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Visible Mysteries: Queer Cinema

This June and July, we're highlighting five of our favorite films in queer canon, plus holding a class in tandem with the series!

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1hr 41mins

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

1hr 34mins

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.

1hr 56mins

Written and directed by Academy Award nominee Celine Song (Past Lives), starring Dakota Johnson, Chris Evans, and Pedro Pascal.

1hr 50mins

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

3hrs

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

2hrs 5mins

Introduced by Boston College economist and sociologist Juliet B. Schor.

1hr 23mins

The debut feature from Cheryl Dunye gave cinema something groundbreaking: a vibrant representation of Black lesbian identity.

2hrs 17mins

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

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Highlights

Visible Mysteries: Queer Cinema

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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The Apartment

Mon 6/16

Introduced by Boston College economist and sociologist Juliet B. Schor.

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The debut feature from Cheryl Dunye gave cinema something groundbreaking: a vibrant representation of Black lesbian identity.

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Featuring live piano accompaniment by Jeff Rapsis!

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

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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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Good Burger

Wed 6/18

Free, outdoor screening at the Charles River Speedway! 

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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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28 Weeks Later

Fri 6/20

When days turn to weeks, the horror returns.

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Featuring actor Terry Alexander in person! 

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Two to One

Sun 6/22

Presented by the Goethe-Institut Boston. 

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An electrifying journey into the nether-regions of the late-'60s Tokyo underworld. 

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Pre-film discussion with with author Sachiko Kashiwaba and translator Avery Fischer Udagawa!

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Free outdoor 35mm screening in partnership with the Rose Kennedy Greenway!

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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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'Til Death Do Us Part.

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Querelle

Mon 6/30

Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s final film audaciously raises Jean Genet’s controversial novel to the level of myth.

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Ugetsu

Tue 7/01

A tale of ambition, family, love, and war set in the midst of the Japanese Civil Wars of the sixteenth century.

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The battle between the good and the bad is about to get ugly.

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The following stunts were performed by professionals, so neither you nor your dumb buddies should attempt anything from this movie.

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Green Room

Sat 7/05

A punk rock band becomes trapped in a secluded venue after finding a scene of violence.

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Pedro Almodóvar's poignant, at times comedic examination of women in intimate relationships.

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Kuroneko

Tue 7/08

Beware of the haunted women who lurk in the bamboo forest as black cats craving the blood of men!

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Sabrina (1954)

Wed 7/09

She's a tantalizing dish who drives millionaires wild...A chauffeur's daughter who learned her stuff in Paris!

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They grew up on the outside of society. They weren't looking for a fight. They were looking to belong.

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Here comes the bride.

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The bride is back for the final cut.

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Sabbath Queen

Sun 7/13

Featuring a post-film discussion with director Sandi Dubowski!

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A fair use film by Vera Drew. 

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Demon Pond

Tue 7/15

Japanese renegade Masahiro Shinoda transforms a classic Kabuki tale with his own extravagant visual style in this dimension-shattering folk-horror fantasia.

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When inexperienced criminal Sonny Wortzik (Al Pacino) leads a bank robbery in Brooklyn, things quickly go wrong, and a hostage situation develops.

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Point Break

Wed 7/16

Free outdoor 35mm screening in partnership with the Rose Kennedy Greenway, introduced by MIT neuroscientist Gabi Drummond.


 

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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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The blonde leading the blonde.

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Shogun Assassin

Fri 7/18

The delirious hybrid of two episodes of the popular Baby Cart series, dubbed into English and fused together into a hyper-violent bloodbath ballet.

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Digital Restoration After Midnite

Scum of the Earth (1974)

Fri 7/18 - Sat 7/19

Brand new 4K restoration of S.F. Brownrigg's hillbilly horror classic!

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All assassins live beyond the law...only one follows the code.

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Pre-film seminar by Mikal J. Gaines.

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Boyz N the Hood

Mon 7/21

Once upon a time in South Central L.A.

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Ringu

Tue 7/22

One curse, one cure, one week to find it.

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Mean Girls

Wed 7/23

Free, outdoor screening at the Charles River Speedway!

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20th anniversary screening!

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A fighter confronts a rogue master armed with weapons capable of severing a head from 100 feet away.

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Blade: Trinity

Sat 7/26

He's fought the forces of darkness alone...until now.

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The Matrix

Mon 7/28

Introduced by bestselling author and futurist Rizwan Virk!

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Once you see it, you can never forget. Once it sees you, you can never escape.

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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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A triumph! A spectacle! A fuzzy wuzzy cuddle puddle!

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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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The Big Lebowski

Mon 8/11

Our annual screening of the Coen Brothers cult classic returns. The Dude abides.

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The Blob (1988)

Wed 8/13

Free outdoor 35mm screening in partnership with the Rose Kennedy Greenway!

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Digital Restoration Big Screen Classics

Rated X by an all white jury.

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A touching story of a young man who desperately wants to make his daddy proud.

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Free, outdoor screening at the Charles River Speedway!

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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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Hero

Mon 8/25

His strength will defy an empire, and his courage will unite a nation.

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Outdoors Double Feature

The Coolidge returns to Mount Auburn Cemetery to present our popular Cemetery Cinema outdoor film program!

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The Women (1939)

Thu 8/28

The year's mightiest cast in the hit play!

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They're back to save America from the '90s.

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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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Next to Normal

Wed 9/17

An intimate exploration of family and illness, loss and grief, featuring a thrilling rock score from composer Tom Kitt and book and lyrics from Brian Yorkey.

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Free, outdoor screening at the Charles River Speedway!

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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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Free, outdoor screening at the Charles River Speedway! 

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Coming Soon

Opens Fri, 6/20

Director Daniel Robbins will join us for post-film discussions following our 1:00pm and 4:00pm screenings on Sunday, June 22.

Opens Fri, 6/20

Director Danny Boyle and writer Alex Garland reunite for a terrifying new story set in the world of 28 Days Later.

Coming Soon

Winner of the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award: US Dramatic, Sundance Film Festival 

Opens Fri, 7/11

For the 25th Anniversary of the film, Wong Kar-wai has revisited the original concept of the film, adding an unseen chapter as a bonus to the original version.

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