Brattle Film Foundation 25th Anniversary Kickoff
2026 marks the 25th anniversary of the Brattle Film Foundation’s founding and we have celebrations planned all year long. As the official kick-off to the anniversary, we decided to highlight some of the films that we featured on our first official Brattle schedule from March/April 2001. In those months we screened a brand new 35mm print of THE MYSTERY OF PICASSO and hosted the premiere run of Agnes Varda’s THE GLEANERS AND I as well as series celebrating heist films, the remarkable catalog of Janus Films, and African-American cinema. Please join us for these special screenings of some great movies!
The Mystery of Picasso
- Mon, Mar 2
Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot Run Time: 78 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 1956 Language: French
Starring: Claude Renoir, Henri-Georges Clouzot, Pablo Picasso
In this elegant and innovative art documentary, Pablo Picasso creates works of art right in front of the...
The Gleaners and I
- Mon, Mar 2
- Tue, Mar 3
Director: Agnès Varda Run Time: 82 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2000 Language: French with English subtitles
Enamored with her new video camera, French cinema icon Agnes Varda sets out on a voyage of discovery...
The Seventh Seal
- Tue, Mar 3
- Wed, Mar 4
Director: Ingmar Bergman Run Time: 96 min. Format: 35mm Film Release Year: 1957 Language: Swedish
Starring: Bengt Ekerot, Bibi Andersson, Gunnar Björnstrand, Max von Sydow, Nils Poppe
The story of a challenge to death.
Ugetsu
- Tue, Mar 3
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi Run Time: 96 min. Format: 35mm Film Release Year: 1953 Language: Japanese
Starring: Eitarō Ozawa, Kinuyo Tanaka, Machiko Kyō, Masayuki Mori, Mitsuko Mito
35mm Screening! Japanese master stylist Kenji Mizoguchi interweaves two gothic tales set in turbulent medieval Japan. A potter...
Devil in a Blue Dress
Director: Carl Franklin Run Time: 102 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 1995
Starring: Denzel Washington, Don Cheadle, Jennifer Beals, Maury Chaykin, Tom Sizemore
Private detective Easy Rawlins has been caught on the wrong side of the most dangerous secret in town.
Daughters of the Dust
- Thu, Mar 5
Director: Julie Dash Run Time: 112 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 1991 Language: English and Gullah with English subtitles
Starring: Alva Rogers, Barbara O. Jones, Cora Lee Day, Trula Hoosier, Umar Abdurrahamn
At the dawn of the 20th century, a multi-generational family in the Gullah community on the Sea Islands...