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

American Faust: From Condi to Neo Condi by Sebastian Doggart (2010, 68 min.). This documentary follows Condoleezza Rices step-by-step quest for power. An extraordinary but little-understood woman who rose from segregated Alabama to become the most powerful woman in the world. It overturns the popular misconception of Rice as a yes-woman to President Bush to reveal her as his most enduring confidantethus responsible for much of the Bush legacy. one day only find a trailer find/upload a trailer

Children of Invention by Tze Chun (2009, 86 min.). After being evicted from their Boston apartment, hardworking single mom Elaine Cheng tries to maintain a normal life for her children, Raymond and Tina. Elaine juggles a number of jobs, including working for a pyramid scheme. When Elaine doesnt return home one night, the children are left to fend for themselves. As the days pass, Raymond, a budding inventor, realizes he needs to come up with a plan to take care of his little sister. one day only find a trailer find/upload a trailer

Dogtooth by Yorgos Lathimos (Greece, 2009, 96 min.). Winner of the Un Certain Regard prize at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival, Dogtooth is a darkly funny look at three teenagers confined to their parents isolated country estate, kept under strict rule and regimen. Terrorized into submission by their father, the children spend their days learning an invented vocabulary and living in an absurdist, nightmarish experimentuntil a trusted outsider, brought in to satisfy the sons libidinal urges, starts bringing gifts for the teens. A hyper-stylized mixture of physical violence and verbal comedy, Dogtooths ruthless satire of middle-class mores heralds the arrival of an important new voice in world cinema. In Greek with English subtitles. showing through aug 6 find a trailer find/upload a trailer

Directed by David Helpern Jr. US 1974, 16mm, color, 58 min. This affectionate documentary, whose title borrows a line from Johnny Guitar, one that Ray often used himself, combines interview footage with Ray’s collaborators and admirers – John Houseman, Natalie Wood, Francois Truffaut – with clips from some of his most famous films. Made when Ray had abandoned commercial filmmaking and accepted a post as a teacher at the State University of New York at Binghamton, this documentary includes fascinating footage of Ray making a film with his students – the experimental, as-yet-unreleased We Can’t Go Home Again. one day only 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

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