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Thursday July 29

GRIZZLY MAN Brattle Theatre today, july 29

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

KISS KISS BANG BANG Brattle Theatre today, july 29

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

Zodiac Brattle Theatre today, july 29

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

Friday July 30

KISS KISS BANG BANG Brattle Theatre friday, july 30

Saturday July 31

Sunday August 1

Monday August 2

BORN TO KILL Brattle Theatre monday, august 2

Repertory Series! Noir 100 Born to Kill 3:45, 7:30 PM Double Feature (1947) dir Robert Wise w/Claire Trevor, Lawrence Tierney [92 min] Hard-nosed Helen Brent (Trevor) is freshly divorced and heading back to San Francisco to enjoy her new freedom. As she enters the rooming house where she is staying, she discovers a murdered young couple. Trying not to get mixed up in anything, she boards her train home but unwittingly meets the killer, Sam Wild (Tierney), on board, and the attraction is instantaneous. http://www.brattlefilm.org/brattlefilm/series/2010/images/julaug-noir-born.jpg showing through tuesday find a trailer find/upload a trailer

CARL HIASSEN Brattle Theatre monday, august 2

Special Event! Harvard Book Store Presents Carl Hiassen 6:00 PM $5 tickets on sale now at harvard.com, at Harvard Book Store, and over the phone with a credit card (617.661.1515). Special Event – No Brattle Passes. Harvard Book Store is excited to host a reading with journalist and best-selling author CARL HIAASEN as he reads from his new thriller, Star Island. Having worked as a reporter, investigative journalist, and columnist for newspapers in Florida (he still writes a column for The Miami Herald, Carl Hiaasen?s fiction has always combined the page-turning atmosphere of the thriller genre with hard-hitting commentaries on modern life. Meet twenty-two-year-old Cherry Pye (née Cheryl Bunterman), a pop star since she was fourteen, as she is about to attempt a comeback from her latest drug-and-alcohol disaster. Now meet Cherry again: in the person of her “undercover stunt double,” Ann DeLusia. Ann portrays Cherry whenever the singer is too “indisposed” to go out in public. And it is Ann-mistake one day only find a trailer find/upload a trailer

Tuesday August 3

BORN TO KILL Brattle Theatre tuesday, august 3

JOHNNY ANGEL Brattle Theatre tuesday, august 3

Repertory Series! Noir 100 Johnny Angel 5:45, 9:30 PM Double Feature (1945) dir Edwin L. Manin w/George Raft, Claire Trevor, Signe Hasso, Hoagy Carmichael [79 min] Claire Trevor proves her power as a femme fatale in this Big Easy set noir. Raft plays Johnny Angel, a ship’s captain who discovers his father murdered and sets off to track down the killer. With the aid of a cab driver, Celestial O’Brien (Carmichael), Angel uncovers a smuggling plot gone awry and the fair-haired demon at the heart of it all (Trevor). Not available on DVD http://www.brattlefilm.org/brattlefilm/series/2010/images/julaug-noir-johnny-angel.jpg final showing find a trailer find/upload a trailer

SPEAKING IN TONGUES Brattle Theatre tuesday, august 3

Special Event! New Documentary Series! Director in Person! The DocYard Presents: Speaking in Tongues 8:00 PM Q+A to follow screening. Tickets $10/$8 Brattle members, students, and seniors; No passes. Get flash player to play to this file Watch full size (2009) Directed by Marcia Jarmel & Ken Schneider What would it be like if your parents put you in a school where the teacher spoke a foreign language? SPEAKING IN TONGUES uses this scenario to explore the provocative notion that being bilingual can be a national asset. Taking us beyond rote arguments and stereotypes, this intimate film witnesses the joys and challenges of four diverse children on their journey to become global citizens. Enter their world and ask, today is knowing one language enough? Audience Award: 2009 San Francisco International Film Festival Honorable Mention: Columbus International Film Festival Official Selection: Independent Feature Project About The DocYard: For decades, Boston has been a center for documentary film making. It i one day only find a trailer find/upload a trailer

Wednesday August 4

George Washington Brattle Theatre wednesday, august 4

Green's acclaimed first feature focuses on a multi-racial group of preteens in the post-industrial wasteland of Winston-Salem in Green's native North Carolina. The film that established his now trademark poetic lyricism, George Washington artfully evokes both the lazy rhythms of summer in the South and the ever-shifting currents of emotion that propel the story. The cast of local non-actors captures the pitfalls and dangers of navigating the years between childhood innocence and adult responsibility with wisdom and grace. final showing find a trailer
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JOHNNY ANGEL Brattle Theatre wednesday, august 4

PLEASE NOTE: These screenings are tentative... Brattle Theatre wednesday, august 4

Please confirm today's screenings by visiting the Brattle website at http://www.brattlefilm.org/brattlefilm/ . one day only find a trailer find/upload a trailer

WENDY AND LUCY Brattle Theatre wednesday, august 4

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 showing through aug 5 find a trailer find/upload a trailer

Thursday August 5

In the Mood For Love Brattle Theatre thursday, august 5

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

LOST IN TRANSLATION Brattle Theatre thursday, august 5

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

WENDY AND LUCY Brattle Theatre thursday, august 5

Friday August 6

LOST IN TRANSLATION Brattle Theatre friday, august 6

Metropolis Brattle Theatre friday, august 6

Certainly one of Kinos greatest achievements of the past 10 years has been bringing this fantastic resurrection of one of cinemas masterpieces to the U.S. Amid the gleaming towers of a gigantic city of the future the pampered son of the big boss himself is smitten by a young woman and follows her into the depths of the city where he discovers what really makes Metropolis run. As slavishly regimented workers with numbers instead of names toil amid smoke-belching machinery, he has a vision of slaves lining up for sacrifice. Meanwhile, his father anticipates unrest and makes plans to defuse it, inciting an eccentric inventor to fashion an agent provocateur, the robot-Maria one of the most indelible icons of science fiction film. showing through aug 9 view trailer

Saturday August 7

Metropolis Brattle Theatre saturday, august 7

Shaun Of The Dead Brattle Theatre saturday, august 7

Before HOT FUZZ, there was SHAUN, another loving genre parody. Shaun is an almost-thirty-year-old slacker with a dead-end job and a girlfriend whos fed up with his affection for his shiftless friend Ed and the local pub. However, when the dead begin to rise from their graves and zombies threaten to take over London, Shaun finds himself in his element and, with Ed at his side, sets off on a quest to rescue his girl and his beloved mum. showing through aug 8 view trailer

Sunday August 8

Hot Fuzz Brattle Theatre sunday, august 8

The comedic masterminds behind SHAUN OF THE DEAD strike again with this relentlessly funny parody of/homage to American buddy cop movies. Wright, Pegg and Frost bring us the story of Nicholas Angel, a London cop who is so good he makes the rest of the force look bad. In retribution, he is transferred to a backwater town with the lowest crime rate in the country. Paired with an absolutely witless partner, Angel soon uncovers a number of suspicious deaths and embarks on a crusade to uncover the dark secret behind the peaceful berg of Sandford. final showing view trailer

Metropolis Brattle Theatre sunday, august 8

Shaun Of The Dead Brattle Theatre sunday, august 8

Monday August 9

Hot Fuzz Brattle Theatre monday, august 9

Metropolis Brattle Theatre monday, august 9

THE CHASE Brattle Theatre monday, august 9

Repertory Series! Noir 100 The Chase 5:30, 9:15 PM Double Feature (1946) dir Arthur Ripley w/Robert Cummings, Michele Morgan [86 min] A prime example of the dark, chaotic world of Cornell Woolrich, THE CHASE features Cummings as Chuck Scott, a down on his luck vet who gets a lucky break from a big shot businessman, becoming his driver. Then he meets the boss’s wife and things get really weird. She asks Chuck to help her escape her unsavory husband and, after he agrees, he has a dream in which they are both murdered. http://www.brattlefilm.org/brattlefilm/series/2010/images/julaug-noir-chase.jpg showing through aug 11 find a trailer find/upload a trailer

Tuesday August 10

THE CHASE Brattle Theatre tuesday, august 10

Wednesday August 11

CACHE' Brattle Theatre wednesday, august 11

Repertory Series! (Some of the) Best of the Oughts Caché 4:30, 9:45 PM Double Feature w/THE LIVES OF OTHERS (2005) dir Michael Haneke w/Daniel Auteuil, Juliette Binoche, Maurice Benichou [117 min] Georges (Auteuil) and his wife Anne (Binoche) are living the perfect life of modern comfort and security. One day, their idyll is disrupted in the form of a mysterious videotape that appears on their doorstep. On it they see themselves, filmed by a hidden camera with no clues as to who shot it, or why. As more tapes arrive, Georges launches into an investigation of who is behind this, secrets from his past are revealed, and the walls of security he has built around his family begin to crumble. http://www.brattlefilm.org/brattlefilm/series/2010/images/julaug-best-cache.jpg showing through aug 12 find a trailer find/upload a trailer

THE CHASE Brattle Theatre wednesday, august 11

THE LOVES OF OTHERS Brattle Theatre wednesday, august 11

Repertory Series! (Some of the) Best of the Oughts The Lives of Others 7:00 PM Double Feature w/CACHE (2006) dir Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck w/Martina Gedeck, Ulrich Muge, Sebastian Koch, Ulrich Tukur [137 min] Gerd Wiesler (Muehe) is a master interrogator in 1984 East Germany. He’s none too kind to Western sympathizers and barely blinks an eye when it comes to cruel and unusual punishment. Wiesler becomes drawn into a web of political and sexual intrigue when he is appointed by a friend to surveil a popular playwright and his lover, Wiesler becomes drawn into their lives and gradually feels his allegiance to the party line becoming less blind. Is this compassion he is feeling? And what kind of trouble can compassion get him into? http://www.brattlefilm.org/brattlefilm/series/2010/images/julaug-best-lives.jpg one day only find a trailer find/upload a trailer

Thursday August 12

4 MONTHS, 3 WEEKS & 2 DAYS Brattle Theatre thursday, august 12

Repertory Series! (Some of the) Best of the Oughts 4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days 5:00, 9:30 PM Double Feature w/THE WORLD (2007) dir Cristian Mungiu w/Anamaria Marinca, Laura Vasiliu [113 min] During the final days of communism in Romania, two college roommates Otilia (Marinca) and Gabita (Vasiliu) are busy preparing for a night away. But rather than planning for a holiday, they are making arrangements for Gabita's illegal abortion and unwittingly, both find themselves burrowing deep down a rabbit hole of unexpected revelations. Transpiring over the course of a single day, Mungiu's film is a masterwork of modern filmmaking, by parts poignant and shocking – gritty and realistic yet visually beautiful and dreamlike. http://www.brattlefilm.org/brattlefilm/series/2010/images/julaug-best-4months.jpg showing through aug 13 find a trailer find/upload a trailer

CACHE' Brattle Theatre thursday, august 12

THE WORLD Brattle Theatre thursday, august 12

Repertory Series! (Some of the) Best of the Oughts The World 2:45, 7:15 PM Double Feature w/4 MONTHS, 3 WEEKS & 2 DAYS (2004) dir Jia Zhangke w/Tao Zhao, Taisheng Chen, Jue Jing [105 min] One of the decade’s most acclaimed directors, Jia Zhangke casts a compassionate eye on the daily loves, friendships and desperate dreams of the twenty-somethings from China’s remote Provinces who come to live and work at Beijing’s World Park. A bizarre cross-cultural pollination of Las Vegas and Epcot Center, World Park features lavish shows performed amid scaled-down replicas of the Taj Mahal, the Eiffel Tower, St. Mark’s Square, the Pyramids and even the Twin Towers. From the sensational opening tracking shot of a young dancer’s backstage quest for a Band-Aid to poetic flourishes of animation and clever use of text-messaging, Jia delivers his funniest, most inventive and touching work to date. http://www.brattlefilm.org/brattlefilm/series/2010/images/julaug-best-world.jpg final showing find a trailer find/upload a trailer

Friday August 13

4 MONTHS, 3 WEEKS & 2 DAYS Brattle Theatre friday, august 13

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

antiplex

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