November 2025 at the Coolidge

Your official guide to everything happening at the Coolidge this November!

Get ready for a month of carefully curated special programming, just for you!

This November sees the return of our Noirvember series, this year focused on the great Gloria Grahame; Midnites from the one and only M. Night Shyamalan; more Cinema Masala (with free food!); plenty of special guests, including Crispin Hellion Glover; and more.

Read on for everything we’re screening this month!

Noirvember

See five of our favorites featuring Gloria Grahame, who moved seamlessly between supporting and lead roles and earned an indelible place in the pantheon of film noir femme fatales.

CALLING GLORIA

Big Screen Classics

Catch certified classics including Au hasard Balthazar, The Grapes of Wrath, and You’ve Got Mail (with an intro seminar)!

Co-presented in-kind by WBUR! 

the hits

Coolidge After Midnite

Our November Midnites feature a selection of M. Night Shyamalan’s thrillers, from classics like The Sixth Sense and Unbreakable to more recent cult favorites Old and Trap!

night after 'nite

Cult Classics

Our signature program dedicated to showcasing films with fervent fan bases and unforgettable impact! This month's picks are Donnie Darko and Harold and Maude.

cellar door

NT Live

The best of British theatre on our big screen! This month, see puppetry come to life in Life of Pi or five-time Olivier Award winner Imelda Staunton in Mrs. Warren’s Profession!

take the stage

Cinema Masala

Amar Akbar Anthony (with complimentary bites from Masala Arts), Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, and a free seminar!

Co-presented by Film Heritage Foundation!

more cow bell

 

Speaker Engagements

Enjoy a post-film Q&A after Fairyland; a visit from the director of 6-A Akash Ganga, about Annapurna Devi; a live performance by Crispin Glover; a special screening of Richard Linklater’s Nouvelle Vague; and more!

speak up

Kids' Shows

Take the whole family to see The BJ Hickman Magic Show, songs with Vanessa Trien & the Jumping Monkeys, puppetry with Good News Gus, Where the Wild Things Are!

fun for the family

 

Coolidge Education

Take a multi-week “Global Resistance” class, register for a free seminar on Indian cinema, join in on our discussion series after Tuesday Noirvember screenings, or get a primer at one of our intro seminars for You’ve Got Mail and Odds Against Tomorrow

pencils up

 

More Good Stuff

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

This Week

  • François Ozon’s new take on Albert Camus’s classic novel of existentialist ennui.

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  • An exhilarating space adventure set in the near future.

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  • Based on the global hit eponymous video game created by KOTAKE CREATE.

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  • The new film from Kristoffer Borgli (Dream Scenario), starring Zendaya and Robert Pattinson.

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  • The new film from Steven Soderbergh, starring Ian McKellen and Michaela Coel.

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  • An actress (Amanda Peet) falls for the anxious law school dropout (Matthew Shear) babysitting her kids in this smart, New York-set romantic comedy.

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  • The Master of Comedy takes on The Master of Suspense!

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  • Shakespeare’s most enduring tragedy is reimagined in a bold, modern adaptation set within London’s elite South Asian community.

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  • Modern pop star meets gothic melodrama in David Lowery’s phantasmagoric tale of two women bound across time and space by their personal and artistic histories.

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  • Bryan Cranston and Marianne Jean-Baptiste feature in the  acclaimed new production of Arthur Miller’s classic play, from visionary director Ivo Van Hove. 

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  • island of lost souls and the leopard man

    Both in 35mm, presented by the Salem Horror Fest!

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  • Based on the life story of Tourette's Syndrome campaigner John Davidson, MBE. 

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  • Imagine... you're gone and someone else is living inside your body.

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  • Co-presented by the Goethe-Institut Boston and The National Center for Jewish Film’s Annual Film Festival. 

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  • It’s Alive! How Young Frankenstein Brings Parody to Life

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  • An all-star cast that includes Gene Wilder, Peter Boyle, Madeline Kahn, Teri Garr, and Cloris Leachman bring Mel Brooks’s uniquely riotous take on the classic Frankenstein story to life.

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  • The Pain-Addiction Loop: How Drugs Change the Brain 

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