BOSTON > FILM
BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY
Address: 700 Boylston St, Copley Sq, Boston, MA
Phone: 617.536.5400 ext. 2317
Email: http://www.bpl.org
Web: SEPT 12 Sacco and Vanzetti 7 pm SEPT 18 AND 25 Labor Film Series: Salt of the Earth 6 pm
All film and video screenings are held in Rabb Lecture Hall. Refer to the Web site for updated film schedule, unlisted show times, and information about the films.
BRATTLE THEATRE
Address: 40 Brattle St, Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA
Phone: 617.876.6837
Email: http://www.brattlefilm.org
One of the region’s few surviving revival houses, the Brattle has been bringing (and bringing back) high-quality films popular and obscure to Harvard Square for decades. Call or visit the Web site for complete list of showtimes. Admission is good for double features on most nights. Tickets $9, $7.50 for students and for matinees (before 5 pm Mon through Fri), $6 for seniors and children under 12. Late-show admission $7.50 Sun-Thurs nights when there is a double feature. Tickets for special events vary. Cash only. Membership passes available.
COOLIDGE CORNER THEATRE
Address: 290 Harvard Ave, Brookline, MA
Phone: 617.734.2500
Email: http://www.coolidge.org
Web: , 1 pm, $5 OCT 6 Russian Film Screening: Jazzman (My iz dzhaza), 1 pm, $5 NOV 16 Russian Film Screening: The Return (Vozvrashcheniye), 1 pm, $5" target="_blank">SEPT 21 Russian Film Screening: First on the Moon (Elso"ként a Holdon), 1 pm, $5 OCT 6 Russian Film Screening: Jazzman (My iz dzhaza), 1 pm, $5 NOV 16 Russian Film Screening: The Return (Vozvrashcheniye), 1 pm, $5
The theater has been showing films on its original big screen since 1933, and it puts any modern movie-house to shame. Specializing in independent and foreign films as well as documentaries, it also hosts local film festivals. Call or check the weekly Phoenix for film times and updated listings. The second Tues of each month is “Off the Couch” Tues, where moviegoers chat with the Boston Psychoanalytic Society about a particular film or subject. The Coolidge also hosts “Divas in the Dark,” a series dedicated to film adaptations of major operas, every Sun at 11 am for $3. A new season of foreign film screenings begins this Oct, with Croation, German, and Russian films playing regularly (costs and showtimes vary). Throughout the year, this beloved community venue hosts specialty nights, such as all-night sci-fi, animation festivals, and homemade-porn fests. The theatre also features poetry and book readings. General admission is $9.75 adults, $7.75 for students from Fri-Sun, $6.75 for members, seniors, and students from Mon-Thurs. Matinees (shows before 4 pm) cost $7.75. Call or visit the Web site to purchase tickets.
HARVARD FILM ARCHIVE
Address: Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, 24 Quincy St, Cambridge, MA
Phone: 617.496.6750
Email: http://hcl.harvard.edu/hfa/
Web: SEPT 23 Metropolis, 7 pm SEPT 24 Silent Short Films, 7 pm, free SEPT 26-28 The Films of Warren Sonbert, 7 pm and 9 pm SEPT 29 Ballast, 7 pm SEPT 30 Silent Short Films, 7 pm, free" target="_blank">SEPT 12 The Wild Bunch and The Wild Bunch: An Album in Montage, 7 pm SEPT 13 Taipei Story and The Wind, 7 pm SEPT 14 Yi Yi, 3 pm SEPT 14 A Borrowed Life, 7 pm SEPT 15 That Day on the Beach, 7 pm SEPT 19 The Terrorizer, 7 pm SEPT 20 A Brighter Summer Day, 7 pm SEPT 21 In Our Time, 3 pm SEPT 21 Budda Bless America, 7 pm SEPT 21 Mahjong, 9:15 pm SEPT 22 "Eyes Upside Down, An Illustrated Lecture by P. Adams Sitney," 7 pm SEPT 23 Metropolis, 7 pm SEPT 24 Silent Short Films, 7 pm, free SEPT 26-28 The Films of Warren Sonbert, 7 pm and 9 pm SEPT 29 Ballast, 7 pm SEPT 30 Silent Short Films, 7 pm, free
Tickets $8, $6 for students and seniors, free for children under eight. Season series passes available. Call for details. Screenings focus on independent and foreign film. See Phoenix listings for regular showtimes.
KENDALL SQUARE CINEMA
Address: 1 Kendall Sq, Cambridge, MA
Phone: 617.499.1996
Email: http://www.landmarktheatres.com/
Not your average purveyor of Hollywood schlock. Thoughtful films large and small end up on this screen, making it a popular stop for students, film buffs, and all those cultured types who’ve never seen a Spielberg movie. Check the weekly Phoenix listings for current schedule information. Tickets $9.75, $7.50 for students, children under 12 and seniors over 62. A $37.50 Landmark discount card allows for five admissions, except on Fri and Sat after 6 pm. Call, visit Web site, or visit the box office to purchase tickets up to three days in advance.
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS
Address: Remis Auditorium, 465 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA
Phone: 617.267.9300
Email: http://www.mfa.org
Web: SEPT 11 Aleksandr Medvedkin’s Happiness SEPT 11 Sergei Eisenstein’s The Battleship Potemkin SEPT 11 & 13 Mikhail Kalatozov’s The Cranes are Flying SEPT 13 Mikhail Kalatozov’s The Letter Never Sent SEPT 17 Jolly Fellows SEPT 18 Andrei Tarkovsky’s The Mirror SEPT 21 Larisa Shepitko’s The Ascent SEPT 27 Andrei Konchalovsky’s Chekhov adaptation Uncle Vanyav OCT 3-23 5-show engagement of Vera Storozheva’s Traveling with Pets NOV 5-16 Boston Jewish Film Festival
As befits the setting, films at the MFA tend toward the artistic. Also often the foreign. Among other events, the MFA hosts the Boston Jewish Film Festival, details of which can be found at www.bjff.com, and the Boston Festival of Films from Iran. Tickets $10, $8 for students and seniors. Some special programs have higher ticket prices. A film scrip, a pass good for six admissions to regular programs, costs $90. An abbreviated schedule for Sept through Nov follows.
MUSEUM OF SCIENCE
Address: Science Park, Boston, MA
Phone: 617.723.2500
Email: http://www.mos.org
Web: OCT 10 The Greatest Places OCT 12 Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk
An IMAX theater at Boston’s Museum of Science. Call or visit the museum’s Web site for show times, and call at least one day in advance to buy tickets. Mugar Omni Theater tickets are $9, $8 for seniors, $7 for children 3 to 11. Evening discounts of $2.50 off the regular ticket prices are available for all shows after 6 pm. Various combination tickets allowing admission to the museum’s exhibit halls, planetarium, or laser shows are also available. The Science Museum has also installed digital projection systems that allow visitors to watch movies in 3-D without those silly red-and-blue cardbord glasses. All films described on the MOS Web site. Sept through Oct film schedule follows.
NEWBURYPORT SCREENING ROOM
Address: 82 State St, Newburyport, MA
Phone: 978.462.3456
Email: http://www.newburyportmovies.com
Web: AUG 29 through SEPT 14 Elsa and Fred (Spanish) SEPT 12-15, 18 Man on Fire SEPT 19 through OCT 2 Woody Allen’s Vicky Cristina Barcelona SEPT 26-28 Fifth Annual Newburyport Documentary Film Festival OCT 3-16 Burn After Reading OCT 17-20, 23 A Man Named Pearl OCT 24 THROUGH NOV 6 Brideshead Revisited
Yes, it’s a haul up to Newburyport, but there are scenic and culinary rewards to be had, as well as this quirky little theater. The venue also hosts the Annual Newburyport Documentary Film Festival, this year running from Sept 26-28. Tickets $7, $4.50 for children under 12 and seniors over 60. Book of 10 tickets available for $55. Handicap accessible. Call or visit the Web site for updated showtimes.
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PEABODY ESSEX MUSEUM
Address: East India Sq, Salem, MA
Phone: 978.745.9500
Email: http://www.pem.org
Web: OCTOBER 4 Hayao Miyazaki’s Spirited Away, 3 pm
Screenings are in the museum’s Morse Auditorium. Most screenings included in museum admission fee. Call or visit the Web site for updated film schedules. Films here are often shown as part of package programs devoted to the study and celebration of a particular work of music or art.
RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN
Address: Rhode Island School of Design Auditorium, Providence, RI
Phone: 401.454.6100
Email: http://www.risd.edu/film_events.cfm
Web: SEPT 24-28 Latin American Film Festival NOV 19 Ann Arbour Film Festival, RISD auditorium, 4:30-6:30 pm, free
The Latin American Film Festival runs from 6 pm on Sept 24 through 6 pm Sept 28, and will be held simultaneously in three locations: the RISD Auditorium, the Lizst Art Center at Brown University, and the Cable Car Cinema on North Maine Rd. Festival features workshops, dance and musical performances, and film competitions. Select film screenings (all of which include English subtitles) include films such as XXY, Postcard from Leningrad, House of Alice, and Hopes Bath. Tickets are $8, $5 for students or guests under 18.
SOMERVILLE THEATRE
Address: 55 Davis Sq, Somerville, MA
Phone: 617.625.5700
Email: http://www.somervilletheatreonline.com
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Check the weekly Phoenix listings for current schedule information. Tickets are $8 on Fri, Sat, and Sun, $7 Mon-Thurs. $7 Matinee (after 6 pm) on Sat, Sun and $5 Matinee Mon-Fri. $5 for Seniors over 62.
