy a sneak preview of a forthcoming film, complete with introduction and discussion led by Ivy Moylan, Co-executive Director of the Brattle Theatre (and Chlotrudis Board Member too!) This week we’ll be previewing the documentary IN THE REALMS OF THE UNREAL, which opens next Wednesday at the Museum of Fine Arts. Members of both Chlotrudis AND the Brattle get the 10 week subscription for only $15.00! What, are we crazy? No, we’re just teaching people to view films actively, and this screening/discussion series sure does the job. Join us for coffee, treats, film and discussion on Sunday.
There’s another film that I’m interested in playing at the Museum of Fine Arts this week. BRIGHT FUTURE is a Japanese film by Kiyoshi Kurosawa who directed the thrillers CURE and PULSE. Now, while I haven’t caught either of those films yet (they’re on my NetFlix queue) I may try to squeeze BRIGHT FUTURE in. Then again, looking at the crappy times they’re playing it, I probably won’t be able to catch it. Sigh.
As you are all aware, it’s Nomination time! Anyone taking part in the nomination process must see 25 films on the eligible film list found here. The online nomination form is up and running! You’ll find a link to it in the “members only” section of this webpage. This is the last week to see films before nominating, and many excellent films are available on DVD, or through the Chlotrudis Screener Program, and several are still playing at second run theatres in the area. To see what screeners are available, log in to the members only section of the website. Contact me at colford@chlotrudis.org for the username and password if you don’t have it. The Nominating Committee meeting will take place on Saturday, January 22, 3:00 p.m. at the home of Ned Hinkle and Ivy Moylan in Cambridge. Nominations will be due by Thursday, January 20.
See you at the movies!
Playing this week, January 14 – 20.
Brattle Theatre, Cambridge
New 35mm Restoration
Donkey Skin
The Sunday Eye Opener!
In the Realms of the Unreal (Sun.)
Coolidge Corner Theatre, Brookline
Bad Education
Hotel Rwanda
Paper Clips
Game Over: Kasparov and the Machine
Midnite Madness
Fight Club (Fri. & Sat.)
The Iron Giant (Fri. & Sat.)
FEI Theatres Capitol Theatres, Arlington
Finding Neverland
The Motorcycle Diaries
Beyond the Sea
I Heart Huckabees
FEI Theatres Somerville Theatres, Somerville
Finding Neverland
The Motorcycle Diaries
I Heart Huckabees
Harvard Film Archive, Cambridge
Ten Years After: Contemporary South African Cinema
Amandla!: a Revolution in 4-Part Harmony (Fri.)
Karoo Kitaar Blues (Fri. & Sun.)
Hijack Stories (Sat.)
Cage of Dreams & The Cage Unlocked (Sat. & Mon.)
The Guguletu Seven (Sun. & Mon.)
State of Denial & Ask Me I’m Positive (Tue. & Wed.)
Hollywood Hits Theatre, Danvers
Kinsey
Finding Neverland
Sideways
House of Flying Daggers
Landmark Theatres
Kendall Square, Cambridge
Sky Blue
Bad Education
House of Flying Daggers
Sideways
Kinsey
The Assassination of Richard Nixon
William Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (ineligible)
Embassy Cinema, Waltham
The Assassination of Richard Nixon
A Very Long Engagement
Bad Education
Sideways
House of Flying Daggers
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (ineligible)
Closer (ineligible)
Loews Theatres Copley Place, Boston
The Assassination of Richard Nixon
The Woodsman
A Very Long Engagement
Beyond the Sea
Kinsey
Finding Neverland
Harvard Square, Cambridge
A Very Long Engagement
Closer (ineligible)
Million Dollar Baby
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
French Cinema
Our Music (Fri. – Sun.)
Discussion of Our Music
Italian Cinema
Incantato (Fri. – Sun.)
Japanese Cinema
Bright Future (Fri. – Sun. & Thu.)
Susan Sontag’s Favorite Japanese Films II
Love of Sumako the Actress (Sat.)
Pigs & Battleships (Wed.)
Repast (Thu.)
Art of Film
In the Realms of the Unreal (Wed. & Thu.)
One Man’s Journey: A Trilogy by Robert Perkins
Talking to Angels (Thu.)
Cinema Tropical
Mercano the Martian (Thu.)
The Newburyport Screening Room, Newburyport
Vera Drake
West Newton Cinema, West Newton
Hotel Rwanda
Beyond the Sea
Finding Neverland
Gloomy Sunday
Kinsey
Being Julia
Paper Clips
Motorcycle Diaries
Vera Drake
Mozart Quarter
UPCOMING EVENTS!
– Jean-Luc Godard’s NOTRE MUSIQUE (OUR MUSIC) continues through January
16 at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, with special free discussions Sat. & Sun.
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Boston Public Library
Silence is Silver Film Series
Mondays at 6 p.m. in the Rabb Lecture Hall – FREE!
The Patchwork Girl (Jan. 24)
Alias Jimmy Valentine (Jan. 31)
Michael R. Colford
Chlotrudis Society for Independent Film, President