Category: Podcast

We discuss our love of documentary features and The Brattle’s legacy of screening non-fiction, sometimes in conjunction with one of our series partners. We’re then joined by the programmer of one of those series: GlobeDocs Film Festival Director of Programming Lisa Viola, who gives us a history of that series and a preview of the 2023 line-up.

102 min • Diving deep into the ‘80s filmography of one of our favorite actors, we discuss the…

100 min • We pay tribute to the late great Paul Reubens and his iconic film Pee-wee’s Big…

For the dog days of summer, we strap in for an episode that asks, if there is such a thing as “elevated horror,” then what the devil is unelevated horror? We try to answer that question with a summer series of Thrill Rides featuring giant monsters, killer AI, and demons from hell.

In this rerun, we revisit an early episode that highlighted some small movies (and a couple of big ones) that are very much worth checking out.

165 min • In this episode, we embark on our annual journey into movies celebrating their 25th, 50th,…

We welcome Brian Tamm and Nancy Campbell back to the podcast to talk about the twenty-year history of the Independent Film Festival Boston and the lineup for the 2023 fest.

97 min • To celebrate “Reel Film Day” and in honor of the Brattle’s commitment to screening 35mm…

114 min • We continue looking back on 2022’s best films via some listener suggestions for their favorite…

130 min • We look back on the ups and downs of 2022, a year that saw some…