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

  • A gingko tree bears witness to the lives of three generations of people, as they are quietly transformed by the mysterious power of nature.

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  • The eagerly awaited sequel to the 2006 phenomenon that defined a generation. 

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  • Award-winning director Sophy Romvari’s lyrical and profound feature debut.

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  • Welcome to a new world of style.

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

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  • Evil Dead 2013 and Evil Dead Rise

    Sam Raimi’s Evil Dead legacy continues in these two horrifying films.

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  • They're the wrestlers who are better than all the restlers.

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  • In Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, the MCU unlocks the Multiverse and pushes its boundaries further than ever before

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  • adaptation SYNECDOCHE double feature

    Writers obsess, dreams unravel, and art imitates life in this mind-bending double dive into creativity run wild.

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  • An adventure 65 million years in the making.

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  • Join professor Andre Puca of Emerson College as he explores the style and themes of Anderson’s films spanning all 3 decades of his noteworthy career

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  • Featuring a live, original score by the Anvil Orchestra!


     

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  • Olivier Assayas’s live-wire international breakthrough stars a magnetic Maggie Cheung as a version of herself.

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  • Richard Linklater's funny, affectionate, and clear-eyed look at high school life with a precise feel for the '70s and a killer soundtrack.

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  • With Elegance Bratton and producer Chester Algernal Gordon in person, moderated by Joseph V. Porter.

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  • A strange doorway appears in the basement of a furniture showroom.

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  • He does wild and crazy things because he has nothing to lose... but his life.

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