Upcoming Films & Events
My Imaginary Country
- Wed, Oct 5
- Thu, Oct 6
Director: Patricio Guzmán Run Time: 83 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2022 Language: Spanish
Premiere Run
Ganja & Hess
- Wed, Oct 5
Director: Bill Gunn Run Time: 110 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 1973
Starring: Bill Gunn, Duane Jones, Marlene Clark
Horror icon Duane Jones (Night of the Living Dead) stars as anthropologist Hess Green, who is stabbed with...
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
- Thu, Oct 6
Director: Ana Lily Amirpour Run Time: 99 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2014
Starring: Arash Marandi, Sheila Vand
The first Iranian Vampire Western
Uptight
- Fri, Oct 7
- Sun, Oct 9
Director: Jules Dassin Run Time: 104 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 1968
Starring: Frank Silvera, Janet MacLachlan, Juanita Moore, Julian Mayfield, Max Julien, Raymond St. Jacques, Roscoe Lee Browne, Ruby Dee
A man on the run. A life at stake. A people about to explode.
The Incident
- Fri, Oct 7
Director: Larry Peerce Run Time: 107 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 1967
Starring: Beau Bridges, Brock Peters, Jack Gilford, Martin Sheen, Ruby Dee, Thelma Ritter, Tony Musante
A Bold, Gritty, Terrifying Story Of Inner-City Terror
Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon
- Fri, Oct 7
- Sat, Oct 8
- Sun, Oct 9
- Mon, Oct 10
Director: Ana Lily Amirpour Run Time: 106 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2022
Starring: Craig Robinson, Ed Skrein, Evan Whitten, Jeon Jong-seo, Kate Hudson
Do not look in her eyes.
St. Louis Blues
- Sat, Oct 8
- Sun, Oct 9
Director: Allen Reisner Run Time: 105 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 1958
Starring: Cab Calloway, Eartha Kitt, Ella Fitzgerald, Mahalia Jackson, Nat King Cole, Ruby Dee
The glitter and glory story of the man whose rhythm and blues beat became all America's heartbeat!
A Raisin in the Sun
- Sat, Oct 8
Director: Daniel Petrie Run Time: 128 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 1961
Starring: Claudia McNeil, Diana Sands, Ivan Dixon, Ruby Dee, Sidney Poitier
Lorraine Hansberry’s play comes to vivid life on the big screen thanks largely to a seasoned principal cast...
Buck and the Preacher
- Sat, Oct 8
Director: Sidney Poitier Run Time: 102 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 1972
Starring: Cameron Mitchell, Harry Belafonte, Ruby Dee, Sidney Poitier
Maybe you caught the homage to this rousing Western adventure in Jordan Peele’s Nope: The poster hangs amongst...
American Gangster
- Sun, Oct 9
Director: Ridley Scott Run Time: 157 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2007
Starring: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Denzel Washington, Josh Brolin, Lymari Nadal, Ruby Dee, Russell Crowe, RZA
There are two sides to the American dream
Do the Right Thing
- Mon, Oct 10
Director: Spike Lee Run Time: 120 min. Format: 35mm Film Release Year: 1989
Starring: Bill Nunn, Danny Aiello, Giancarlo Esposito, John Turturro, Ossie Davis, Richard Edson, Rosie Perez, Ruby Dee, Samuel L. Jackson, Spike Lee
It's the hottest day of the summer. You can do nothing, you can do something, or you can …
Jungle Fever
- Mon, Oct 10
Director: Spike Lee Run Time: 132 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 1991
Starring: Annabella Sciorra, Anthony Quinn, John Turturro, Lonette McKee, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Samuel L. Jackson, Spike Lee, Wesley Snipes
In Spike Lee’s JUNGLE FEVER, Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis play the parents of Wesley Snipe’s Flipper, an...
Breathless
- Tue, Oct 11
- Wed, Oct 12
- Thu, Oct 13
Director: Jean-Luc Godard Run Time: 90 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 1960 Language: French
Starring: Jean Seberg, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean-Pierre Melville
In Tribute to Jean-Luc Godard • Double Feature
Band of Outsiders
- Tue, Oct 11
- Wed, Oct 12
- Thu, Oct 13
Director: Jean-Luc Godard Run Time: 97 min. Format: 35mm Film Release Year: 1964 Language: French
Starring: Anna Karina, Claude Brasseur, Sami Frey
In Tribute to Jean-Luc Godard • Double Feature
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
- Fri, Oct 14
Director: Laura Poitras Run Time: 117 min. Release Year: 2022
Starring: Marina Berio, Nan Goldin
Centerpiece Film • GlobeDocs Film Festival
Louis Armstrong’s Black & Blues
- Fri, Oct 14
Director: Sacha Jenkins Run Time: 104 min. Release Year: 2022
Starring: Louis Armstrong, Nas, Wynton Marsalis
Centerpiece Film • GlobeDocs Film Festival
Last Flight Home
- Sat, Oct 15
Director: Ondi Timoner Run Time: 101 min. Release Year: 2022
GlobeDocs Film Festival
Lakota Nation vs. United States
- Sat, Oct 15
Director: Jesse Short Bull, Laura Tomaselli Run Time: 120 min. Release Year: 2022
GlobeDocs Film Festival
Retrograde
- Sat, Oct 15
Director: Matthew Heineman Run Time: 94 min. Release Year: 2022
GlobeDocs Film Festival
The Return of Tanya Tucker
- Sat, Oct 15
Director: Kathlyn Horan Run Time: 108 min. Release Year: 2022
Starring: Brandi Carlile, Tanya Tucker
GlobeDocs Film Festival
Local Shorts: Sharing Our World
- Sun, Oct 16
Run Time: 75 min.
GlobeDocs Film Festival
Wildcat
- Sun, Oct 16
Director: Melissa Lesh, Trevor Beck Frost Run Time: 106 min. Release Year: 2022
GlobeDocs Film Festival
Pray for Our Sinners
- Sun, Oct 16
Director: Sinéad O'Shea Run Time: 81 min. Release Year: 2022
GlobeDocs Film Festival
Turn Every Page – The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb
- Sun, Oct 16
Director: Lizzie Gottlieb Run Time: 112 min. Release Year: 2022
Starring: Conan O'Brien, David Remnick, Ethan Hawke, Robert A. Caro, Robert Gottlieb
Closing Night Film • GlobeDocs Film Festival
Closed for Private Event
- Mon, Oct 17
Run Time: 120 min.
The Brattle is closed at this time for a private event.
SBN presents Fish & Men
- Tue, Oct 18
Run Time: 105 min.
Special Screening & Discussion
Presented by Sustainable Business Network
Harvard Book Store presents Anand Giridharadas
- Wed, Oct 19
Run Time: 90 min.
Harvard Book Store Presents: Anand Giridharadas presenting The Persuaders: At the Front Lines of the Fight for Hearts,...
RPM Fest presents Peggy Ahwesh
- Wed, Oct 19
Run Time: 90 min.
Filmmaker in Person! Presented by Revolutions Per Minute Festival
BAAFF Opening Night: Dealing with Dad
- Thu, Oct 20
Director: Tom Huang Run Time: 106 min. Release Year: 2022
Starring: Ally Maki, Dana Lee, Hayden Szeto, Karan Soni, Peter S. Kim
Boston Asian American Film Festival Opening Night! Screening Followed by Filmmaker Q+A
The Faculty
- Fri, Oct 21
Director: Robert Rodriguez Run Time: 104 min. Format: 35mm Film Release Year: 1998
Starring: Bebe Neuwirth, Clea DuVall, Elijah Wood, Famke Janssen, John Stewart, Jordana Brewster, Josh Hartnett, Laura Harris, Piper Laurie, Robert Patrick, Salma Hayek, Shawn Hatosy, Usher
Take me to your teacher.
Slash/Back
- Fri, Oct 21
- Sat, Oct 22
- Sun, Oct 23
- Mon, Oct 24
- Tue, Oct 25
- Wed, Oct 26
Director: Nyla Innuksuk Run Time: 87 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2022
Starring: Alexis Vincent-Wolfe, Chelsea Prusky, Frankie Vincent-Wolfe, Nalajoss Ellsworth, Rory Anawak, Tasiana Shirley
Premiere Run In a remote Arctic community, a group of Inuit girls witness the beginning of an alien...
Men in Black
- Sat, Oct 22
Director: Barry Sonnenfeld Run Time: 98 min. Format: 35mm Film Release Year: 1997
Starring: Linda Fiorentino, Rip Torn, Tommy Lee Jones, Tony Shaloub, Vincent D'Onofrio, Will Smith
Protecting the Earth from the scum of the universe.
The Thing from Another World
- Sun, Oct 23
Director: Christian Nyby, Howard Hawks Run Time: 87 min. Format: 35mm Film Release Year: 1951
Starring: Douglas Spencer, James Arness, Kenneth Tobey, Margaret Sheridan, Robert Cornthwaite
Look out … it’s the Thing
Kevin Geeks Out
- Sun, Oct 23
Run Time: 105 min.
Special Live Comedy Event
Slither
- Mon, Oct 24
Director: James Gunn Run Time: 95 min. Format: 35mm Film Release Year: 2006
Starring: Elizabeth Banks, Michael Rooker, Nathan Fillion
Horror has a new face.
Attack the Block
- Tue, Oct 25
Director: Joe Cornish Run Time: 88 min. Format: 35mm Film Release Year: 2011
Starring: Alex Esmail, Franz Drameh, Jodie Whittaker, John Boyega, Leeon Jones, Luke Treadaway, Nick Frost
In this sci-fi action cult classic, a gang of delinquent teens witnesses the beginning of an alien invasion...
IFFBoston presents Fall Focus 2022
Run Time: 105 min.
Thu, Oct 27 – Sun, Oct 30
Presents by Independent Film Festival Boston and The Brattle
Harvard Book Store presents Stacy Schiff
- Thu, Oct 27
Run Time: 90 min.
Harvard Book Store Presents: Stacy Schiff presenting The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams Harvard Book Store welcomes Pulitzer Prize–winning biographer...
Evil Dead II
- Mon, Oct 31
Director: Sam Raimi Run Time: 84 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 1987
Starring: Bruce Campbell, Sarah Berry
Happy Halloween!
