August 2025 at the Coolidge

August 2025 at the Coolidge

Are you looking for things to do in the Boston area to beat the heat?

This August at the Coolidge is full of summery favorites sure to please in our ~delightful~ AC!

This month sees a Patrick Swayze series; a celebration of Spike Lee and Denzel Washington's collaborations; a retrospective series of new Akira Kurosawa digital restorations; outdoor screenings around Greater Boston, including at Mt. Auburn Cemetery; a special celebration of Jaws for the film's 25th-anniversary; and so much more.

Read on for everything we're screening!

Swayze

Swayze Days of Summer

What better way to mark the season than with a tribute to the late, great Patrick Swayze, whose movies dominated the summer box office in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s?

lazy, hazy, swayze

Spike & Denzel

Our July and August series showcasing all of Spike Lee and Denzel Washington's creative collaborations in anticipation of their newest, Highest 2 Lowest!

iconic duo

Spike and Denzel
Akira Kurosawa

Akira Kurosawa

The Coolidge is thrilled to present this retrospective of eleven new Akira Kurosawa restorations including Throne of Blood, Rashoman, Seven Samurai, Ikiru, Ran, and more!

kurosawa in 4k

Big Screen Classics

Watch certified classics on our big screen. This month, catch Big, The Big Lebowski, Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song, Hero, and The Women!

Presented in-kind by WBUR!

The Classics

Big Screen Classics
Coolidge Education

Coolidge Education

This month, check out one of our intro seminars in conjunction with our "Spike & Denzel" series for He Got Game and Inside Man!

sharpen your pencils

Outdoor Screenings

We're taking our programming on the road! This month, enjoy FREE screenings outside at the Charles River Speedway and the Rose Kennedy Greenway, plus a special double feature at Mt. Auburn Cemetery!

sunblock season

Outdoor Summer Movies
Coolidge After Midnite

Coolidge After Midnite

The kids are NOT all right! Our August Midnites feature terrifying tales of malevolent middle schoolers from The Bad Seed to Battle Royale to Village of the Damned and more!

killer kids

Cult Classics

Our signature program dedicated to showcasing films with fervent fan bases and unforgettable impact! This month's picks are Freddy Got Fingered and The Brady Bunch Movie.

sure, jan

Cult Classics
Jaws 50th Anniversary

Jaws 50th Anniversary

In honor of the iconic film’s 50th anniversary, we’re celebrating all week long with 35mm screenings and a special documentary presentation of The Farmer and the Shark, about the Martha’s Vineyard local who greatly impacted the making of Jaws!

dunnnnnn dun

 

More Good Stuff

The programming doesn't stop there—see below for more special offerings this month:

  • CatVideoFest: Sunday, August 3 at 2:00pm | Special Screening with proceeds benefitting local cats in need!
  • Detroit Rock City in 35mm: Thursday, August 7 at 7:00pm | Cinema Jukebox® co-presented in-kind by 92.5 The River
  • The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift: Thursday, August 21 at 7:00pm | Rewind! featuring an afterparty in the Education & Community Engagement Center

This Week

  • A gingko tree bears witness to the lives of three generations of people, as they are quietly transformed by the mysterious power of nature.

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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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  • An adventure 65 million years in the making.

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  • Welcome to a new world of style.

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

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  • Join professor Andre Puca of Emerson College as he explores the style and themes of Anderson’s films spanning all 3 decades of his noteworthy career

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  • Featuring a live, original score by the Anvil Orchestra!


     

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  • Olivier Assayas’s live-wire international breakthrough stars a magnetic Maggie Cheung as a version of herself.

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  • Richard Linklater's funny, affectionate, and clear-eyed look at high school life with a precise feel for the '70s and a killer soundtrack.

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  • With Elegance Bratton and producer Chester Algernal Gordon in person, moderated by Joseph V. Porter.

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  • A strange doorway appears in the basement of a furniture showroom.

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  • He does wild and crazy things because he has nothing to lose... but his life.

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  • Academy Award-winning director Daniel Roher’s first narrative feature, starring Leo Woodall, Havana Rose Liu, & Dustin Hoffman.

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  • Director Joscha Bongard joins us in-person for a post-film discussion, co-presented by the Goethe Institut Boston. 

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  • nouvelle vague and contempt

    Join us for two cinematic meditations on desire, ambition, and the art of making movies.

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  • Learn more about the movie, its director, and its influence on movies and filmmakers.

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  • A worldwide smash hit, Rififi earned director Jules Dassin the Best Director prize at Cannes and set the standard for screen robberies for decades to come.

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  • A film by Lynne Ramsay, acclaimed director of Ratcatcher

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