Coolidge After Midnite Honors William Lustig

We're fired up to present legendary cult horror film director William Lustig with the 2018 Coolidge After Midnite Award! Join us for these special screenings of Vigilante featuring a post-screening Q&A, and Maniac Cop 2 with a moderated post-film discussion and award presentation. 

About William Lustig

Quentin Tarantino regards him as one of his favorite directors. Sam Raimi cites him as a major influence. He’s worked with giallo master Dario Argento. Through the ‘80s and ‘90s, William Lustig almost single-handedly kept the flames of exploitation cinema burning, not by simply paying homage to a genre he loved, but by unapologetically making great exploitation films; Maniac, Maniac Cop, Maniac Cop 2, Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence, Vigilante, Uncle Sam, and more! 

Today, Lustig runs Blue Underground an entertainment company dedicated to guilty pleasures for adventurous movie lovers which lovingly restored 42nd Street classics for home video and theatrical release. 

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This Week

  • A new film from Bradley Cooper, starring Will Arnett and Laura Dern.

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  • The new film from director Park Chan-wook (Oldboy, Decision to Leave) and based on Donald E. Westlake's novel The Ax

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  • The eagerly-awaited new film from Jim Jarmusch, winner of the Golden Lion Best Film prize at the 2025 Venice Film Festival.

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  • Winner, Silver Lion Grand Jury Prize, 2025 Venice Film Festival

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  • Pre-film seminar by Jonathan Foltz, Associate Professor of English and Director of the Cinema & Media Studies Program at Boston University.

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

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  • In this course, we’ll sweep through the history of American journalists on film, as taught by Judi Freeman.

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  • A raw and unflinching portrait of survival, sexuality, and self-invention, marking the directorial debut of Kristen Stewart

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  • Introduced by Dr. Michelle Putnam is the Director of the Gerontology Institute & Professor at the University of Massachusetts Boston.

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  • From filmmaker Mona Fastvold (The Brutalist) comes the extraordinary true legend of Ann Lee, starring Academy Award nominee Amanda Seyfried. 

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  • Part man. Part machine. All cop. The future of law enforcement.

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  • Join Kevin Siegfried and Robert Kirzinger of the Boston Symphony Orchestra to explore and hear Shaker music as an expression of philosophy and craft.

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  • Based on the true story of the notorious serial killer and the intense manhunt he inspired.

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  • Monsters, Inc.: We Scare Because We Care

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  • Presented by Brookline for the Culture.

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  • New York's best dancers are *dying* for a part in the next Broadway hit.

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  • Bayard Rustin was the architect of 1963’s March on Washington. He challenged authority and never apologized for who he was, but was forgotten despite making history.

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