April 2026 at the Coolidge

Spring has officially sprung and our special programming for April is sure to get you excited for the season ahead!

This month sees a series (a tad prematurely) celebrating Mel Brooks’s 100th birthday; Midnites that feature violent vegetation; the start of film festival season; plenty of speaker engagements; and more.

Read on for everything we’re screening this month!

Mel Brooks: The 100-Year-Old man

Mel Brooks turns 100 years old in June, but we’re throwing an April centennial celebration for him just in case!

Big Screen Classics

Watch certified classics the way they were meant to be seen. This month, catch a Lord of the Rings trilogy marathon, All That Jazz, La Strada, and Jackie Brown plus an intro seminar!
Co-presented in-kind by WBUR!

Coolidge After Midnite

Cinema’s most violent vegetation returns this month with a long-awaited sequel to our 2018 series “Organic Panic,” featuring creepy crawlies from Creepshow to Return of the Killer Tomatoes!

NT Live

The best of British theatre on our big screen. This month, see Helen Mirren as Queen Elizabeth II in Olivier and Tony winner The Audience, and Bryan Cranston and Marianne Jean-Baptiste in All My Sons.

Speaker Engagements

Like your screenings with a side of talkbacks? Catch Q&As for Everyone Is Lying to You for Money with Ben McKenzie and Steal This Story, Please! with Amy Goodman, plus special engagements with the Bob Dylan Center and Bride of Frankenstein.

Cult Classics

Our signature program dedicated to showcasing films with fervent fan bases and unforgettable impact! This month's pick is a double feature of Island of Lost Souls and The Leopard Man
Presented by Salem Horror Fest!

Coolidge Education

Learn more at a seminar before All That Jazz or Jackie Brown, and showcase your short film at Boston Open Screen!

Cinema Masala

Our series celebrating Indian cinema! This month, see Silsila, a landmark of Bollywood cinema, starring Amitabh Bachchan.
Co-presented by Film Heritage Foundation and Sapna Saxena!

Kids' Shows

Movies, magic, and more! Take the whole family to see one of our film screenings, or enjoy a live show!

Wicked Queer Film Festival

Wicked Queer is Boston’s LGBTQ+ film festival. This year, we’re proud to host six screenings!

The National Center for Jewish Film Annual Film Festival

Since 1976, The National Center for Jewish Film has rescued, restored, and exhibited films that document the diversity of Jewish life. This year, we’re hosting seven screenings!

More Good Stuff

This Week

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

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  • A father, accompanied by his son, goes looking for his missing daughter in North Africa.

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  • A hand-made, eye-opening documentary about the most powerful technology humanity has ever created... and what’s at stake if we get it wrong.

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  • The new film from acclaimed director Christian Petzold (Phoenix, Transit). 

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  • An exhilarating space adventure set in the near future.

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  • Winner of the Audience Award: U.S. Documentary at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival.

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  • Winner, Best Documentary Feature at the 2026 Academy Awards.

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  • Featuring live piano accompaniment by Jeff Rapsis!

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  • In this five-week class, explore women's voices at the intersection of direction and cinematography.

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  • Céline Sciamma's Cannes-winning period love story is one of the best reviewed films of 2019.

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  • Writer Andrea Meyer will showcase how Bob Fosse’s groundbreaking, irreverent, explosive film is a masterpiece unlike any musical before or since. 

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  • The new film from Kristoffer Borgli (Dream Scenario), starring Zendaya and Robert Pattinson.

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  • All that work. All that glitter. All that pain. All that love. All that crazy rhythm. All that jazz.

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  • 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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  • Three films celebrating the best parts of Massachusetts, part of the 2026 Wicked Queer Film Festival. 

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