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! 

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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.

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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!

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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

  • 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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  • Gillo Pontecorvo's vivid recreation of the tumultuous Algerian struggle for independence from the occupying French in the 1950s.

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

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

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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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