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We live in a short attention span age. Shorter by the minute. I've been saying this for a while now, and with the Twitter generation twittering madly about nothing (mostly), the trend has only accelerated. Bad news I suppose for websites like this for where we occasionally - ok, always - go past 140 characters, but, what are you gonna do? The Coolidge Corner Theatre and The Sundance Art House Project is taking films for the short-attention span era - ten of the 91 short films screened at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival - and bringing them to Coolidge Corner Theatre. (There'a about a dozen other art house theaters around the country also participating.) What's on tap? We especially want to see "Love You More," a 15 minute film by Sam Wood about two teenageers drawn together in the summer of '78 by the Buzzcocks (in photo) song of the same name. We love (still love the Buzzcocks) and have the melody in our head as we're writing this. And the thought, well, those teens could have been me except I was into my 20s already. Other films? Descriptions from the Coolidge folks: NEXT FLOOR- During an opulent and luxurious banquet, complete with hordes of servers and valets, 11 pampered guests participate in what appears to be ritualistic gastronomic carnage. (Denis Villeneuve, Canada, 12 minutes; JOHN AND KAREN- John the polar bear apologizes to Karen the penguin after an argument. (Matthew Walker, UK, 4 minutes, Animated); ATTACK OF THE ROBOTS FROM NEBULA-5– “Almost” everybody is going to die very soon. (Chema Garcia Ibarra, Spain, 7 minutes); OMELETTE- While a woman makes an omelette, we learn how difficult it is to make ends meet. (Nadejda Koseva Bulgaria, 5 minutes);I AM SO PROUD OF YOU- Dark family secrets cast a shadow over Bill's recovery in this second chapter to the prize-winning short Everything Will Be OK. (Don Hertzfeldt, USA, 22 minutes, Animated); STEEL HOMES- Self-storage units are windows into human histories: their discarded objects and dust-covered furniture are inscribed with past dreams, secret hopes, and lives we cannot let go of. (Eva Weber, UK, 10 minutes); COUNTERTRANSFERENCE- An awkward woman with assertiveness issues finds her problems multiplied in therapy(Madeleine Olnek, USA, 16 minutes); WESTERN SPAGHETTI- Everyday objects become delicious ingredients as

we learn how to cook spaghetti through stop-motion photography.

(Sarah Phelps, USA, 2 minutes); SHORT TERM 12- A film about kids and the grown-ups who hit them. (Destin Daniel Cretton, USA, 22 minutes) - Recipient of the 2009 Jury Prize in U.S. Short Filmmaking. The schedule for these films: Fri & Sat @ 1:30, 4:40, 7:10 9:40
Sun @ 4:40, 7:10, 9:40, Mon - Thurs @ 1:30, 4:40, 7:10, 9:40. Admission: $9.50

270 Harvard St., Brookline, 617-734-2000 www.coolidge.org