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 film by Lynne Ramsay (You Were Never Really Here), starring Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson. 

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  • 2025 Winner of the Palme d'Or from the Cannes Film Festival. 

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  • A Yorgos Lanthimos film, starring Emma Stone & Jesse Plemons. 

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  • An epic World War II thriller, based on true events. 

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  • Oscar-winning director Guillermo del Toro adapts Mary Shelley’s classic tale of Victor Frankenstein, starring Oscar Isaac and Jacob Elordi. 

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  • A film by Kelly Reichardt, starring Josh O'Connor. 

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  • The event we could not foresee on a scale we cannot imagine.

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  • A pure entertainer, directed by Manmohan Desai, that combined action, comedy, and melodrama to become a huge box office success when it was released.

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  • grapes of wrath

    The greatest novel of our time, honestly, fearlessly on the screen!

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  • Puppetry, magic, and storytelling combine in a unique, Olivier Award-winning stage adaptation of the best-selling novel. 

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

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  • sudden fear

    I Was Made To Live For Him... To Die For Him!... But Now I Could KILL Him!

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  • Post-film discussion lead by the Brattle's Alex Kittle!

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  • He was their inspiration. He made their lives extraordinary.

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  • This seminar by Sarah Keller will illuminate Nora Ephron's manner of plucking up stories from a variety of sources and making them uniquely her own.

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  • Someone you pass on the street may already be the love of your life.

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  • The new film from Joachim Trier (The Worst Person in the World), starring Renate Reinsve, Stellan Skarsgård, and Elle Fanning.

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  • Some things are only revealed by accident.

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  • Boston's Parents' Choice Award-winning band, Vanessa Trien and the Jumping Monkeys, returns for their annual Coolidge Corner Theatre show!

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  • Kevin has 23 distinct personalities. The 24th is about to be unleashed.

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  • Co-presented by the Goethe-Institut Boston.

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  • Before the film, join us for a seminar taught by Boston Globe film critic and author Odie Henderson!

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