Upcoming Films & Events
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- Today, Oct 20
Director: Colette Ghunim Run Time: 93 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2026
Starring: Colette Ghunim, Hosni Ghunim, Iza Ghunim, Ramsey Ghunim
Boston Palestine Film Festival
Jim Shepard and Casey Affleck in Conversation
- Today, Oct 20
Run Time: 90 min.
Tickets on sale Friday! Academy Award winning actor, director, writer, and producer Casey Affleck joins his friend Jim Shepard (The World to Come, The Book of Aron) to discuss Shepard's work and his latest collection of short stories.
Bechdel Cast Ten Year “Whoops We Didn’t Dismantle the Patriarchy” Anniversary Tour
- Wed, Oct 21
Run Time: 90 min.
Special Live Event with Jamie Loftus and Caitlin Durante!
North by Northwest
- Thu, Oct 22
Director: Alfred Hitchcock Run Time: 136 min. Format: 35mm Film Release Year: 1959
Starring: Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason, Martin Landau
In Tribute to Eva Marie Saint • 35mm Screening! Cary Grant is the unwitting wrong man in this classic...
The Bird with the Crystal Plumage
- Fri, Oct 23
Director: Dario Argento Run Time: 96 min. Format: 35mm Film Release Year: 1970 Language: Italian with English subtitles
Starring: Enrico Maria Salerno, Eva Renzi, Suzy Kendall, Tony Musante
Friday Film Matinee! 35mm Screening!
Union Town
- Fri, Oct 23
Director: Barbara Kopple Run Time: 106 min. Release Year: 2026
Massachusetts Premiere! Director Spotlight!
Jean-Michel Basquiat
- Fri, Oct 23
Director: Quinn Wilson, Viridiana Lieberman Run Time: 95 min. Release Year: 2026
Starring: Jean-Michel Basquiat, Lisane Basquiat
Massachusetts Premiere! Centerpiece Film!
Fork in the Road
- Sat, Oct 24
Director: Jonathan Nastasi, Vivian Sorenson Run Time: 88 min. Release Year: 2026
Imbued with the spirit (and presence) of the late poet/environmentalist Wendell Berry and featuring Emmy-winning actor/bestselling writer (and...
All About the Money
- Sat, Oct 24
Director: Sinéad O'Shea Run Time: 95 min. Release Year: 2026
Massachusetts Premiere!
The Other Side of Memory
- Sat, Oct 24
Director: Nick Capezzera Run Time: 85 min. Release Year: 2026
New England Premiere!
Give Me the Ball!
- Sat, Oct 24
Director: Elizabeth Wolff, Liz Garbus Run Time: 101 min. Release Year: 2026
A global icon whose impact on equality resonates far beyond the tennis court, the personal sacrifices behind Billie...
HAUSU + A Tape: The American History of Nobuhiko Obayashi’s HOUSE
- Sat, Oct 24
Run Time: 100 min.
New England Premiere! Filmmaker Q&A • Followed by a 35mm screening of HAUSU
Local Shorts Program
- Sun, Oct 25
Run Time: 79 min.
Post-Film Discussion with Heather MacDonald, Luke Hollyer, Amber Celletti, E.B. Bartels, Sarah Colt, Emily Schuman, Pawo Choyning Dorji, and Loren King
Cut to David
- Sun, Oct 25
Director: Sandra Jaffe Run Time: 70 min. Release Year: 2026
World Premiere!
The Oldest Person in the World
- Sun, Oct 25
Director: Sam Green Run Time: 87 min. Release Year: 2026
Supercentenarians seize the spotlight in Academy Award-nominated documentarian Sam Green’s decade-long global odyssey to chronicle the ever-changing title...
Playing POTUS
- Sun, Oct 25
Director: Josh Greenbaum Run Time: 92 min. Release Year: 2026
Starring: Dana Carvey, Jay Pharoah, Keegan-Michael Key, Maya Rudolph, Will Ferrell
New England Premiere! Closing Night Film!
Mr. Nobody Against Putin
- Mon, Oct 26
Director: David Borenstein Run Time: 90 min. Release Year: 2025 Language: Danish
Starring: Lavrentiy Beria, Pavel Talankin, Roman Abalin, Viktor Abakumov, Vladimir Putin
Free Screening! Pasha Talankin In Person!
Elements of Cinema: Halloween
- Mon, Oct 26
Director: John Carpenter Run Time: 91 min. Format: 4K DCP Release Year: 1978
Starring: Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis, P.J. Soles
Free Screening and Discussion!
Dreams That Money Can Buy
- Tue, Oct 27
Director: Hans Richter Run Time: 80 min. Format: 16mm Film Release Year: 1947
Starring: Dorothy Griffith, Jack Bittner, Josh White, Libby Holman, Stanley Kubrick
Karina Longworth in Person! Double feature with LAURA
Laura
- Tue, Oct 27
Director: Otto Preminger Run Time: 88 min. Format: 4K DCP Release Year: 1944
Starring: Clifton Webb, Dana Andrews, Gene Tierney, Judith Anderson, Vincent Price
Karina Longworth in Person! Double feature with DREAMS THAT MONEY CAN BUY
A Place in the Sun
- Wed, Oct 28
Director: George Stevens Run Time: 122 min. Format: 35mm Film Release Year: 1951
Starring: Anne Revere, Elizabeth Taylor, Keefe Brasselle, Montgomery Clift, Shelley Winters
Karina Longworth in Person! 35mm Screening!
The Debut
- Thu, Oct 29
Director: Jesse Eisenberg Run Time: 105 min. Release Year: 2026
Starring: Halle Bailey, Jesse Eisenberg, Julianne Moore, K. Todd Freeman, Paul Giamatti
There’s a method to the madness.
Rehearsals for a Revolution
- Fri, Oct 30
Director: Pegah Ahangarani Run Time: 98 min. Release Year: 2026 Language: Persian (Farsi)
Starring: Pegah Ahangarani
Winner: L’Œil d’or (Golden Eye) Prize for Best Documentary, 2026 Cannes Film Festival Celebrated Iranian actor Pegah Ahangarani’s...
Bedford Park
- Fri, Oct 30
Director: Stephanie Ahn Run Time: 121 min. Release Year: 2026
Starring: Jefferson White, Kim Eung-soo, Moon Choi, Son Suk-ku, Won Mi-kyung
Winner: US Dramatic Special Jury Award for Debut Feature, 2026 Sundance Film Festival Haunted by an abusive childhood,...
La Gradiva
- Sat, Oct 31
Director: Marine Atlan Run Time: 145 min. Release Year: 2026 Language: French with English subtitles
Starring: Antonia Buresi, Colas Quignard, Hadya Fofana, Mitia Capellier-Audat, Suzanne Gerin
Winner: Un Certain Regard Prize, 2026 Cannes Film Festival Germany’s entry for the Best International Feature Film at...
Ashes
- Sat, Oct 31
Director: Diego Luna Run Time: 98 min. Release Year: 2026 Language: Spanish
Starring: Adriana Paz, Anna Díaz, Guillermo Ríos, Luisa Huertas, Sergio Bautista
Tackling the often painful complexities of the immigrant experience with a deft and deeply humane touch, Mexican Hollywood...
Everytime
- Sat, Oct 31
Director: Sandra Wollner Run Time: 119 min. Release Year: 2026 Language: German with English subtitles
Starring: Birgit Minichmayr, Carla Hüttermann, Hermann Beyer, Lotte Keiling, Tristán López
Winner: Un Certain Regard Prize, 2026 Cannes Film Festival Germany’s entry for the Best International Feature Film at...
Coward
- Sat, Oct 31
Director: Lukas Dhont Run Time: 120 min. Release Year: 2026 Language: French with English subtitles
Starring: Emmanuel Macchia, Jef Jacobs, Liam Jacqmin, Valentin Campagne, Willem De Schryver
Winner: Best Actor (Emmanuel Macchia & Valentin Campagne), 2026 Cannes Film Festival Belgium’s entry for the Best International...
Split Rock
- Sat, Oct 31
Director: Ryan Glover Run Time: 98 min. Release Year: 2026
Starring: Clark Backo, Drew Ray Tanner, Graham Verchere, Olivia Luccardi
While conducting survey work in remote Badlands, geologists Lauren and Ben uncover a mysterious block of magnetic stone...
Tangles
- Sun, Nov 1
Director: Leah Nelson Run Time: 102 min. Release Year: 2027
Starring: Abbi Jacobson, Beanie Feldstein, Bryan Cranston, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Samira Wiley
Sarah Leavitt’s graphic memoir Tangles: A Story about Alzheimer’s, My Mother and Me comes to life in hand-drawn...
The Dreamed Adventure
- Sun, Nov 1
Director: Valeska Grisebach Run Time: 167 min. Release Year: 2026 Language: German
Starring: Denislava Yordanova, Nikolay Shekerdjiev, Stoicho Kostadinov, Syuleyman Alilov Letifo, Yana Radeva
Winner: Jury Prize, 2026 Cannes Film Festival Bulgaria’s entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 2027...
Clarissa
- Sun, Nov 1
Director: Arie Esiri, Chuko Esiri Run Time: 134 min. Release Year: 2026
Starring: Ayo Edebiri, David Oyelowo, India Ria Amarteifio, Sophie Okonedo, Toheeb Jimoh
Six years after their debut feature EYIMOFE: THIS IS MY DESIRE, brothers Arie Esiri and Chuko Esiri have...
Bitter Christmas
- Sun, Nov 1
Director: Pedro Almodóvar Run Time: 111 min. Release Year: 2026 Language: Spanish with English subtitles
Starring: Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Bárbara Lennie, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Patrick Criado, Victoria Luengo
You’re confusing fiction with reality.
Elsinore
- Mon, Nov 2
Director: Simon Stone Run Time: 104 min. Release Year: 2026
Starring: Andrew Scott, Billie Piper, Johnny Flynn, Luke Thompson, Olivia Colman
The fight of his life. The triumph of a lifetime.
I Play Rocky
- Tue, Nov 3
Director: Peter Farrelly Run Time: 128 min. Release Year: 2026
Starring: AnnaSophia Robb, Anthony Ippolito, Matt Dillon, P.J. Byrne, Stephan James
35mm Screening • The true underdog story.
Harvard Book Store Welcomes Joanne Chang
- Wed, Nov 4
Run Time: 90 min.
Harvard Book Store Welcomes Joanne Chang presenting The Joy of Cookies: New Classics and Old Favorites to Share...
Behemoth!
- Wed, Nov 4
Director: Tony Gilroy Run Time: 124 min. Release Year: 2026
Starring: Eva Victor, Hank Azaria, Olivia Wilde, Pedro Pascal, Will Arnett
A life. In pieces.
Our Bodies & Other Shames
- Thu, Nov 5
Director: Jenny Lester Run Time: 87 min. Release Year: 2026
Starring: Alysia Reiner, Gideon Adlon, Malka Wallick, Micaela Diamond
Boston Jewish Film Festival • New England Premiere • Filmmaker in Person
Women on Trial
- Sat, Nov 7
Director: Lauriane Escaffre, Yvo Muller Run Time: 102 min. Release Year: 2026 Language: French with English subtitles
Starring: Cécile de France, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Grégory Gadebois, Sarah Suco, Saül Benchetrit
Boston Jewish Film Festival • Spotlight Screening & Discussion
RPM Fest Presents “Tom, Tom, The Piper’s Son and others Films” by Ken Jacobs
- Sun, Nov 8
Run Time: 152 min.
RPM Festival and the Brattle Theatre join together to pay tribute to two of experimental cinema’s most beloved...
Persepolis
- Mon, Nov 23
Director: Marjane Satrapi, Vincent Paronnaud Run Time: 95 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2007 Language: French with English subtitles
Co-presented by Boston Comic Arts Foundation and MESA featuring a post-film conversation