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Beth Caldwell moved to the Boston area in July
of 2004. She became a fan of independent film when she suffered a
long bout of insomnia, during which she lived near an indie video
store. She is also an amateur artist, drawing in charcoal, and painting
in oil. Last year she organized two art auctions for John Kerry, but
failed in her attempts to save the world. She received her PhD in
Psychology from Kent
State, and is currently on a fellowship at Tufts,
studying alcohol and aggression in mice. She lives with her husband,
Tony; her dog, Smudge; cat, Smapdi; and 2 rats, Woobie and Rachel.
Beth’s favorite films are Breaking
the Waves, Ponette,
Trainspotting,
The Pianist,
Bowling for Columbine,
Sexy Beast,
Mother
Night, and Memento.
She hates George W. Bush. Beth serves on the Chlotrudis Board of Directors
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| Michael Colford
is cinematically drawn to our neighbors to the north in Canada, especially
the work of filmmakers Atom
Egoyan, Patricia
Rozema, Don McKellar,
Daniel
MacIvor, and Sarah
Polley to name a few. Although he spends way too much time at
movies, he also loves to read, write, cook, and travel. When he's
finished with all of that, spends some time at the Boston
Public Library as the Manager of Regional
and Statewide Services. He is filled with Mothra
love. Michael serves as President of Chlotrudis Society's Board of
Directors. He is one of the Founders of Chlotrudis Awards. |
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| Gil Cordova first became involved in film while
living in Austin where he volunteered with the Austin
Film Festival, SXSW,
Cine Las
Americas, and Artists Legal and Accounting Assistance. He is currently
the Production Coordinator of the Boston
Latino International Film Festival where he researches and screens
submissions along with various other responsibilities. In addition
to Latin American cinema, he also looks forward to the latest films
from Martin Scorsese, Spike Lee, the Coen Brothers, Richard Linklater,
and Quentin Tarantino. Gil is a member of the Board of Directors. |
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| Beth Curran lives in Jamaica Plain, MA and works
in Boston’s financial district, wearing the obligatory suit.
Consequently, she puts serious effort into her hobbies, which besides
film also include writing, rooting for BC’s women’s basketball
team (go Eagles!),
and angsting over home improvement projects. A second-generation film
buff, Beth counts Orfeo
Negro, On
the Waterfront, Singin'
in the Rain and Intolerance
as movies that rocked her world when she first saw them. Presently
her taste runs towards documentaries, all things Canadian, and almost
anything with Mary
Louise Parker or Maggie
Gyllenhaal. Beth serves on the Chlotrudis Board of Directors andhandles
Chltorudis PR duties. She is also a contributor to Chlotrudis
Mewings. |
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| Allison Sloan DaSilva works on staff at the Reading
Public Library when she isn't skiing in Sunapee
or painting
rocks. She is a dedicated fan of sci fi and Star
Trek, and her favorite independent film is The
King of Hearts. She supports the Chlotrudis Society's dream
in an administrative/publicity/event coordination capacity. Allison
is an ex-oficio member of the Board. |
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| Esmé Green has recently made her triumphant return
to Cambridge and is currently the branch manager of the Central Square
Branch of the Cambridge Public Library. She is currently infatuated
with Steve McQueen
and Faye Dunaway
in the original Thomas
Crown Affair. Some of her current favorites are Franka
Potente, Lily
Taylor, Geena Davis, David
Arquette, James
Caviezel and, of course, Babe
the amazing pig! Esmé serves on the Chlotrudis Society's Board
of Directors. |
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| Chris
Kriofske, a Milwaukee native, moved to Boston in 1997
to earn a Master's
in Film Studies from Boston
University, where he wrote his thesis on Derek
Jarman. He is the Office Manager for the Coolidge
Corner Theatre Foundation and also writes for Splendid,
an independent music website. His favorite films include Y
tu Mamá También, Beau
Travail, Young
Frankenstein, Waking
Life, and the films of Wes
Anderson, among many others. Chris is the Treasurer of Chlotrudis
Society's Board of Directors and a contributor to Chlotrudis
Mewsings. |
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| Bruce Kingsley lives in New York City and suffers withdrawal
symptoms if he does not see at least one film per week. 2003 was a
good year; he averaged four per week. When not at the movies he can
be found reading, traveling, visiting art museums and galleries, going
to the theater or following tennis and horse racing events. In between,
he works as a management and computer systems consultant. Currently
he is involved in research for two upcoming books, The Movie Lover’s
Guide to Hollywood and The Movie Lover’s Guide to New
York. Top films of various years include: Strangers
in Good Company, Goodfellas,
One
False Move, Once
Were Warriors, Lantana,
Fargo,
The
Barbarian Invasions, Happiness,
Bowling
for Columbine, The
Boys of St. Vincent, American
Beauty and The
Piano. Bruce is an ex-oficio member of the Boeard of Directors
and a contributor to Chlotrudis
Mewsings. |
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| Ivy
Moylan is co-director of the Brattle
Theatre and the Brattle
Film Foundation. Although making a late introduction to the wonder
of film, she is catching up for lost time as best she can. So many
movies, so little time! She has a special weakness for the neo-femme
fatale genre and film as subversion. You won’t see her at the movies
on Tuesdays because she’ll be watching Buffy
the Vampire Slayer. Ivy serves as the Clerk of Chlotrudis Society's
Board of Directors. |
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| Hilary Nieukirk has a great affection for character actors,
such as Chris
Cooper in her favorite indie Lone
Star, and one of her top films of 2005, Capote.
Other highly recommended films from 2005 are Breakfast
on Pluto and Torremolinos
73. She learned about Chlotrudis while taking film classes at
Cambridge Center for
Adult Ed. A member of the Tom
Jones “Tom Terrific” Fan Club, she has thrown unmentionables
at Mr. Jones at gigs in three states. In her next life she will have
a fantastically teased coiffure such as those sported in Barbarella
and Valley
of the Dolls. Hilary is a member of Chlotrudis Society's
Board of Directors, and a contributor to Chlotrudis
Mewsings. |
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| Peg Aloi is a freelance film critic whose writings have appeared
in the Boston
Phoenix, Art
New England, and various websites including Video Eyeball and
Films in Review.
She is also the resident media witch for The
Witches' Voice for which she writes a semi-regular column "Witch
Cinema." She is also an adjunct professor of film theory and creative
writing at Emerson
College. Her favorite films include Picnic
at Hanging Rock, Le
Dernier Combat, La
Dolce Vita, Gummo,
Mifune,
The
Devils, and Ganga
and Hess. Her favorite movie candy is SweetTarts. |
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| Kim Brown is the "Rose" of Popcorn
N Roses, the eclectic movie blog which features movie news, film
reviews, and pop culture observations, as well as the co-host of the
site's weekly podcast, Subject:CINEMA. A long time film fan, when
husband TC Kirkham suggested starting a movie blog, she was all for
it. A fan of every genre from indie films to kaiju films to science
fiction films and everything in between, with japanese cinema and
Godzilla films, along with Mystery
Science Theater 3000 particular favorites, she is always up for
new movie experiences and making new friends through her love of movies.
She resides with her husband in Revere MA. |
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| Tara Brown currently resides in Birmingham,
Alabama and earns her keep as a webdesigner and by teaching British
and Irish literature part time at her local university. She is an
avid film/theater fan and heads a film club in her community. She
hopes to earn an MLS and pursue a career in film preservation and
history. Her favorite actors of yesterday and today are Philip
Seymour Hoffman, Toni
Colette, James
Stewart and Vivien
Leigh. |
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| Scot Colford is
Chlotrudis Society's Information Technology Coordinator. In this role
he spends much of his time maintaining the organizational databases
and programming the Short
Film Festival. When he's not tinkering with his laptop, Scot enjoys
watching musicals and “far-out” films that challenge the
mind. His favorite films of all time include Ken Russell's The
Boyfriend, Suspiria,
and Bringing
Up Baby. Recent faves include My
Life Without Me, Spellbound,
Melvin Goes to
Dinner, and All
the Real Girls. Formerly an actor from Ohio, Scot is now
the Applications Manager for the Boston
Public Library. Though usually shy, Scot is best known for his
impersonation of Tom
Jones at the Ninth Annual Chlotrudis Awards. Scot is a former
member of the Board. |
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| Johanna Cooper has been going to subtitled films
since before she could drive. Some of the films she has seen twice
(or more) include: Marooned
in Iraq, The
Fast Runner, Pather
Panchali, Dersu
Uzala, Rashômon,
Harold
& Maude, and Lagaan.
She has attended, and loved, the International
Festival of Film in Montreal for the past two years. When she
is not watching movies, she is gardening (weather permitting), or
working as a pediatric nurse. |
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| Shannon Daut is part of Chlotrudis Awards' growing Denver
contingent. She currently works at the Western
States Arts Federation, a regional nonprofit arts organization.
She studied film at the University
of Wisconsin-Madison. Her main area of concentration was Film
Theory, where she became fascinated with the French New Wave movement,
and aspects of film style. Her favorite films often point to the
mechanisms of filmmaking (Living
in Oblivion), or have an unconventional narrative structure
(Toto le Hero).
Her favorite film of all time is Cinema
Paradiso. |
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| Jim Doescher is our second committee member from Denver.
Howard knew that his friend
Jim would be perfect for our committee, and that is absolutely true.
Jim and his partner own a small video rental store called Videotique
in Denver's Capitol
Hill. In addition to seeing lots of movies, Jim is an avid patron
of local theatre, dance and the arts. |
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| Amanda Doran grew up in West Hartford, Connecticut
and later resided in Philadelphia and Austin before calling Boston
home. In whichever city she lived, she always frequented the local
arthouse theater (Cinema
City in Hartford, the Ritz
in Philly, the Alamo
and Dobie
in Austin, and now the Brattle,
Kendall,
and Coolidge
here in Boston) to keep up with the latest independent and international
films. In her spare time, she also volunteers with the Boston
Latino International Film Festival. Her all-time favorite films
include Cinema Paradiso, Amelie, and Before
Sunset. |
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| Jane Ford has worked on freelance film projects including
independent features, industrials, commercials and music videos as
a coordinator and prop person over the past 15 years. She also trafficked
films for two festivals and job shared at a regional film office.
She looks forward to the future films of Catherine
Keener, Cate
Blanchett, Philip
Seymour Hoffman and Jake
Gyllenhaal. Her recent favorite films include Being
John Malkovich, Rushmore,
and Donnie
Darko. |
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| Georgette Gagne is a Technical Editor at IBM
Rational in Lexington, MA. She is drawn to documentaries and When
We Were Kings is a particular favorite. She is happy to share
a birthday with Toshiro
Mifune and thinks that his collaboration with Kurosawa
is one of the greatest pairings of actor and director of all time.
Georgette's favorite cinematographers include Sven
Nykvist and Conrad
Hall, and this year has added Edward
Lachman and John
Foster to that list. The short list of movies that Georgette watches
once a year are: The
Man Who Would Be King, Monty
Python and the Holy Grail, and Young
Frankenstein. Georgette is a former member of the Board. |
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| Bob Gladstein is a former film student and exhibitor from
Somerville, MA, now working as a freelance search
engine optimizer. Consequently, he is now able for the first time
in many years to see films just because he wants to. His list of favorites
changes often, depending both on his mood and relative level of snootiness,
but is likely to usually include L'Age
d'or, Eraserhead,
and A
Clockwork Orange. |
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| Tom Guttadauro enjoys baseball more than anything
else, to the point that if 'Beat
the Geeks' was still on and needed a Baseball History geek, he
would certainly qualify. He enjoys Asian films, despises European
films and despite all appearances, is _not_ obsessed with Anime.
He has run for public office and owns a grumpy yet adorable cat named
Miles. |
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| Ned Hinkle is co-director Brattle
Film Foundation. Ned has been a film lover since childhood when
he was unaccountably scarred by a trailer for Picnic
at Hanging Rock seen at the Off The Wall Cinema and walked
out of Taxi
Driver at the Harvard Square Theatre because he "knew
it was going to end badly." |
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| Maryellen James' career in film production has spanned three
decades and touched upon every genre from docudrama to science fiction
and from the avant garde to the classics. Her credits include Mystic
River, Brotherhood,
What's
the Worst That Could Happen?, Monument
Ave., True
Lies, Glory,
'Seaquest'
and The
Buccaneers. She has also worked on numerous stage productions
for Sarah
Caldwell's Opera Company of Boston and Harvard University's American
Reperatory Theater. |
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| TC Kirkham is the "Popcorn" of Popcorn
N Roses, the eclectic movie blog which features movie news, film
reviews, and pop culture observations, as well as the co-host of the
site's weekly podcast, Subject:CINEMA. The site's slogan, "Reel
Movies For REAL People!", was his brainchild, and is meant to
reflect that his writings are for both the casual movie fan as well
as the film buff. He's been a movie fan all of his life, and would
love to make PNR a full-time occupation in the not too distant future.
TC was never that thoughtful about the indie film world until 2006's
BRICK opened his
eyes to a whole new world of cinema, and completely changed his way
of thinking. His all-time favorite film is Zhang Yimou's HERO.
He lives with his wife, Kim Brown, in Revere, MA. |
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| Chadd Kline currently lives in upstate New York,
though he joined Chlotrudis when he lived in Boston. He has no formal
training in anything film related, but he enjoys the critiques and
discussions that arise from Chlotrudis and the Nominating Committee.
He finally took the plunge and joined Netflix
this year. He is insanely happy he did so since it means that he can
still actually VIEW independent and foreign films (upstate New York
isn’t well- known for its art house theaters). Chlotrudis fav’s
of recent years include 2046;
Spring, Summer,
Fall, Winter... and Spring, and This
Film Is Not Yet Rated. |
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| Merri Lavine works in content management in the Boston area.
She is an opera singer and founder of local performing arts company
Mass Theatrica.
Merri is an avid film/musical junkie who admits to appreciating 1980s
teen angst movies. |
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| Barbara Lonergan is not fond of cats
-- but loves Chlotrudis. An enthusiastic supporter of the arts, education,
and the New England
Patriots, Barbara lives and works in Saugus and claims all the
credit for the hometown Little
League team's championship season. Her all-time favorite screen
gem is To
Kill a Mockingbird. Becoming a Chlotrudis member has been
the catalyst for some great conversations both about indie films and
about what Chlotrudis actually is." |
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| Marilyn at the Movies is an attorney and a former school
teacher from Upstate New York. She is currently serving her term as
Family Court Judge, and is the mother of four and grandmother of seven.
All her family loves the movies and theater and even participate now
and then. |
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| Mary McIntire worked hard to become a member of the Nominating
Committee. Sister to founder Michael
Colford and mother to fellow committee-member, Tim McIntire, Mary
put in a great effort to see the required number of movies to serve
on the committee, and has enjoyed doing so! Her favorite actor is
Johnny Depp. |
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| Tim McIntire is the son of Chlotrudis Awards' Board of Directors
member Mary McIntire, and nephew of Chlotrudis Awards' President Michael
Colford. A recent graduate of the University
of Massachusetts in Amherst,
where he studied chemistry, he is currently working at Newbury
Comics, before going back to school. His recent favorites include
The
Five Senses, All
About My Mother and Magnolia.
He is also a huge fan of Phish,
Tool, Dar
Williams, and the Cure. |
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After graduating from USC with a degree in business and cinema,
Chris Metzler's’ film career has taken him
from the depths of agency work, to coordinating post-production for
awful American movies seen late at night in Belgium. His film directing
and producing work has resulted in him criss-crossing the country
with the aid of caffeinated beverages and made his way in the Nashville
country and Christian music video industries, before finally forsaking
his soul to commercial LA rock n’ roll. These misadventures
eventually culminated in him winning a Billboard Magazine Music Video
Award. Chris recently finished traveling the theatrical circuit promoting
his John Waters' narrated documentary, PLAGUES
& PLEASURES ON THE SALTON SEA. He now finds himself in the
Boston of the West, San Francisco, where he's making his next doc
on the Black punk band Fishbone and re-watching his favorite film,
TOTO THE HERO. |
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| Jeffrey Pike is the Technology Services Librarian at the
Groton, MA Public Library.
Movies have been a source of great wonder to him since his Dad took
him to see Big Red on his sixth birthday. He spends his spare time
with his kids, cooking dinner, or scratching one of the cats' tummies.
He recently discovered lounge
music. His favorite beverage is tea. |
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| Kate Pike was born in Oregon, but fell in love at first
sight with Massachusetts at the age of 24 (5 years of living in California
in the 90's nearly killed her). A lifelong steady diet of Saturday
matinees, Midnight Movies and Creature Features, fortified by Milk
Duds and stale popcorn with "buttery" flavoring, has
left her pale, plump, and wincing at the daylight. Currently unemployed
and loving it, and looking into the prospect of starting her own local
film festival. Her All-Time Favorites film list is a little too long
to publish here, but current favorites are The
Station Agent and 28
Days Later.... |
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| Ellen Robbins is Manager of Regulatory Operations for Electric
Insurance. Her favorite movies include To
Kill a Mockingbird, and Babe!
She especially enjoys small independent films, foreign films, and
documentaries. She also participates in two book clubs. Her favorite
authors include John
Irving and Barbara Kingsolver.
When she's not working, movieviewing, or reading, she enjoys golf
and traveling. Ellen serves as Legal Advisor for Chlotrudis Awards'
Board of Directors. |
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| Howard Semones is
our first member to join the Nominating Committee from the city of
Denver,
Colorado. Howard enjoys music, writing poetry and movies, of course.
He is particularly a fan of animation, and is encouraging the Board
of Directors to consider a category for animated
movies. Howard recently discovered a passion for acting, and now
performs improv with and is the director of the group Monkey's
Uncle. Howard keeps the Nominating Committee connected with an
e-mail discussion group. |
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| Carolyn Ziering is originally from outside of Boston.
She tried her hand at college in Southern California, but decided
to return to the frigid winters of New England. Carolyn is relatively
new to independent film, but decided to join Chlotrudis after last
year’s delightful Awards
Ceremony and Eye-Opener series. Her film tastes vary, but she
is embarrassed to admit they tend toward romances, but romances with
twists and obstacles. |
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