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We are gutted to announce that, due to ongoing air conditioning issues and another hot forecast, we are…

“A series of winningly goofy popcorn epics, including the Nicolas Cage vehicle, will be featured at the Brattle.”…

SUMMER 2026 ESCAPE TO THE CINEMA! As is typical for our Summer schedule we switch to a vertical…

“The best screen adaptation of a DeLillo work to date” – Peter Keough, The Arts Fuse

“Spike Lee’s “Malcolm X” (1992) casts Denzel Washington as the legendary civil rights activist, following his life from…

“Toward the end of next month, the Brattle Theatre will go dark for 10 days so the venerable…

“If someone asked you to picture a film noir, you’d probably conjure a handful of visual signifiers: a sultry femme fatale, a hard-drinking gumshoe in a fedora, shadows darker than the human soul. But what would it sound like? Chances are you can already hear a low, bluesy saxophone, possibly accompanied by lightly brushed drums and a slinky vibraphone. It is this intersection of film noir and jazz that lies at the heart of this year’s Noir City Boston, the Brattle Theatre’s annual collaboration with the Film Noir Foundation.” – Oscar Goff, Cambridge Day

“Jazz is the unofficial music of the night in film noir. Author Cornell Woolrich is one of the…

“The film’s low-key vibe and lackadaisical rhythm occasionally recall arthouse greats like Aki Kaurismäki or Jim Jarmusch, right down to the drifting, feedback-drenched score by Italian guitarist Krano. Like its central road trip, ‘Last One’ veers miles away from the point, but if you’re on Sossai’s cockeyed wavelength, it’s worth sticking around for one more round.” – Oscar Goff, Cambridge Day