February 2026 at the Coolidge

You can bet that even the shortest month of the year is packed with screenings and fun for everyone at the Coolidge! February 2026 at the Coolidge sees our Opposites Attract limited series, the return of our Icons series featuring some of Sidney Poitier's finest work, gothic romance After Midnite, Kids’ Show screenings all February vacation week long, seminars, speakers, and more!

Read on to get the full rundown of all that's happening this month!

Opposites Attract

Love stories come in all shapes and sizes. This February, we're celebrating the ones that seem like they shouldn't fit, with favorites from My Man Godfrey to 10 Things I Hate About You!

Icons

We’re excited to present some of Sidney Poitier’s most iconic award-winning movies to honor his amazing legacy.
Co-presented by Roxbury International Film Festival, the Secret Society of Black Creatives, NAAC Boston, and GlobeDocs!

Speaker Engagements

Like your screenings with a side of talkbacks? Catch our 2026 Breakthrough Artist Award honoree Harry Lighton at a preview screening of Pillion; the screenwriter for Whistle; guests from The Huntington for Auntie Mame; and a Panorama for Holding Liat.

Big Screen Classics

Watch certified classics the way they were meant to be seen. This month, catch Now, Voyager; The Princess Bride; and our annual Presidents’ Day Point Break screening with an intro seminar!

Coolidge After Midnite

Open your hearts to darkness this February as we screen iconic Gothic romance tales all month, including Bram Stoker’s Dracula, Crimson Peak, Gothic, and more!

Cult Classics

Our signature program dedicated to showcasing films with fervent fan bases and unforgettable impact! This month's picks are The Thing and Surviving the Game.

Coolidge Education

Learn more at a seminar before My Man Godfrey; Now, Voyager; Point Break; or A Raisin in the Sun, and showcase your short film at Open Screen!

Cinema Masala

Our new series celebrating Indian cinema! This month, see Sholay, a classic “Curry Western” conceived of as India’s biggest action-adventure film, starring Amitabh Bachchan.
Co-presented by Film Heritage Foundation!

NT Live

See Olivier Award winner Hiran Abeysekera (Life of Pi) as Hamlet in this fearless contemporary take on Shakespeare’s famous tragedy.

Kids' Shows

Movies, magic, and more! Take the whole family to see one of our February vacation week sing-along screenings, or enjoy a live comedy magic show!

More Good Stuff

  • Punching the World: Sunday, February 22 at 11:00am | Goethe German Film co-presented by Goethe Institut
  • Almost Famous: Thursday, February 26 at 7:00pm | Cinema Jukebox co-presented by Emerson Colonial Theatre

This Week

  • Showcasing the best in documentary 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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  • A frisky, feminine, film noir about psychoanalysis and many other things… 

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  • A father, accompanied by his son, goes looking for his missing daughter in North Africa.

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  • Pre-film seminar by Dr. Shilpa Parnami of Boston University. 

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  • Showcasing the best in live action short films from around the world!

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  • In this five-week class, explore women's voices at the intersection of direction and cinematography.

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  • With her take on Herman Melville’s Billy Budd, Sailor, Claire Denis firmly established herself as a great visual tone poet of our time.

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  • Winner, Best Documentary Feature at the 2026 Academy Awards.

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  • From Ryan Coogler, director of Black Panther and Creed, and starring Michael B. Jordan comes a new vision of fear. 

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  • Winner of the Audience Award: U.S. Documentary at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival.

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  • Digital screenings of the new film from Academy Award-nominated, BAFTA-winning filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson. 

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  • See it before, or after, watching Boorman and the Devil at BUFF! 

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  • 71% of the Earth's surface is covered by water. That's a big place to find one fish.

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  • The new film from acclaimed director Christian Petzold (Phoenix, Transit). 

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  • Peter Jackson brings J.R.R Tolkien's Lord of the Rings from page to screen in this epic, Academy-Award winning trilogy.

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  • An exhilarating space adventure set in the near future.

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  • Take a journey into the neuroscience of man’s best friend, examining how different breeds see the world and the science behind the quirks we see on screen.

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  • Exclusive preview of the new PBS documentary filmdirected by Erik Ewers and Christopher Loren Ewers and executive produced by Ken Burns and Don Henley. 

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