Special Events
The Brattle occasionally presents special screenings in addition to our featured premieres and repertory selections, often in partnership with other organizations. Join us for festival screenings, educational programs, author readings, and more!
Traces of Home
- 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!
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!
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