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Schlock & Awe: The William Castle Experience

This October, we're bringing back the master of macabre's famous in-theater gimmicks for a one-of-a-kind movie experience!

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A new film class from long-time Coolidge Instructor Kaj Wilson!

1hr 49mins

At 11:30pm on October 11, 1975, a troupe of young comedians and writers changed television and culture forever.

Lee

1hr 56mins

The directorial feature debut from award-winning Cinematographer Ellen Kuras, starring Kate Winslet and Alexander Skarsgård.

2hrs

An American horror story from filmmaker Ali Abbasi (Border, Holy Spider), starring Sebastian Stan, Jeremy Strong, and Maria Bakalova. 

1hr 15mins

Based on the  manga by Tatsuki Fujimoto, the creator of Chainsaw Man.

1hr 41mins

A new adaptation of Peter Brown’s beloved, award-winning, #1 New York Times bestseller, The Wild Robot.

1hr 28mins

A mushroom trip brings free-spirited Elliott (Maisy Stella) face-to-face with her 39-year-old self (Aubrey Plaza).

2hrs 20mins

 

If you follow the instructions, what could go wrong?

1hr 25mins

You'll believe in ghosts too when you see them through the GHOST VIEWER. Turn 'em on and turn 'em off when they turn on you.

1hr 44mins

I dare you to say it a third time.

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Highlights

Ghosting

Tue 10/15 - Tue 10/29

A new film class from long-time Coolidge Instructor Kaj Wilson!

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You'll believe in ghosts too when you see them through the GHOST VIEWER. Turn 'em on and turn 'em off when they turn on you.

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For the first time a new dimension in motion pictures - ODORAMA. It's Scent-sational!

 

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Found Footage Horror

Thu 10/17 - Thu 10/24

Taught by Alex Svensson of Emerson College!

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I Married a Witch

Thu 10/17

Veronica Lake casts a seductive spell as a charmingly vengeful sorceress in this supernatural screwball classic. 

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It Follows

Thu 10/17

For 19-year-old Jay (Maika Monroe), the fall should be about school, boys, and weekends at the lake.

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Tales of Terror

Fri 10/18

A trilogy of shock and horror!

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Digital Restoration After Midnite

Special 50th-anniversary screenings of Tobe Hooper's macabre midnight movie classic!

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The director's cut of William Friedkin's horror classic starring Max von Sydow, Ellen Burstyn, and Linda Blair.

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Dinner in America

Sat 10/19

Post-screening Q&A (virtual) with director Adam Rehmeier and producer Ross Putman!

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Invisible Nation

Sun 10/20

Post-screening Q&A with filmmaker Vanessa Hope and producer Ted Hope!

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Taught by Coolidge Program Director Mark Anastasio!

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Amazing NEW TERROR Device Makes You A Living Participant in the FLESH-CRAWLING ACTION! PERCEPTO!

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Beautiful women were the victims of his FIENDISH FACIALS!!!

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Digital Restoration After Midnite

Frankenhooker

Fri 10/25

Wanna date?

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The Tomb of Ligeia

Fri 10/25

His first wife is dead, but still a little CATTY!

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Monster House

Sat 10/26

Three teens discover that their neighbor's house is really a living, breathing, scary monster.

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Join us for a night of weird experiments and horrifying hypotheses—all in 35mm! 

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Elbow

Sun 10/27

Featuring a Q&A with director Aslı Özarslan and author Fatma Aydemir following the screening!

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Rosemary's Baby

Sun 10/27

Pray for Rosemary's Baby.

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Taught by horror advocate, researcher, and cryptanalyst Ava M. Fields!

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Can your nightmares be fatal?

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Introduced by Harvard Law Professor and Judge Nancy Gertner (Ret.).

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The Crow

Wed 10/30

In a world without justice, one man was chosen to protect the innocent.

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You’re invited to a Halloween party at our house before a double-feature of Scream (1996) and Scream (2022)!

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Eraserhead

Fri 11/01

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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The BJ Hickman Magic Show is family entertainment, with fun, audience participation, magic, and silliness galore!

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The Elephant Man

Sat 11/02

A true story of courage and human dignity.

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Rebecca

Sun 11/03

Alfred Hitchcock's Best Picture-winning gothic tale of a remarried widower haunted by the ghost of his first wife.

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Post-film discussion led by Northeastern professor Nathan Blake!

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3 Women

Mon 11/04

 

1 woman became 2. 2 women became 3. 3 women became 1.

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Students will learn the technical approaches & reasoning behind some of the most treasured moments of moving image storytelling.

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The definitive Final Cut of Ridley Scott's dystopian science fiction classic.

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Dune (1984)

Fri 11/08

A place beyond your dreams. A movie beyond your imagination.

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Digital Restoration After Midnite

Blue Velvet

Sat 11/09

Spawned from the mind of David Lynch, Blue Velvet is a deeply disturbing mixture of the heartfelt and horrific.

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Good News Gus

Sun 11/10

Join Harry LaCoste as he wiggles, giggles, juggles and jams with his sunshine- spreading sidekick, Good News Gus!

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Niagara (1953)

Sun 11/10

Marilyn Monroe and Niagara, a raging torrent of emotion that even nature can't control!

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Post-film discussion led by Northeastern professor Nathan Blake!

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Have your pressing issues decided by Famous Minor Television Personality John Hodgman, Certified Judge.

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Pre-film seminar from Kyle Stevens (Appalachian State University) and Maria San Filippo (Emerson College)!

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Can a man and a woman be friends, or does sex always get in the way?

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Boston Open Screen

Tue 11/12 - Tue 12/10

Boston's one and only open mic night for filmmakers!

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Digital Restoration Noirvember

The Killers (1946)

Tue 11/12

One Moment with Her...And He Gambled His LUCK...LOVE...and His LIFE!

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Featuring a post-film panel discussion with Judi Freeman, Marc Skvirsky, Aaron Achildiyev, Samantha Demezieux, and JD Moore. 

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Wild at Heart

Fri 11/15

David Lynch's vivid tale of love on the run.

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Boston's Parents' Choice Award-winning band, Vanessa Trien and the Jumping Monkeys, returns for their annual Coolidge Corner Theatre show!

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In the town of Twin Peaks, everybody has their secrets—but no one more than Laura Palmer. 

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The sin she committed in the name of love could not be judged by man...or punished by law!

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Post-film discussion led by Northeastern professor Nathan Blake!

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Digital Restoration Science on Screen®

Amadeus

Mon 11/18

Featuring an introduction by Dr. Psyche Loui!

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Shrek 2

Thu 11/21

After every screening, join us for a Rewind! after party in our brand new Education Center for themed fun, food, and drinks!

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A Clockwork Orange

Thu 11/21

Malcolm McDowell stars in Stanley Kubrick's ultraviolent classic.

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Lost Highway

Fri 11/22

A lost road on the edge of strange...

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Mulholland Dr.

Sat 11/23

David Lynch’s seductive and scary vision of Los Angeles’s dream factory is one of the true masterpieces of the new millennium.

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Digital Restoration Noirvember

You'll forget there ever was a woman like Gilda...when you meet the Lady From Shanghai!

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Post-film discussion led by Northeastern professor Nathan Blake!

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Hook

Mon 11/25

What if Peter Pan grew up?

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Composer Jeff Rapsis will perform live his new piano score to the Douglas Fairbanks fantasy epic. 

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He was all things to all men ... but only one thing to all women!

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Matilda

Sat 11/30

A little magic goes a long way.

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Digital Restoration After Midnite

Inland Empire

Sat 11/30

"A Woman In Trouble."

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Special 30th-anniversary screening!

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Claudio Simonetti's Goblin celebrates Claudio's career with ANTHOLOGY, a live performance spanning his career and highlighting all his "best of" songs and scores.

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Jenny the Juggler dazzles with dexterity and wit in her interactive variety show! 

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Gattaca

Mon 12/09

Introduced by Immaculata DeVivo, molecular epidemiologist and professor at Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health.

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Eyes Wide Shut

Thu 12/12

Cruise. Kidman. Kubrick.

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Davey the Clown

Sat 12/14

Stupendous juggling! Amazing magic! Incredible unicycle tricks! Hilarious antics! Tons of audience participation! A rubber chicken! And accordion music!

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Margaret Sullavan and James Stewart star in one of Ernst Lubitsch's most charming and romantic films.

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Renowned Dutch lute master Jozef Van Wissem (Only Lovers Left Alive, composer) performs his critically acclaimed Nosferatu live score. 

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Love Actually

Thu 12/19

After every screening, join us for a Rewind! after party in our brand new Education Center for themed fun, food, and drinks!

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The Muppet Christmas Carol

Sat 12/21 - Sun 12/22

The classic tale of Ebenezer Scrooge as told by everyone's favorite band of Muppets! 

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A cast of favorites in the Charming... Romantic... Tuneful love story of the early 1900s!

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Strange Days

Mon 12/30

New year's eve 1999. Anything is possible. Nothing is forbidden.

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Pariah (2011)

Mon 1/13

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

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Sharon D. Clarke is joined by Ncuti Gatwa in this reimagining of Oscar Wilde’s most celebrated comedy.

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Digital Restoration Stage & Screen

Featuring a post-screening discussion with guests of the Huntington's production of The Triumph of Love

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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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Coming Soon

Opens Fri, 10/18

Singular filmmaker Tarsem Singh's inimitable cult classic starring a magnetic Lee Pace. 

Opens Fri, 10/18

From director John Crowley (Brooklyn) and starring Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh. 

Opens Fri, 10/18

Director Nicholas Ma’s new film challenges us to consider whether we can disagree and still belong to each other in a divided world.

Opens Fri, 10/18

Opening Night Film - Directors' Fortnight, Cannes Film Festival 2023

Opens Fri, 10/25

The new thriller from Edward Berger (All Quiet on the Western Front) starring Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, John Lithgow, and Isabella Rossellini. 

Opens Fri, 10/25

Limited 35mm engagement! Winner of the Palme d'Or at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival.

Opens Fri, 11/01

Winner: Golden Bear at the 2024 Berlin International Film Festival. 

Opens Fri, 11/01

From renegade auteur Jacques Audiard comes an audacious fever dream that defies genres starring Karla Sofía Gascón, Zoe Saldaña, & Selena Gomez.

Opens Fri, 11/01

Heartbroken and adrift, undocumented Brazilian immigrant Lourenço searches for purpose in the queer mecca of Provincetown. 

Opens Fri, 11/08

The new film from director Steve McQueen (12 Years a Slave), starring Saoirse Ronan. 

Opens Fri, 11/15

Mismatched cousins David and Benji reunite for a tour through Poland to honor their beloved grandmother.

Opens Fri, 11/22

Julian Schnabel’s stunning debut, presented in black & white, starring Jeffrey Wright and David Bowie.

Opens Fri, 12/06

Amy Adams stars in Nightbitch. Written and directed by Marielle Heller, based on the best-selling novel by Rachel Yoder.

Opens Wed, 12/25

A Robert Eggers picture.

Opens Fri, 1/10

The first english-language film from Pedro Almodóvar, starring Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton.

Opens Fri, 1/10

Winner of the Silver Lion for Best Direction (Brady Corbet) at the 2024 Venice Film Festival, screening in 70mm!

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