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Boston's Unofficial Film School since 1953. Learn more and see what's playing at brattlefilm.org. We are located at 40 Brattle St, Cambridge MA
This Week • In the annals of Yuletide slashers, DON’T OPEN TILL CHRISTMAS is particularly infamous. With a litany of gruesome methods, the twisted psychopath at the center of this unhinged sleaze-feast is determined to gorily murder anyone who is dressed as Santa during the holidays… (½)
December 9, 2025 at 5:44 PM
It’s that time of year again folks! Time to round up family and friends (or just your favorite hankie) and head on down to The Brattle for our annual screenings of this Yuletide classic. IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE screens on 35mm Fri–Mon at The Brattle. brattlefilm.org/movies/its-a-wonderful-life/
December 8, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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Join us at the @brattletheatre.bsky.social for a VS Holiday Pop-up + screening of seasonal slasher DON'T OPEN TILL CHRISTMAS, intro by Justin LaLiberty! Friday, Dec 12—film starts at 9:30pm. Save the date 🎄🔪🎁

Tickets and more info: https://loom.ly/ETr_n8I
December 5, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Next Week • In the annals of Yuletide slashers, DON’T OPEN TILL CHRISTMAS is particularly infamous. With a litany of gruesome methods, the twisted psychopath at the center of this unhinged sleaze-feast is determined to gorily murder anyone who is dressed as Santa during the holidays… (½)
December 5, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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The season is upon us! 35mm screenings of It’s a Wonderful Life at @brattletheatre.bsky.social run 12/12-15
🔔🔔🔔
I love projecting this for a crowd, everyone’s laughing and crying and just feeling the communal good will, it’s nice!
December 5, 2025 at 3:41 AM
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Wednesday at @brattletheatre.bsky.social I am very psyched to close out our Chicago series by running a beautiful 35mm print of Jupiter Ascending 🙌🙌
December 2, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Special #GivingTuesday opportunity!

All donors who give $25 or more TODAY to The Brattle will receive one free pass so you can enjoy first-hand what you make possible with your support. (½)
December 2, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Inspired by next week’s opening of American Repertory Theater’s new production “Wonder,” The Brattle presents three films that illustrate the complex issues of change, identity, and belonging that all children (and their families) experience. (1/2)
December 1, 2025 at 9:49 PM
A Chicago-area surgeon (Harrison Ford) is wrongfully convicted for the murder of his wife and must track down those responsible while on the run from the FBI—and one very determined agent (Tommy Lee Jones). THE FUGITIVE screens Sat 3:30 & 8:45 w/THE UNTOUCHABLES. brattlefilm.org/movies/the-fugitive/
November 28, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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New column in @cambridgeday.com! This week the @brattletheatre.bsky.social’s Give Thanks for Chicago series continues (plus a bonkers Black Friday double feature) and the HFA’s Gore Vidal series ends, plus the Boston Japan Film Festival, HUNDREDS OF BEAVERS, and CALIGARI at the library!
Roddy Piper and the Pussycats fight the power, 'Hundreds of Beavers' welcome the holidays - Cambridge Day
The Brattle Theatre offers a double feature from among Hollywood’s most subversive takedowns of mass consumerism – just in time for Black Friday.
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November 28, 2025 at 2:32 PM
It’s that time of year again folks! Time to round up family and friends (or just your favorite hankie) and head on down to The Brattle for our annual screenings of this Yuletide classic. IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE screens on 35mm December 12–15. Learn more: brattlefilm.org/movies/its-a-wonderful-life/
November 25, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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Wednesday night at @brattletheatre.bsky.social we are kicking off a series celebrating Chicago with a personal teen fave on 35mm 🚓😎🎷
November 24, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Starting Wednesday, we’ll celebrate the Windy City with our weeklong series, Give Thanks for Chicago, featuring films by John Hughes, Rose Troche, Lilly & Lana Wachowski, John Landis, Nia DaCosta, and more! See the full lineup & get tickets at brattlefilm.org/film-series/give-thanks-for-chicago/
November 24, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Screening through Tuesday night!
The Ice Tower kicked ass
November 23, 2025 at 11:30 PM
This Thanksgiving, we celebrate the Windy City with our weeklong series, Give Thanks for Chicago. Join us Nov 26 – Dec 3 for a whirlwind tour featuring films by John Hughes, Rose Troche, Lilly & Lana Wachowski, John Landis, Nia DaCosta, and more! brattlefilm.org/film-series/give-thanks-for-chicago/
November 21, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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New column in @cambridgeday.com! This week: TOUCH OF EVIL at @brattletheatre.bsky.social, Columbia rarities at HFA, silent serials via Channel Zero, local premiere runs of PETER HUJAR’S DAY and THE ICE TOWER, and the Brattle’s “Giving Thanks to Chicago!” www.cambridgeday.com/2025/11/20/b...
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November 20, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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Saw Peter Hujar’s Day last week and loved it, and I’m excited we got it on 35mm for a short run at @brattletheatre.bsky.social Fri-Tues! Shot on 16mm, there’s a lovely warmth and texture to this movie, evocative of the mid-70s setting, it’s gonna look so great on film
November 20, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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Last week, we saw Clash by Night (1952) at the @brattletheatre.bsky.social as part of their Noirvember series, so this week I reviewed it, analyzing the opposing portrayals of masculinity in the film by way of ethnic stereotypes it embraces.

And I concluded that Jerry is the realest one. 10/10 guy
The Worst Guy You've Ever Met vs. The Realest – Black and White and Read All Over
A Race & Ethnicity Approach to Clash by Night (1952)
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November 19, 2025 at 11:22 PM
It’s that time of year again folks! Time to round up family and friends (or just your favorite hankie) and head on down to The Brattle for our annual screenings of this Yuletide classic. IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE screens on 35mm December 12–15. Learn more: brattlefilm.org/movies/its-a-wonderful-life/
November 19, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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Join us at the @brattletheatre.bsky.social for a VS Holiday Pop-up + screening of seasonal slasher DON'T OPEN TILL CHRISTMAS, intro by Justin LaLiberty! Friday, Dec 12—film starts at 9:30pm. Save the date 🎄🔪🎁

Tickets and more info: https://loom.ly/ETr_n8I
November 17, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Join us Nov 26 – Dec 3 as we celebrate the Windy City with our weeklong series, Give Thanks for Chicago, featuring films by John Hughes, Rose Troche, Lilly & Lana Wachowski, John Landis, Nia DaCosta, and more! See the full lineup & get tickets at brattlefilm.org/film-series/give-thanks-for-chicago/
November 17, 2025 at 5:59 PM
It’s that time of year again folks! Time to round up family and friends (or just your favorite hankie) and head on down to The Brattle for our annual screenings of this Yuletide classic. IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE screens on 35mm December 12–15. Learn more: brattlefilm.org/movies/its-a-wonderful-life/
November 14, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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New column in @cambridgeday.com! This week marks the beginning of Noirvember at @brattletheatre.bsky.social, plus the Boston Jewish Film Festival, Columbia rarities at the HFA, some local premieres, Scorsese, and Godzilla!
Noirvember meets Godzilla from the ’50s to now and Marty (Scorsese) meets Robbie (Robertson) - Cambridge Day
Among film obsessives, few traditions are as beloved as the annual observance of Noirvember, that celebration of hard-drinking gumshoes, steely eyed femmes fatales and dramatic, shadow-drenched mood l...
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November 6, 2025 at 7:09 PM
"I am big. It's the pictures that got small!"

75th Anniversary Restoration! Gloria Swanson and William Holden star in Billy Wilder’s SUNSET BOULEVARD, screening in 4K this Fri & Sat as part of Noirvember: Film Noir in the ‘50s. Learn more & get tickets at brattlefilm.org/film-series/noirvember-50s/
November 5, 2025 at 8:19 PM