Category: The Brattle Film Podcast

116 min • For July 4th weekend, we celebrate actors many consider “National Treasures” in films that are…

195 min • Our annual Reunion Week season premiere takes us back to three excellent years in cinema:…

158 min • Our Mother’s Day Series brings out some deep feelings (about actors and movies more than…

The “lost episode” from Season 6, dedicated to movies set and shot in Chicago, was recorded as our Thanksgiving episode, but it was eaten by a computer. We bring it out now, even though the series it was meant to drop in conjunction with has come and gone. But Chicago movies are evergreen, and we talk about many of our favorites from the Windy City and debate many finer points about certain actors and filmmakers who choose to set films there.

We close out our look back at the year in movies with a deep dive into many of the Oscar nominated films and several smaller pictures we don’t want people to forget about. While our conversation doesn’t get quite as heated as on our previous episode, we do discover that many of us have strong feelings about some surpising movies. With the Academy nominating films ranging from F1 to Train Dreams as Best Picture, 2025 feels like a year in which the Oscars are far more representational of what most folks chose to watch – not just during awards season, but throughout this challenging year.

160 min • Our annual tradition of looking back on the past year in movies engenders passionate debates…

120 min • We bid a fond farewell to the legendary actor, director, producer, humanitarian, activist, and cultivator…

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…