The Brattle Film Foundation was pleased to welcome legendary director James Ivory to the Brattle stage for a discussion of his life and work. As one half of legendary Merchant Ivory Productions, Mr. Ivory is the director of such acclaimed films as A Room With A View, Howard’s End, and Remains Of The Day. Mr. Ivory was joined on stage by Brattle directors Ivy Moylan and Ned Hinkle.
George Romero at the Brattle!
Zombie dance! Director George A. Romero made an appearance at the Brattle Theatre on May 4th to introduce his latest film, Survival Of The Dead. (photo: Andrea O’Meara)
IFFB kicks off at the Brattle… right now!
I am listening to Ned introduce the first film screening at the Brattle as part of this year’s Independent Film Festival of Boston. Ned and I, well all of us here at the Brattle, are big festival fans. They are incredibly important to the film industry by presenting films that may not be shown during a theatrical release, getting the filmgoing audience excited about seeing movies that they don’t know much about, and generally upping the good movie vibe that is so important to the exhibition industry.
Not only do we host festivals here at the Brattle but Ned and I try to attend a number of festivals throughout the year. I also work two film festivals each year. I have an uncanny love for print traffic—the effort involved in getting all of the films for a festival shipped in and out. I got the taste for it when I was Operations Manager here at the Brattle in the 90s and have kept working for festivals to get a small taste a couple times of year.
Since year two of IFFB I have been their print trafficker. (Gabe our current Operations Manager works with me on this since I am also juggling it with my full-time job at the Brattle.) Ned volunteers for the festival as house manager at the Brattle during the festival, doing the introductions, helping incorporate their ticketing system into our box office, and all of the other logistical nuances involved with hosting the festival.
This year my goal is to try to see some movies during the festival in addition to just working it. I am planning on seeing THE PARKING LOT MOVIE later on tonight, PHILLIP THE FOSSIL, and hopefully CONVENTION and STRANGE POWERS on Sunday.
I will see you all in Harvard Square or Davis as I move prints and watch movies. I will try to grab some behind the screen shots in my travels as well.
Have a great festival week!
http://iffboston.bside.com/2010/schedule/week
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Watchathon fundraising open until their finish line party party on 12/15 but movie watching closed
It has been an exciting month of avid movie watching for our four Watchathon participants. I am waiting to get their final tally of movies watched but wanted to let you know that our reigning Watchathon champion, Brian Paik, succeeded in watching 31 movies in 30 days!
All of the participants are very close to making their fundraising goal as you can see from the great little widgets below. These avid film fans have successfully raised thousands of dollars for the Brattle Annual Fund while doing what they love, watching movies! Anyone interested in sponsoring one of them, and making sure that they make their goals, can do so by clicking on one of the links below.
| Sam Bernstein: |
Brian Paik: |
| Ryan Evans: |
Jessica Dillon: |
Find out what the Watch-A-Thon is all about by visiting the Brattle’s official Watch-A-Thon registration page and FAQ. The Brattle Film Foundation is the 501(c)3 non-profit organization which programs and operates the Brattle Theatre. Thank you for your support!
Film lists coming soon!
Best,
ivy
Sponsor A Brattle Watch-A-Thon Participant!
Our 2009 Watch-A-Thon fundraiser is now underway, and a few of our participants have set up online fundraising pages to help them reach out to sponsors. The Watch-A-Thon is a lot like a walk-a-thon, but instead of hitting the pavement our participants watch as many movies as possible between November 1st and December 3rd!
Will you help sponsor one of our courageous participants?? Even if you have never donated to the Brattle before, this is a great way to help support us by pledging your support to these fine folks!
| Sam Bernstein: |
Brian Paik: |
| Ryan Evans: |
Jessica Dillon: |
Find out what the Watch-A-Thon is all about by visiting the Brattle’s official Watch-A-Thon registration page and FAQ. The Brattle Film Foundation is the 501(c)3 non-profit organization which programs and operates the Brattle Theatre. Thank you for your support!