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Today at the Brattle:

Saturday, October 19

The Elephant Queen

  • at 11:00 AM, 1:00, 3:00 PM

Bigger Than Life

  • at 5:00 (no commentary), 7:00 (live commentary)

Midsommar Director’s Cut

  • at 9:15 PM • Screening & Poster Release

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  • Cambridge Day: “‘Man Who Laughs,’ inspiration for The Joker, plays Friday at Brattle, with music”
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  • Just Added: Bradley’s Almanac Presents ‘Strange Negotiations’
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  • Oct 19

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    Instagram post 18085925794113118 Are you ready for the MIDSOMMAR DIRECTOR'S CUT? 24 additional, intense minutes await you tonight at 9:15! PLUS: tonight's screening will be accompanied by the launch of a new exclusive poster for MIDSOMMAR designed by Boston/Swedish artist CAROLINE STJARNBORG. Two lucky patrons will win a hand-crafted, super-exclusive metallic version of the poster artwork. Get tickets now at brattlefilm.org (link in profile). . . . #MidsommarDirectorsCut #AriAster #Hereditary #FlorencePugh #JackReynor #VilhelmBlomgren #WilliamJacksonHarper #WillPoulter #Sweden #ritual #paganritual #folkhorror #WickerMan #CarolineStjarnborg

    Oct 19

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    Instagram post 17847821443691045 TONIGHT! Live Commentary Screening with Jonathan Lethem and @susanmchoi at 7pm! The Film And… Festival presents BIGGER THAN LIFE . This unique event is the real centerpiece of the “Year Zero” edition of the FILM AND… FESTIVAL. On Saturday evening, acclaimed author Jonathan Lethem (Fortress of Solitude, Motherless Brooklyn, The Feral Detective) has invited his friend and fellow author Susan Choi (American Woman, A Person of Interest, Trust Exercise) to the Brattle for a ‘live commentary track’ for this film that they mutually admire – expect a wide-ranging conversation during this experiment! . BIGGER THAN LIFE also screens without the live commentary track at 5:00pm since many aspects of the dialogue will be obscured during the main showtime. We encourage those that can to watch the film ahead of time. A ticket for the 7pm screening will also allow entry into the 5pm. . . . #BiggerThanLife #NicholasRay #JamesMason #BarbaraRush #ChristopherOlsen #WalterMatthau #RobertSimon #JonathanLethem #SusanChoi

    Oct 18

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    Instagram post 17924850127328435 Coming Soon! MEMORY: THE ORIGINS OF ALIEN premieres Fri 10/25 – Mon 10/28. Watch the trailer & get tickets now at brattlefilm.org (link in profile). . . . #MemoryTheOriginsOfAlien @memoryaliendoc #AlexandreOPhilippe #VeronicaCartwright #RogerChristian #RogerCorman #HenryJenkins #BenMankiewicz #DianeOBannon #IvorPowell #TerryRawlings #CarmenScheifeleGiger #GarySherman #RonaldShusett #TomSkerritt #ClarkeWolfe #alien #alienmovie #alienfranchise #aliens #ripley #sigourneyweaver @alexandre.o.philippe #FrancisBacon #JosephCampbell #HPLovecraft #TheOresteia #Aeschylus #HRGiger #DanOBannon

    Oct 18

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    Instagram post 17913419719354904 Tallulah Bankhead and John Hodiak in LIFEBOAT, screening on 35mm Saturday 10/26 & Sunday 10/27. Visit brattlefilm.org for showtimes & tickets (link in profile). . 35mm Classic! 75th Anniversary! Join us on the high seas to celebrate one of Alfred Hitchcock’s most taut, contained thrillers on the occasion of its 75th anniversary. In LIFEBOAT, a mixed bag of nine Americans, Brits, and Germans find themselves afloat in a lifeboat with dwindling supplies and increasing paranoia after a U-boat and an Allied ship destroy each other at sea. . . . #Lifeboat1944 #AlfredHitchcock #TallulahBankhead #WilliamBendix #JohnHodiak #WalterSlezak #MaryAnderson #HenryHull #HeatherAngel #HumeCronyn #CanadaLee #JohnSteinbeck #thriller #35mm #reelfilm #worldwar2 #lifeboat #uboat #axis #allies #submarinewarfare #torpedo

    Oct 18

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    Instagram post 17858575324559617 Tickets for IFFBoston Fall Focus are now on sale! Screenings take place November 1–3, check out the lineup at iffboston.org or brattlefilm.org (link in profile)

    Oct 18

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    Instagram post 17845298746726179 Conrad Veidt's Gwynplaine was cited as the model for The Joker by the artists behind Batman #1 (1940). Join us tonight at 8:30 for THE MAN WHO LAUGHS, with live score by Jeff Rapsis! Tickets available at the door & online at brattlefilm.org (link in profile).

    Oct 18

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    Instagram post 17855374615596070 Opens Today! Embark on an epic journey of family, courage, and coming home. Join Athena, the majestic matriarch, as she leads her elephant herd across an unforgiving African landscape in THE ELEPHANT QUEEN. Narrated by Chiwetel Ejiofor. Official Selection of TIFF and Sundance. Rated PG. Get showtimes & tickets at http://brattlefilm.org (link in profile). . . . #TheElephantQueen #theelephantqueenmovie #Athena #MarkDeeble #VictoriaStone #ChiwetelEjiofor #documentary #elephants #africa #animalmigration #animalkingdom #Boston #Cambridge #Somerville @appletv @appletvplus

    Oct 18

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    Instagram post 17874407500468150 Good morning, Cambridge! Today we’ll have visits from Athena the elephant, cartoonists Chris Ware and Lynda Barry, and silent film aficionado Jeff Rapsis will tickle the ivory until Conrad Veidt cries in The Man Who Laughs. Visit brattlefilm.org for details (link in profile). *no actual elephants will visit—we can’t fit them up the stairs 🐘

    Oct 18

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    Instagram post 18070999741180389 Boston Asian American Film Festival opens their 2019 program with LUCKY GRANDMA, screening Thursday 10/24 at the Brattle! Opening night screening takes place at 6:45, with an encore show at 9:45. Visit brattlefilm.org for info & tickets (link in profile). . Director Sasie Sealy brings to life a dark comedy about immigrant life, the vulnerabilities of aging and an unexpected friendship. Set in alleyways and underground mahjong parlors with a cast of richly drawn characters, LUCKY GRANDMA is a love letter to Chinatown and an homage to all the badass elderly women who inhabit it. . . . #LuckyGrandma #SasieSealy #TsaiChin #WaiChingHo #MichaelTow #CoreyHa #Chinatown #BAAFF2019 @bostonaafilm

    Oct 18

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    Instagram post 18007209358258540 Tonight at 8:30! The Film And… Festival presents THE MAN WHO LAUGHS w/Live Score by Jeff Rapsis . Whether or not you’re excited for Joaquin Phoenix’s turn as Batman’s arch-enemy, The Joker, you’ll be thrilled by this expressionistic silent film that features the prototype for the famous comic book nemesis. When his father is executed and his face is carved with a permanent smile by the cruel King James II, 17th century youth Gwynplaine (Conrad Veidt) survives as the main attraction of a traveling carnival. Later in life, as he struggles with his disfigurement and his love for the beautiful, blind Dea (Mary Philbin), his true lineage is discovered and he must fight to regain his future. . . . #TheManWhoLaughs #PaulLeni #ConradVeidt #MaryPhilbin #BrandonHurst #OlgaVladimirovnaBaklanova #CesareGravina #Batman #TheJoker #Joker #JoaquinPhoenix #silentfilm #expressionism #carnival #JeffRapsis #Gwynplaine

    Oct 17

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    Instagram post 17858478280562183 Five Years Ago Tonight! #TBT to October 17, 2014 when Cary Elwes visited the Brattle to discuss his book 'As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride' and introduce a screening of film.

    Oct 17

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    Instagram post 17852388067628025 Throwback to November 15, 2008 when Willem Dafoe visited the Brattle! IFFBoston and the Brattle are hosting an advance screening of Robert Eggers' THE LIGHTHOUSE, starring Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson, tonight at 8. #tbt

    Oct 17

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    Instagram post 18010388812247010 A few intrepid fans began lining up waaay early for tonight’s advance screening of Robert Eggers’ THE LIGHTHOUSE. See you all tonight!

    Oct 17

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    Instagram post 17906146831372811 Eugene Mirman and director Julie Smith in Person! IT STARTED AS A JOKE screens this Sunday at 7pm as part of the first ever FILM AND… FESTIVAL! Tickets on sale now at the link in our bio. . IT STARTED AS A JOKE is a feature documentary that chronicles the decade-long run of the Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival – including a final farewell show. The film celebrates Eugene’s unique brand of humor and his role in the alternative comedy movement, offers a bittersweet goodbye to an era, and reminds us of the healing properties of comedy – even in the most challenging of life’s circumstances. . . . #EugeneMirman #ItStartedAsAJoke #EugeneMirmanComedyFestival #PrettyGoodFriends #JulieSmith #KenDruckerman #MichaelIanBlack #KristenSchaal #WyattCenac #IraGlass #JohnHodgman #KumailNanjiani #ReggieWatts #MichaelShowalter #JaneaneGarofalo #JimGaffigan #JonGlaser #MikeBirbiglia #BobcatGoldthwait #comedy #standup #altcomedy #alternativecomedy

    Oct 17

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    Instagram post 17890951000416427 Director in Person! Goethe-Institut Boston presents Andreas Dresen's GRILL POINT (HALBE TREPPE), Tuesday, October 22 at 7pm. Tickets on sale at brattlefilm.org (link in profile). . Though little known in the U.S., Andreas Dresen is one of the most respected filmmakers in contemporary German cinema. Born and raised in the former German Democratic Republic, Dresen frequently portrays small-town, regular life in post-unification Germany, gaining him a reputation as a sort of East German Mike Leigh. . GRILL POINT • In this relationship dramedy, an affair between two married friends is uncovered and both couples involved must reflect on life, love, and friendship. GRILL POINT was one of Dresen’s earliest breakout films and an award winner at the Berlin Film Festival as well as the German Film Awards. . . . #GrillPoint #HalbeTreppe #AndreasDresen #AxelPrahl #SteffiKühnert #ThorstenMerten #GabrielaMariaSchmeide #GDR #EastGermany #BerlinFilmFestival #GermanFilmAwards #GoetheInstitut @goethe_boston

    Oct 17

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    Instagram post 17867031532502707 Are you ready for the MIDSOMMAR DIRECTOR'S CUT? 24 additional, intense minutes await you this Saturday at 9:15! PLUS: our screening will be accompanied by the launch of a new exclusive poster for MIDSOMMAR designed by Boston/Swedish artist CAROLINE STJARNBORG. Two lucky patrons will win a hand-crafted, super-exclusive metallic version of the poster artwork. Get tickets now at brattlefilm.org (link in profile). . . . #MidsommarDirectorsCut #AriAster #Hereditary #FlorencePugh #JackReynor #VilhelmBlomgren #WilliamJacksonHarper #WillPoulter #Sweden #ritual #paganritual #folkhorror #WickerMan #CarolineStjarnborg

    Oct 16

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    Instagram post 17860449496544556 Reposted from @iffboston • NEW: The full schedule for the #FallFocus is here! Tickets are on sale now to #IFFBoston members, and go on sale Friday to the general public. Visit iffboston.org/fall-focus-2019 to see the full lineup & showtimes. Members, check your email for information on how to purchase tickets or an all-access pass. . . . . #ShiaLaBeouf #HoneyBoy #LucasHedges #Waves #MarriageStory #AdamDriver #AlfreWoodard #Clemency #Waves #TheTruth #TheKingmaker #Portraitofaladyonfire #EthanHawke #JulietteBinoche #LauraDern #ScarlettJohansson #KelvinHarrisonJr @a24 @neonrated @ifcfilms @netflix @amazonstudios @clemencythefilm @honeyboymovie @alma.harel @noahjupe @marriagestory @portrait_movie @wavesmovie

    Oct 16

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    Instagram post 18106932169044798 Coming Soon! When an insane toymaker comes up with a sinister plot to mass-sacrifice children on Halloween night, it’s up to one man to try and save his own kids – and potentially millions of others! 💀👻🎃 Get spooked this Halloween with HALLOWEEN III: SEASON OF THE WITCH, screening Thu 10/31 at 5:00 & 9:30 in a double feature with the 7pm show of HALLOWEEN 2018. Visit brattlefilm.org for info & tickets (link in profile). . . . #HappyHalloween #HalloweenIII #Halloween3 #SeasonOfTheWitch #JohnCarpenter #TommyLeeWallace #TomAtkins #StaceyNelkin #DanOHerlihy #trickortreat

    Oct 16

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    Instagram post 17867095396503495 Coming Soon! @alexandre.o.philippe's MEMORY: THE ORIGINS OF ALIEN premieres Fri 10/25 – Mon 10/28. Watch the trailer & get tickets now at brattlefilm.org (link in profile). . . . #MemoryTheOriginsOfAlien @memoryaliendoc #AlexandreOPhilippe #VeronicaCartwright #RogerChristian #RogerCorman #HenryJenkins #BenMankiewicz #DianeOBannon #IvorPowell #TerryRawlings #CarmenScheifeleGiger #GarySherman #RonaldShusett #TomSkerritt #ClarkeWolfe #alien #alienmovie #alienfranchise #aliens #ripley #sigourneyweaver

    Oct 16

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    Instagram post 17893691638405808 Live Commentary Screening! The Film And… Festival presents BIGGER THAN LIFE • Saturday 10/19 at 7:00 . This unique event is the real centerpiece of the “Year Zero” edition of the FILM AND… FESTIVAL. On Saturday evening, acclaimed author Jonathan Lethem (Fortress of Solitude, Motherless Brooklyn, The Feral Detective) has invited his friend and fellow author Susan Choi (American Woman, A Person of Interest, Trust Exercise) to the Brattle for a ‘live commentary track’ for this film that they mutually admire – expect a wide-ranging conversation during this experiment! . BIGGER THAN LIFE also screens without the live commentary track at 5:00pm since many aspects of the dialogue will be obscured during the main showtime. We encourage those that can to watch the film ahead of time. A ticket for the 7pm screening will also allow entry into the 5pm. . . . #BiggerThanLife #NicholasRay #JamesMason #BarbaraRush #ChristopherOlsen #WalterMatthau #RobertSimon #JonathanLethem #SusanChoi #livecommentary #prescriptionmedication #prescriptionmedicine #cinemascope #JonathanLethem #SusanChoi @susanmchoi
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