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

Directed by Nicholas Ray. With Charlton Heston, David Niven, Ava Gardner US 1963, 35mm, color, 154 min. Print from the Harvard Film Archive Collection An action epic, Ray’s last commercial film bands together a disparate group of foreigners attempting to survive the Boxer rebellion in China. Ray, who was hospitalized during the shoot (filming was completed by second-unit director Andrew Marton), employs his signature use of color and sophisticated understanding of widescreen composition to create a visually arresting film, with dynamic action sequences balanced by subtle and sensitive character development, particularly Charlton Heston’s emotionally reserved Marine. Ray makes a rare cameo in the film as an American minister. 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

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

Up from the Bottoms: The Search for the American Dream by James Schaub (2010, 60 min.). The documentary follows the massive migration of African Americans from the rural south to the prosperous north during the World War II and beyond. During the late 1930s through the 1960s, factory jobs in the north were abundant while farming jobs in the southern states were disappearing. The voice of Cicely Tyson guides us through these touching, thoughtful, and often funny stories as told by 15 residents of Muskegon, Michigan. Comedian and Civil Rights activist Dick Gregory gives a national perspective along with the renowned scholar of Black Americana studies, Dr. Ben Wilson. This documentary reveals the human side of the migration and the character of the people who chose to make this noble journey. one day only find a trailer find/upload a trailer