Hey there Everyone!
It’s off to the Brattle Theatre in Cambridge for this week’s Monday Night at the Movies! Join us for the 7:30 screening of THE NOMI SONG, a documentary about 80’s New Wave Underground icon Klaus Nomi. It is hard to limit this film to being called a documentary, it is rather a non-fiction film; maybe even an oral history. It is also visually engaging, partly because Nomi himself was so visual. Watch for a message over the weekend about meeting for dinner beforehand.
THE NOMI SONG
Looks like an alien, sings like a diva ‘ Klaus Nomi was one of 1980’s most profoundly bizarre appearances. He was a cult figure in the New Wave Underground scene who sang pop music like opera and brought opera to club audiences. He was a performer with a ‘look’ so strong, that his first audiences went wild before he even opened his mouth. On the verge of international fame as a singer, he instead became one of the first prominent artists to die of AIDS. But the reaction Nomi provoked was so strong, htat he is still unforgettable’ even 20 years after his death.
Director: Andrew Horn
Featuring: Klaus Nomi, Ann Magnuson, David Bowie
This week we’re thrilled to feature this provocative new documentary that covers an unseen aspect of the U.S. war in Iraq. GUNNER PALACE reveals the complex realities of the situation in Iraq not seen on the nightly news. Told first-hand by U.S. troops, GUNNER PALACE presents a thought provoking portrait of a dangerous and chaotic war that is personal, highly emotional, sometimes disturbing, surprisingly amusing … and thoroughly fascinating. Filmmaker Michael Tucker, who lived with 2/3 Field Artillery, a.k.a. “The Gunners” for two months, captures the lives and humanity of these soldiers whose barracks are the bombed-out pleasure palace of Uday Hussein (nicknamed Gunner Palace), situated in the heart of the most volatile section of Baghdad. With total access to all operations and activities, Tucker’s insider footage provides a rare look at the day-to-day lives of these soldiers on the ground — whether swimming in Uday’s pool and playing golf on his putting green or executing raids on suspected terrorists, enduring roadside bombs, mortar attacks, RPGs and snipers.
The Harvard Film Archive welcomes the astounding Korean director Im Kwon-taek to Cambridge on Friday and Saturday night this week. On Friday the HFA will screen his 2001 film CHUNHYANG which blends Korean opera and a lush romantic epic of the 18th century. On Saturday night the director will present his 2003 biopic CHIHWASEON. Winner of the Cannes Film Festival’s Best Director award, CHIHWASEON is a vivid portrait of the turbulent life and times of Korea’s greatest artist. Don’t miss this terrific opportunity to see these amazing films with the director present.
As you know we’re building up to the 11th Annual Chlotrudis Awards Ceremony. Held at the Brattle Theatre on Sunday, March 20, 5:00 p.m. this year’s special guest is Lucas Belvaux, writer/director/star of 2004’s multiple nominee, THE TRILOGY. Also in attendance this year is John O’Brien, director of this year’s Buried Treasure nominee NOSEY PARKER This year that action starts early as the Chlotrudis Society for Independent Film and the Brattle Theatre present the latest film by last year’s “Body of Work” winner Daniel MacIvor. WILBY WONDERFUL is a terrific ensemble comedy with lovely, moving moments about an isolated community on an island off the coast of Eastern Canada. The film will be screened on Friday and Saturday, and we’re currently in talks with writer/director/actor Daniel MacIvor to be on hand for one of the screenings. More info coming soon.
See you at the movies!
Playing this week, March 4 – 10.
Brattle Theatre, Cambridge
Area Premiere!
The Nomi Song (Fri. – Thu.)
Sunday Eye-Opener
Gunner Palace
For Corners Films Presents
Change the Subject (Thu.)
Coolidge Corner Theatre, Brookline
Hotel Rwanda
Million Dollar Baby
Watermarks
Midnite Madness
Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior (Fri. & Sat.)
Wizard People Dear Reader Unauthorized, alternate audio to Harry Potter performed live by comedian Brad Neely! (Sat.)
Coolidge Award retrospective of cinematographer Vittorio Storaro
Last Tango in Paris (Mon.)
Coolidge Award Seminar
Shadows & Light: the Art of Cinematography with instructor Peter Flynn (Wed.)
FEI Theatres Capitol Theatres, Arlington
Hosue of Flying Daggers Nominated for a Best Cinematography Chlotrudis Award!
Finding Neverland
Kinsey Nominated for a Best Supporting Actor Chlotrudis Award!
Being Julia
FEI Theatres Somerville Theatres, Somerville
Kinsey Nominated for a Best Supporting Actor Chlotrudis Award!
Finding Neverland
Bombay Cinema Presents
Black (Fri. – Sun.)
House of Flying Daggers Nominated for a Best Cinematography Chlotrudis Award! (Mon. – Thu.)
Harvard Film Archive, Cambridge
Im Kwon-taek: Three Films
Chunhyang Director Present! (Fri.)
Chihwaseon Director Present! (Sat.)
Sopyonje (Mon.)
An Evening with Julie Mallozzi
Monkey Dance Director Present! (Sun.)
Masters of Animation – The Dreaming Mind
La Piccola Russia (Sun.)
Pas de Deux (Sun.)
The Trap (Sun.)
Street of Crocodiles (Sun.)
Rhinoceros (Sun.)
Tale of Tales (Sun.)
Black and White on Screen
Within Our Gates (Mon.)
Fashion in Film
Notebook on Cities and Clothes (Tue.)
Realist Escapes: Two by Dominique Cabrera
Tomorrow and Tomorrow (Tue.)
Frames of Mind
Rear Window (Wed.)
Philosophy and Film: Deleuze
Foolish Wives (Wed.)
Hollywood Hits Theatre, Danvers
Sideways Nominated for FOUR Chlotrudis Awards, including Best Cast!
Million Dollar Baby (ineligible)
Landmark Theatres
Kendall Square, Cambridge
The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill
Nobody Knows
Bride & Prejudice
Inside Deep Throat
Born into Brothels
Bad Education Nominated for Best Actor and Best Movie Chlotrudis Awards!
Sideways Nominated for FOUR Chlotrudis Awards, including Best Adapted Screenplay!
Hotel Rwanda
William Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (ineligible)
Embassy Cinema, Waltham
Bride & Prejudice
The Jacket
Born into Brothels
Sideways Nominated for FOUR Chlotrudis Awards, including Best Supporting Actress!
The Sea Inside
Closer (ineligible)
Million Dollar Baby (ineligible) (ineligible)
Loew’s Harvard Square, Cambridge
A Very Long Engagement
Closer (ineligible)
Million Dollar Baby (ineligible)
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Angolan Cinema
Hollow City (Fri.)
Maurice Pialat Retrospective
Loulou (Fri.)
We Will Not Grow Old Together (Sat.)
Malian Cinema
Kabala (Sat.)
Algerian Cinema
Daughter of Keltoum (Sat.)
Rachida (Sun. & Thu.)
Uruguayan Cinema
Whisky (Sun. & Thu.)
International Women’s Day Film Festival
Shouting Silent (Tue.)
The Three Khmer Flowers (Tue.)
Afghanistan Unveiled (Tue.)
Cinema Tropical
Loco Fever (Thu.)
The Newburyport Screening Room, Newburyport
William Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice
West Newton Cinema, West Newton
Hotel Rwanda
The Chorus
Finding Neverland
Kinsey Nominated for a Best Supporting Actor
Chlotrudis Award!
House of Flying Daggers Nominated for a Best Cinematography Chlotrudis Award!
Paper Clips
Being Julia
Vera Drake Nominated for FOUR Chlotrudis Awards, including Best Actress!
William Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice
Paper Clips
UPCOMING EVENTS!
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March 6 ‘ 24, Copresented with, and at, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston WHISKY, by Juan Pablo Rebella and Pablo Stoll (Uruguay/Argentinia/Germany/Spain, 2004, 94 min., Spanish with English
subtitles)
Sunday March 6, 1:30pm, with directors Juan Pablo Rebella and Pablo Stoll present Thursday, March 10, 8:00pm, Sunday, March 13, 3:45pm Thursday, March 24, 6:00pm
A multiple prize-winner at Cannes, this droll tale from Uruguay concerns Jacobo, the graying Jewish owner of a Montevideo sock factory, and his manager Marta, who have barely communicated with each other in their daily routine over the years. After a twenty-year absence, Jacobo’s younger brother Herman announces that he is returning to Montevideo to attend the unveiling of their mother’s headstone (a Jewish tradition observed one year after a funeral). Anticipating this visit, Jacobo asks Marta to “help out at home” and pose as his spouse.
Preceded by the short film AS FOLLOWS, by Uruguayan director Federico Veiroj, the irreverent story of a boy’s Bar Mitzvah and the religious rituals and family traditions it entails.
Tickets: $9 general admission; $8 seniors, students, members of the MFA and Boston Jewish Film Festival. To purchase tickets
in advance with a credit card, call 617.369.3306 or visit www.mfa.org/film. No phone orders for same-day screenings.
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Tuesday, March 15, 7pm, Coolidge Corner Theatre, Brookline TURN LEFT AT THE END OF THE WORLD with director Avi Nesher in person'(Israel/France, 2004, 110 minutes, English/Hebrew/French with English subtitles),
Charming, sexy, and comical, TURN LEFT AT THE END OF THE WORLD takes us back to 1969, when two Jewish immigrant families – one Indian, the other Moroccan – become unlikely neighbors in the middle of the Israeli desert. Each asserting its own identity, the families become involved in a culture war that touches on everything from laundry soap to cricket. Meanwhile, each family’s teenage daughter negotiates the landscape of the sexual revolution – as do older family members, who try to be discreet about their actions. In the process, Sara (Liraz Charhi) and Nicole (Garti Netta) break through their families’ resentments to forge a bond of friendship.’Presented with generous support from the Consulate General of Israel to New England.
Tickets: $15 general admission; $12 for seniors, students, members of the Coolidge Corner Theatre Foundation and Boston Jewish Film Festival.’To purchase tickets in advance with a credit card, visit http://www.coolidge.org and select Events. This screening of TURN LEFT AT THE END OF THE WORLD is generously supported by the Consulate General of Israel to New England.
Michael R. Colford
Chlotrudis Society for Independent Film, President