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

  • Showcasing the best in documentary short films from around the world!

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  • A bold, iconoclastic take on one of the world’s most compelling stories, from filmmaker From Maggie Gyllenhaal and starring Jessie Buckley & Christian Bale.

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  • A frisky, feminine, film noir about psychoanalysis and many other things… 

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

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  • Among the most important documentaries ever made, The Thin Blue Line, by Errol Morris, erases the border between art and activism.

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  • Showcasing the best in live action short films from around the world!

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  • Pre-film seminar by Dr. Shilpa Parnami of Boston University. 

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

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  • With her take on Herman Melville’s Billy Budd, Sailor, Claire Denis firmly established herself as a great visual tone poet of our time.

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

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  • See it before, or after, watching Boorman and the Devil at BUFF! 

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  • 71% of the Earth's surface is covered by water. That's a big place to find one fish.

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

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