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Last updated:
October 8, 2007
Copyright
2006 Michael R. Colford.
All rights reserved
2006
Below is a list of all the eligible independent films for the year 2006. Many visitors to the site have e-mailed asking for recommendations and/or reviews of independent movies. The members of the Chlotrudis Awards Nominating Committee see lots of independent films and on the Chlotrudis Comments page, we will share our thoughts or reviews of the year's movies. Underlined films lead to Chlotrudis reviews. If you have a suggestion, or a film you'd like to see commented on by Chlotrudis Members, send us an e-mail. Now let's get on with the comments!
Take a look at the reviews for 2007, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, and 2001
* indicates availability on DVD
ELIGIBLE FILMS |
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| 3 Needles | * 4 | 10 Items or Less |
| * 10th District Court (d) | 13 (Tzameti) | * 49 Up (d) |
| 51 Birch Street (d) | ||
| Absolute Wilson (d) | * Adam and Steve | After Innocence (d) |
| A/K/A Tommy Chong (d) | Al Franken: God Spoke (d) | Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker |
| American Hardcore (d) | * Another Gay Movie | Architect, The |
| * Aristide and the Endless Revolution (d) | * Art School Confidential | Aryan Couple, The |
| * Ask the Dust | Aura, The | Aurora Borealis |
| * Awesome, I Fuckin' Shot That (d) | ||
| Ballad of Greenwich Village, The (d) | * Battle in Heaven | * Be With Me |
| * Beauty Academy of Kabul, The (d) | * Been Rich All My Life (d) | * Beowulf & Grendel |
| * Before the Fall | Birdpeople, The (d) | Black Gold (d) |
| * Blackballed: The Bobby Dukes Story | * Blood of My Brother, The: A Story of Death in Iraq (d) | Border Café |
| Boynton Beach Club | * Breaking News | * Brick |
| Bridesmaid, The | * Brothers of the Head | * Bubble |
| * Caché | Can Mr. Smith Get to Washington Anymore? (d) | Candy |
| Cave of the Yellow Dog | * Changing Times | * Clean |
| Confetti | * Conversations with Other Women | Copying Beethoven |
| * Crossing the Bridge: the Sound of Istanbul (d) | * CSA: The Confederate States of America | Curse of the Golden Flower |
| * Darshan: The Embrace (d) | Death of a President | * Death of Mr. Lazarescu, The |
| Deliver Us From Evil (d) | * Devil & Daniel Johnston, The (d) | * District B13 |
| * Don't Come Knocking | * Down in the Valley | Drawing Restraint 9 |
| * Dreamland | Driving Lessons | * Duck Season |
| * Duma | ||
| * Edmond | * Enfant, L' (The Child) | * Evil |
| * Factotum | Family Law | Fast Food Nation |
| * Fateless | * Favela Rising (d) | * Find Me Guilty |
| Following Sean (d) | For Your Consideration | Four Eyed Monsters |
| Free Zone | Fuck (d) | Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus |
| * Gabrielle | * Game 6 | * Garcon Stupide |
| * Gay Sex in the '70s (d) | * Genesis (d) | * Giant Buddhas, The (d) |
| * Gilles' Wife | Giuliani Time (d) | * Goal! The Dream Begins |
| Good German, The | * Good Morning, Night | * Good Woman, A |
| * Great New Wonderful | * Great Yokai War, The | * Ground Truth, The (d) |
| Guide to Recognizing Your Saints, A | ||
| Hair High | Half Nelson | Hand of God (d) |
| * Hard Candy | Harsh Times | * Haven |
| * Heading South | * Heart is Deceitful Above All Things, The | Heart of the Game, The (d) |
| * Henri Carter-Bresson: The Impassioned Eye (d) | Hermitage Dwellers, The (d) | * Hidden Blade, The |
| History Boys, The | * House of Sand | |
| * I Am A Sex Addict | * Imagine Me & You | * Inconvenient Truth, An (d) |
| Infamous | Inland Empire | Innocence |
| * Intruder, The | Iraq in Fragments (d) | * Iron Island |
| Jesus Camp (d) | * Joyeux Noel | |
| Keeping Mum | * Keeping Up with the Steins | * King, The |
| * Kinky Boots | ||
| * Lady Vengeance | Last King of Scotland, The | * Lemming |
| * Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man (d) | Letters from Iwo Jima | * Libertine, The |
| Lion in the House, A (d) | Little Children | Little Jerusalem |
| * Little Miss Sunshine | Live and Become | * Lonesome Jim |
| * Look Both Ways | * Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World | * Lost City, The |
| * LoudQuietLoud (d) | * Loverboy | * Lower City |
| Lunacy | ||
| * Manderlay | Mardi Gras: Made in China (d) | * Marebito |
| Marie Antoinette | * Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School | * Match Point |
| * Metal: a Headbanger's Journey (d) | * Mongolian Ping Pong | * Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Greene, The |
| Motel, The | * Mountain Patrol: Kekexili | Moustache, La |
| * Mrs. Henderson Presents | * Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont | * Mujer de Mi Hermano, La |
| Music from the Inside Out (d) | Mutual Appreciation | |
| Naked in Ashes (d) | * Neil Young: Heart of Gold (d) | * New World, The |
| * New York Doll (d) | Night of Truth | * Night Watch |
| * Nobelity (d) | Notes on a Scandal | * Notorious Bettie Page, The |
| Off the Black | * Oh in Ohio, The | Old Joy |
| * On a Clear Day | * Once in a Lifetime (d) | * One Last Thing... |
| One Night with the King | * Only Human | Oscar Brown, Jr.: Music Is My Life, Politics Is My Mistress (d) |
| * Our Brand is Crisis (d) | ||
| Painted Veil, The | Paper Dolls (d) | Peaceful Warrior |
| Perro, El | Photographer, His Wife, Her Lover, The (d) | Piano Tuner of Earthquakes |
| * Poster Boy | * Prairie Home Companion, A | * President's Last Bang, The |
| * Promise, The | * Proposition, The | * Psychopathia Sexualis |
| * Pucker Up: The Fine Art of Kissing (d) | * Puffy Chair, The | * Pulse |
| * Pusher Trilogy, The | ||
| Queen, The | * Queens | Quiet, The |
| * Quinceañera | ||
| Refugee All-Stars, The (d) | Renaissance | Requiem |
| Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles | * Road to Guantanamo, The | Running with Scissors |
| * Russian Dolls | ||
| * Scanner Darkly, A | Science of Sleep, The | * Scoop |
| * Shadowboxer | * Shakespeare Behind Bars (d) | Sherrybaby |
| Shortbus | * Shottas | Shut Up & Sing (d) |
| * Sir! No Sir! (d) | Sisters in Law (d) | * Sketches of Frank Gehry (d) |
| ...So Goes the Nation (d) | So Much So Fast (d) | Some Kind of Funny Porto Rican? (d) |
| * Somersault | Something Like Happiness | * Sophie Scholl: Final Days |
| * Sorry, Haters | * Stolen (d) | Stolen Life |
| Stone Rising: the Work of Dan Snow (d) | * Stoned (d) | * Strangers with Candy |
| * Street Fight (d) | Sweet Land | Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2 1/2 (d) |
| * Syrian Bride, The | ||
| * Take My Eyes | Tales of the Rat Fink (d) | * Thank you for Smoking |
| This Film Is Not Yet Rated (d) | * Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, The | * Three of Hearts: A Postmodern Family (d) |
| * Three Times | * Through the Fire (d) | Tideland |
| * Time to Leave | * Transamerica | * Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story |
| Troop 1500: Girl Scouts Beyond Bars (d) | * Trudell (d) | Trust the Man |
| * Tsotsi | * Twelve and Holding | |
| Unknown | * Unknown White Male (d) | U.S. vs. John Lennon, The (d) |
| Vajra Sky Over Tibet (d) | Volver | |
| * Wah Wah | * War Tapes, The (d) | * Wassup Rockers? |
| * Water | * Wheel of Time (d) | * When Do We Eat? |
| * When the Sea Rises | * White Countess, The | * Who Gets to Call It Art? (d) |
| * Who Killed the Electric Car? (d) | * Why We Fight (d) | * Wild Blue Yonder, The |
| * Winter Passing | Who Needs Sleep? (d) | Wondrous Oblivion |
| * Wordplay (d) | * World's Fastest Indian | |
| * Zizek! (d) | ||
Festival Films |
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| 37 Uses for a Dead Sheep (d) | 12:08 East of Bucharest | American Blackout (d) |
| Arrivederci Amore, Ciao | Bamako | Black Brush |
| Brand Upon the Brain | Bridge, The (d) | Broken Sky |
| Camp Out (d) | Chacun sa Nuit | Citizen Duane |
| Clear Cut: the Story of Philomath, Oregon (d) | Cold Shower | Day Break |
| Eleven Men Out | Fido | Gardens in Autumn |
| Good Girl | Half Moon | Hana |
| Kurt Cobain: About a Son (d) | L'Esprit Des Lieux (d) | Looking for Cheyenne |
| Lover Other | Monkey Warfare | Orchestra Seats |
| Power of Nightmares, The: the Rise of the Politics of Fear (d) | Quo Vadis, Baby? | Sacred Heart |
| Si Sos Brujo: A Tango Story (d) | Small Town Gay Bar (d) | Terra, La |
| They Came Back | Time | Wetlands Preserved: the Story of an Activist Nightclub (d) |
| Who the $#%& Is Jackson Pollock? (d) | Wind That Shakes the Barley, The | Yacoubian Building, The |
| Ineligible Films |
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| * Babel | Bonheur C'est Une Chanson Triste, Le | Borat: Cultural Learnings of America Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan |
| Cautiva | * Children of Men | Decay of Fiction, The |
| * Departed, The | * Devil Wears Prada, The | Fall of Fujimori, The (d) |
| * Flags of Our Fathers | * Fountain, The | * Friends with Money |
| * Inside Man | * Little Fish | * Petit Lieutenant, Le |
| * Stranger Than Fiction | ||