Upcoming Films & Events
Messiah of Evil
- Tue, Mar 19
Director: Gloria Katz, Willard Huyck Run Time: 89 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 1973
Starring: Anitra Ford, Elisha Cook Jr., Joy Bang, Marianna Hill, Michael Greer, Royal Dano
The surreal, Lovecraftian thriller returns in 4K!
Immaculate
- Wed, Mar 20
Director: Michael Mohan Run Time: 89 min. Release Year: 2024
Starring: Álvaro Morte, Simona Tabasco, Sydney Sweeney
East Coast Premiere
Fatal Termination
- Wed, Mar 20
Director: Andrew Kam Run Time: 89 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 1990
Starring: Cheuk Yan Chan, Collin Cheung, Mike Abbott
North American Premiere of the Restoration
Strange Kindness
- Thu, Mar 21
Thu, Mar 21 @ 5:30 pm: Filmmakers in Person!
Director: Joseph Mault Run Time: 90 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2024
Starring: Deirdre Madigan, Leanne McLaughlin, Michal Vondel
World Premiere • Filmmaker in Person
Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person
- Thu, Mar 21
Director: Ariane Louis-Seize Run Time: 91 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2023 Language: French with English subtitles
Starring: Félix-Antoine Bénard, Sara Montpetit, Steve Laplante
New England Premiere
Femme
- Thu, Mar 21
Director: Ng Choon Ping, Sam H. Freeman Run Time: 99 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2023
Starring: George MacKay, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett
New England Premiere
The Dunwich Horrors
- Fri, Mar 22
Run Time: 94 min.
Brace yourself for The Dunwich Horrors, our mind-flaying collection of homespun horror. It’s an injection of nightmare fuel...
Off Ramp
- Fri, Mar 22
Director: Nathan Tape Run Time: 91 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2023
Starring: Ashley Smith, Jared Bankens, Jon Oswald, Miles Doleac, Reed Diamond, Scott Turner Schofield
East Coast Premiere • Filmmaker in Person
Sleep
- Fri, Mar 22
Director: Jason Yu Run Time: 95 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2023 Language: Korean with English subtitles
Starring: Jung Yu-mi, Kim Gook Hee, Lee Sun-kyun, Yoon Kyung-ho
New England Premiere
Trigger Warning
- Fri, Mar 22
Run Time: 103 min.
Prepare to have your senses assaulted and your mind bent beyond recognition as we dive headfirst into the...
Sound + Vision
- Sat, Mar 23
Run Time: 102 min.
Experience an electrifying journey into the weird and wonderful world of music videos. This year we’re serving up...
Tiger Stripes
- Sat, Mar 23
Director: Amanda Nell Eu Run Time: 95 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2023 Language: Malay with English subtitles
Starring: Deena Ezral, June Lojong, Piqa, Shaheizy Sam, Zafreen Zairizal
Massachusetts Premiere
Friendship Is Magic
- Sat, Mar 23
Run Time: 90 min.
Maybe the true adventure was really the friends we made along the way, even if some of them...
The Becomers
- Sat, Mar 23
Director: Zach Clark Run Time: 86 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2023
Starring: Isabel Alamin, Keith Kelly, Mike Lopez, Molly Plunk, Russell Mael
New England Premiere • Filmmaker in Person
In a Violent Nature
- Sat, Mar 23
Director: Chris Nash Run Time: 94 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2024
Starring: Charlotte Creaghan, Liam Leone, Ry Barrett
East Coast Premiere
Infested
- Sat, Mar 23
Director: Sébastien Vaniček Run Time: 106 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2023 Language: French with English subtitles
Starring: Jérôme Niel, Sofia Lesaffre, Théo Christine
New England Premiere
How You Living
- Sun, Mar 24
Run Time: 90 min.
Welcome to the Sunday morning shorts block! BUFF is thrilled to have brought together this line-up of films...
Sometimes Always
- Sun, Mar 24
Run Time: 77 min.
The filmmaking urge to abstraction and fantasy that compels the creation of animated works does not lend itself...
With Love and a Major Organ
- Sun, Mar 24
Director: Kim Albright Run Time: 91 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2023
Starring: Anna Maguire, Donna Benedicto, Hamza Haq, Veena Sood
New England Premiere
Omen
- Sun, Mar 24
Director: Baloji Tshiani Run Time: 90 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2023 Language: English, French, Lingala and Swahili with English subtitles
Starring: Marc Zinga, Marcel Otete Kabeya, Yves-Marina Gnahoua
New England Premiere
Boy Kills World
- Sun, Mar 24
Director: Moritz Mohr Run Time: 115 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2024
Starring: Bill Skarsgård, Famke Janssen, Jessica Rothe, Yayan Ruhian
Skarsgård stars as “Boy” who avows revenge after his family is murdered by Hilda Van Der Koy (Janssen),...
The Peasants
- Mon, Mar 25
- Tue, Mar 26
- Wed, Mar 27
Director: DK Welchman, Hugh Welchman Run Time: 115 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2023 Language: Polish with English subtitles
Starring: Kamila Urzędowska, Mirosław Baka, Robert Gulaczyk
Premiere Run March 25–27
Elements of Cinema: Ratcatcher
Director: Lynne Ramsay Run Time: 94 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 1999
Starring: Lynne Ramsay Jr., Mandy Matthews, Michelle Stewart, Tommy Flanagan, William Eadie
6:00pm | Free Screening and Discussion, No Ticket Required
A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate
- Thu, Mar 28
- Sat, Mar 30
Director: Charlie Chaplin Run Time: 78 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 1923
Starring: Adolphe Menjou, Edna Purviance
Boston Premiere of the New 4K Restoration
Thelma & Louise
- Thu, Mar 28
Director: Ridley Scott Run Time: 130 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 1991
Starring: Brad Pitt, Geena Davis, Harvey Keitel, Michael Madsen, Susan Sarandon
New 4K Restoration
Fists in the Pocket
- Fri, Mar 29
Director: Marco Bellocchio Run Time: 105 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 1965 Language: Italian with English subtitles
Starring: Lou Castel
Tormented by twisted desires, a young man takes drastic measures to rid his grotesquely dysfunctional family of its...
The Bird with the Crystal Plumage
- Fri, Mar 29
Director: Dario Argento Run Time: 96 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 1970 Language: Italian with English subtitles
Starring: Enrico Maria Salerno, Eva Renzi, Suzy Kendall, Tony Musante
The Late Show • Staff Pick
Cinema’s First Nasty Women: Queens of Destruction
- Sat, Mar 30
Format: DCP Release Year: 2023
A program of rarely-seen silent films about feminist protest, slapstick rebellion, and suggestive gender play. These women organize...
Caught
- Sat, Mar 30
Director: Max Ophüls Run Time: 88 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 1949
Starring: Barbara Bel Geddes, James Mason, Robert Ryan
Max Ophüls’ swirling, curious camera tracks its way through this potboiler of a film noir with Barbara Bel...
Fear and Desire
- Sat, Mar 30
Director: Stanley Kubrick Run Time: 62 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 1953
Starring: Frank Silvera, Kenneth Harp, Paul Mazursky, Stephen Coit, Virginia Leith
New 4K Restoration! The Uncut Premiere Version!
Stop Making Sense
- Sat, Mar 30
Director: Jonathan Demme Run Time: 88 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 1984
Starring: The Talking Heads
Monthly Residency Screening!
The Movie Orgy
- Sun, Mar 31
Director: Joe Dante, Jon Davison Run Time: 297 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 1968
Special Free Screening! THE MOVIE ORGY is a legendary five-hour triumph from Joe Dante—one of genre cinema’s most...
Hyenas
- Sun, Mar 31
Director: Djibril Diop Mambéty Run Time: 110 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 1992 Language: Wolof, French & Japanese with English subtitles
Starring: Ami Diakhate, Djibril Diop Mambéty, Mamadou Mahourédia Gueye, Mansour Diouf
One of the treasures of African cinema, Senegalese master Djibril Diop Mambéty’s long-delayed follow-up to his canonical Touki...
Memories of Underdevelopment
- Sun, Mar 31
Director: Tomás Gutiérrez Alea Run Time: 99 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 1968 Language: Spanish with English subtitles
Starring: Daisy Granados, Eslinda Núñez, Omar Valdés, René de la Cruz, Sergio Corrieri
One of the first Cuban films to achieve significant success abroad, Tomás Gutiérrez Alea’s intimate and densely layered...
VHS Screening, Title TBA
Run Time: 90 min.
One of the first screenings we did when we originally installed our digital projector was run off VHS...
Harvard Book Store Presents Susan Lieu
- Tue, Apr 2
Run Time: 90 min.
Harvard Book Store Presents: Susan Lieu presenting The Manicurist’s Daughter: A Memoir Harvard Book Store welcomes SUSAN LIEU—award-winning...
Harvard Book Store Presents Dr. Sharon Malone
- Wed, Apr 10
Run Time: 90 min.
Harvard Book Store Presents: Dr. Sharon Malone presenting Grown Woman Talk: Your Guide to Getting and Staying Healthy...
The Muppet Movie
Director: James Frawley Run Time: 97 min. Format: 35mm Film Release Year: 1979
Starring: Bob Hope, Elliott Gould, Madeline Kahn, Mel Brooks, Orson Welles, Richard Pryor, Steve Martin, The Muppets
Muppet Madness • Triple Feature on Monday, April 15
Muppet Treasure Island
Director: Brian Henson Run Time: 100 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 1996
Starring: Billy Connolly, Jennifer Saunders, Kevin Bishop, The Muppets, Tim Curry
Muppet Madness • Triple Feature • Staff Pick
The Dark Crystal
Director: Frank Oz, Jim Henson Run Time: 93 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 1982
Muppet Madness • Triple Feature with THE MUPPET MOVIE and MUPPET TREASURE ISLAND
2001: A Space Odyssey
- Mon, Apr 15
- Sat, Apr 20
Director: Stanley Kubrick Run Time: 149 min. Format: 35mm Film Release Year: 1968
Starring: Gary Lockwood, Keir Dullea
Staff Pick
Sunshine
- Tue, Apr 16
Director: Danny Boyle Run Time: 107 min. Format: 35mm Film Release Year: 2007
Starring: Benedict Wong, Chris Evans, Cillian Murphy, Cliff Curtis, Hiroyuki Sanada, Michelle Yeoh, Rose Byrne, Troy Garity
With Expert Discussion!
RPM Fest Presents Vitreous Chamber: Films by Malic Amalya & Nathan Hill
Run Time: 90 min.
More information available soon! Please visit revolutionsperminutefest.org for more information. Revolutions per Minute Festival (RPM Fest) is dedicated...
Gravity
- Wed, Apr 17
Director: Alfonso Cuarón Run Time: 91 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2013
Starring: George Clooney, Sandra Bullock
Open Caption Screening with Expert Discussion
Grrl Haus Cinema
Run Time: 90 min.
More information available soon! GRRL HAUS CINEMA, operated entirely by volunteers, is a nonprofit film festival, screening series,...
Harvard Book Store Presents Eddie S. Glaude Jr.
- Thu, Apr 18
Run Time: 90 min.
Harvard Book Store Presents: Eddie S. Glaude Jr. presenting We Are the Leaders We Have Been Looking For...
Deep Impact
- Fri, Apr 19
- Sat, Apr 20
Director: Mimi Leder Run Time: 120 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 1998
Starring: Blair Underwood, Elijah Wood, James Cromwell, Jon Favreau, Laura Innes, Leelee Sobieski, Mary McCormack, Maximilian Schell, Morgan Freeman, Richard Schiff, Robert Duvall, Ron Eldard, Téa Leoni, Vanessa Redgrave
With Expert Discussion • Staff Pick
Men in Black
- Sat, Apr 20
Director: Barry Sonnenfeld Run Time: 98 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 1997
Starring: Linda Fiorentino, Tommy Lee Jones, Vincent D'Onofrio, Will Smith
With Expert Discussion • Staff Pick
WALL·E
- Sun, Apr 21
- Mon, Apr 22
Director: Andrew Stanton Run Time: 98 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2008
Double Feature with ELYSIUM • Staff Pick
Elysium
- Sun, Apr 21
- Mon, Apr 22
Director: Neill Blomkamp Run Time: 109 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2013
Starring: Alice Braga, Diego Luna, Jodie Foster, Matt Damon, Sharlto Copley
Open Caption Screening • Double Feature with WALL•E
Riddle of Fire
Director: Weston Razooli Run Time: 113 min. Format: 35mm Film Release Year: 2024
Starring: Charles Halford, Charlie Stover, Danielle Hoetmar, Lio Tipton, Lorelei Olivia Mote, Phoebe Ferro, Skyler Peters
Special 35mm Screenings • Cambridge Premiere Thursday, April 25 – Sunday, April 28
Days of Heaven
Director: Terrence Malick Run Time: 94 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 1978
Starring: Brooke Adams, Linda Manz, Richard Gere, Sam Shepard
New 4K Restoration • Friday, April 26 – Sunday, April 28 • Staff Pick
Halloween III: Season of the Witch
Director: Tommy Lee Wallace Run Time: 99 min. Format: 35mm Film Release Year: 1982
Starring: Dan O'Herlihy, Michael Currie, Stacey Nelkin, Tom Atkins
Staff Pick
Halloween*
Director: John Carpenter Run Time: 91 min. Release Year: 1978
Starring: Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis, P.J. Soles
Triple Feature • Staff Pick
Halloween II
Director: Rick Rosenthal Run Time: 92 min. Format: 35mm Film Release Year: 1981
Starring: Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis
Triple Feature • Staff Pick
Harvard Book Store Presents Miranda July
- Wed, May 15
Run Time: 90 min.
Harvard Book Store Presents: Miranda July presenting All Fours: A Novel Harvard Book Store welcomes MIRANDA JULY—Camera D’Or-winning...
Harvard Book Store Presents Erik Larson
- Wed, May 22
Run Time: 90 min.
Harvard Book Store Presents: Erik Larson presenting The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism...