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

  • An exhilarating space adventure set in the near future.

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

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  • The eagerly awaited sequel to the 2006 phenomenon that defined a generation. 

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  • Amy Goodman takes on soldiers, politicians, and corporate media in a fearless pursuit of truth

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  • Award-winning director Sophy Romvari’s lyrical and profound feature debut.

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  • A horror writer visits an Irish inn to scatter his parents' ashes, unaware the property is said to be haunted by a witch.

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  • Spiritual rapture and institutional hypocrisy come to stark, vivid life in one of the most transcendent masterpieces of the silent era. 

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  • Featuring a post-screening Q&A with the filmmakers and local wrestlers!

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  • They've worked hard all their lives, but they still can't afford the American Dream. Stealing it is even better.

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  • The only witness to the crime was not even there.

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  • santo vs Doctor Death

    Mexican Wrestler "El Santo" works with Interpol to stop a clever gang of art thieves in Madrid, Spain, lead by the genius Dr. Death.

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  • ed wood and plan 9 from outer space

    From cult chaos to cinematic infamy, follow the lovable disaster behind the camera in films that prove ambition trumps talent.

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  • The History of Replacing Failing Body Parts, from Stefan G. Tullius, MD. 

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  • She rocks. She rules. She reigns.

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  • A ragtag crew of underground filmmakers known as the Sprocket Holes, who abhor conventional cinema, rebel against the tenets of mainstream Hollywood.

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