Brattle
Calendar Now Available in PDF
8/27/04
The new September/October film calendar is now available in PDF
format - save a tree today! Download the calendar so you can refer
to it all month long from the comfort and privacy of your sofa
or work station. If you wish to join our print-calendar mailing
list just click here.
September/October
Film Calendar (PDF)
New
Fall Film Calendar Now Available!
8/26/04
The Brattle Theatre's new fall film calendar is now available
at the box office, and will be mailed shortly to mailing list
subscribers. The online film calendar will also be updated shortly.
Included in the calendar is a special message from the directors
about our new programming format, the text of which appears below:
In this
calendar you will notice a change in our programming and calendar
design. We have changed to a horizontal repertory
format where our film series will be played over a week - or
a number of weeks - and week-long runs will be mixed in throughout
the calendar instead of only bracketing the beginning and the
end. In making this decision, it was very important to us that
the design change did not turn into a programming change as
well, and we think you will find that although the look has
changed the range of films, number of films, and general heart
of our programming has not. the Brattle's repertory
calendar is the cornerstone of the Brattle Film Foundation,
and we were reluctant to change anything about it. But in the
past few years we have had many requests to try to make our
printed calendar more readable and to have the movies play more
than once.
Fear
not! There won't be many more week-long runs than there are
now, but they will be mixed in throughout the calendar. We will
continue to play the same mixture of classic, cutting edge and
independent films that have been the focus of the Brattle Theatre
for over 50 years and has made it one of the most essential
cinemas in the country.
By programming
our series over a week, we will be able to screen some films
for more than one day, and our printed materials should be easier
to read. We have also been able to start a series of "crash
course in film history" programs that will become a regular
feature in our calendar - in this calendar: FILM NOIR 101. We
are confident that these changes will make it possible for more
people to be aware of, and be able to attend, our film programs,
which is a crucial element in guaranteeing the longevity of
repertory
film programming at the Brattle.
This
September/October calendar has many wonderful films in it, from
the new print of Jacques Tati's PLAYTIME to Catherine Briellat's
newest, ANATOMY OF HELL. We hope that you will enjoy this calendar,
and if you have any comments on these programming changes -
positive or negative - please contact us. Our goal is to ensure
that the Brattle Theatre's programming is vital to you, our
audience, and your opinions are the key to ensuring that happens.
Thanks
and see soon at the movies!
Ivy
Moylan, Executive Director
Ned Hinkle, Creative Director
Boston
Fantastic Film Festival 2004 8/18/04
The Boston Fantastic Film Festival has announced
its dates for 2004! This year's festival will run from Thursday,
October 14 - Monday, October 19. More information coming soon!!
Cancellation
7/21/04
The 4:45 screening of BUKOWSKI:
BORN INTO THIS originally scheduled for Wednesday, July 28
has been cancelled. Please join us at either the 7:15 or 9:45
screenings.
The Rattle at the Brattle scheduled
for Wed., 7/28 has also been cancelled. We regret any inconvenience.
Just
Announced!
7/19/04
Harvard Bookstore presents a screening of BROTHERS
IN ARMS, including discussion with author Paul Alexander and
producer Iris Rossi, Wed. 7/28
at 1:00pm.
TIME
OF THE WOLF Reviews
6/25/04
- Ty Burr, The
Boston Globe
- Chris Fujiwara, The
Boston Phoenix
Movie
Review - A.O. Scott, The
New York Times
(registration required)
THIS
SO-CALLED DISASTER Reviews
6/18/04
- Ty Burr, The
Boston Globe
- Paul Sherman, Boston
Herald
Short
Review - Carolyn Clay, Boston
Phoenix
GODZILLA
Reviews 6/11/04
Janice Page, The
Boston Globe
"'Godzilla'
returns to spread original's anti-nuke message"
- Dana Bisbee, Boston
Herald
"Victims
of the H-bomb: A look back at Godzilla and the Rosenbergs"
- Gerald Peary, The
Boston Phoenix
New
England Animation Bash Reviews 6/4/04
"It's
time for 'toon as fest hits Hub" Tenley Woodman, Boston
Herald
"Bash
focuses on light and dark sides of animation" Janice
Page, The Boston Globe
New
England Animation Bash Announces Program Line-Up 5/26/04
Cambridge's Brattle Theatre and Brookline's Coolidge Corner Theatre
team up June 4-6, 2004 for an all new weekend-long festival celebrating
the cinematic craft of animation, and featuring works from around
the world in all styles: traditional cell animation, computer
animation, experimental, stop-motion, and even good ole cartoons.
Information, including the complete festival program: NEAB
Info
Sunday
Eye Opener 5/24/04
The Brattle Theatre is pleased to announce the start of the third
session of the Sunday Eye Opener! This series is co-presented
by the Chlotrudis
Society for Independent Film and features provocative sneak
previews, film discussions and special guests! For information
or to enroll, please contact Ned Hinkle at Ned(at)brattlefilm(dot)org.
THE
BIG ANIMAL Reviews 5/21/04
Wesley Morris, The
Boston Globe
Paul Sherman, Boston
Herald
"Miracles
Abound" - Gerald Peary, The
Boston Phoenix
Elaine
Pagels Cancellation
5/10/04
Harvard
Bookstore and the Brattle Theatre regret to announce that
the Elaine Pagels event scheduled for Monday 5/10 has been cancelled.
"Indies
and film fests make the summer cooler"
5/9/04
"Hollywood's serving up sequels
and sure things, but the season's menu also features plenty of
strange dishes and unexpected offerings" By Ty Burr and
Wesley Morris. Complete article available at Boston.com
Distilling
Emotion, The privileged worlds of Josef von Sternberg
5/7/04
by
Chris Fujiwara, The Boston Pheonix
Read the complete article at BostonPhoenix.com
"Von
Sternberg Retrospective Focuses on Dietrich, Decadence"
5/7/04
By Ty Burr, Globe Staff. "Josef von Sternberg remains
the most dazzlingly impenetrable of the early geniuses of Hollywood,
a weary peacock of a director whose movies seem to have little
meaning beyond their own overstuffed selves. Yet you can't take
your eyes off them, and on the rare occasions von Sternberg's
work gets a big-screen airing out, you come out of the theater
in a state of overstimulated, decadent bliss."
Complete article available at Boston.com
(registration required).
AFTER
THE LIFE Review
4/23/04
"Belvaux has stated that his parallel films can be watched
in any order you like. But saving this coolly pain-stricken tale
of romantic sacrifice and betrayal for last does have its benefits.
If you have committed to the entire project... this chapter leaves
you not only with a sense of completion but of an ascension to
a hard-won grace." - Ty Burr
Read the entire review in The
Boston Globe
New
Parents' Film Series 4/22/04
The 'Rattle at the Brattle'
was featured in a Boston Globe article, "Got a baby? Get a
life", by Globe Correspondent Susanne Boitano. Read
the article...
AN
AMAZING COUPLE Review
4/16/04
"Part 2 of trilogy features fun-loving 'Couple'"
by Ty Burr, Boston
Globe
New
Calendar 4/16/04
The Brattle's new May-June film calendar is now available at the
box office!
Brattle
Film Foundation Seeking Interns 4/14/04
The Brattle Film Foundation is seeking qualified interns for positions
beginning in late spring. Information about these positions can
be found on our Intern/Volunteer page.
Lucas
Belvaux's THE TRILOGY
Reviews 4/9/04
by James Verniere, Boston
Herald
Mark Kermode, The
Guardian (UK)
Dave Kehr, The
New York Times
Scott Tobias, The
Onion AV Club
Michael
Atkinson, The
Village Voice
On
the Town with the Brattle 4/2/04
A Unique Dining Experience! Join local film celebrities
for a stylish evening of conversation, film appreciation and fine
dining with, a splash of mystery on the side! Local film celebrities
will host tables of eight at some of Harvard Square's most prestigious
restaurants. Guests will not know their dining destination until
they arrive for the reception. (Hint: You might be escorted to
Rialto, Finale, Craigie Street Bistro or who knows where the evening
might take you...)
Film
Notes: Umbrellas of Cherbourg and Notorious
4/2/04
Joshu J. Friedman shares his insights on Umbrellas... while
Chris Kriofske tells us more about Hitchcock's Notorious. Now
available on the Film Notes page!
Chlotrudis
Awards Special Guests Announced! 3/24/04
The Chlotrudis Society for Independent Film is pleased to announce
the following special guests at this Sunday's Awards:
-
Indie star, Philip Seymour Hoffman (Love Liza, Owning
Mahowny, Boogie Nights, Talented Mr. Ripley, etc, etc)
- Renowned French Cinematographer, Agnés Godard
(Friday Night, Beau Travail, Dreamlife of Angels)
- Up & coming actress Kerry Washington (Lift, Our
Song, The Human Stain, She Hate Me)
- Canadian filmmaker Thom Fitzgerald (The Hanging
Garden, The Event)
- Canadian actor/writer/director Daniel MacIvor (Marion
Bridge, "Twitch City")
- Canadian filmmaker Wiebke von Carolsfeld (Marion
Bridge)
- Co-founder and CEO of Film Movement, Larry Meistrich
More
information about the Chlotrudis Awards is available here.
Tickets are available now from the Brattle's Advance
Ticket page. See the Chlotrudis
Society's web page for more information about the organization.
PICCADILLY
Reviews
3/19/04
- Janice Page, Boston
Globe
- James Verniere, Boston
Herald
[No
Rating] Gerald Peary's Review from The
Boston Phoenix
Anna
May Wong biographer Graham Hodges to appear at Brattle Theatre
this weekend! 3/17/04
The Brattle Theatre is pleased to announce that in celebration
of the newly restored silent classic PICCADILLY, Anna May Wong
biographer Graham Hodges will appear at The Brattle to introduce
select screenings of the film and offer his unique insight into
this beautiful and bold cinematic icon. Mr. Hodges, a Colgate
University history professor, is the author of the acclaimed "Anna
May Wong: From Laundryman's Daughter To Hollywood Legend."
Mr.
Hodges will introduce all shows on Friday, March 19 and will offer
a booksigning and special presentation on the life of Anna May
Wong on Saturday, March 20 at 1:00pm. Admission to the special
presentation is free.
Fourth
Annual Oscar Gala Photos 3/10/04
They're finally here: photographs
from the Oscar Party! Were you at the event? Watch the slide
show and find your picture, or just see what else was happening
- it was a great evening at one of our favorite annual events!
Plus, now you can easily browse images from past events and guest
appearances, including Albert Maysles, Lili Taylor,
Kid Koala, and more. Visit our Special
Events page and see what's been going on!
MC5
* A TRUE TESTIMONIAL Review
3/12/04
- Joan Anderman, Boston
Globe
- Paul Sherman, Boston
Herald
Let's
Go Recommends... The Brattle Theatre
3/12/04
Let's Go Publications has selected the Brattle to appear in its
2004 Boston publication.
48
Hour Film Project
3/8/04
Ever wanted to have a film shown at the Brattle? Here's your
chance! The 48 Film Project is coming to Boston, and the films
made as part of it will be shown at the Brattle Theatre! In a
wild, sleepless weekend, you and your team will make a movie --
write, shoot, edit and score it. From scratch. In 48 hours. On
Friday, April 2nd, you'll get a character, a prop, a line of dialogue
and a genre, all to include in your movie. By Sunday, April 4th
the movie must be complete. It will show in the Brattle Theatre
either Tuesday or Wednesday that week.
Meet
other Boston filmmakers, spend 48 hours in intense movie making,
compete to represent Boston at the 48HFP national screening, and
have your film screened at the Brattle Theatre! Does it get any
better than this?
Entry
instructions can be found at www.48hourfilm.com.
(The deadline listed on the website is INCORRECT
-- you can apply at any time, but early is better!)
MILLENNIUM
MAMBO Review
3/5/04
- Wesley Morris, Boston
Globe
ROBOT
STORIES Reviews 2/27/04
- Wesley Morris, Boston
Globe
- Stephen
Schaefer, Boston
Herald
In
The News: Fourth
Annual OSCAR
GALA
2/27/04
The Brattle's Theatre's OSCAR
GALA received prominent mention in an article entitled
"Ready
for Oscar?" in today's Boston Globe.
Read
the Article...
New
England Animation Bash
The Brattle and Coolidge Corner Theatres are pleased to announce
a call for entries for the first New England Animation
Bash to be held in June, 2004.
More Information...
KITCHEN
STORIES Review 2/19/04
- Peter
Keough, Boston
Phoenix
New
March-April Calendar Available! 2/13/04
The new March-April film calendar is now available at the Brattle
box office and select locations. Calendars are already on their
way to members and subscribers. To join our mailing list click
here...
Guaranteed
Request Raffle Winner!
2/9/04
The Brattle Theatre is pleased to announce the winner of this
year's Guaranteed Request Raffle: Joe Gaultieri! Joe's winning
double feature of Mulholland
Dr. and The
Killer will play on Thu., 3/18. We wish to thank everyone
who participated in this year's raffle!
OSCAR
Party Feb. 29! 2/6/04
This year's OSCAR Gala will be even
more fun than last
year's! What better place to experience it than your favorite
cinema with all your friends? Find out how you can join us too!
Information
Bogie
Award Postponed 2/2/04
The presentation of the Bogie Award originally
scheduled for Sat., 2/7 has been postponed. Advance ticket holders
should contact the box office for information.
Reviews
for CITY OF NO LIMITS 1/23/04
- James
Verniere, Boston
Herald
- Wesley
Morris, The
Boston Globe
QUINCY
JONES IN PERSON!
1/22/04
Just
Announced! In conversation with JD
Connor on Wed., 2/18 at 8:00. Tickets for this event are free.
A limited number are available in advance at the Brattle Theatre
Box Office!
Find
out more...
TOUCHEZ
PAS AU GRISBI Reviews 1/16/04
- Janice Page, The
Boston Globe
- James
Verniere, Boston
Herald
Sunday
Eye Opener II 1/4/04
The Brattle Theatre and The
Chlotrudis Society for Independent Film announce an exciting
new weekly screening series featuring provocative sneak previews,
film discussions and special guests! Session 2 Begins 1/18/04.
Enroll Now - Space Is Limited! Please email ned@brattlefilm.org
for more information or to subscribe.
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