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Hackman: No Frills, All Fire

This April, we're screening our favorite films starring Gene Hackman!

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1hr 59mins

In the new film from David Cronenberg, a businessman and widower builds a device to connect with the dead inside a burial shroud.

1hr 42mins

From Director Andrew Ahn comes a joyful comedy of errors about a chosen family navigating cultural identity, queerness, and family expectations. 

1hr 59mins

In the new film from director Daniel Minahan, Muriel and her husband Lee are about to begin a bright new life, which is upended by the arrival of Lee's brother.

2hrs 17mins

From Ryan Coogler, director of Black Panther and Creed, and starring Michael B. Jordan comes a new vision of fear.

1hr 36mins

Cultures collide when an introverted doctor brings his white boyfriend home to meet his traditional East Indian family.

Princess Mononoke
2hrs 14mins

New 4K restoration directly overseen by Studio Ghibli’s own Atsushi Okui!

2hrs 28mins

From legendary director Ridley Scott, Gladiator II continues the epic saga of power, intrigue, and vengeance set in Ancient Rome. 

1hr 40mins

Tim Curry stars in this screamingly funny, sinfully twisted salute to sci-fi, horror, B-movies, and rock music.

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Highlights

Gladiator II

Sat 4/26

From legendary director Ridley Scott, Gladiator II continues the epic saga of power, intrigue, and vengeance set in Ancient Rome. 

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The Rocky Horror Picture Show

Sat 4/26 - Sat 5/31

Tim Curry stars in this screamingly funny, sinfully twisted salute to sci-fi, horror, B-movies, and rock music.

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The Birdcage

Sun 4/27

What could possibly come between a match made in heaven? The parents. Dinner. And a nightclub called The Birdcage.

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Pre-film seminar by Mikal J. Gaines, Ph.D,  Associate Professor of English at the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences!

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Special Screenings Director In Person

After the film, director Francis Ford Coppola will join us for a live, interactive discussion with Prof. Juliet Schor, an economist and sociologist at Boston College.

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Scarface (1983)

Mon 4/28

He wanted to live the American Dream until the end.

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Family isn't a word... it's a sentence.

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Screening as part of the 2025 Independent Film Festival Boston.

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9 to 5

Thu 5/01

The power behind the throne.

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Midsommar

Thu 5/01

From director Ari Aster (Hereditary) comes an unforgettable, dread-soaked fairy tale.

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Sorcerer

Fri 5/02

WANTED. Four men willing to drive a cargo of death to escape a life in hell.

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Kamikaze 89

Sat 5/03

Ninety-six hours to crack his last case...His time is already up.

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Peter Jackson brings J.R.R Tolkien's Lord of the Rings from page to screen in this epic, Academy-Award winning trilogy, in 35mm!

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Seminar: Daisies

Mon 5/05

Pre-film seminar taught by Alex Kittle!

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Daisies

Mon 5/05

If the entire world is bad, why shouldn’t we be?

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Featuring a post-screening discussion with guests of the Huntington's production of The Light in the Piazza.

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Music in Film

Wed 5/07 - Wed 6/04

Explore some of the most renowned film music and learn about the composers who created the scores that linger in your ear long after the credits have ended.

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From Satoshi Kon, director of Perfect Blue.

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In Havana, music isn't a pastime, it's a way of life.

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Risky Business

Fri 5/09

Meet the model son who's been good too long. 

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Legend (1985)

Sat 5/10

This is what dreams are made of. This is Legend.

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Eraserhead

Sat 5/10

David Lynch's startling debut feature is a lasting cult sensation influenced by the writings of Franz Kafka and Nikolai Gogol.

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"A Princess" Crime and Punishment.

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Introduced by Jeffrey Grossman, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at MIT.

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Featuring live piano accompaniment by Jeff Rapsis!

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The Big Chill

Thu 5/15

The story of eight old friends searching for something they lost, and finding that all they needed was each other.

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The Good...the Bad...and the Undead.

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There are 70 minutes to the end of the world. Where can you hide?

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The Room

Fri 5/16

Oh, hi Mark.

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Near Dark

Sat 5/17

At dawn, they hide. At dark, they wake. At night, they search for blood...Pray for daylight.

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The last year in Franz Kafka's life and its surprising love story.

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An impossible love made possible by the changing weather.

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Learn how Peter Weir's story of navigating difficult circumstances refuses resolution and captures the current mood of our time.

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Digital Restoration Big Screen Classics

On St. Valentine's Day in 1900, a party of schoolgirls set out to picnic at Hanging Rock...Some were never to return.

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Digital Restoration Queering the Screen

Happy Together

Tue 5/20

Post-film panel discussion with guests from The Theater Offensive!

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Beautiful Belladonna...Love and Hate drove her to join the Devil!

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After every screening, join us for a Rewind! afterparty in our new Education and Community Engagement Center for themed fun, food, and drinks!

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Special Guests Special Screenings

Part of The WBUR Festival, featuring a post-film Q&A with Morning Edition host Tiziana Dearing, with author Ben Mezrich (The Accidental Billionaires).

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Thief

Fri 5/23

Michael Mann’s bold artistic sensibility was already fully formed when he burst out of the gate with Thief, his debut feature. 

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The Keep

Sat 5/24

THEY WERE ALL DRAWN TO THE KEEP.

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Double Feature ANI-MANIA

Experience the mind-bending cybernetic masterpiece Ghost in the Shell and its visually stunning sequel back-to-back on the big screen! 

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Elaine May Directed It. Neil Simon Wrote It. Bruce Jay Friedman Conceived It.

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The fate of destruction is also the joy of rebirth.

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Inu-oh

Wed 5/28

From visionary director Masaaki Yuasa, a glam-rock ode to the power of music and a forceful statement on artistic freedom.

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It’s the last day of Camp Firewood’s season, but there’s still time for the big talent show, a little romance…

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Vision Quest

Fri 5/30

All he needed was a lucky break. Then one day she moved in. 

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If you get on her bad side...YOU'RE TOAST.

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Maurice

Thu 6/05

A love story of unforgettable passion. 

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Pre-film seminar from Abbie DeCamp from Northeastern University.

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Thelma & Louise

Mon 6/09

Somebody said get a life...so they did.

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SLC Punk!

Thu 6/12

God bless America...they're going to need it.

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Queer Cinema History

Mon 6/16 - Mon 7/14

LGBTQ+ representation in movies has rapidly increased in recent years, but queer characters are as old as cinema itself! 

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Featuring live piano accompaniment by Jeff Rapsis!

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Gillian Anderson, Vanessa Kirby, and Ben Foster lead the cast in Tennessee Williams’ timeless masterpiece, returning to cinemas. 

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Pre-film seminar taught by Vernon Shetley of Wellesley College!

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The Long Goodbye

Thu 6/19

Nothing says goodbye like a bullet.

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Two to One

Sun 6/22

Presented by the Goethe-Institut Boston. 

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After every screening, join us for a Rewind! afterparty in our new Education and Community Engagement Center for themed fun, food, and drinks!

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He is Tony Manero, king of the disco. Every guy wants to dance like him. Every girl wants to be with him.

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Double Feature Rewind

Here we go again! Sing, dance, and celebrate with Mamma Mia! and Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again back-to-back on the big screen. 

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It's 1978. KISS is playing in Detroit Rock City. This is your ticket. You'd better hold on to it.

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After every screening, join us for a Rewind! afterparty in our new Education and Community Engagement Center for themed fun, food, and drinks!

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Clueless

Thu 9/11

After every screening, join us for a Rewind! afterparty in our new Education and Community Engagement Center for themed fun, food, and drinks!

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Ray

Thu 9/18

The only thing more extraordinary than the music is the man behind it: Ray Charles.

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Inter Alia

Thu 9/25

Oscar-nominated Rosamund Pike is Jessica in the much-anticipated next play from writer Suzie Miller (Prima Facie).

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The ultimate dare is to tell the truth.

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Coming Soon

Opens Fri, 5/16

Men shouldn't have friends.

Opens Fri, 5/23

A desperately single bookseller, lost in a fantasy world, finds herself forced to fulfil her dreams of becoming a writer in order to stop messing up her love life.

Opens Fri, 6/06

The new film from Wes Anderson, starring Benicio del Toro, Mia Threapleton, and Michael Cera.

Opens Fri, 6/06

Winner of the People's Choice Award at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival. 

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