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  • Oct 23

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    Instagram post 17847469066699040 Next Tuesday at 6:00, Elements of Cinema returns with a free screening & discussion of William Castle's THE TINGLER, starring Vincent Price, at 6pm. Special guest speaker Mark Anastasio of the Coolidge Corner Theatre. This event is free and open to the public. . . . #TheTingler #WilliamCastle #VincentPrice #JudithEvelyn #DarrylHickman #Percepto #ElementsOfCinema #classichorror @thecoolidge

    Oct 23

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    Instagram post 17865607729525575 This Weekend! MEMORY: THE ORIGINS OF ALIEN premieres Fri 10/25 – Tue 10/29. Watch the trailer & get tickets now at brattlefilm.org (link in profile). . Writer/director Alexandre O. Philippe dissects, unpacks, examines, and otherwise reveals-all about a pivotal sequence in Ridley Scott’s Alien – the infamous ‘chest-burster’ scene. Philippe uses a wealth of clips, behind-the-scenes footage, and artwork, as well as both archival and new interviews with cast, crew, experts, and others close to the production (including the widows of integral creatives Dan O’Bannon and H.R. Giger) to fascinating effect. . . #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 23

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    Instagram post 17932638508319565 "This isn't a rental car – it's privately owned." TRUE STORIES (1986) • David Byrne, frontman for one of the decade’s most iconic bands, the Talking Heads, takes to the director’s chair with this exuberantly quirky 1980’s time capsule: a film about a bunch of people from Virgil, Texas. . TRUE STORIES screens November 5 as part of MAKE MY DAY: THE CINEMATIC IMAGINATION OF THE REAGAN ERA. This series takes place at the Harvard Film Archive and the Brattle, with film selections inspired by J. Hoberman's new book, Make My Day: Movie Culture in the Age of Reagan. See the link in our profile for film lineup, guest appearances, and tickets.

    Oct 23

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    Instagram post 18102317050065612 Trick or Treat. . Michael Myers is back in David Gordon Green's 2018 sequel to the original HALLOWEEN! HALLOWEEN (2018) screens in a double feature with HALLOWEEN III: SEASON OF THE WITCH on October 31st – visit brattlefilm.org for showtimes & tickets (link in profile). . . . #Halloween2018 #DavidGordonGreen #JamieLeeCurtis #JudyGreer #AndiMatichak #WillPatton #HalukBilginer #MichaelMyers #Halloween #Haddonfield #DannyMcBride #JohnCarpenter #PTS #survivorsyndrome

    Oct 23

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    Instagram post 17847430855713972 TONIGHT AT 7! Goethe-Institut Boston presents GUNDERMANN with director Andreas Dresen in person for Q+A. Visit brattlefilm.org for info & tickets (link in profile). . For his latest film, acclaimed German director Adreas Dresen focuses on the real life story of 1980s East German singer and writer Gerhard Gundermann and his struggles with music, life as a coal miner, and his dealings with the secret police (STASI) of the GDR. . A major winner at the German Film Awards, GUNDERMANN took home honors for Outsanding Feature, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Screenplay, Production Design, and Costume Design. . . . #Gundermann #AndreasDresen #AlexanderScheer #AnnaUnterberger #GerhardGundermann #EastGermany #STASI #GDR #GermanFilmAwards #GoetheInstitut @goethe_boston #biopic

    Oct 23

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    Instagram post 18034488040217259 Repost from @kimb_pumpkins • Another awesome filmmaker visit at @brattletheatre last night - Andreas Dresen chatting about his film Grill Point (Halbe Treppe) after the screening. Can’t wait for tonight showing of Gundermann. #andreasdresen #brattletheatre #goetheinstitut #goetheinstitutboston #ilikemyjob

    Oct 23

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    Instagram post 17926836118329924 What's your favorite old school breakfast cereal, the one that could fuel the Saturday cartoon binges of your youth? Join us this weekend as we bring you THE SATURDAY ALL-YOU-CAN-EAT CEREAL & CARTOON PARTY: HALLOWEEN EDITION, curated by film writer & programmer Kier-La Janisse, Saturday at 11am. Info & tickets at brattlefilm.org

    Oct 23

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    Instagram post 18072064693176066 New England Premiere! @bradleysalmanac presents STRANGE NEGOTIATIONS, Wednesday 10/30 at 7:00. Screening will be followed by filmmaker discussion via Skype. Visit brattlefilm.org for info & tickets (link in profile). . After abandoning his long-held Christian beliefs and walking away from his critically-acclaimed band, Pedro the Lion, musician David Bazan retreated into a solitary life as a solo musician – modest house shows, weeks away from family, and lingering questions about his faith, music, and America. STRANGE NEGOTIATIONS, which premiered at the SXSW Film Festival, follows Bazan a decade into his journey as a reluctant prophet for a generation wrestling with America’s own crisis of faith, highlighted by the 2016 presidential election. . . . #strangenegotiations @strangenegotiations #documentary #pedrothelion @pedrothelion #davidbazan #christianity #indierock #indiemusic #christianrock #christianmusic #atheism #atheist #agnostic #agnosticism #keepthefaith #filmmaker #filmmakers #filmmaking #independentfilm #indiefilm #indiefilmmaking #FilmmakersLife

    Oct 23

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    Instagram post 17844333913734387 Next Monday at 8, join @strictlybrohibited for a screening of THE RAGE: CARRIE 2 followed by audience discussion! Tickets on sale now at brattlefilm.org (link in profile). . With a bitchin’ alternative soundtrack, peak late 90s fashions, and a cast that includes Jason London, Zachary Ty Bryan, and Mena Suvari, this film has all the atmosphere of 1999 combined with a premise that remains shockingly relevant twenty years later. It may be a sequel but it also stands on its own as a feminist teen horror that demands reappraisal in a post- #MeToo climate. – Strictly Brohibited . . . #TheRageCarrie2 #KattShea #EmilyBergl #JasonLondon #DylanBruno #ZacharyTyBryan #MenaSuvari #AmyIrving #StrictlyBrohibited #PoisonIvy #StrippedToKill #DePalma #BrianDePalma #spurposse #sexscandal #sexualassault #feministhorror #teenhorror #feministteenhorror

    Oct 22

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    Instagram post 17996159179300368 This Friday at 7, Boston Palestine Film Festival crosses the Charles for a screening of SCREWDRIVER (MAFAK) at the Brattle! Check out the rest of the festival lineup & get tickets now at bostonpalestinefilmfest.org . After more than a decade in an Israeli jail for an impulsive childhood attack that failed, newly released Ziad (played by Ziad Bakri) doesn’t recognize the world around him. He is free, but his friends have moved on, technology has moved light years ahead, and even dating poses daunting challenges. Though hailed as a hero, Ziad doubts whether his actions had any real meaning. Now living back at home in Ramallah, Ziad’s attempts to adjust to life on the outside and move on prove to be frustratingly slow and haunted by the trauma he’s experienced. . . . #Screwdriver #Mafak #BostonPalestineFilmFestival #BassamJarbawi #ZiadBakri #Ramallah #trauma #Palestine #prison @bospalestinefilm

    Oct 22

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    Instagram post 17865558898523577 35mm Classic! 75th Anniversary! Alfred Hitchcock's LIFEBOAT screens Saturday & Sunday at 3:30, 5:30 & 7:30 (+Sun at 1:30). Visit brattlefilm.org for trailer, info & tickets (link in profile). . 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 22

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    Instagram post 17847278110713982 Director in Person! Goethe-Institut Boston welcomes acclaimed filmmaker Andreas Dresen to the Brattle for tonight's 7pm screening of his award winning 2002 breakout GRILL POINT (HALBE TREPPE), and again for Wednesday's 7pm screening of his latest, the multi-award winning 2018 biopic GUNDERMANN. Visit brattlefilm.org for complete details (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. . . . #AndreasDresen #GDR #EastGermany #BerlinFilmFestival #GermanFilmAwards #GoetheInstitut @goethe_boston

    Oct 22

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    Instagram post 18009244978251603 This Weekend! MEMORY: THE ORIGINS OF ALIEN premieres Fri 10/25 – Mon 10/28. Watch the trailer & get tickets now at brattlefilm.org (link in profile). . Writer/director Alexandre O. Philippe dissects, unpacks, examines, and otherwise reveals-all about a pivotal sequence in Ridley Scott’s Alien – the infamous ‘chest-burster’ scene. Philippe uses a wealth of clips, behind-the-scenes footage, and artwork, as well as both archival and new interviews with cast, crew, experts, and others close to the production (including the widows of integral creatives Dan O’Bannon and H.R. Giger) to fascinating effect. . . #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 22

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    Instagram post 18109242070055800 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 22

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    Instagram post 18041513032201969 This Weekend! MEMORY: THE ORIGINS OF ALIEN premieres Fri 10/25 – Mon 10/28. Watch the trailer & get tickets now at brattlefilm.org (link in profile). . Writer/director Alexandre O. Philippe dissects, unpacks, examines, and otherwise reveals-all about a pivotal sequence in Ridley Scott’s Alien – the infamous ‘chest-burster’ scene. Philippe uses a wealth of clips, behind-the-scenes footage, and artwork, as well as both archival and new interviews with cast, crew, experts, and others close to the production (including the widows of integral creatives Dan O’Bannon and H.R. Giger) to fascinating effect. . . #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 21

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    Instagram post 18022191652245473 New England Premiere! @bradleysalmanac presents STRANGE NEGOTIATIONS, Wednesday 10/30 at 7:00. Screening will be followed by filmmaker discussion via Skype. Visit brattlefilm.org for info & tickets (link in profile). . After abandoning his long-held Christian beliefs and walking away from his critically-acclaimed band, Pedro the Lion, musician David Bazan retreated into a solitary life as a solo musician – modest house shows, weeks away from family, and lingering questions about his faith, music, and America. STRANGE NEGOTIATIONS, which premiered at the SXSW Film Festival, follows Bazan a decade into his journey as a reluctant prophet for a generation wrestling with America’s own crisis of faith, highlighted by the 2016 presidential election. . . . #strangenegotiations @strangenegotiations #documentary #pedrothelion @pedrothelion #davidbazan #christianity #indierock #indiemusic #christianrock #christianmusic #atheism #atheist #agnostic #agnosticism #keepthefaith #filmmaker #filmmakers #filmmaking #independentfilm #indiefilm #indiefilmmaking #FilmmakersLife

    Oct 21

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    Instagram post 17867859580502692 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 21

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    Instagram post 17848135798685323 You don't believe in the Boogeyman? You should. . Michael Myers is back in David Gordon Green's 2018 sequel to the original HALLOWEEN! HALLOWEEN (2018) screens in a double feature with HALLOWEEN III: SEASON OF THE WITCH on October 31st – visit brattlefilm.org for showtimes & tickets (link in profile). . . . #Halloween2018 #DavidGordonGreen #JamieLeeCurtis #JudyGreer #AndiMatichak #WillPatton #HalukBilginer #MichaelMyers #Halloween #Haddonfield #DannyMcBride #JohnCarpenter #PTS #survivorsyndrome

    Oct 21

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    Instagram post 17925884698335367 Musician. Excavator Operator. Lover. Rebel. Idealist. Informant. Goethe-Institut Boston presents GUNDERMANN with director Andreas Dresen in person for Q+A, this Wednesday at 7pm. Visit brattlefilm.org for info & tickets (link in profile). . For his latest film, acclaimed German director Adreas Dresen focuses on the real life story of 1980s East German singer and writer Gerhard Gundermann and his struggles with music, life as a coal miner, and his dealings with the secret police (STASI) of the GDR. . A major winner at the German Film Awards, GUNDERMANN took home honors for Outsanding Feature, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Screenplay, Production Design, and Costume Design. . . . #Gundermann #AndreasDresen #AlexanderScheer #AnnaUnterberger #GerhardGundermann #EastGermany #STASI #GDR #GermanFilmAwards #GoetheInstitut @goethe_boston #biopic

    Oct 20

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    Instagram post 17981842585286492 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
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