An Update from the Coolidge

Thursday, April 9, 2020

Dear Coolidge friends,

March 13th seems like an eternity ago, when we announced our closing due to the COVID-19 health crisis. We miss you all so much, and are thrilled that so many of you are staying connected to the Coolidge community through our Virtual Screening Room offerings.  

We continue to be overwhelmed by the show of kindness and support from our community. You remain a beacon of light during these dark times and we are eternally grateful.

We have been fortunate to be able to continue to pay all Coolidge staff thus far. However, about 75% of our revenue is derived from ticket and concession sales, and we are now faced with the very real challenge of covering our fixed operating expenses with very little income. To reduce operating costs we have made the difficult decision to furlough some staff members. It is our intention to welcome back our furloughed employees when we are in a position to reopen.

So many of you have reached out to see what you can do. We've offered some suggestions below.

HOW YOU CAN HELP:

MAKE A TAX-DEDUCTIBLE GIFT to the Coolidge. Your support today will help sustain us as we continue to offer you a wide range of lively Coolidge programs online. Recently passed legislation includes a special incentive to encourage charitable donations.

BECOME A "VIRTUAL SCREENING ROOM" GROUPIE AND TELL YOUR FRIENDS. Many of you have enjoyed our Virtual Screening Room offerings and formed your own virtual film clubs. Thank you! Your rental of these films and purchase of tickets for film education classes helps support the Coolidge during this unprecedented time. 

RENEW YOUR COOLIDGE MEMBERSHIP TODAY. Your membership (or renewed membership) will activate when we reopen. Income from memberships provides critical revenue for the Coolidge, especially now.

PURCHASE A COOLIDGE GIFT CARD. Who won't want to run back to the movies when this is all over?  Gift cards are great birthday, anniversary, and "just because" presents and can also be used to purchase Coolidge memberships.

Given the uncertain circumstances, we have also cancelled our near-term in-theatre programming. We are contacting individual ticket holders to offer a refund or an opportunity to donate the value of their ticket as a fully tax-deductible donation.

We look forward to the joyful day when we can all gather as a Coolidge community in person again—for our favorite films, educational programs, panel discussions, and of course popcorn. We'll stay in touch, and wish you and your families health and safety in the weeks ahead.

THANK YOU!

Your Friends at the Coolidge

This Week

  •  Rungano Nyoni’s surreal and vibrant reckoning with the lies we tell ourselves.

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  • From the Academy Award-winning writer/director of Parasite, Bong Joon Ho, comes his next groundbreaking cinematic experience.

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  • The new gripping spy drama from director Steven Soderbergh, starring Cate Blanchett and Michael Fassbender.

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  • Winner of Best Documentary at the 2024 Boston Society of Film Critics Awards.

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  • As an imminent construction project looms over their beloved baseball field, two New England recreational teams face off one last time.

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  • The debut feature film from writer and director Mark Anthony Green, starring Ayo Edebiri and John Malkovich.

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  • Best Picture at the Academy Awards!

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  • New England Premiere! 

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  • Steve Coogan plays four roles in the world premiere stage adaptation of Stanley Kubrick’s comedy masterpiece, co-adapted by Armando Iannucci and Sean Foley. 

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  • Inspired by the true friendship that writer/director Tracie Laymon found with a stranger in real life while looking for her father online. 

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  • Martin Scorsese’s unforgettable Oscar-winning gangster drama starring Ray Liotta, Robert De Niro, and Joe Pesci.

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  • Al Pacino and Robert De Niro square off in Michael Mann's masterful thriller.

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  • This animal carries a deadly virus...and the greatest medical crisis the world has ever known.

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  • An alcoholic Boston lawyer sees the chance to salvage his career and self-respect by taking a medical malpractice case to trial rather than settling.

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  • Will Hunting, a janitor at M.I.T., has a gift for mathematics, but needs help from a psychologist to find direction in his life.

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  • You'll be sorry you were ever born human.

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  • It's a grubby, violent, dangerous world. But it's the only world they know. And they're the only friends Eddie has.

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    Post-film Q&A with Brandeis University Professor Thomas Doherty, Author of Hollywood & Hitler 

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  • The true story behind the scandal that shook the world.

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  • Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, and Mark Wahlberg star in Martin Scorsese's winner of four Academy Awards, including Best Picture.

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  • From Edison and the Lumière Brothers to the dark shadows of Film Noir… 

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  • Pre-film seminar Maria San Filippo, Associate Professor of Visual and Media Arts at Emerson College.

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  • When Popeye cuts loose, anything goes!

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    New 4K restoration!

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