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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

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

Repertory Series! (Some of the) Best of the Oughts In the Mood for Love 3:15, 7:30 PM Double Feature w/LOST IN TRANSLATION (2000) dir Wong Kar Wai w/Maggie Cheung, Tony Leung [98 min] IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE is one of the most achingly romantic films of the decade. Wong sets his film against the backdrop of Hong Kong in the 1960s. Tony Leung plays a newspaper editor who has moved into a new apartment with his wife. At the same time Maggie Cheung moves in next door with her husband. With their spouses always away, Leung and Cheung form a friendship over common interests. Soon they discover that they share more in common than just favorite noodle shops as they begin to suspect that their spouses are having an affair. http://www.brattlefilm.org/brattlefilm/series/2010/images/julaug-best-in.jpg final showing view trailer not the right trailer?

Repertory Series! (Some of the) Best of the Oughts Lost in Translation 5:15, 9:30 PM Double Feature w/IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE (2003) dir Sofia Coppola w/Bill Murray, Scarlett Johansson [102 min] Sofia Coppola’s sophomore film took the cinema world by storm and proved once again the serious acting chops of Bill Murray. Murray plays an aging actor visiting Japan to make whiskey commercials. He encounters the gorgeous Scarlett Johansson, a newlywed tagging along with her photographer husband’s latest assignment. They bond through their alienation, recognizing each other instantly as kindred spirits, and flirt with a relationship – maybe romantic, maybe platonic. http://www.brattlefilm.org/brattlefilm/series/2010/images/julaug-best-lost.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. final showing find a trailer find/upload a trailer

Repertory Series! (Some of the) Best of the Oughts Wendy and Lucy 5:45, 9:30* PM Double Feature w/GEORGE WASHINGTON. *Tentative, please call to confirm this showtime. (2008) dir Kelly Reichardt w/Michelle Williams [80 min] Proving why she is one of the most highly-regarded auteurs of current cinema, Kelly Reichardt uses subtle storytelling and a minimalist style to weave together a uniquely emotional and political road film. Wendy (Williams) is driving to Alaska in hopes of a summer of lucrative work at the Northwestern Fish cannery and the start of a new life with her dog, Lucy. When her car breaks down in Oregon, however, the thin fabric of her financial situation comes apart, and she confronts a series of increasingly dire economic decisions, with far-ranging repercussions for herself and Lucy. http://www.brattlefilm.org/brattlefilm/series/2010/images/julaug-best-wendy.jpg final showing find a trailer find/upload a trailer