Upcoming Films & Events
Our Bodies & Other Shames
- Today, 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
Begotten
- Today, Nov 5
- Fri, Nov 6
- Sat, Nov 7
- Sun, Nov 8
Director: E. Elias Merhige Run Time: 72 min. Format: 4K DCP Release Year: 1991
Starring: Brian Salzburg, Donna Dempsey, Stephen Charles Barry
New 4K Restoration • The Mindblowing Cult Film Returns!
The Scout
- Fri, Nov 6
- Sat, Nov 7
- Sun, Nov 8
- Mon, Nov 9
- Tue, Nov 10
Director: Paula Andrea Gonzalez-Nasser Run Time: 89 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2026
Starring: Ikechukwu Ufomadu, Max Rosen, Mimi Davila, Rutanya Alda, Sarah Herrman
Premiere Run!
After Hours
- Fri, Nov 6
- Sat, Nov 7
Director: Martin Scorsese Run Time: 97 min. Format: 4K DCP Release Year: 1985
Starring: Griffin Dunne, Linda Fiorentino, Rosanna Arquette, Tommy Chong, Verna Bloom
When it's after midnight in New York City, you don't have to look for love, laughter and trouble. They'll all find you!
Sidewalk Stories
- Sat, Nov 7
Director: Charles Lane Run Time: 102 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 1989
Starring: Charles Lane, Edwin Anthony, Nicole Alysia, Robert Clohessy, Tom Alpern
In this charming, gritty homage to Charlie Chaplin’s The Kid, writer/director Charles Lane stars as an unhoused street...
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...
The Brother from Another Planet
- Sun, Nov 8
- Mon, Nov 9
Director: John Sayles Run Time: 108 min. Format: 35mm Film Release Year: 1984
Starring: Joe Morton, Peter Richardson, Ray Ramirez, Rosanna Carter, Yves Rene
He's not just another out-of-towner...
Double Indemnity
- Mon, Nov 9
Mon, Nov 9 @ 6:00 pm: Craft-Along!
Director: Billy Wilder Run Time: 107 min. Format: 4K DCP Release Year: 1944
Starring: Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson, Fred MacMurray, Jean Heather, Porter Hall
Craft-Along Screening • It's love and murder at first sight!
Permanent Vacation
- Tue, Nov 10
Director: Jim Jarmusch Run Time: 75 min. Format: 35mm Film Release Year: 1981
Starring: Chris Parker, John Lurie, Leila Gastil, Richard Boes, Sara Driver
35mm Screening • Double feature with VARIETY
Variety
- Tue, Nov 10
Director: Bette Gordon Run Time: 100 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 1983
Starring: Luis Guzmán, Nan Goldin, Richard M. Davidson, Sandy McLeod, Will Patton
Double feature with PERMANENT VACATION
My Undesirable Friends: Part II – Exile, Chapters 1-3 (of 5)
- Wed, Nov 11
Wed, Nov 11 @ 4:00 pm: Chapters 1-3Wed, Nov 11 @ 7:30 pm: Chapters 1-3
Director: Julia Loktev Run Time: 191 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2026
Starring: Alesya Marokhovskaya, Anna Nemzer, Irina Dolinina, Ksenia Mironova, Valeria Ratnikova
Special Premiere Screenings! Chapters 1-3
My Undesirable Friends: Part II – Exile, Chapters 4-5 (of 5)
- Thu, Nov 12
Thu, Nov 12 @ 4:00 pm: Chapters 4-5Thu, Nov 12 @ 7:30 pm: Chapters 4-5
Director: Julia Loktev Run Time: 164 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2026
Starring: Alesya Marokhovskaya, Anna Nemzer, Irina Dolinina, Ksenia Mironova, Valeria Ratnikova
Special Premiere Screenings! Chapters 4-6
Raise the Red Lantern
- Fri, Nov 13
- Sat, Nov 14
- Sun, Nov 15
- Mon, Nov 16
- Tue, Nov 17
- Wed, Nov 18
- Thu, Nov 19
- Sat, Nov 21
- Sun, Nov 22
Director: Zhang Yimou Run Time: 125 min. Format: 4K DCP Release Year: 1991 Language: Chinese with English subtitles
Starring: Cao Cuifen, Gong Li, He Saifei, Jin Shuyuan, Kong Lin
New 4K Restoration!
Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma
- Fri, Nov 13
- Sat, Nov 14
- Sun, Nov 15
Director: Jane Schoenbrun Run Time: 112 min. Release Year: 2026
Starring: Amanda Fix, Arthur Conti, Eva Victor, Gillian Anderson, Hannah Einbinder
Blood. Lust.
Sunset Boulevard
- Sat, Nov 14
- Sun, Nov 15
Director: Billy Wilder Run Time: 110 min. Format: 4K DCP Release Year: 1950
Starring: Erich von Stroheim, Fred Clark, Gloria Swanson, Nancy Olson, William Holden
Matinee double feature with TEENAGE SEX AND DEATH AT CAMP MIASMA
Harvard Book Store Welcomes Melissa Clark
- Mon, Nov 16
Run Time: 90 min.
Harvard Book Store Welcomes Melissa Clark presenting The Big Book of Dinner: Recipes and Rules (and How to...
Harvard Book Store Welcomes James Gleick
- Tue, Nov 17
Run Time: 90 min.
Harvard Book Store Welcomes James Gleick presenting The Telephone: A New History Harvard Book Store, the Harvard University...
Zi
- Fri, Nov 20
- Sat, Nov 21
- Sun, Nov 22
- Mon, Nov 23
- Tue, Nov 24
Director: Kogonada Run Time: 99 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2026
Starring: Haley Lu Richardson, Jin Ha, John Shea, Michelle Mao, Valerie May Richardson
Friday, November 20 – Tuesday, November 24
The Hole
- Fri, Nov 20
- Sat, Nov 21
- Sun, Nov 22
Director: Tsai Ming-liang Run Time: 95 min. Format: 35mm Film Release Year: 1998 Language: Chinese with English subtitles
Starring: Hui-Chin Lin, Lee Kang-Sheng, Lin Kun-huei, Miao Tian, Yang Kuei-mei
New 35mm Print • A search for intimacy in a world of disaster.
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
The People Under the Stairs
- Wed, Nov 25
Director: Wes Craven Run Time: 102 min. Format: 35mm Film Release Year: 1991
Starring: A. J. Langer, Brandon Quintin Adams, Everett McGill, Ving Rhames, Wendy Robie
Families Are Hell Double Feature • 35mm Screenings • In every neighborhood, there is one house that adults whisper about and children cross the street to avoid.
The ‘Burbs
- Wed, Nov 25
- Thu, Nov 26
Director: Joe Dante Run Time: 102 min. Format: 35mm Film Release Year: 1989
Starring: Bruce Dern, Carrie Fisher, Rick Ducommun, Tom Hanks, Wendy Schaal
Families Are Hell Double Feature • 35mm Screenings • He's a man of peace in a savage land... Suburbia.
The Maltese Falcon
- Thu, Nov 26
- Fri, Nov 27
- Sat, Nov 28
Director: John Huston Run Time: 100 min. Format: 35mm Film Release Year: 1941
Starring: Barton MacLane, Gladys George, Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Peter Lorre
35mm Screening • Double Features • He's a Killer When He Hates!
The Big Sleep
- Thu, Nov 26
- Sun, Nov 29
Director: Howard Hawks Run Time: 116 min. Format: 35mm Film Release Year: 1946
Starring: Dorothy Malone, Humphrey Bogart, John Ridgely, Lauren Bacall, Martha Vickers
35mm Screenings • Double Features!
Chopping Mall
- Fri, Nov 27
Director: Jim Wynorski Run Time: 77 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 1986
Starring: Barbara Crampton, Dick Miller, Gerrit Graham, Kelli Maroney, Mary Woronov, Paul Bartel, Tony O'Dell
Black Friday Double Feature!
Night of the Comet
- Fri, Nov 27
Director: Thom Eberhardt Run Time: 95 min. Format: 35mm Film Release Year: 1984
Starring: Catherine Mary Stewart, Kelli Maroney, Mary Woronov, Robert Beltran, Sharon Farrell
Black Friday Double Feature • 35mm Screening!
The Glass Key
- Fri, Nov 27
Director: Stuart Heisler Run Time: 85 min. Format: 35mm Film Release Year: 1942
Starring: Alan Ladd, Bonita Granville, Brian Donlevy, Richard Denning, Veronica Lake
35mm Screening • Double feature with THE MALTESE FALCON
Hammett
- Fri, Nov 27
- Sat, Nov 28
Director: Wim Wenders Run Time: 98 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 1982
Starring: Frederic Forrest, Lydia Lei, Marilu Henner, Peter Boyle, Roy Kinnear
Saturday: Double feature with THE MALTESE FALCON!
Pitfall*
- Sat, Nov 28
Director: André de Toth Run Time: 86 min. Format: Digital Projection Release Year: 1948
Starring: Dick Powell, Jane Wyatt, John Litel, Lizabeth Scott, Raymond Burr
Double feature with MURDER, MY SWEET • A man can be as strong as steel...but somewhere there's a woman who'll break him!
Murder, My Sweet
- Sat, Nov 28
- Sun, Nov 29
Director: Edward Dmytryk Run Time: 95 min. Format: 35mm Film Release Year: 1944
Starring: Anne Shirley, Claire Trevor, Dick Powell, Mike Mazurki, Otto Kruger
35mm Screenings • Double features!
The Long Goodbye
- Sun, Nov 29
Director: Robert Altman Run Time: 112 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 1973
Starring: Elliott Gould, Henry Gibson, Mark Rydell, Nina van Pallandt, Sterling Hayden
Double feature with CHINATOWN
Chinatown
- Sun, Nov 29
Director: Roman Polanski Run Time: 130 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 1974
Starring: Faye Dunaway, Jack Nicholson, John Hillerman, John Huston, Perry Lopez
Double feature with THE LONG GOODBYE