Hello Film Lovers!
It should come as no surprise that this year’s Chlotrudis Monday Night Movie of the Week is the 5th Annual Chlotrudis Short Film Festival! Come to the Coolidge Corner Theatre for the 7 p.m. screening of 10 thought-provoking short films submitted from around the world (such as the Italian film, ONCE UPON A TIME THERE WAS A KING, pictured left.) Monday night has a special appeal as beginning at 6 p.m. in the Coolidge’s upstairs lobby, peruse an assortment of fantastic donations that make up the first Chlotrudis Benefit Silent Auction!
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Get ready, because one of the best-organized film festivals of Boston is returning for its 16th year starting in November. The 
The BJFF kicks of with not one, but two opening nights! On November 3, the Museum of Fine Arts kicks things off with the Belgian comedy, THE RASHEVSKI’S TANGO (pictured right). The following night, the Coolidge Corner Theatre has its own opening night with WONDROUS OBLIVION, a beguiling British offering featuring Delroy Lindo. The festival closes at the Museum of Fine Arts on November 14 with a film by Daniel Burman, one of Argentina’s rising directorial stars, called LOST EMBRACE. One of the several films I hope to catch comes from Israeli filmmakers Lina and Slava Chaplin. Their latest film PAPER SNOW (above left) is a portrait of the crazy, romantic, early days of Israel’s Habimah Theatre, with actors and actresses whose personal lives were as passionate as the roles they played.
The Chlotrudis Society for Independent Film held its fourth seasonal cocktail party this past Saturday and it was a big hit! Billed as a “Swap Party,” members brought DVD’s they wanted to swap to the party. The party was also a membership drive, so members were encouraged to bring guests. All guests got a DVD whether they brought one with them or not! What a prize! And we’re not talking turkeys here either (well, not all of them… but then one man’s turkey, is another man’s award winner!) but some quality independent films. Some of the DVD’s available for swapping were 28 DAYS LATER, THE SWEET HEREAFTER and THE DEEP END. To the left, see Entertainment Committee member, Diane Young, show off a potential swap: BUBBLE BOY, starring Chlotrudis favorite Jake Gyllenhaal.
Of course, the point of this party was to increase membership, and Chlotrudis members were encouraged to bring potential member-guests. Carolyn (far right) did a great job, bringing two potential guests (Mary Ann, left, and Brooke, center) who had a great time and went home with a couple of great DVD’s. Another high point of the night was the “Guilty Pleasure” game. Each attendee was instructed to write down their “Guilty Pleasure” and put it in a hat. Then hostess extraordinnaire, Emily Neill, drew the names out of the hat and read the film’s title. Everyone else made a guess as to whose guilty pleasure it was, and the person who guessed the most correct won a prize. Congratulations, Marlin, on guessing the most correct answers!
The 5th Annual Chlotrudis Short Film Festival expands this year into an additional venue. On Monday, November 1, films will be screened at the 
After viewing the films, vote for your choice of Best Short Film! Two awards, a Chlotrudis Award and an Audience Award will be presented at the 11th Annual Chlotrudis Awards Ceremony next March at the Brattle Theatre.
Many of you have heard me rave about the films of Taiwanese director Tsai Ming-Liang. His Chlotrudis nominated 
If you’re looking for some interesting movies to catch over the weekend, stop by the Brattle Theatre and take part in the 2nd Annual 
Last month, a large groups of Chlotrudis members and friends headed to Canada for the Toronto International Film Festival. Thirteen of us took over a bed & breakfast, and saw a lot of movies. Now you can read about the films that some of us saw in the 
Despite appearances, the Sunday Eye Opener doesn’t usually have three documentaries in a row! As Ivy says, it must be an indication of the times for indie film. This week’s Eye Opener film is the much anticipated TARNATION. Filmmaker Jonathan Caouette documents his life starting when he is 11-years-old. In TARNATION, he weaves a psychedelic whirlwind of snapshots, Super-8 home movies, answering machine messages, video diaries, early short films, snippets of 80s pop culture and dramatic reenactments to create an epic portrait of an American family torn apart by dysfunction and reunited through the power of love.
Attention all you Pedro Almodovar fans out there, and I know there are a few of you! The Real Colegio Complutense and the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures in cooperation with the Harvard Film Archive and the Consulate of Spain present The Pleasure of Cinema: a Conversation with Pedro Almodovar! Spanish film director Pedro Almod’, celebrated for his brilliant plays with melodrama, camp, kitsch and for his self-conscious and politically inflected control of cinematic form, will be speaking at Harvard University on Tuesday, October 12 at 6 p.m. at the Science Center, Lecture Hall B. The event, titled “The Pleasure of the Cinema: A Conversation with Pedro Almod’,” is free and open to the public. The director will give an overview of his work, with special reference to his cinematic and cultural models and to questions of aesthetics and politics. He will then take questions from the audience. Don’t miss this amazing opportunity!