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  • Jan 23

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    Tomorrow! THINGS TO COME (1936) screens with Georg Tomorrow! THINGS TO COME (1936) screens with Georges Méliès' A TRIP TO THE MOON this Friday at 4:30, 7:00 & 9:30 as part of our series, Things to Come: The Birth of Sci-Fi Cinema. Learn more at brattlefilm.org/things-to-come (link in profile). . A landmark collaboration between writer H. G. Wells, producer Alexander Korda, and designer and director William Cameron Menzies, THINGS TO COME is a science fiction film like no other, a prescient political work that predicts a century of turmoil and progress. Skipping through time, THINGS TO COME bears witness to world war, disease, dictatorship, and, finally, utopia. Conceived, written, and overseen by Wells himself as an adaptation of his own work, this megabudget production, the most ambitious ever from Korda’s London Films, is a triumph of imagination and technical audacity. – Janus Films

    Jan 23

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    “It’s a perfect introduction and a lovely vale “It’s a perfect introduction and a lovely valediction.” – A.O. Scott, The New York Times . VARDA BY AGNÈS shows today at 6:30. . The final film from legendary filmmaker Agnès Varda begins as a masterclass held by the director discussing her life and career. Soon the camera breaks out of the lecture hall and we follow Varda as she revisits the settings and subjects of some of her greatest films. As impishly delightful and endlessly curious as Varda herself, VARDA BY AGNÈS stands as a wonderful, self-made tribute to this remarkable director who sadly passed away in 2019. Consider this an appetizer for the VARDA RARITIES series we have coming up on January 31. . . . #VardaByAgnès #AgnèsVarda #CineTamaris #JanusFilms

    Jan 23

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    To help kick off our 2020 “Year of Science Ficti To help kick off our 2020 “Year of Science Fiction” we’ve invited Lesley University’s head of film studies, Matthew Nash, to join us for a special free screening & discussion of one of the best sci-fi films of all time. Elements of Cinema presents THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL Tuesday 1/28 at 6:00pm. This event is free and open to the public. . . . #TheDayTheEarthStoodStill #RobertWise #MichaelRennie #PatriciaNeal #HughMarlowe #SamJaffe #BillyGray

    Jan 22

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    Staff Pick! Agnès Varda was invited to make a fil Staff Pick! Agnès Varda was invited to make a film celebrating the 100th anniversary of the birth of cinema and the result is this whimsically chaotic film. Monsieur Cinéma (played by none other than the great Michel Piccoli) is approaching his 100th birthday. Dismayed that his memory is failing him, he has hired a young student to tell him stories of the films that he created in his youth. Meanwhile, a cavalcade of international movie stars arrive to visit and congratulate the old man on his milestone. . Agnès Varda's ONE HUNDRED AND ONE NIGHTS screens Friday 1/31 as part of our Varda Rarities series. Visit brattlefilm.org/varda-rarities for info & tickets (link in profile)

    Jan 22

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    Staff Pick! Fritz Lang's METROPOLIS screens with A Staff Pick! Fritz Lang's METROPOLIS screens with AELITA: QUEEN OF MARS this Saturday at 6:30 as part of our series, Things to Come: The Birth of Sci-Fi Cinema. Learn more at brattlefilm.org/things-to-come (link in profile). . One of the most famous science-fiction films of all time, Fritz Lang’s METROPOLIS paints a stark portrait of a divided mega-city where the rich live a utopic life above ground while the workers – the lifeblood of the city – toil in subterranean factories. A sort of Romeo & Juliet story develops between an idealistic young woman from the lower class and a high-born son of the aristocracy that is complicated when a mad scientist creates a chaos-sowing robot duplicate of the woman.

    Jan 22

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    LIONS LOVE (…AND LIES) screens Friday 1/31 as pa LIONS LOVE (…AND LIES) screens Friday 1/31 as part of our Varda Rarities series. Visit brattlefilm.org/varda-rarities for info & tickets (link in profile) . "Agnès Varda brings New York counterculture to Los Angeles. In a rented house in the sun-soaked Hollywood Hills, a woman and two men – Viva, of Warhol Factory fame, and James Rado and Gerome Ragni, who created and starred in the rock musical Hair – delight in one another’s bodies while musing on love, stardom, and politics. They are soon joined by underground director Shirley Clarke, playing herself as well as functioning as a surrogate for Varda. LIONS LOVE (…AND LIES) is a metacinematic inquiry into the alternating currents of whimsy and tragedy that typified late-sixties America." – Criterion Collection

    Jan 22

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    The latest from the great Spanish director Pedro A The latest from the great Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar, PAIN AND GLORY follows a renowned filmmaker (Banderas) in decline – both physically and professionally – who confronts his past and, ultimately, rediscovers his ability to create. A remarkable work of meta-fiction/autobiography, PAIN AND GLORY echoes the soul-searching work of Federico Fellini in its unflinching exploration of the filmmaker’s own psychology. . PAIN AND GLORY screens Thursday at 4:00 & 9:00 as part of our (Some of) The Best of 2019 series. Visit brattlefilm.org for info & tickets (link in profile). . . . #PainAndGlory #PedroAlmodóvar #AntonioBanderas #AsierEtxeandia #LeonardoSbaraglia #NoraNavas #PenélopeCruz

    Jan 22

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    “This is one of the best and most important movi “This is one of the best and most important movies of the year.” – Richard Roeper, Chicago Sun-Times . QUEEN & SLIM screens tonight at 8:30 as part of our (Some of) The Best of 2019 series. Info & tickets: brattlefilm.org (link in profile)

    Jan 22

    Open
    AELITA: THE QUEEN OF MARS (1924) screens with Frit AELITA: THE QUEEN OF MARS (1924) screens with Fritz Lang's METROPOLIS this Saturday at 4:00 & 9:30 as part of our series, Things to Come: The Birth of Sci-Fi Cinema. . AELITA: QUEEN OF MARS is the first great ‘over-designed’ science fiction film – and one who’s influence can be seen into the 1950s and beyond. The film is a speculative comedy that follows an inventor from Moscow who dreams of traveling to Mars and wooing its queen – so he builds a rocket to take him there. . Tickets on sale now at brattlefilm.org/things-to-come (link in profile).

    Jan 22

    Open
    RIP Terry Jones RIP Terry Jones

    Jan 21

    Open
    Michel Gondry's ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS M Michel Gondry's ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND returns February 13–15. Showtimes & tickets at brattlefilm.org (link in profile)

    Jan 21

    Open
    THINGS TO COME (1936) screens with Georges Méliè THINGS TO COME (1936) screens with Georges Méliès' A TRIP TO THE MOON this Friday at 4:30, 7:00 & 9:30 as part of our series, Things to Come: The Birth of Sci-Fi Cinema. Learn more at brattlefilm.org/things-to-come (link in profile). . A landmark collaboration between writer H. G. Wells, producer Alexander Korda, and designer and director William Cameron Menzies, THINGS TO COME is a science fiction film like no other, a prescient political work that predicts a century of turmoil and progress. Skipping through time, THINGS TO COME bears witness to world war, disease, dictatorship, and, finally, utopia. Conceived, written, and overseen by Wells himself as an adaptation of his own work, this megabudget production, the most ambitious ever from Korda’s London Films, is a triumph of imagination and technical audacity. – Janus Films

    Jan 21

    Open
    VARDA BY AGNÈS shows Thursday at 6:30. . The fina VARDA BY AGNÈS shows Thursday at 6:30. . The final film from legendary filmmaker Agnès Varda begins as a masterclass held by the director discussing her life and career. Soon the camera breaks out of the lecture hall and we follow Varda as she revisits the settings and subjects of some of her greatest films. As impishly delightful and endlessly curious as Varda herself, VARDA BY AGNÈS stands as a wonderful, self-made tribute to this remarkable director who sadly passed away in 2019. Consider this an appetizer for the VARDA RARITIES series we have coming up on January 31. . . . #VardaByAgnès #AgnèsVarda #CineTamaris #JanusFilms

    Jan 21

    Open
    Varda Rarities • DAGUERRÉOTYPES • Screens Sat Varda Rarities • DAGUERRÉOTYPES • Screens Saturday 2/1 in a double feature with CINEVARDAPHOTO. Visit brattlefilm.org for showtimes & tickets. . “One of the great modern documentaries, Agnès Varda’s 1976 portrait of shopkeepers on the street where she lives – Rue Daguerre, in Paris – established a new genre, affectionate anthropology. Starting with the quirky pharmacy where her teen-age daughter, Rosalie, buys homemade perfumes, Varda peeps in on the rounds of commerce that keep the street vital. In the process, she exalts the sights and sounds, the very savor of daily life – the crust of fresh-baked baguettes, the alkaline allure of fresh-cut steaks, the sumptuousness of handstitched fabrics.” — Richard Brody, The New Yorker

    Jan 21

    Open
    See Tweety, Sylvester & all your faves in the Bugs See Tweety, Sylvester & all your faves in the Bugs Bunny Film Festival, February 15–23! brattlefilm.org/bugsbunny (link in profile)

    Jan 20

    Open
    LIONS LOVE (…AND LIES) screens Friday 1/31 as pa LIONS LOVE (…AND LIES) screens Friday 1/31 as part of our Varda Rarities series. Staff Pick! Alex: “An intriguing blend of real life and artifice blending elements of hippie culture, experimental art, and documentary filmmaking.” Visit brattlefilm.org/varda-rarities for full lineup & tickets (link in profile)

    Jan 20

    Open
    AELITA: THE QUEEN OF MARS (1924) screens with Frit AELITA: THE QUEEN OF MARS (1924) screens with Fritz Lang's METROPOLIS this Saturday at 4:00 & 9:30 as part of our series, Things to Come: The Birth of Sci-Fi Cinema. . AELITA: QUEEN OF MARS is the first great ‘over-designed’ science fiction film – and one who’s influence can be seen into the 1950s and beyond. The film is a speculative comedy that follows an inventor from Moscow who dreams of traveling to Mars and wooing its queen – so he builds a rocket to take him there. . Tickets on sale now at brattlefilm.org/things-to-come (link in profile).

    Jan 20

    Open
    They had a date with fate in Casablanca! Tickets a They had a date with fate in Casablanca! Tickets are now on sale for our Valentine's Day screenings of CASABLANCA! Order your tickets now at brattlefilm.org/casablanca (link in profile)

    Jan 20

    Open
    The latest from the great Spanish director Pedro A The latest from the great Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar, PAIN AND GLORY follows a renowned filmmaker (Banderas) in decline – both physically and professionally – who confronts his past and, ultimately, rediscovers his ability to create. A remarkable work of meta-fiction/autobiography, PAIN AND GLORY echoes the soul-searching work of Federico Fellini in its unflinching exploration of the filmmaker’s own psychology. . PAIN AND GLORY screens Thursday at 4:00 & 9:00 as part of our (Some of) The Best of 2019 series. Visit brattlefilm.org for info & tickets (link in profile). . . . #PainAndGlory #PedroAlmodóvar #AntonioBanderas #AsierEtxeandia #LeonardoSbaraglia #NoraNavas #PenélopeCruz

    Jan 20

    Open
    Staff Pick! Agnès Varda was invited to make a fil Staff Pick! Agnès Varda was invited to make a film celebrating the 100th anniversary of the birth of cinema and the result is this whimsically chaotic film. Monsieur Cinéma (played by none other than the great Michel Piccoli) is approaching his 100th birthday. Dismayed that his memory is failing him, he has hired a young student to tell him stories of the films that he created in his youth. Meanwhile, a cavalcade of international movie stars arrive to visit and congratulate the old man on his milestone. . Agnès Varda's ONE HUNDRED AND ONE NIGHTS screens Friday 1/31 as part of our Varda Rarities series. Visit brattlefilm.org/varda-rarities for info & tickets (link in profile)
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