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May 2026 at the Coolidge

Now that the April showers are (allegedly) over, is it time for May flowers yet? Our special programming is the perfect way to start your spring off right!

This month sees a sweeping series of films about filmmaking; a Studio Ghibli series centered around a new 4K restoration of Kiki’s Delivery Service; two five-week classes; the return of our Queering the Screen signature program; plenty of speaker engagements; and more.

Read on for everything we’re screening this month!

Take Two: Filmmaking in the Movies

Our sweeping May series about the messy, hilarious, and occasionally disastrous business of making movies! Plus, take the class in tandem with the series.
Sponsored by MUBI!

Ghibliotheque

Join us for a week of screenings celebrating the incredible films of Studio Ghibli, centered around a new 4K restoration of Kiki’s Delivery Service!
Co-presented by the Japan Society of Boston!

Speaker Engagements

Like your screenings with a side of talkbacks? Catch a screening with a speaker discussion for O Brother, Where Art Thou?; Slowburn Shoot: An Indie Wrestling Story; Frankenstein; Move Ya Body: The Birth of House; and Babystar.

Big Screen Classics

Watch certified classics the way they were meant to be seen. This month, catch a Shadow of a Doubt plus an intro seminar, The Passion of Joan of Arc, and Jurassic Park!
Co-presented in-kind by WBUR and the Iris Hotel Boston.

Coolidge After Midnite

Celebrate a true master of the macabre, director Sam Raimi! Kiss your nerves goodbye as we screen his Evil Dead franchise hits as well as some of his lesser-known nightmares, many from 35mm prints (and one on VHS!). Also, wrestling movies!

Cult Classics

Our signature program dedicated to showcasing films with fervent fan bases and unforgettable impact! This month’s picks are Cecil B. Demented and The Stunt Man!

Coolidge Education

Take one of our five-week classes about Paul Thomas Anderson or filmmaking in the movies, learn more at a seminar before Shadow of a Doubt or American Movie, and showcase your short film at Boston Open Screen!

Cinema Masala

Our series celebrating Indian cinema! This month, see Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara, Zoya Akhtar’s popular road comedy.
Co-presented by Film Heritage Foundation and Sapna Saxena!

More Good Stuff

  • Tommy: Thursday, May 7 at 7:00pm | Cinema Jukebox co-presented in-kind by Allston Pudding

  • The Princess Diaries: Thursday, May 21 at 7:00pm | Rewind! with afterparty including themed food and drinks

  • The General: Tuesday, May 26 at 7:00pm | The Sounds of Silents featuring a live, original score by the Anvil Orchestra

This Week

  • The new film from filmmaker Christopher Nolan (Oppenheimer, Inception).

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  • From director Matt Johnson (Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie), starring Dominic Sessa (The Holdovers). 

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  • Katsuhiro Otomo's landmark cyberpunk classic, the definitive anime masterpiece! 

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  • Featuring a special pre-show performance by pushflowers!

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  • The feature film debut of Casper Kelly, creator of Too Many Cooks, starring Keegan-Michael Key, Topher Grace, and Cristin Milioti. 

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  • Todd Solondz became the most talked-about new director in recent years with this acclaimed comedy about the suburban condition.

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  • An inspiring, heart-warming, epic true-life adventure about self-belief, destiny and the courage to risk everything for love.

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  • The movie ACME didn't want you to see!

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

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  • Be prepared to live the most wonderful experience of your life.

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  • mass minicon mystery movie 3

    With an exclusive limited edition poster that you can only get at this screening!

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  • Widely rejected by critics and branded with an NC-17 rating upon its release, Paul Verhoeven's film has been reclaimed by many in recent years as a satirical classic.

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  • Co-presented by the Goethe-Institut Boston.

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  • One of the greatest films about film ever made, Federico Fellini’s turns one man’s artistic crisis into a grand epic of the cinema.

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  • Paris, Texas

    A place for dreams. A place for heartbreak. A place to pick up the pieces.

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  • This seminar by BU Professor Roy Grundmann will explore one of Werner Herzog's most mesmerizing early films.

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  • An immersive, haunting journey into the heart of darkness from Werner Herzog and Klaus Kinski.

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  • Special advance screening Tuesday, September 15 with Will Poulter and filmmaker Adam Meeks in-person!

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  • Let's Get Small: The Evolution of Steve Martin from Stand-Up to Screen

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  • Director Poh Si Teng will join us for post-film discussions following our 7:15pm screenings on 9/17 & 18.

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  • Featuring a post-screening discussion with Armies of the Night authors Michael Gingold and Chris Poggiali!

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