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THE ACADEMY OF PERFORMING ARTS
120 Main St, Orleans, MA (map)
508.255.1963
apa@cape.com
http://www.apa1.org

Shows run Tues through Sun starting at 8 pm, except as noted. Tickets are $18.

JUNE 13 THROUH JULY 14 The Fantastiks
JUNE 18 THROUGH SEPT 3 The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, Abridged Mon 8 pm
JULY 23 Best of Broadway IV Sat 8 pm
JULY 18 THROUGH AUG 18 Guys and Dolls
AUG 22 THROUGH SEPT 15 Barefoot in the Park

AMC LOEWS THEATERS
http://www.enjoytheshow.com

BostonÆs well-conglomerated theater chain sticks to new Hollywood films and occasional foreign films. Individual cinemas are listed below. Current film titles and times can be found in the weekly Phoenix listings and online at thephoenix.com.

ASSEMBLY SQUARE 12 35 Middlesex, Somerville
BOSTON COMMON 19 175 Tremont St, Boston
HARVARD SQUARE 5 10 Church St, Cambridge

AMC THEATRES
http://www.amctheatres.com

Cinema locations listed below. Cinema number indicates the number of screens housed by the individual theater. Current film titles and times can be found in the weekly Phoenix listings and online at thephoenix.com.

BRAINTREE 10 121 Grandview Rd, Braintree, 781.848.1070
BURLINGTON 10 20 South Ave, Burlington, 781.229.9200
CHESTNUT HILL 5 27 Boylston St, off Rte 9, Chestnut Hill, 617.227.2500
FRAMINGHAM 15 22 Flutie Pass, Mass Pike Exit 13, Framingham, 508.628.4400
NORTH DARTMOUTH MALL 12 140 North Dartmouth Mall, North Dartmouth, 508.999.3141
TYNGSBORO 12 440 Middlesex Rd, Rte 3 Exit 36, Tyngsboro, 978.649.3890

BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY
Dartmouth and Boylston Sts, Copley Sq, Boston, MA (map)
617.536.5400 ext 2270.
http://www.bpl.org

The BPL presents the "Celebrating Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Pride Film Series." Films are shown in the Rabb Lecture Hall at 6 pm. Free. Visit the BPL Web site for a complete summer film schedule.

JUNE 11 Saving Face
JUNE 25 Touch of Pink

BRATTLE THEATRE
40 Brattle St, Cambridge, MA (map)
617.876.6837
info@brattlefilm.org
http://www.brattlefilm.org

Classic films show at the areaÆs longest-running rep and revival house in the heart of Harvard Square. Tickets $9.50, $7.50 for students, $6.50 for children and seniors, $7.50 for matinees Mon through Fri except holidays. Current film titles and times can be found in the weekly Phoenix listings and online at thephoenix.com.

JUNE 7 Hero
JUNE 8 The Sweet Smell Of Success
JUNE 8 AND 9 Pink Floyd: The Wall
JUNE 9 Citizen Kane, Trouble In Paradise, and Silk Stockings
JUNE 10 Gandhi
JUNE 11 Drugstore Cowboy
JUNE 12 Good Will Hunting
JUNE 13 To Die For
JUNE 14 Stroke of Genius and Last Days
JUNE 15 THROUGH 21 Mala Noche
JUNE 22 THROUGH 28 Journey from the Fall
JUNE 29 THROUGH JULY 5 Brand Upon the Brain!

CAPITOL THEATRE
204 Mass Ave, Arlington, MA (map)
781.648.6022 or 781.648.4340
http://www.capitoltheatreonline.com

The theater was built in 1925 and restored to its original architectural style a few years ago. Its six screens play second-run commercial and foreign films. Tickets $7, $5 for seniors and children arriving before 6 pm (free past 6 pm for children under 12). Weekday matinees are also $5.

COOLIDGE CORNER THEATRE
290 Harvard St, Brookline, MA (map)
617.734.2500
http://www.coolidge.org

This theater, built in 1933, is one of the few remaining independent cinemas in the area. Coolidge Corner specializes in art-house premieres, animation, independent features, retrospectives, cult favorites (Sat at midnight), and programs by local filmmakers. Tickets $9.50, $6.50 Mon through Thurs for seniors and children under 13, $7.50 for all matinees, and for kids and seniors Fri through Sun.

EMBASSY CINEMA
16 Pine St, Waltham, MA (map)
781.893.2500
http://www.landmarktheatres.com

This Landmark Theatres outlet runs independent and foreign films. Tickets $9, $6.50 for seniors and children 12 and under. Student tickets are $7.25 Mon through Thurs only. Bargain matinees are $6.50 for the first shows of the day on Sat and Sun, and for any show before 6 pm Mon through Fri.

FENWAY THEATRE
201 Brookline Ave, Boston, MA (map)
617.424.6266
A modern multiplex (Regal) theater in the Landmark complex, a renovated former Sears headquarters and retail store. Shows first-run Hollywood fare.

FRESH POND CINEMA
168 Alewife Brook Parkway, Cambridge, MA (map)
617.661.2900
A long-standing strip-mall institution recently recalled to life. Specializes in first-run Hollywood films and blockbusters.

HARVARD FILM ARCHIVE
Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, 24 Quincy St, Cambridge, MA (map)
617.495.4700
http://www.harvardfilmarchive.org

Located three blocks from the Harvard Square T stop. Tickets $8, $6 for students and seniors, except as noted. Second show ticket is half price when both films are part of the same series. Five- and fifteen-film passes available at discount prices for students and seniors. The Harvard Film Archive will be under renovation in June. Check the Web site at the end of the month for detailed July listings.

KENDALL SQUARE CINEMA
1 Kendall Sq, Cambridge, MA (map)
617.499.1996
http://www.landmarktheatres.com

One of the best places to watch independent and foreign films. Tickets $9.25, $7 for seniors and children 12 and under. Bargain $7 for matinees.

MASSACHUSETTS MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART
87 Marshall St, North Adams, MA (map)
413.662.2111
info@massmoca.org
http://www.massmoca.org

Mass MoCA presents moonlit movies on a 50-foot screen in Courtyard C. (Movies screen indoors if it rains). Some films accompanied by live music. Check the Web site for ticket prices.

JUNE 16 Gustafer Yellowgold
JUNE 29 "Short Korte Film"
JULY 6 "Electra and Film"
JULY 14 Gutbucket: Johnny the Giant Killer
AUG 4 Sing Along Fiddler on the Roof
AUG 18 Laurel & Hardy with live score by the Millenial Territory Orchestra

MAYOR MENINO'S MONDAY NIGHT MOVIES
617.635.3445
http://www.cityofboston.gov/parks

It's safe to say that even the mayor of Boston has his celluloid favorites. Thanks to his Office of Special Events, you might catch some of your own favorites on Mon nights at various outdoor spots throughout the city. Shows begin at dusk. Bring your own mosquitoes.

AUG 6 at the Boston Common Parkman Bandstand Wizard of Oz
AUG 13 at the Boston Common Parkman Bandstand Jailhouse Rock
AUG 20 at the Franklin Park Playstead Happy Feet

MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS FILM PROGRAM
465 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA (map)
617.267.9300
http://www.mfa.org/film

Features contemporary international cinema, restored classics, American independent films, and films showing for the first time in Boston. Weekdays before 5 pm and weekends before 12:30 pm tickets are $7 for general public, $6 for seniors and students. After 5 pm on weekdays or 12:30 pm on weekends tickets cost $9 for general public, $8 for seniors and students. This is a partial listing of 2007 summer offerings.

JUNE 7 Rape of Europa 4 pm
JUNE 7 Hopper's Silence 6:30 pm
JUNE 7 Just an Ordinary Jew 8:15 pm
JUNE 8 Rape of Europa 6 pm
JUNE 8 Killer of Sheep 8:15 pm
JUNE 9 Three Short Films by Charles Burnett 10:30 am
JUNE 9 Killer of Sheep noon
JUNE 10 Rape of Europa 10:30 am
JUNE 10 Just An Ordinary Jew 12:45 pm
JUNE 10 Three Short Films by Charles Burnett 2:30 pm
JUNE 10 Killer of Sheep 4 pm
JUNE 14 Rape of Europa 2 pm
JUNE 14 Killer of Sheep 4:20 pm
JUNE 14 My Brother's Wedding 6 pm
JUNE 14 Nina's Home 8 pm
JUNE 15 Killer of Sheep 6:20 pm
JUNE 15 Nina's Home 8 pm
JUNE 16 Agnes Martin: With My Back to the World and Squatting the Palace: An Installation by Kiki Smith 10:30 am
JUNE 16 Killer of Sheep 12:30 pm
JUNE 16 My Brother's Wedding 2 pm
JUNE 16 Bless Their Little Hearts 4:15 pm
JUNE 17 Bless Their Little Hearts 10:30 am
JUNE 17 Killer of Sheep 12:15 pm
JUNE 17 51 Birch Street 2 pm
JUNE 17 Nina's Home 3:45 pm
JUNE 21 Nina's Home 2 pm
JUNE 21 51 Birch Street 4 pm
JUNE 21 Four Weeks in June 5:45 pm
JUNE 21 Buddy 8 pm
JUNE 22 The Busker 6 pm
JUNE 22 Manufactured Landscapes 8 pm
JUNE 23 Manufactured Landscapes 10:30 am
JUNE 23 Outsider: The Life and Art of Judith Scott 12:15 pm
JUNE 23 Buddy 1:45 pm
JUNE 23 The Busker 3:45 pm
JUNE 24 The Busker 10:30 am
JUNE 24 Manufactured Landscapes 12:10 pm
JUNE 24 Nina's Home 1:45 pm
JUNE 24 Four Weeks in June 3:45 pm
JUNE 28 Manufactured Landscapes 3 pm
JUNE 28 51 Birch Street 4:45 pm
JUNE 28 Be Fruitful and Multiply 6:30 pm
JUNE 28 The Collector 8 pm
JUNE 29 Manufactured Landscapes 6:15 pm
JUNE 29 The Wedding Director 8 pm
JUNE 30 Buddy 10:30 am
JUNE 30 The Collector 12:15 pm
JUNE 30 Manufactured Landscapes 2 pm
JUNE 30 The Wedding Director 3:45 pm
JULY 1 Manufactured Landscapes 10:30 am
JULY 1 The Wedding Director 12:15 pm
JULY 1 Be Fruitful and Multiply 2:15 pm
JULY 1 The Collector 3:30 pm
JULY 6 The Collector 5 pm
JULY 6 The Wedding Director 8:15 pm
JULY 7 Buddy 10:30 am
JULY 7 The Collector 12:15 pm
JULY 7 The Wedding Director 3:30 pm
JULY 8 The Collector 10:30 am
JULY 8 Buddy 12 pm
JULY 8 The Wedding Director 1:45 pm
JULY 12 Buddy 5:30 pm

MUSEUM OF SCIENCE
Science Park, Boston, MA (map)
617.723.2500
http://www.mos.org

The Mugar Omni Theater presents larger-than-life images on a five-story domed screen, and is currently showing Dinosaurs Alive!, Jane Goodall's Wild Chimpanzees, Grand Canyon, and Hurricane on the Bayou. Omni films run for about 50 min. Call or check the Web site for film times. Tickets for Omni, Laser, and Digital 3-D shows are $9 for adults, $8 for seniors, $7 for children ages 3-11.

NANTUCKET FILM FESTIVAL
Nantucket Island, MA (map)
212.708.1278
http://www.nantucketfilmfestival.org
http://www.nantucketfilmfestival.org

ôWhere screenwriters inherit the earth.ö The 12th annual festival, held from June 13 through 17, includes staged readings of screenplays, panel discussions, and an annual Screenwriter's Tribute. Opening night film will be Al Franken: God Spoke and the closing night film will be The Heart of the Game. Celebrity attendance will include Paul Giamatti, Thomas Haden Church, Virginia Madsen, and Brian Williams. Check the Web site for full program, film descriptions, and schedule, and to order tickets.

JUNE 14 10 am Flakes, noon Shame, 2 pm Trapped But Traveling, 2:30 pm Begging Naked, 4:30 pm Year of the Fish, 5 pm Autism Everyday, and Great World Of Sound, 7 pm Flakes and Teeth, 7:30 pm War/Dance, 8 pm Iconoclasts, 9 pm Row Hard No Excuses, 9:30 pm The Ten, 9:45 pm Swimming in Auschwitz
JUNE 15 10 am Lovers, Friends, and Family, 10:15 am Everything's Cool, noon Flakes and The Price of Sugar, 12:30 pm Canvas, 2 pm Waitress, 3 pm Soldiers of Conscience and War/Dance, 4:30 pm Row Hard, No Excuses, 5 pm Year of the Fish, 6:30 pm Son of Rambow, 7:15 pm Shame, 9 pm Nomadak Tx and The Ten, 9:15 pm Great World of Sound
JUNE 16 9:30 am Autism Everyday, 10 am Waitress, 11:30 am Nomadak Tx, 12:30 pm Note by Note, 2 pm Soldiers of Conscience, 2:30 pm The Good Night, 4:30 pm The Price of Sugar, 5 pm Broken English and The Devil Came on Horseback, 7 pm I Am an Animal: The Story of Ingrid Newkirk and PETA and Trapped but Traveling, 7:15 pm Pretty in the Face, 9 pm The Go-Getter and Places in the Heart, 9:30 pm Low and Behold
JUNE 17 10 am Good Night, noon Begging Naked, 12:30 pm I Am an Animal: The Story of Ingrid Newkirk and PETA, 2:30 pm Pretty in the Face and Teeth, 3 pm Canvas, 4:30 pm The Go-Gettter, 5 pm The Devil Came on Horseback, 5:30 pm Low and ehold, 7 and 9:30 pm Rocket Science

PROVINCETOWN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Provincetown, MA (map)
508.487.3456
info@ptownfilmfest.org
http://www.ptownfilmfest.org

The festival's ninth year celebrates "Filmmaking on the Edge" with more than 50 screenings, symposia, and gala celebrations. Special receptions and parties scheduled from June 13 through 17. This year's festival will feature a award ceremony honoring filmmaker Todd Solondz and a "Family Night with Kathleen Turner and John Waters," as well as the now-traditional Xanadu sing-along, and "A Night at the Drive-In" (featuring John Waters's Serial Mom), on June 14. Also on the bill will be Sleeping Dogs Lie, on June 17, directed by Bob Goldthwait. Among the 60 or so other films on offer, you get something called I Want Someone To Eat Cheese With, featuring Sarah Silverman and Amy Sedaris. Call or visit the Web site for additional details and scheduling. Box office is in the Aquarium Mall, 209 Commercial St, Provincetown. Single event tickets $5 to $15. Festival passes from $150 to $225.

JUNE 13 La vie en rose, directed by Olivier Dahan
JUNE 15 Rocket Science, directed by Jeffrey Blitz and In the Shadow of the Moon, directed by David Sington
JUNE 16 Colma: The Musical, directed by Richard Wong
JUNE 17 Death at a Funeral, directed by Frank Oz
The above "Spotlight Films" will be shown again. Full schedule is available on the PFF Web site.

QUASSY AMUSEMENT PARK
Rte 64 (Exit 17 off I-84), Middlebury, CT (map)
800.367.7275
info@quassy.com
http://www.quassy.com

Located on Lake Quassapaug, this park specializes in water activities, with a cruise boat (the Quassy Queen II), water coaster, and pedal boats. Check out "Saturation Station," a multi-tiered area featuring more than 30 ways to get soaked. Other attractions include a roller coaster, an arcade, a petting zoo, food stands, a beach, and karaoke. From June 24 through Aug 26, open Sun through Thurs from 11 am to 8 pm, and on Fri and Sat from 11 am to 10 pm. Open July 4 from 11 am to 10 pm. Visit the Web site for other special dates. Free admission. Individual ride tickets $3. All Day Ride and Swim passes $19.95, $15.95 for children under 45 inches. Season passes and group rates also available.

SCREENING ROOM
82 State St, Newburyport, MA (map)
978.462.3456
portmovies@aol.com
http://www.newburyportmovies.com

This is an independent theater with 99 seats that screens an eclectic mix of foreign and American films. Tickets $7, $4.50 for seniors and children under 12.

THROUGH JUNE 11 Year of the Dob
JUNE 15 THROUGH 21 Red Road
JUNE 22 THROUGH 25 Mafioso
JUNE 29 THROUGH 5 Black Book
JULY 6 THROUGH 12 Snowcake
JULY 13 THROUGH 19 La Vie en Rose
JULY 20 THROUGH 26 Offside
JULY 27 THROUGH AUG 9 Evening

SHOWCASE CINEMAS
http://www.nationalamusements.com/theatres/showcase_cinemas.asp

A regional movie chain with a presence mostly in the suburbs. Showcase theaters traffick in first-run and late-run Hollywood movies.

CIRCLE CINEMA Cleaveland Circle, Brookline
DEDHAM SHOWCASE 10 950 Providence St, Dedham
RANDOLPH CINEMA Rte 139, Randolph
REVERE SHOWCASE Squire Rd, Revere

SOMERVILLE THEATER
55 Davis Sq, Somerville, MA (map)
617.625.5700
http://www.somervilletheatreonline.com

Located near the Davis Square T stop, the Somerville Theatre is one of the last of the big-screen movie houses, showing first-rate, second-run foreign, art, and Hollywood films. There are five screens and a Ticketmaster outlet. Tickets $7, $5 for seniors and children arriving before 6 pm (free past 6 pm for children under 12). Weekday matinees are also $5. Call for recorded listings.

WELLFLEET DRIVE-IN THEATER
Rte 6, Wellfleet, MA (map)
508.349.7176
http://www.wellfleetcinemas.com

Cape CodÆs only drive-in theater and one of the last drive-ins in the US. Box office opens at 6:45 pm. Shows start as soon as itÆs dark enough (usually about 8 pm, with the following show starting around 10 pm). Tickets $7.50, $4.50 for seniors and children five through 11. Equipped with a playground, snack bar, and minigolf course. Call or visit the Web site for current schedule.

WOODS HOLE FILM FESTIVAL
Woods Hole, MA (map)
508.495.3456
info@woodsholefilmfestival.org
http://www.woodsholefilmfestival.org

The 16th annual festival, held this year from July 28 through Aug 4. An eight-day showcase of independent film, featuring daily screenings, workshops, panel discussions, staged readings, special events, parties, awards ceremony, and more. This year, Les Blank is the producer, writer, director, and filmmaker-in-residence. Call or check the Web site for updated schedule and ticket information.