Upcoming Films & Events
Stand By for Failure: A Documentary About Negativland
- Today, Mar 23
Director: Ryan Worsley Run Time: 99 min. Release Year: 2022
Starring: David 'Weatherman' Wills, Don Joyce, Ian Allen, Mark Hosler, Richard Lyons
Documentarian Ryan Worsley explores cut-and-paste sonic social critics / sound collagists / pranksters Negativland, who have held a mirror up to media and culture and defied copyright laws from the fringes for the last 40+ years. NEW ENGLAND PREMIERE!
Spaghetti Junction
- Today, Mar 23
Director: Kirby McClure Run Time: 97 min. Release Year: 2021
Starring: Cam Mcharg, Cate Hughes, Eleanore Miechkowski, Jesse Gallegos, Tyler Rainey
August, a recently disabled Southern teen, sees a flash in the sky and begins having strange dreams that beckon her to a cave in the woods, where she encounters a mysterious injured young man called "The Traveler," who needs her help. EAST COAST PREMIERE!
Smoking Causes Coughing
- Today, Mar 23
Director: Quentin Dupieux Run Time: 80 min. Release Year: 2022 Language: French
Starring: Anaïs Demoustier, Gilles Lellouche, Jean-Pascal Zadi, Oulaya Amamra, Vincent Lacoste
A group of vigilantes called the "tobacco-forces" is falling apart. To rebuild team spirit, their leader suggests that they meet for a week-long retreat, before returning to save the world. NEW ENGLAND PREMIERE!
BUFF Shorts: The Dunwich Horrors
- Fri, Mar 24
Director: Various Run Time: 90 min.
New England Shorts Program
Mister Organ
- Fri, Mar 24
Director: David Farrier Run Time: 96 min. Release Year: 2022
Starring: David Farrier, Michael Organ
Journalist David Farrier is drawn into a game of cat and mouse with a mysterious individual. Delving deeper he unearths a trail of court cases, royal bloodlines and ruined lives, in this true story of psychological warfare. NEW ENGLAND PREMIERE!
Enys Men
- Fri, Mar 24
Director: Mark Jenkin Run Time: 96 min. Release Year: 2023
Starring: Edward Rowe, Flo Crowe, John Woodvine, Mary Woodvine
Set in 1973 on an uninhabited island off the Cornish coast, a wildlife volunteer's daily observations of a rare flower turn into a metaphysical journey that forces her as well as the viewer to question what is real and what is nightmare. NEW ENGLAND PREMIERE!
BUFF Shorts: Trigger Warning
- Fri, Mar 24
Director: Various Run Time: 100 min.
"Midnight" Shorts Program
Moon Garden
- Sat, Mar 25
Director: Ryan Stevens Harris Run Time: 96 min. Release Year: 2022
Starring: Augie Duke, Brionne Davis, Haven Lee Harris, Maria Olsen, Morgana Ignis
A comatose five-year-old girl journeys through an industrial wonderland to find her way back to consciousness. MASSACHUSETTS PREMIERE!
BUFF Shorts: Sound & Vision
- Sat, Mar 25
Director: Various Run Time: 106 min.
Music Video Shorts Program
BUFF Shorts: Butter My Noodle
- Sat, Mar 25
Director: Various Run Time: 110 min.
Comedy shorts program. More info TBA
Piaffe
- Sat, Mar 25
Director: Ann Oren Run Time: 86 min. Release Year: 2023 Language: German
Starring: Bjørn Melhus, Lea Draeger, Sebastian Rudolph, Simon(è) Jaikiriuma Paetau, Simone Bucio
When her sibling Zara suffers a nervous breakdown, the introvert Eva is forced to take on Zara's job as a Foley artist. Then, a horsetail starts growing out of her body. NEW ENGLAND PREMIERE!
Sick of Myself
- Sat, Mar 25
Director: Kristoffer Borgli Run Time: 97 min. Release Year: 2022 Language: Norwegian
Starring: Anders Danielsen Lie, Eirik Sæther, Fanny Vaager, Fredrik Stenberg Ditlev-Simonsen, Kristine Kujath Thorp
Increasingly overshadowed by her boyfriend's recent rise to fame as a contemporary artist creating sculptures from stolen furniture, Signe hatches a vicious plan to reclaim her rightfully deserved attention within the milieu of Oslo's cultural elite. NEW ENGLAND PREMIERE!
Divinity
- Sat, Mar 25
Director: Eddie Alcazar Run Time: 87 min. Release Year: 2023
Starring: Bella Thorne, Jason Genao, Karrueche Tran, Moisés Arias, Stephen Dorff
Two mysterious brothers abduct a mogul during his quest for immortality, while, a seductive woman helps them launch a journey of self-discovery. EAST COAST PREMIERE!
BUFF Shorts: Survival is Insufficient
- Sun, Mar 26
Director: Various Run Time: 94 min.
Existential Shorts Program
BUFF Shorts: Destination
- Sun, Mar 26
Director: Various Run Time: 91 min.
Animated Shorts Program
How to Blow Up a Pipeline
- Sun, Mar 26
Director: Daniel Goldhaber Run Time: 104 min. Release Year: 2023
Starring: Ariela Barer, Forrest Goodluck, Kristine Froseth, Lukas Gage, Sasha Lane
A crew of environmental activists plot a daring plan to disrupt an oil pipeline. NEW ENGLAND PREMIERE!
The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster
- Sun, Mar 26
Director: Bomani J. Story
Starring: Denzel Whitaker, Laya DeLeon Hayes
Brilliant teen scientist Vicaria theorizes that death is a curable disease and embarks on a dangerous journey to bring back her recently murdered brother. EAST COAST PREMIERE!
Rebel
- Sun, Mar 26
Director: Adil El Arbi, Bilall Fallah Run Time: 135 min. Release Year: 2022 Language: French
Starring: Aboubakr Bensaïhi, Amir El Arbi, Lubna Azabal, Tara Abboud, Younes Bouab
Filmmakers Adil & Bilall (BAD BOYS FOR LIFE, BATGIRL) deliver an immensely powerful and nuanced portrayal of a family torn apart over a little Muslim boy’s future that epitomizes a transformative cinematic experience. NEW ENGLAND PREMIERE!
What’s New Pussycat?
- Mon, Mar 27
Director: Clive Donner Run Time: 108 min. Format: 35mm Film Release Year: 1965
Starring: Capucine, Paula Prentiss, Peter O'Toole, Peter Sellers, Romy Schneider, Ursula Andress, Woody Allen
The Burt Bacharach score really keeps this quintessential 1960s bedroom farce swinging! Peter Sellers plays Dr. Fritz Fassbender,...
Elements of Cinema: Tootsie
- Tue, Mar 28
Director: Sydney Pollack Run Time: 116 min. Format: 35mm Film Release Year: 1982
Starring: Charles Durning, Dabney Coleman, Dustin Hoffman, Jessica Lange, Teri Garr
Free Screening and Discussion • Introduction from Debbie Danielpour of Boston University
Air
- Tue, Mar 28
Director: Ben Affleck Run Time: 112 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2023
Starring: Ben Affleck, Chris Messina, Chris Tucker, Jason Bateman, Marlon Wayans, Matt Damon, Viola Davis
Courting a Legend
After the Fox
- Wed, Mar 29
Director: Vittorio De Sica Run Time: 108 min. Format: 35mm Film Release Year: 1966
Starring: Akim Tamiroff, Britt Ekland, Martin Balsam, Peter Sellers, Victor Mature
Watch your girl, guard your gold, hold your jewels ...the fox is loose!
Casino Royale
- Wed, Mar 29
Director: John Huston, Joseph McGrath, Ken Hughes, Richard Talmadge, Robert Parrish, Val Guest Run Time: 131 min. Format: 35mm Film Release Year: 1967
Starring: Charles Boyer, Daliah Lavi, David Niven, Deborah Kerr, Joanna Pettet, John Huston, Orson Welles, Peter Sellers, Ursula Andress, William Holden, Woody Allen
Casino Royale is too much for one James Bond!
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
- Thu, Mar 30
Director: George Roy Hill Run Time: 111 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 1969
Starring: Katharine Ross, Paul Newman, Robert Redford
Not that it matters, but most of it is true.
Venom
- Fri, Mar 31
Director: Ruben Fleischer Run Time: 112 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2018
Starring: Jenny Slate, Michelle Williams, Reid Scott, Riz Ahmed, Tom Hardy, Woody Harrelson
(Almost) April Fool's Day • Double Feature with VENOM: LET THERE BE CARNAGE
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
- Fri, Mar 31
Director: Andy Serkis Run Time: 97 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2021
Starring: Michelle Williams, Naomie Harris, Reid Scott, Stephen Graham, Tom Hardy, Woody Harrelson
(Almost) April Fool's Day • Double Feature with VENOM
Unidentified Objects
Director: Juan Felipe Zuleta Run Time: 95 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2022
Starring: Hamish Allan-Headley, Matthew Jeffers, Roberta Colindrez, Sarah Hay, Tara Pacheco
Spotlight Feature
Wolf and Dog
Director: Cláudia Varejão Run Time: 111 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2023 Language: Portuguese
Starring: Ana Cabral, Cristiana Branquinho, João Tavares, Marlene Cordeiro, Ruben Pimenta
Spotlight Feature
Chrissy Judy
Director: Todd Flaherty Run Time: 96 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2022
Starring: James Tison, Joey Taranto, Kiyon Spencer, Todd Flaherty, Wyatt Fenner
Spotlight Feature
Body Shop
Director: Scud Run Time: 89 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2022
Spotlight Feature
Firsts: Shorts from the Up and Coming
Run Time: 88 min.
Shorts Program
Will-o’-the-Wisp
Director: João Pedro Rodrigues Run Time: 67 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2022 Language: Portuguese
Starring: André Cabral, Joel Branco, Margarida Vila-Nova, Mauro Costa, Oceano Cruz
Centerpiece Feature
The Venus Effect
Director: Anna Emma Haudal Run Time: 105 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2021 Language: Danish
Starring: Anne Sofie Wanstrup, Johanne Milland, Josephine Park, Lars Mikkelsen, Sofie Gråbøl
Spotlight Feature
1946: The Mistranslation That Shifted Culture
Director: Sharon Roggio Run Time: 92 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2022
Starring: Benjamin Carlton, Ed Oxford, Kai Shappley, Kimberly Shappley, Vittorio Wyatt Gray
Spotlight Feature
International Shorts: Across the Pond
Run Time: 90 min.
Shorts Program
Harvard Book Store presents Clint Smith
- Tue, Apr 4
Run Time: 90 min.
Harvard Book Store Presents: Clint Smith presenting Above Ground: Poems Harvard Book Store welcomes Harvard University alumnus CLINT...
The Good Manners
Director: Santiago León Cuéllar Run Time: 108 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2022 Language: Spanish
Starring: Daniel Martínez Villamil, Valentina Noreña, Valeria López, Yanet Osorio
Premiere Feature
Youtopia
Director: Scout Durwood Run Time: 91 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2022
Starring: Jess Rona, Katie Wee, McKenzie Trent, Nikki McKenzie, Scout Durwood
Spotlight Feature
Heartbeast
Director: Aino Suni Run Time: 103 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2022 Language: French
Starring: Adel Bencherif, Camille, Carmen Kassovitz, Elsi Sloan, Lucille Guillaume
Spotlight Feature
LasVegas
Director: Kolja Malik Run Time: 100 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2023 Language: German
Starring: Alex Czerwinski, Julia Malik, Lana Cooper, Sven Henninges, Tim-Fabian Hoffmann
Premiere Feature
A Place of Our Own
Director: Ektara Collective Run Time: 87 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2022 Language: Hindi
Starring: Akash Jamra, Manish Soni, Muskan
Spotlight Feature
Stories from Middle East and North Africa
Run Time: 101 min.
Shorts Program
Follow the Protocol
Director: Fábio Leal Run Time: 75 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2022 Language: Portuguese
Starring: Bruce de Araújo, Fábio Leal, Lucas Drummond, Marcus Curvelo, Paulo César Freire
Spotlight Feature
L’Homme Blessé (The Wounded Man)
Director: Patrice Chéreau Run Time: 109 min. Release Year: 1983 Language: French
Starring: Claude Berri, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Lisa Kreuzer, Roland Bertin, Vittorio Mezzogiorno
Spotlight Feature
Blue Jean
Director: Georgia Oakley Run Time: 97 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2023
Starring: Kerrie Hayes, Lucy Halliday, Lydia Page, Rosy McEwen, Stacy Abalogun
Spotlight Feature
Within Me, the Dreams of the World: Latinx Shorts
Run Time: 83 min.
Shorts Program
Mutt
Director: Vuk Lungulov-Klotz Run Time: 87 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2023
Starring: Alejandro Goic, Cole Doman, Jasai Chase-Owens, Lio Mehiel, MiMi Ryder
Spotlight Feature
Heels On Wheels
Director: Pau Canivell Run Time: 68 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2022 Language: Spanish
Starring: Luna Diva, Michelle Relayze, Miki Mint, Pau Canivell, Sagittaria
Spotlight Feature
Blow Out
- Mon, Apr 10
- Tue, Apr 11
Director: Brian De Palma Run Time: 108 min. Format: 35mm Film Release Year: 1981
Starring: Dennis Franz, John Lithgow, John Travolta, Nancy Allen
Double Feature with THE CONVERSATION
The Conversation
- Mon, Apr 10
- Tue, Apr 11
Director: Francis Ford Coppola Run Time: 113 min. Format: 35mm Film Release Year: 1974
Starring: Allen Garfield, Cindy Williams, Frederic Forrest, Gene Hackman, Harrison Ford, John Cazale, Teri Garr
Double Feature with BLOW OUT
Berberian Sound Studio*
Director: Peter Strickland Run Time: 92 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2012
Starring: Toby Jones
*Tentative
RPM Fest presents Mary Helena Clark
- Wed, Apr 12
Run Time: 75 min.
Mary Helena Clark is an artist working in film, video, and installation. Her work has been exhibited at...
The Birds
- Thu, Apr 13
Director: Alfred Hitchcock Run Time: 119 min. Format: 35mm Film Release Year: 1963
Starring: Jessica Tandy, Rod Taylor, Suzanne Pleshette, Tippi Hedren, Veronica Cartwright
...and remember, the next scream you hear may be your own!
The Muppet Movie
- Fri, Apr 14
- Sat, Apr 15
- Mon, Apr 17
Director: James Frawley Run Time: 97 min. Format: 35mm Film Release Year: 1979
Starring: Bob Hope, Charles Durning, Dom DeLuise, Elliott Gould, Fozzie Bear, Gonzo, James Coburn, Kermit, Madeline Kahn, Mel Brooks, Milton Berle, Miss Piggy, Orson Welles, Richard Pryor, Steve Martin, Telly Savalas
More entertaining than humanly possible
Where the Wild Things Are
- Fri, Apr 14
- Sat, Apr 15
Director: Spike Jonze Run Time: 101 min. Format: 35mm Film Release Year: 2009
Starring: Catherine Keener, Catherine O’Hara, Forest Whitaker, James Gandolfini, Mark Ruffalo, Max Records, Paul Dano
There's one in all of us.
The Great Muppet Caper
- Sat, Apr 15
- Mon, Apr 17
Director: Jim Henson Run Time: 95 min. Format: 35mm Film Release Year: 1981
Starring: Charles Grodin, Diana Rigg, Fozzie Bear, Gonzo, John Cleese, Kermit, Miss Piggy, Oscar The Grouch, Peter Falk, Peter Ustinov, Robert Morley
Double Feature with THE MUPPETS TAKE MANHATTAN on Sat, Apr 15. Also showing as part of our Muppet Marathon program on Mon, Apr 17.
The Muppets Take Manhattan
- Sat, Apr 15
- Mon, Apr 17
Director: Frank Oz Run Time: 94 min. Format: 35mm Film Release Year: 1984
Starring: Art Carney, Brooke Shields, Elliott Gould, Fozzie, Gonzo, Gregory Hines, Joan Rivers, John Landis, Kermit, Liza Minnelli, Miss Piggy
Double Feature with THE GREAT MUPPET CAPER on Sat, Apr 15. Also showing as part of our Muppet Marathon program on Mon, Apr 17.
Babe
- Sat, Apr 15
- Sun, Apr 16
Director: Chris Noonan Run Time: 91 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 1995
Starring: Christine Cavanaugh, James Cromwell
A little pig goes a long way.
The Dark Crystal
- Sun, Apr 16
- Mon, Apr 17
Director: Frank Oz, Jim Henson Run Time: 93 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 1982
Starring: Frank Oz, Jim Henson, Kathryn Mullen
Double Feature with THE DARK CRYSTAL on Sun, Apr 16. Also showing as part of our Muppet Marathon program on Mon, Apr 17.
Labyrinth
- Sun, Apr 16
- Mon, Apr 17
Director: Jim Henson Run Time: 102 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 1986
Starring: David Bowie, Jennifer Connelly
Double Feature with THE DARK CRYSTAL on Sun, Apr 16. Also showing as part of our Muppet Marathon program on Mon, Apr 17.
Stray Dog
- Tue, Apr 18
Director: Akira Kurosawa Run Time: 122 min. Format: 35mm Film Release Year: 1949 Language: Japanese
Starring: Takashi Shimura, Toshirō Mifune
Double Feature with DRUNKEN ANGEL
Drunken Angel
- Tue, Apr 18
Director: Akira Kurosawa Run Time: 98 min. Format: 35mm Film Release Year: 1948 Language: Japanese
Starring: Takashi Shimura, Toshirō Mifune
Double Feature with STRAY DOG
The Bad Sleep Well
- Wed, Apr 19
Director: Akira Kurosawa Run Time: 150 min. Format: 35mm Film Release Year: 1960 Language: Japanese
Starring: Takashi Shimura, Takeshi Kato, Toshirō Mifune
Double Feature with HIGH AND LOW
High and Low
- Wed, Apr 19
Director: Akira Kurosawa Run Time: 142 min. Format: 35mm Film Release Year: 1963 Language: Japanese
Starring: Takashi Shimura, Tatsuya Nakadai, Toshirō Mifune, Tsutomu Yamazaki
Double Feature with THE BAD SLEEP WELL
Grrl Haus Cinema
Run Time: 90 min.
GRRL HAUS CINEMA is an ongoing program of short films and video art made by women, non-binary, trans,...
Rashomon
- Thu, Apr 20
Director: Akira Kurosawa Run Time: 88 min. Format: 35mm Film Release Year: 1950 Language: Japanese
Starring: Machiko Kyō, Masayuki Mori, Takashi Shimura, Toshirō Mifune
The husband, the wife… or the bandit?
The Hidden Fortress
- Fri, Apr 21
Director: Akira Kurosawa Run Time: 139 min. Format: 35mm Film Release Year: 1958 Language: Japanese
Starring: Kamatari Fujiwara, Minoru Chiaki, Susumu Fujita, Toshirō Mifune
Double Feature with THRONE OF BLOOD
Throne of Blood
- Fri, Apr 21
Director: Akira Kurosawa Run Time: 108 min. Format: 35mm Film Release Year: 1957 Language: Japanese
Starring: Isuzu Yamada, Minoru Chiaki, Takashi Shimura, Toshirō Mifune
Double Feature with THE HIDDEN FORTRESS
Red Beard
- Sat, Apr 22
Director: Akira Kurosawa Run Time: 185 min. Format: 35mm Film Release Year: 1965 Language: Japanese
Starring: Toshirō Mifune, Yûzô Kayama
What is the key to life - power, prestige or peace?
Seven Samurai
- Sat, Apr 22
- Sun, Apr 23
Director: Akira Kurosawa Run Time: 207 min. Format: 35mm Film Release Year: 1954 Language: Japanese
Starring: Daisuke Kato, Isao Kimura, Keiko Tsushima, Minoru Chiaki, Seiji Miyaguchi, Takashi Shimura, Toshirō Mifune, Yoshio Inaba
Kurosawa’s masterpiece of masterpieces, SEVEN SAMURAI tells the story of a ragtag group of lordless samurai who are...
The Lower Depths
- Sun, Apr 23
Director: Akira Kurosawa Run Time: 125 min. Format: 35mm Film Release Year: 1957 Language: Japanese
Starring: Isuzu Yamada, Toshirō Mifune
The lives of the residents of a rundown tenement in Edo era Japan are depicted in Kurosawa’s version...
Program TBA
Run Time: 120 min.
Details for this event are yet to be announced.
I Live in Fear
- Tue, Apr 25
Director: Akira Kurosawa Run Time: 103 min. Format: 35mm Film Release Year: 1955 Language: Japanese
Starring: Minoru Chiaki, Takashi Shimura, Toshirō Mifune
Kurosawa ages his famous leading man about three decades and Mifune delivers an acting tour-de-force as an elderly...
Yojimbo
- Wed, Apr 26
Director: Akira Kurosawa Run Time: 110 min. Format: 35mm Film Release Year: 1961 Language: Japanese
Starring: Kamatari Fujiwara, Takashi Shimura, Toshirō Mifune
Double Feature with SANJURO
Sanjuro
- Wed, Apr 26
Director: Akira Kurosawa Run Time: 96 min. Format: 35mm Film Release Year: 1962 Language: Japanese
Starring: Keiju Kobayashi, Tatsuya Nakadai, Toshirō Mifune
Double Feature with YOJIMBO
Harvard Book Store presents R.F. Kuang
- Tue, May 23
Run Time: 90 min.
Harvard Book Store Presents: R.F. Kuang presenting Yellowface: A Novel Harvard Book Store welcomes R.F. KUANG—#1 New York...
