The Brattle Film Foundation celebrates film as a popular and fine art form with cultural and historic importance that excites, educates, and inspires community.
As the premier destination for repertory film in Greater Boston, the Brattle Film Foundation uses an international view of cinema to:
- enhance the movie going experience through curated programming, community building, education and the shared large-screen experience;
- recognize film as both popular and fine art with important cultural and historic value;
- show a diverse range of films that cannot and will not be shown anywhere else;
- ensure cinema is respected, viewed and recognized alongside other great works of art; and
- enrich the cinema going experience through diverse film programming, education and information in theaters and online.
At a time when art houses and independent theatres continue to be consumed by large conglomerates, the Brattle Theatre has remained successful and true to its roots as a venue to see innovative and essential films. Starting with the programming of Cy Harvey and Bryant Halliday in 1953, the Brattle has been the unofficial film school for Boston-area residents, showing everything from Casablanca to Breaking the Waves, the works of Buster Keaton to Wong Kar-Wai. Over the years, the Brattle’s diverse programming has brought many films to view that might otherwise have been forgotten or missed.
Brattle Theatre Highlights
Donnie Darko – This ground-breaking independent film was premiered in Boston exclusively by the Brattle Theatre in January, 2002
Ivan the Terrible, Part 2 – Discovered after being thought lost forever by Brattle programmers Cy Harvey and Bryant Halliday
Humphrey Bogart – brought to cult status through the Bogie Cult at the Brattle Theatre in the 1950s, re-launching his career posthumously
Miss Julie – Brattle operators Bryant Haliday and Cy Harvey fought Cambridge blue laws, and won, in order to be allowed to screen this film
Bugs Bunny Film Festival – programmed and shown at the Brattle Theatre since 1995
Learn about the history of the Brattle Theatre on the Timeline of Brattle History page.
Brattle Film Foundation Board
Advisory Board
- Brad Anderson
- Miguel Arteta
- Ray Carney
- Rudy Franchi
- Ted Hope
- Megan Hurst
- David Lynch
- Albert Maysles
- Gordon Willis
- Mary Yntema
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Brattle Film Foundation
As the premier destination for repertory film in Greater Boston, the Brattle Film Foundation uses an international view of cinema to:
At a time when art houses and independent theatres continue to be consumed by large conglomerates, the Brattle Theatre has remained successful and true to its roots as a venue to see innovative and essential films. Starting with the programming of Cy Harvey and Bryant Halliday in 1953, the Brattle has been the unofficial film school for Boston-area residents, showing everything from Casablanca to Breaking the Waves, the works of Buster Keaton to Wong Kar-Wai. Over the years, the Brattle’s diverse programming has brought many films to view that might otherwise have been forgotten or missed.
Brattle Theatre Highlights
Donnie Darko – This ground-breaking independent film was premiered in Boston exclusively by the Brattle Theatre in January, 2002
Ivan the Terrible, Part 2 – Discovered after being thought lost forever by Brattle programmers Cy Harvey and Bryant Halliday
Humphrey Bogart – brought to cult status through the Bogie Cult at the Brattle Theatre in the 1950s, re-launching his career posthumously
Miss Julie – Brattle operators Bryant Haliday and Cy Harvey fought Cambridge blue laws, and won, in order to be allowed to screen this film
Bugs Bunny Film Festival – programmed and shown at the Brattle Theatre since 1995
Learn about the history of the Brattle Theatre on the Timeline of Brattle History page.
Brattle Film Foundation Board
Audit Manager – Bernard, Johnson & Company, P.C.
Topsfield, MA
Fundraising Consultant – Broome & Lawson, Inc.
Essex, MA
Lawyer – self-employed
Brookline, MA
Director of Libraries – City of Cambridge
Cambridge, MA
Manager, External Affairs – The Family Center
Belmont, MA
Creative Director/ Co-Founder – Brattle Film Foundation
Cambridge, MA
President – Harvard Cooperative Society
Cambridge, MA
Vice-President – Harvard Square Business Association
Dover, MA
Principal Consultant – Thales Group
Host Committee – Global Voices Film Festival
Boston, MA
Marketing – Harvard Graduate School of Education
Cambridge, MA
President – Meritage Media LLC
Somerville, MA
Advisory Board