Category: The Brattle Film Podcast

88 min • Inspired by our partnering with the Massachusetts Historical Society for a program focusing on the…

11 min • We’re unable to bring you our planned Episode #87, “Give Thanks for Chicago.” So we’ll…

95 min • For Spooky Season, Allisa, Ian, Ivy, and Ned share their personal top five scariest movie…

On the occasion of his latest feature, WHERE TO LAND, coming to the Brattle Oct 17–22, we welcome indie cinema icon Hal Hartley to discuss his text-built and performer-driven films, the ways the industry has evolved over the decades of his career, as well as his fondness for Kojak and The Mary Tyler Moore Show.

We wrap up the summer with an episode and a film series devoted to movies about house cats, of which there are a lot more than you can shake a stick at. Whether they appear in animated movies, horror films, comedies, or historical fictions, felines play an outsized role in cinema, despite being notoriously difficult to train in the craft of acting.

160 min • For Robert Altman’s centennial, we dive deep into the filmography of the great maverick. Visit…

190 min • We kick off Season Six of The Brattle Film Podcast with our typically epic Reunion…

75 min • Author Marya E. Gates joins us on the occasion of her new book, Cinema Her…

82 min • Ned, Alissa, and Ivy attempt to explain March Madness to non-sports fan Ian, and we…

With the Oscars just days away, we conclude our annual deep dive into more of our favorites from the past year, including most of the films nominated for Academy Awards, alongside many more titles that may not have garnered attention, plus numerous other favorites from 2024 suggested by our listeners.