Nightmare Alley (1947)
Body
Darkness lurks behind the bright lights of a traveling carnival in one of the most haunting and perverse film noirs of the 1940s.
Adapted from the scandalous best seller by William Lindsay Gresham, Nightmare Alley gave Tyrone Power a chance to subvert his matinee-idol image with a ruthless performance as Stanton Carlisle, a small-time carny whose unctuous charm propels him to fame as a charlatan spiritualist, but whose unchecked ambition leads him down a path of moral degradation and self-destruction. Although its strange, sordid atmosphere shocked contemporary audiences, this long-difficult-to-see reflection of postwar angst has now taken its place as one of the defining noirs of its era—a fatalistic downward slide into existential oblivion.
This Week
An unlikely friendship. An impossible mission.
Showtimes
A father, accompanied by his son, goes looking for his missing daughter in North Africa.
Showtimes
New 4K restoration of Satyajit Ray’s folkloric romance.
Showtimes
The new film from acclaimed director Christian Petzold (Phoenix, Transit).
Showtimes
The new film from Kristoffer Borgli (Dream Scenario), starring Zendaya and Robert Pattinson.
Showtimes
An actress (Amanda Peet) falls for the anxious law school dropout (Matthew Shear) babysitting her kids in this smart, New York-set romantic comedy.
Showtimes
A hand-made, eye-opening documentary about the most powerful technology humanity has ever created... and what’s at stake if we get it wrong.
Showtimes
Winner, Best Documentary Feature at the 2026 Academy Awards.
Showtimes
David Lynch's startling debut feature is a lasting cult sensation influenced by the writings of Franz Kafka and Nikolai Gogol.
Showtimes
Three films celebrating the best parts of Massachusetts, part of the 2026 Wicked Queer Film Festival.
Showtimes
Peter Jackson brings J.R.R Tolkien's Lord of the Rings from page to screen in this epic, Academy-Award winning trilogy.
Showtimes
An exhilarating space adventure set in the near future.
Showtimes
Part of the 2026 Wicked Queer Film Festival!
Showtimes
Part of the 2026 Wicked Queer Film Festival!
Showtimes
Part of the 2026 Wicked Queer Film Festival!
Showtimes
Federico Fellini's poetic fable of love and cruelty, the first-ever Academy Award-winner for Best Foreign Language Film.
Showtimes
A six week course taught by Kaj Wilson!
Showtimes
Mel Brooks's take on Hollywood Westerns starring Cleavon Little and Gene Wilder.
Showtimes
The legendary Boris Karloff reprises his role as the screen's misunderstood monster, who now longs for a mate of his own (Elsa Lanchester).
Showtimes
Returning to cinemas for the first time in over a decade, Helen Mirren plays Queen Elizabeth II in the Olivier and Tony Award® -winning hit production.
Showtimes
Screening & conversation with director Steven Jenkins, and acoustic performance by special guest Bill Janovitz!
Showtimes
The Super-Beast Battle of the Century!
Showtimes
© 2026 the Coolidge Theatre Foundation, a 501(c)3 nonprofit cultural and charitable organization.
