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 new original event film created and directed by Steven Spielberg.

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  • Get ready for the ride of your life... and maybe journey too.

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  • In a forgotten fishing village, a boat mysteriously appears in the old harbour. 

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  • A beautifully rendered autobiographical tale from celebrated Spanish director Carla Simón.

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  • A pitch-perfect blend of satire, melodrama, daring tonal shifts and intimate performances.

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  • From director Olivia Wilde and starring Seth Rogen, Olivia Wilde, Penélope Cruz and Edward Norton.

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  • Slamdance presents the best competition films from their 2026 festival!

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  • It TICKLES and TANTALIZES! - The funniest comedy since laughter began!

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  • Slamdance presents the best competition films from their 2026 festival!

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  • Includes 16 minutes of new, theatrically exclusive post-credit bonus footage from Kane Parsons.

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  • Filmmaker Ivy Meeropol will join us for a post-film discussion following our screening. 

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  • Together For The First Time - James Stewart - John Wayne - in the masterpiece of Academy Award winner John Ford.

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  • In a future where a special police unit is able to arrest murderers before they commit crimes, an officer from that unit is himself accused of a future murder.

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  • The new film from filmmaker Christopher Nolan, starring Matt Damon, Tom Holland, and Anne Hathaway.

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  • The new film from Coolidge Breakthrough Artist Award winner Jane Schoenbrun.

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  • Six students discover their teachers really are from another planet in this thriller from director Robert Rodriguez.

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  • Pre-film seminar from Kyle Stevens, Associate Professor of Film Studies at Appalachian State University

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  • Some Liek It Hot

    Billy Wilder’s madcap, men on the run farce still delights audiences over 50 years since it’s release. 

     

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