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Outtake: Take the Cannoli

by Shaula Clark | December 11, 2008

Considering how generally craptacular the last 12 months have been, we wager there’s no one reading this who won’t be happy to see 2008 sleep with the fishes. So it seems fitting that the Brattle Theatre (40 Brattle Street, Cambridge, 17.876.6837) is closing out the year with a full week of The Godfather and The Godfather II, two Mafia hits destined to forever hold their spots on the American Film Institute’s Top 100 list. And thanks to Francis Ford Coppola’s newly rejuvenated prints — the result of two painstaking years of meticulous restoration from shrunken, warped, and tattered negatives — Vito Corleone’s silk suit has never looked so crisply black, nor his childhood Sicily so achingly gorgeous (though deadly). The films screen at the Brattle from December 25 through 31.

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Out Take: Whip Smart

by Shaula Clark | November 24, 2008

Say what you will about Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, but one thing is clear: there’s just no out-swashbuckling Harrison Ford. Still, although Ford might be the best, he certainly wasn’t the first, as the Brattle Theatre (40 Brattle Street, Cambridge, 617.876.6838) proves with its series “Roots of the Whip: Indiana Jones and His Influences.” Bookended by all four Indiana Jones films, this showcase includes 1937’s Zorro Rides Again and 1954’s Secret of the Incas. As a bonus, the Brattle is also showing Hellboy and Serenity, films whose devil-may-care heroes seem cribbed straight from the Dr. Jones playbook. The series runs December 10 through 14; more information is available at 617.876.6837 or www.brattlefilm.org.

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Outtake: Brattle Royale

by Shaula Clark | November 03, 2008

For a beloved movie house that’s given local cinephiles so much — annual Bogie marathons, exclusive David Lynch premieres, hometown gems, gritty midnight flicks, and a zillion first dates — the Brattle Theatre (40 Brattle Street, Cambridge) doesn’t ask a whole lot from us. Since the thought of a Harvard Square without our favorite cozy, rear-projectin’ theater is a bleak one indeed, we’re mighty inclined to cough up the cash for its swank annual gala, held at the Charles Hotel (One Bennett Street, Cambridge, 617.864.1200) on November 16. To sweeten the deal, attendees will have the chance to meet indie-film legend (and occasional Green Goblin) Willem Dafoe, whom the Brattle is honoring alongside longtime Boston Phoenix scribe Gerald Peary. Tickets start at $150; call 617.876.8021 or visit www.brattlefilm.org.

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