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Hey there Everyone!

This week’s Chlotrudis Monday Night at the Movies comes to us from Argentina. Lucrecia Martel’s follow-up to the masterful yet little seen LA CI’AGA deals with adolescent sexuality and religion. THE HOLY GIRL was a hit at last year’s Toronto International Film Festival, and we will be heading to the Kendall Square Cinema on Monday night for the 7:10 p.m. screening. It was a difficult decision, with several good contenders, but this one is only around for a week, and I don’t want to miss it.

Director/co-writer Lucrecia Martel (La Ci’ga) explores the burgeoning sexuality and religious fervor of two teenage girls in Argentina: Amalia (Mar’Alch’and her best friend Josefina (Julieta Zylberberg). The girls and their families intersect with a group of visiting doctors staying at the run-down hotel operated by Amalia’s family. Amalia finds herself drawn to a married doctor (Carlos Belloso) who makes sexual advances towards her, and she later decides to save him from sin. The respected doctor finds his world on the brink of collapse when her adolescent obsession sets off a chain reaction of social catastrophe. (Fully subtitled)

Director: Lucrecia Martel

Cast: Mercedes Mor’ Carlos Belloso, Alejandro Urdapilleta, Mar’Alche, Julieta Zylberberg, M’Maestro, Marta Lubos, Arturo Goetz, Alejo Mango, M’a Villa, Rodolfo Cejas

Another foreign film getting good reviews plays at the Brattle Theatre this week. Take time to catch the French film KINGS AND QUEEN playing all week. The film premiered locally at the Independent Film Festival of Boston. Another big opener this week is at the Coolidge Corner Theatre. Don’t miss MAD HOT BALLROOM! Part STRICTLY BALLROOM, part SPELLBOUND, MAD HOT BALLROOM follows several elementary classes in New York City working to enter a ballroom dancing competition. The trailer alone is enough to win an award! Speaking of the Coolidge Corner Theatre, fans of the short-lived cult show Freaks and Geeks will want to attend one of the midnite screenings scheduled for this weekend. Cast member Samm Levine will be in attendance! Fans of British gangster films a la SNATCH won’t want to miss LAYER CAKE which opens at the Kendall and Embassy this week.

Make your plans now for the Provincetown International Film Festival, which runs June 15 – 19, 2005. Even though we’re already planning the Toronto International Film Festival excursion (in September) you may want to spare a few thoughts for PIFF. A few Chlotrudis members are planning to attend already, and the more the merrier! PIFF is a very relaxing and fun festival, with lots of parties and a gorgeous setting. Check out the website for more details. The films will be announced on May 23.

And if you’re interested in the aforementioned Toronto International Film Festival, make sure you contact me ASAP. We will start booking our rooms this week.

See you at the movies!

Playing this week, May 20 – 26.

Brattle Theatre, Cambridge
Area Theatrical Premiere
Kings & Queen
Special Screening! Filmmaker In Attendence!
Mujaan (Sat.)
Harvard Bookstore Presents
Victor Nevasky (Mon.)

Coolidge Corner Theatre, Brookline
Mad Hot Ballroom
Double Dare
Midnite Madness
Freaks & Geeks Pajama Party — Cast member Samm Levine in Person! (Fri. & Sat.)
Inside Deep Throat
Film Appreciation Seminar: Box Office Flops
Payday (Wed.)
Grub Street Screenwriters (Thu.)

FEI Theatres Capitol Theatres, Arlington
Born into Brothels
The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill
Millions

FEI Theatres Somerville Theatres, Somerville
Off-Road to Athens (Fri.)
Born into Brothels
Melinda and Melinda (Sat. – Thu.)

Harvard Film Archive, Cambridge
All Together Now: The Cinematerpsichorean World Of Busby Berkeley
42nd Street (Fri. & Sun.)
Footlight Parade (Fri. & Sun.)
Gold Diggers of 1933 (Sat. & Mon.)
Gold Diggers of 1935 (Sat. & Mon.)
Dames (Tue.)
Gold Diggers of 1937 (Tue.)
Roman Scandals (Wed.)
Palmy Days (Wed.)

Hollywood Hits Theatre, Danvers
Enron: the Smartest Guys in the Room
Look at Me
Kung Fu Hustle (ineligible)

Landmark Theatres
Kendall Square, Cambridge
Layer Cake
Fear and Trembling
The Holy Girl
The Other Side of the Street/i>
Turtles Can Fly
Kung Fu Hustle (ineligible)
Look at Me
Enron: the Smartest Guys in the Room
Torremolinos 73
Winter Solstice

Coolidge Corner Theatre, Brookline
The Best of Youth Part 1 (Fri. – Sun., Tue. & Thu.)
The Best of Youth Part 2 (Sat. – Mon. & Wed.)
Kung Fu Hustle (ineligible)
Funny Ha Ha!
Midnite Madness
Grand Opening Presents: You Oughtta Be in Pictures (Fri.)
Balagan Punk Rock Premieres: Late Risers Club and You’ll Pay for This (Sat.)
The Animation Show (Fri. & Sat.)
The Puppet Showplace theatre presents:
The Best of Puppet Slams! (Mon.)
Brookline Booksmith Presents:
Eric BOGOSIAN (Wed.)
Film Class: Box Office Flops
presented by Ed Sympkus (Wed.)
Grub Street Screenwriting Salon (Thu.)

FEI Theatres Capitol Theatres, Arlington
Melinda and Melinda
Walk on Water
Downfall
The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill
Millions

FEI Theatres Somerville Theatres, Somerville
Melinda and Melinda
Sideways (Mon. – Thu.)
Hotel Rwanda (Sat. – Thu.)
Bombay Cinema Presents
Waqt (Fri. – Sun.)
Kaal (Fri. – Sun.)

Harvard Film Archive, Cambridge
Toru Takemitsu and the Japanese New Wave
Music for the Movies: Toru Takemitsu (Fri.)
Ran (Fri. & Sun.)
Woman in the Dunes (Sat. & Tue.)
The Man Who Left His Will On Film (Sat. & Mon.)
Visions from the South: Korean Cinema 1960-2005
JSA (Mon.)

Hollywood Hits Theatre, Danvers
Enron: the Smartest Guys in the Room
Look at Me
House of D
Millions

Landmark Theatres
Kendall Square, Cambridge
3-Iron
Torremolinos 73
Turtles Can Fly
Kung Fu Hustle (ineligible)
Look at Me
Enron: the Smartest Guys in the Room
Kontroll
Born into Brothels

Embassy Cinema, Waltham
Enron: the Smartest Guys in the Room
Palindromes
3-Iron
The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill
Born into Brothels
Kung Fu Hustle (ineligible)

Loew’s Harvard Square, Cambridge
Crash
Palindromes

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Cinema Vino
Mondovino (Fri. – Sun. & Thu.)
Original Cinema
Jesus, You Know (Fri., Sat. & Thu.)
Kim Ki Duk’s Bad Guy (Fri., Sat. & Wed.)
Guy Maddin’s Cowards Bend the Knee (Sat. & Thu.)
A Jew Among the Germans (Sun.)
The 21st Annual Boston Gay & Lesbian Film/Video Festival
Saving Face (Wed.)
Dorian Blues (Thu.)

The Newburyport Screening Room, Newburyport
Millions

West Newton Cinema, West Newton
Dear Frankie
Downfall
Look at Me
Walk on Water
The Chorus
Schultze Gets the Blues
Paper Clips

COMING SOON!

May Events from The Boston Jewish Film Festival

Sunday, May 15: The Boston Jewish Film Festival and Keshet co-present Ilil Alexander’s documentary KEEP NOT SILENT in the 21st annual Boston Gay and Lesbian Film/Video Festival at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Coming Soon:
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

Hey there Everyone!

If you’ve been to the Kendall recently, you may have seen the preview, but don’t be turned off. As I suspected, and Beth Curran confirms, TURTLES CAN FLY is completely misrepresented by it’s trailer (the same way NOBODY KNOWS was.) Join us at the Kendall Square Theatre for the 7:20 p.m. screening on Monday Night. It’s a one-week only run, so do try to make it. It’s been a while since we’ve seen a good film from Iran/Iraq.

Thirteen-year-old Soran (Soran Ebrahim) is known as “Satellite” because of his skill at installing dishes in his Kurdish village, where people are searching for news of Saddam Hussein on the eve of the American Iraqi invasion. The industrious and cheerful Soran falls for orphan Agrin (Avaz Latif), a sad-faced girl traveling with her seemingly clairvoyant brother and caring for a 3-year-old child. The exquisitely haunting mountains of Kurdistan play backdrop to both tragedy and humor in the third feature film from Iranian filmmaker Bahman Ghobadi (MAROONED IN IRAQ, A TIME FOR DRUNKEN HORSES). (Fully subtitled)
Director: Bahman Ghobadi
Cast: Soran Ebrahim, Saddam Hossein Feysal, Avaz Latif, Hiresh Feysal Rahman

Of course the big movie event for this weekend is the 3rd Annual Independent Film Festival of Boston. Only in its third year, the IFFB has taken the Boston film scene by storm featuring quality independent narratives and documentaries, along with many of their filmmakers, in a cohesive festival that’s sure to please the Chlotrudis member. This year’s festival begins Thursday, April 21 and runs through Sunday, April 25 at the Somerville Theatre, The Brattle Theatre, the Coolidge Corner Theatre, and new this year, the Museum of Fine Arts. Look for multiple Chlotrudis members volunteering at all venues and make sure you say hello! The selection of films is pretty intriguing this year, including BROTHERS, the latest film by director Susanne Bier (OPEN HEARTS), starring Nikolaj Lie Kaas, the lead from RECONSTRUCTION. The newest film by Hal Hartley is called THE GIRL FROM MONDAY, and it will be screening Friday, Saturday, and Sunday! The documentary MURDERBALL is inexplicably this year’s hot film to see, at least among the IFFB volunteers. It follows a team of quadrepalegic rugby players who make it to the Special Olympics. Perhaps of most interest to many Chlotrudis members, is the sophmore directing effort from our pal Don McKellar. CHILDSTAR plays Friday and Sunday at the Somerville Theatre, and is a co-presentation with the Chlotrudis Society for Indpendent Film! Support CSIF and laugh at the quirky antics of Mr. McKellar… don’t miss it!

Meanwhile there are a couple of other new release you may be interested in this week. Opening WIDE is Stephen Chow’s KUNG FU-HUSTLE. I have no doubt that we’ll be catching this film soon, but I wanted to make sure that we didn’t miss TURTLES CAN FLY, so I didn’t make it this week’s Chlotrudis movie of the week. Plus, I suspect that it’s release wil be so wide that it won’t be eligible next year. Johanna takes a moment to write a rare review of SCHULTZE GETS THE BLUES, which she highly recommends and urges others to see. I feel the same way about LOOK AT ME, a delightful and well-made French comedy. Take a moment and catch up with a few terrific films!

See you at the movies!

Playing this week, April 15 – 21.

Brattle Theatre, Cambridge
Independent Film Festival of Boston
Shakespeare Behind Bars (Fri.)
Mutual Appreciation w/ The Meaning of Life (Fri.)
Closed on Sundays (Fri.)
The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things w/ Allison (Fri.)
The Future of Food w/ Magda (Sat.)
After Innocence (Sat.)
Murderball (Sat.)
Popaganda: the Art and Crimes of Ron English (Sat.)
Dead Birds w/ The Netherbeast of Berm-Tech Industries, Inc. (Sat.)
The Girl from Monday w/ The Adventures of Slater’s Friend (Sun.)
Stolen (Sun.)
Same Sex America (Sun.)
Buddy (Sun.)
New 35 mm Print!
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (Mon. & Tue.)
Harvard Book Store Presents
Ruth Reichl (Mon.)
New 35 mm Print!
The Pink Panther (Wed. & Thu.)

Coolidge Corner Theatre, Brookline
Independent Film Festival of Boston
Shorts Package 1: Brief Encounters (Fri.)
Shorts Package 2: Subjective Reality (Fri.)
Shorts Package 3: Dark Matter (Fri.)
Dead Birds (Fri.)
Finnish Experimental Shorts (Sat.)
Spew: the World of Competitive Debate (Sat.)
The Fall of Fujimori (Sat.)
Mardi Gras: Made in China (Sat.)
Young Rebels (Sat.)
The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things (Sat.)
POPaganda: the Art & Crimes of Ron English (Sun.)
Abel Raises Cain (Sun.)
Amazing Grace: Jeff Buckley (Sun.)
Filmic Achievment (Sun.)
The Hole Story (Sun.)
The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill
Kung Fu Hustle
Academy Award Nominated Shorts (Mon. – Wed.)
Millions
Watermarks (Mon. – Thu.)
Midnite Madness
The Animation Show (Fri.)
New 35 mm Print
Vincete Minnelli’s Gigi (Mon.)
Brookline Reads free screening
Orson Welles’ Macbeth (Tue.)
Film Class featuring Putney Swope
Unhinged Cinema (Wed.)
VideoSpace and Judy Rottenberg Gallery present
Public Spaces (Thu.)
Sneak Preview Screening
Funny Ha Ha (Thu.)
Grub Street Screenwriter Salon (Thu.)

FEI Theatres Capitol Theatres, Arlington
The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill
Millions
Sideways
Bombay Cinema Presents
Waqt (Sat. & Sun.)

FEI Theatres Somerville Theatres, Somerville
The Independent Film Festival of Boston
Finnish Experimental Shorts (Fri.)
Spew: the World of Competitive Debate (Fri.)
Stolen (Fri.)
Childstar (Fri. & Sun.) co-presented by the Chlotrudis Society for Independent Film!
Filmic Achievment w/ Carmen (Fri. & Sat.)
Same Sex America (Fri.)
Mardi Gras: Made in China w/ Waking Dreams (Fri.)
Home w/ The Passage of Mrs. Calabash (Fri. & Sat.)
The Hole Story w/ Samuel Demango (Fri. & Sat.)
Young Rebels w/ Recycle (Fri.)
Amazing Grace: Jeff Buckley (Fri.)
The Fall of Fujimori (Fri. & Sun.)
Abel Raises Cain w/ Lilo & Me (Fri. & Sat.)
Blackballed w/ Spam-ku (Fri. & Sun.)
White Skin w/ Herbie! (Fri. & Sat.)
Sundowning (Sat. & Sun.)
Shakespeare Behind Bars (Sat.)
Casting About w/ Are You the Favorite Person of Everybody? (Sat.)
Mutual Appreciation w/ The Meaning of Life (Sat.)
The Girl from Monady w/ The Adventures of Slater’s Friend (Sat.)
Chain w/ Ryan (Sat. & Sun.)
In a Nutshell w/ Don Gorske: Mac Daddy (Sat. & Sun.)
Parallel Lines w/ The Youth in Us (Sat. & Sun.)
Liberia: an Uncivil War w/ Dressed to Kill (Sat. & Sun.)
A Whale of a Tale (Sat. & Sun.)
Buddy (Sat.)
Stranger: Bernie Worrell on Earth (Sun.)
Rhythm is it! (Sun.)
Closed on Sundays (Sun.)
The Future of Food (Sun.)
Shorts Package 1: Brief Encounters (Sun.)
Shorts Package 3: Dark Matter (Sun.)
Mysterious Skin (Sat.)
Regular Screenings
Sideways (Mon. – Thu.)
Millions (Mon. – Thu.)
Hotel Rwanda (Mon. – Thu.)

Harvard Film Archive, Cambridge
The Death of the Sixties
Gimme Shelter (Fri.)
Performance (Fri.)
Maidstone (Sat.)
Coming Apart (Sat.)
Zabriskie Point (Sun.)
The Last Movie (Sun.)
Visions from the South: Korean Cinema 1960-2005
Camel(s) (Mon.)
Black and White on Screen
The Story of a Three-Day Pass (Mon.)
Fashion and Films
Emak-Bakie, Puce Moment, Lines Horizontal & You Be Mother (Tue.)
Film and Autobiograhpy
Bright Leaves Chlotrudis Nominee for Best Documentary! (Tue.)
Frames of Mind
The Matrix (Wed.)
Philosophy and Film: Deleuze
First Name: Carmen (Wed.)

Hollywood Hits Theatre, Danvers
The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill
Dear Frankie
Schultze Gets the Blues
Born into Brothels
Millions
Million Dollar Baby (ineligible)

Landmark Theatres
Kendall Square, Cambridge
Turtles Can Fly
Kung Fu Hustle
Up and Down
Look at Me
Don’t Move
Old Boy
Walk on Water
Downfall
Born into Brothels

Embassy Cinema, Waltham
Kung Fu Hustle
Don’t Move
Melinda and Melinda
Downfall
The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill
Born into Brothels
Million Dollar Baby (ineligible)

Loew’s Harvard Square, Cambridge
Melinda and Melinda
Million Dollar Baby (ineligible)

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
The Independent Film Festival of Boston
The Girl from Monday w/ The Adventures of Slater’s Friends (Fri.)
Casting About w/ Are You the Favorite Person of Anybody? (Fri.)
Maysles Brothers Award Ceremony
Grey Gardens (Fri.)
Stolen (Sat.)
Rhythm is it! (Sat.)
Closed on Sundays (Sat.)
Same Sex America (Sat.)
Stranger: Bernie Worrell on Earth (Sat.)
Young Rebels w/ Recycle (Sun.)
Kings and Queen (Sun.)
Closing Night Film
Me and You and Everyone You Know (Sun.)
Cinema Vino
Mondovino (Thu.)
Art on Film
Antonio Gaudi (Thu.)

The Newburyport Screening Room, Newburyport
The Boys and Girl of County Clare

West Newton Cinema, West Newton
Dear Frankie
Look at Me
Walk on Water
Hotel Rwanda
The Chorus
Schultze Gets the Blues
Paper Clips

Michael R. Colford
Chlotrudis Society for Independent Film, President

Hey there Everyone!

This week there are couple of new openings that you might want to catch, but for this week’s Chlotrudis Monday Night Movie of the week, we’ll be heading to the Coolidge Corner Theatre for a film that’s been out already for a few weeks. THE WILD PARROTS OF TELEGRAPH HILL is a fascinating documentary about which Wesley Morris of the Boston Globe says, “THE WILD PARROTS OF TELEGRAPH HILL is ostensibly about birds, but only in the way that a game of Scrabble is about tiles. [Irving]’s made a very good profile of both Mark Bittner and the kooky side of San Francisco. Even if Bittner is a freak, he’s one of nature.” Join us at the Coolidge for the 7:30 showing of this well-received film.

THE WILD PARROTS OF TELEGRAPH HILL

directed by Judy Irving

It’s no secret that San Francisco has a long and colorful history as a haven for misfits. But in her documentary, director Judy Irving introduces us to what may be the city’s most unusual band of outsiders: dozens of wild parrots living in the city’s Telegraph Hill district, and their lone human friend and caretaker, Mark Bittner, a kind-hearted longtime drifter. More than just a document of an odd urban phenomenon, Irving’s film is also a compelling and uplifiting love story.

Fans of the stylishly violent, neo-noir, martial arts film will want to take note of OLDBOY. Ned Hinkle claims this was his top film of the Toronto International Film Festival, but it doesn’t look to be for my taste. If you go to see this one, opening for one week at the Kendall, let me know what you think. There’s also the bizarre looking DON’T MOVE, starring a decidedly un-glamorous Penelope Cruz. The reviews on this one are pretty mixed, and the trailer did nothing to entice me to see it. I was sorely tempted by the Harvard Film Archive’s screening of Chlotrudis nominees UNTOLD SCANDAL, with director E J-Yong present, but Les Liaisons Dangereuse has never been my favorite story, and I’m rather tired of seeing new adaptations of it.

Mainly you should all be gearing up to catch a movie or seven at this upcoming Independent Film Festival of Boston. Only in its third year, the IFFB has taken the Boston film scene by storm featuring quality independent narratives and documentaries, along with many of their filmmakers, in a cohesive festival that’s sure to please the Chlotrudis member. This year’s festival begins Thursday, April 21 and runs through Sunday, April 25 at the Somerville Theatre, The Brattle Theatre, the Coolidge Corner Theatre, and new this year, the Museum of Fine Arts. Look for multiple Chlotrudis members volunteering at all venues and make sure you say hello! The selection of films is pretty intriguing this year, including BROTHERS, the latest film by director Susanne Bier (OPEN HEARTS), starring Nikolaj Lie Kaas, the lead from RECONSTRUCTION. The newest film by Hal Hartley is called THE GIRL FROM MONDAY, and it will be screening Friday, Saturday, and Sunday! The documentary MURDERBALL is inexplicably this year’s hot film to see, at least among the IFFB volunteers. It follows a team of quadrepalegic rugy players who make it to the Special Olympics. Perhaps of most interest to many Chlotrudis members, is the sophmore directing effort from our pal Don McKellar. CHILDSTAR plays Friday and Sunday at the Somerville Theatre, and is a co-presentation with the Chlotrudis Society for Indpendent Film! Support CSIF and laugh at the quirky antics of Mr. McKellar… don’t miss it!

The festival kicks off with the latest directorial effort from another much-loved Chlotrudis Award winner, Steve Buscemi. In this humorous and moving portrait of working-class life, Jim (Casey Affleck) begrudgingly returns to his hometown in rural Indiana after failing to make it on his own in New York. Living in his childhood room, he soon remembers why he left: a doting but overbearing mother (Mary Kay Place), a distant father (Seymour Cassel), and a depressed older brother (Kevin Corrigan). Shortly after his homecoming, a mysterious accident forces Jim to take on his brother’s duties in the family home and factory. A glimmer of hope springs from his developing relationship with a beautiful nurse (Liv Tyler) and her young son, showing Jim how to move forward without leaving everyone behind. Mr. Buscemi will join IFFB crowd on Thursday night at the Somerville Theatre. Come on all you members who voted Steve Best Supporting Actor in GHOST WORLD, you know you don’t want to miss this opportunity to see him live!

See you at the movies!

Playing this week, April 15 – 21.

Brattle Theatre, Cambridge
Area Theatrical Premiere
Memories of Murder (Fri. – Mon.)
Special Event: The 48 Hour Film Project! (Tue. & Wed.)
Special Event: A Night with Dean Sluyter
A Night at the Opera (Thu.)

Coolidge Corner Theatre, Brookline
The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill
Nina’s Tragedies
Academy Award Nominated Shorts
Millions
Watermarks
Midnite Madness
The Animation Show (Fri. & Sat.)

FEI Theatres Capitol Theatres, Arlington
Millions
Hotel Rwanda
Sideways

FEI Theatres Somerville Theatres, Somerville
Sideways
Millions
Hotel Rwanda (Sun. – Wed.)
Bombay Cinema Presents
CHANDRAMUKHI
The Independent Film Festival of Boston Opening Night Film!
Lonesome Jim director Steve Buscemi in attendance!

Harvard Film Archive, Cambridge
Alain Resnais
Not on the Lips (Fri.)
Same Old Song (Sat.)
Je t’aime, je t’aime and Statues Also Die (Sat.)
Providence (Sun.)
Stavisky… (Sun.)
Visions from the South: Korean Cinema 1960-2005
Untold Scandal (Mon.) Director in Person!
Black and White on Screen
Dutchman Free Screening! (Mon.)
Film and Autobiography
Memoirs of a Tropical Jew (Tue.)
Frames of Mind
Lost in Translation (Wed.)
Philosophy and Film: Deleuze
Fortini/Cani (Wed.)

Hollywood Hits Theatre, Danvers
Dear Frankie
The Ballad of Jack and Rose
Schultze Gets the Blues
Walk on Water
Born into Brothels
Millions
Finding Neverland
Paper Clips
Million Dollar Baby (ineligible)

Landmark Theatres
Kendall Square, Cambridge
Look at Me
Don’t Move
Old Boy
The 48-Hour Film Project (Tue. & Thu.)
Off the Map
Walk on Water
The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill
Downfall
Born into Brothels

Embassy Cinema, Waltham
Don’t Move
Melinda and Melinda
Downfall
The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill
Born into Brothels
Million Dollar Baby (ineligible)

Loew’s Harvard Square, Cambridge
The Ballad of Jack and Rose
Melinda and Melinda
The Upside of Anger
Schultze Gets the Blues
Million Dollar Baby (ineligible)

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Cinema Tropical
Sexual Dependency (Fri. – Sun.)
Cinema Vino
Mondovino (Fri. – Sun. & Thu.)
Museum School Film Annual (Thu.)
Black Maria Film and Video Festival (Thu.)

The Newburyport Screening Room, Newburyport
Downfall

West Newton Cinema, West Newton
Dear Frankie
Look at Me
Walk on Water
Hotel Rwanda
The Chorus
Schultze Gets the Blues
Paper Clips

Michael R. Colford
Chlotrudis Society for Independent Film, President

The Chlotrudis Society for Independent Film and the Independent Film Festival of Boston bring CHILDSTAR, Don McKellar’s second directorial effort to Boston on Friday, April 22 and Sunday, April 24. McKellar is a favorite among Chlotrudis members, his directorial debut, LAST NIGHT, ranking high on many members’ all-time favorite movie lists. With CHILDSTAR, McKellar examines the life of a young Hollywood superstar and the industry’s effects on his life. McKellar wrote the screenplay and stars alongside Mark Rendall and Jennifer Jason Leigh.

The third annual Independent Film Festival of Boston is set to be their biggest and best festival yet. The festival will still take place at the Somerville, Brattle, and Coolidge Corner theatres, and has added the Museum of Fine Arts to their venues. Panels will be held at the Institute of Contemporary Art, and nightly parties in Boston, Cambridge, and Somerville. 61 films’including documentaries, features, and shorts from around the world, across the country, and New England’s own backyard’will unspool over four exciting days and nights, Thursday, April 21 through Sunday, April 24. For a complete list of films and special guests taking place at the festival visit their website.

Chlotrudis members join forces with the IFFB by providing several volunteers and coordinating the volunteer efforts to provide festival attendees the smoothest and most enjoyable festival experience ever. Boston deserves a first-rate independent film festival and the IFFB delivers, each year growing to bring challenging and entertaining films to Boston.

YES is the fourth feature film by the award-winning team of writer/director Sally Potter and producer Christopher Sheppard. Following the ground-breaking and much lauded ORLANDO (1992), they went on to make the THE TANGO LESSON (1997) and THE MAN WHO CRIED (2000). For YES they have been joined by independent New York producer Andrew Fierberg in a complex production that was shot in six short weeks in London, Belfast, the Dominican Republic and Havana.

Potter’s complex, ambitious film stars Joan Allen, Simon Akbarian, Shirley Henderson, and Sam Neill. YES tells the story of a passionate love affair between an Irish/American woman (Joan Allen) and a Middle-Eastern man (Simon Abkarian) in which they confront some of the greatest conflicts of our generation – religious, political and sexual. Chlotrudis members will certainly have a wide variety of opinions on YES, and that’s one of the reasons why you shouldn’t miss it.

Sony Pictures Classics opens YES in the United States on June 24. (Click on the image to the left for a full poster.)