December 2025 at the Coolidge

Your official guide to everything that is happening at the Coolidge this December!

Happy holidays from all of us at the Coolidge! The month ahead has plenty of seasonally appropriate special programming to keep you feeling merry and bright.

This December sees our 2025 Coolidge Award presentation honoring Ethan Hawke; a special new release of Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair in 70mm; yuletide Midnites inspired by Planet Hollywood; more Cinema Masala; several directors visiting in person; and more.

Read on for everything we’re screening this month!

Coolidge Award

We're thrilled to honor the legendary Ethan Hawke with the 2025 Coolidge Award! Our series celebrating his work continues in December with First Reformed.

award Season

Big Screen Classics

Catch Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, Tokyo Godfathers, and White Christmas on the big screen. 

Co-presented in-kind by WBUR! 

the hits

Coolidge After Midnite

For this year’s yuletide at Coolidge After Midnite, we invite you to Planet Hollywood Holidays! It’s an action-packed party of films starring Sly, Arnold, Bruce, and Demi!

happy holly-days

Cult Classics

Our signature program dedicated to showcasing films with fervent fan bases and unforgettable impact! This month's pick is Todd Haynes’s Carol.

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NT Live

The best of British theatre on our big screen! This month, see Martin Freeman and Jack Lowden in critically acclaimed The Fifth Step!

take the stage

Cinema Masala

Our new series celebrating Indian cinema! This month, see SRK and Aishwarya Rai in Devdas.

Co-presented by Film Heritage Foundation!

Bollywood

Speaker Engagements

Enjoy a post-film Q&A with author ND Stevenson after Nimona; an in-person visit from Bi Gan, director of Resurrection; a Panorama discussion following a screening of The Librarians; and a director Q&A after Elie Wiesel: Soul on Fire!

speak up

Kids' Shows

Movies, magic, and more! Take the whole family to see a juggling show, a unicycle performance, or a screening of The Muppet Christmas Carol!

fun for the family

Cinema in 70mm

Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair comes to the Coolidge in 70mm! See Volumes I and II as one continuous feature, now including a never-before-seen animated sequence and intermission.

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More Good Stuff

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

  • Boston Open Screen: Tuesday, December 9 at 7:00pm | Coolidge Education
  • Our Hospitality: Tuesday, December 9 at 7:00pm | The Sounds of Silents with live piano accompaniment from Jeff Rapsis!
  • Hysteria: Sunday, December 14 at 11:00am | Goethe German Film
  • The Santa Clause: Thursday, December 18 at 7:00pm | Rewind! with afterparty

This Week

  • Showcasing the best in live action 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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  • The debut feature from filmmaker Harry Lighton, starring Alexander Skarsgård and Harry Melling.

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

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

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

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  • Elvis sings and tells his story like never before in a new cinematic experience from visionary filmmaker Baz Luhrmann.

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

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  • Mira Nair’s luminous look at the complexities of love, starring Denzel Washington and Sarita Choudhury.

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

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  • Featuring cinematography by Autumn Durald Arkapaw (Sinners, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever).

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  • Friday the 13th Double Feature

    Celebrate the unluckiest of holidays at the Coolidge as we present a slasher double-feature fright to the death between Jason Voorhees and Freddy Krueger!

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  • The story of an underdog. And his dog.

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  • David Lynch's startling debut feature is a lasting cult sensation influenced by the writings of Franz Kafka and Nikolai Gogol.

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  • IT’S THE SECOND UNLUCKIEST DAY OF THE YEAR…

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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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