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coming up at boston's independent moviehouses - the brattle, harvard film archive, mfa and coolidge

Cloud 9 by Andreas Dresen (Germany, 2008, 98 min.). Inge, who has been married to Werner for the last 30 years, works in her apartment altering clothes for a small profit. While delivering a pair of pants to a 76-year old client, Karl, she winds up kissing him and before long, finds herself involved wth him in a passionate affair. Winner of the Un Certain Regard Jury Prize at last years Cannes Film Festival, as well as Best Director and Best Actress prizes at this years German Film Awards, the film is deeply moving [and] immaculately acted (Philip French, The Guardian). In German with English subtitles. showing through aug 7 find a trailer find/upload a trailer

Repertory Series! (Some of the) Best of the Oughts Grizzly Man 5:15, 9:30 PM Double Feature w/THE GLEANERS & I (2005) dir Werner Herzog [103 min] Timothy Treadwell spent 13 consecutive summers in the Alaskan peninsula studying and filming grizzly bears – that is until he and his girlfriend were attacked and killed by a grizzly in their tent. Werner Herzog gained access to more than 100 hours of footage shot by Treadwell, much of which depicts his naïve trust and awe of the animals that would eventually cause his death. Herzog interlaces this footage with his own meditations on nature and humanity’s place within it. One of the most affecting and cinematic documentaries of the decade. http://www.brattlefilm.org/brattlefilm/series/2010/images/julaug-best-grizzly.jpg final showing find a trailer find/upload a trailer

Repertory Series! (Some of the) Best of the Oughts Kiss Kiss Bang Bang 5:00, 10:00 PM Double Feature w/ZODIAC (2005) dir Shane Black w/Robert Downey Jr., Val Kimer, Michelle Monaghan, Corbin Bensen [102 min] Shane Black, the writer of Lethal Weapon, creates a refreshingly irreverent neo-noir with just the right amount of respect for its source material. In this murder mystery infused with the caustic wit and noir sensibilities of Chandler and Hammett, Downey Jr. plays a thief masquerading as an actor and Kilmer plays a private eye in the Phillip Marlowe mold… with one important difference. KISS KISS BANG BANG is a film that’s smart enough to know where it has come from and where it is now. One of the best written films of the ‘00s with hilarious performances by some particularly free spirited actors. http://www.brattlefilm.org/brattlefilm/series/2010/images/julaug-best-kiss.jpg final showing find a trailer find/upload a trailer

My Tale of Two Cities by Carl Kurlander (2010, 85 min.). This funny and heartfelt film tells the comeback story of screenwriter Carl Kurlander (St. Elmo's Fire), who moved back to his hometown of Pittsburgh during his mid-life crisis. In an attempt to help his hometown while exploring with honesty and humor whether you can go home again, Kurlander asks his neighborsfrom the famous Franco Harris and Teresa Heinz Kerry, to his old gym teacher and the girl who inspired St. Elmo's Firehow this once great industrial giant which built America with its steel, conquered polio, and invented everything from aluminum to The Big Mac, might reinvent itself for a new age. showing through aug 5 find a trailer find/upload a trailer

Speed Dating by Joseph A. Elmore Jr. (2010, 85 min.). Coming off a successful run at the 2010 Pan-African Film Festival where it picked up the Audience Favorite Award, Speed Dating follows the comedic journey of three immature bachelors who devise the ultimate scheme to get money and womenspeed dating! Everything seems to be going as planned until the guys are denied their liquor license and an angry ex-girlfriend works to expose their scheme. Maturity and love prevail, as the race for happiness ends with three unlikely winners. one day only find a trailer find/upload a trailer

As with EASTERN PROMISES, ZODIAC is a film that is concerned with more than just laying out a thrilling serial killer story (although it does just that). While ZODIAC has its share of spinechilling sequences, director David Fincher is more interested in how the effort to comprehend evil deeds can consume the lives of innocent people. The snappy back-and-forth script and scene-stealing performances from Ruffalo, Downey Jr. and Brian Cox as colorful figures from the real-life Zodiac case makes this film a thoroughly entertaining slice of 1970s San Francisco life. final showing view trailer not the right trailer?