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Aug 10

Donnie Darko
Keep Watching the Skies: Aliens in the 1950s
Aug 10

The War of the Worlds
Keep Watching the Skies: Aliens in the 1950s
Aug 11

Earth vs. the Flying Saucers
TV Goes to the Movies
Aug 12

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Aug 12

Harvard Book Store Presents Daron Acemoglu
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Sep 1

Harvard Book Store Presents Angela Duckworth
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Sep 2

Harvard Book Store Presents Marlon James
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Sep 8

Harvard Book Store Presents Ken Liu

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Keep Watching the Skies: American Sci-Fi in the Fifties

Mondays & Tuesdays in August

TV Goes to the Movies

Wednesdays in August

Éric Rohmer’s Six Moral Tales

Thursdays in August

When Carolco Was King

Thursdays in August

Theatrical Premieres

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Friday Film Matinee

Fridays at 3:30pm • Co-presented with ScreenBoston.com

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Podcast – Episode 94: Keep Watching the Skies: Aliens in the 1950s

August 7, 2026

Boston Hassle: “Go To: The Day The Earth Stood Still (1951) Dir. Robert Wise”

August 4, 2026

Cambridge Day: “The Brattle is back. Settle into its new seats for classics and cult faves”

July 31, 2026

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The Brattle has been showing the best in classic, cutting edge, foreign and arthouse films since 1953. The Brattle Film Foundation is a 501(c)3 non-profit, supported in part by a grant from Cambridge Arts Council, a city agency.