The Chlotrudis Society for Independent Film continues its annual Top 100 List tradition with a list of the one hundred funniest films of all time. All members were asked to contribute 20 ideas, which were then compiled into the final list of mostly modern American films. According to the press release: Many filmmakers from various eras appear more than once on the list, including Tim Burton, Charles Chaplin, Christopher Guest, Albert Brooks, John Waters, Buster......

Christopher Guest - actor, director, writer, musician, and Grammy-winning composer - stood solemn in his academic regalia on Friday night as a packed Berklee Performance Center crowd gave him a standing ovation. Looking every part the dignified scholar, Berklee's newest Honorary Doctorate of Music recipient nodded to the crowd. Then he raised his hand, made devil's horns, and got down to business. Guest told a story of a young boy, one who grew up in......

These Go to 11: Christopher Guest Meets Berklee Friday, November 30, 8:15 pm Berklee Performance Center, 136 Mass Ave, Boston (T: Hynes/ICA) $30 More info Get tickets Christopher Guest, star of This Is Spinal Tap and master of the mockumentary, will receive an honorary doctorate from Berklee College of Music on Friday. Berklee students will be playing some of Guest's biggest hits, ranging from the Spinal Tap gems to cuts that appeared in Waiting for......

Prix de beaute shows at the Harvard Film Archive tonight at 7:00 pm. Smile will follow at 9:00 pm. What with all the hurrah about those pictures of Miss New Jersey horsin' around, it's time to turn a jaundiced eye to the world of the beauty pageant. The Harvard Film Archive proves that sticking it to the beauty pageant has been an honorable enterprise throughout the history of film. The first movie, 1930's Prix de......

12:08 East of Bucharest will be at 7:00 pm tonight and 9:00 pm tomorrow night at the Harvard Film Archive. Kusskuss will be at 8:45 pm tonight at the Harvard Film Archive. Two of the most interesting movies of the 7th Annual New Films From Europe Festival at the Harvard Film Archive are screening tonight. Obviously, there's plenty of movies on the HFA festival agenda, but 12:08 East of Bucharest and Kusskuss appear to break......

Renaissance man Harry Shearer will read from Not Enough Indians at the Coolidge Corner Theatre at 6pm on Monday, December 11. The event is cheap at 2 bucks, and you can stay for a discounted screening of For Your Consideration. Comedian / writer / actor / director / Le Show host Harry Shearer has a knack of either soaring to the heights or plummeting to earth. His multiple achievements include his work voicing Ned Flanders,......