Richard Kelly’s The Box Movie Trailer | /Film

Richard Kelly’s The Box Movie Trailer | /Film

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Check out this trailer for Richard Kelly's new film, THE BOX. You may recall Kelly as the director of Chlotrudis Award-winner DONNIE DARKO. What's extra cool about this trailer is the number of scenes shot in the Boston Public Library!

Tiff 2009 - Press - News Release Detail - 6/23/2009

Tiff 2009 - Press - News Release Detail - 6/23/2009

Toronto International Film Festival announces its first 21 films, including Hirokazu Kore-eda's AIR DOLL and Tsai Ming-Liang's FACE. Hooray!

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Interview with Atom Egoyan

GreenCine has a nice interview with Atom Egoyan about his new film ADORATION (which opens in Boston on Friday.) There's a really neat exchange about why Atom gives Arsinee roles that are difficult to empathize with. I especially like what he says about seeing her in other people's films.

Hats Off to Gerry and Amy!

This year's Independent Film Festival of Boston took place over the weekend, and I was quite happy to catch five films this year. I seem to have trouble doing festivals when they're in my hometown. This year Chlotrudis co-sponsored two films, Bruce McDonald's inventive, psychological thiller, PONTYPOOL, and Hirokazu Kore-eda's masterful homage to Ozu, STILL WALKING. I was also able to catch WE LIVE IN PUBLIC, Ondi Timoner's thought-provoking follow-up to DIG!, I NEED THAT RECORD, a documentary about the fading independent record store, and Monday night's very special event, FOR THE LOVE OF MOVIES.

Many attendees of this year's Chlotrudis Awards ceremony noticed that Gerry Peary and Amy Geller (left), stalwart supporters of the Society, were absent. They had a good reason: they were at South by Southwest, premiering their debut documentary, FOR THE LOVE OF MOVIES: THE STORY OF AMERICAN FILM CRITICISM. Gerry's been working on this film for years, and we were lucky to be a part of the New England premiere of the film at the Institute of Contemporary Art, as part of this year's IFFB. It was a wonderful evening, with Gerry and Amy;s friends and family in attendance. Chlotrudis members came out in force, filling an entire row in the theatre. It was nice to see Boston film critics and Chlotrudis supporters Peter Keough and Wesley Morris (who also appears in the film) as well as documentary filmmaker, and Chlotrudis nominee Lucia Small (MY FATHER, THE GENIUS and THE AXE IN THE ATTIC).

So congratulations to Gerry and Amy for their accomplished and informative film, and to the Independent Film Festival of Boston for another great year! Next year maybe I'll make it to seven films!

An Unlikely Pair?

Unlikely perhaps, but one that's sure to thrill Chlotrudis members. Director Hirokazu Kore-eda first caught our attention with the masterful AFTER LIFE in the late 90s. Since then he challenged us with the powerfully unreadable DISTANCE, and the emotionally crushing NOBODY KNOWS. HANA has yet to receive distribution in the U.S., and Chlotrudis is co-presenting his latest completed effort, STILL WALKING, at the Independent Film Festival of Boston next weekend. South Korean actress and Chlotrudis nominees Du-Na Bae first caught our eye in the lovely TAKE CARE OF MY CAT, before wowing us with her comedic chops in the effervescent LINDA! LINDA! LINDA! and thrilling us with her archery-wielding heroine in THE HOST. But when these two come together later this year, the result promises to be something truly very special.

In Kore-eda's Kûki Ningyô (AIR DOLL), Du-Na Bae plays an inflatable sex-doll who gains a soul and comes to life, eventually falling in love with a video store clerk played by Arata, one of the counsellors from AFTER LIFE. Kore-eda intends to convey the deeper emotional impact of the story, exploring both the pain and joy of being alive, and with Du-Na Bae in the title role, it's bound to be very special.

Now you can see a 5 minute clip on the making of AIR DOLL featuring a magical sequence where we see that the doll has the ability to float. Check it out over at Nippon Cinema.

Chop Shop Musical Number Available Now!

Hi Everyone,

We've got the musical number for our second Buried Treasure nominee, CHOP SHOP up at YouTube now. Unfortunately a couple of lines at the beginning were cut out during the transcription process, but most of the song is still here. Hope you like it!

The First of the Buried Treasure Musical Numbers

Here is the first of eight musical tributes to the Chlotrudis 2008 Buried Treasure nominees. Scot Colford and Diane Young tell the tale of e Russian baboushka named Alexandra.

Scot Dicovers "Hirsute" Filmmaker

It's amazing what you'll find, Googling mindlessley on a Saturday morning. (Don't ask what I Googled, by the way.) I was unexpectedly redirected to Logo Online where I watched "Hirsute", a 14-minute short film by A.J. Bond. Bond, a Canadian (go figure) actor and film editor, apparently has launched his directing career with this fascinating low-tech sci-fi short and the results are fantastic. I've always been a fan of really smart time travel stories and this film reminds me of one of my favorite books in the genre, The Man Who Folded Himself by the legendary David Gerrold. (Yeah, the guy who wrote the Star Trek "Trouble With Tribbles" episode.) Only "Hirsute" is more cynical. And that's not a bad thing.

Bond seems like a pretty intelligent guy and I'm pleased to see that he was in Chlotrudis friend Gary Burns' Kitchen Party, not to mention providing the voice of "Bad Hat" Pepito in the Madeleine cartoon. I wonder if we should have him down for the awards to speak about editing. Did I mention that he's Canadian?

I don't usually watch much Logo, as films set out to be "gay films" are usually pretty disappointing. But maybe I'll have to start flipping past that channel more often.

Check out the trailer below, and if you like it, watch the whole thing at Logo Online or on IMDB.

Chlotrudis Opening Number

Hey Everyone! For a change, we've actually got pretty good versions of the musical numbers, and indeed, the entire awards ceremony! Scot is going to get the musical numbers at least up on YouTube, and the first is ready. Check out our introduction to the Buried Treasure in the night's opening number.

Hilary Weighs In With Her Top 10!

(in alphabetical order)

4 MONTHS, 3 WEEKS, 2 DAYS
CHRIS AND DON: A LOVE STORY
THE EDGE OF HEAVEN
I´VE LOVED YOU SO LONG
IN BRUGES
LET THE RIGHT ONE IN
MAN ON WIRE
MILK
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
YOUNG@HEART

Best Performance By Something Other Than A Person: The cats from LET THE RIGHT ONE IN