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Racial Justice: What to Watch. What to Do.

Posted June 5, 2020

We Stand in Solidarity

Posted June 1, 2020

Tonight’s ‘Plimpton!’ Q&A Postponed

Posted June 1, 2020

Join Us Monday, June 1 for Q&A with the Filmmakers from ‘Plimpton! Starring George Plimpton as Himself’ [Postponed]

Posted May 29, 2020

Join Us Monday, May 25 for Let’s Talk Movies: ‘Lucky Grandma’ and ‘The Ghost of Peter Sellers’

Posted May 22, 2020

Brattle Closing as of Saturday, March 14 [updated May 18]

Posted May 18, 2020

Just Confirmed: ‘Thousand Pieces of Gold’ Star Rosalind Chao to Join Director Nancy Kelly and Screenwriter Anne Makepeace for Q&A, Tue, May 12 at 8:00

Posted May 11, 2020

‘Thousand Pieces of Gold’ Filmmaker Q+A on Tue, May 12

Posted May 8, 2020

The Brattle Receives Emergency Grant From the Art-House America Campaign

Posted April 9, 2020

Announcing the Brattle Film Podcast: The Official Podcast of Boston’s Unofficial Film School

Posted March 25, 2020

How to Advocate for The Brattle

Posted March 18, 2020

Thank You

Posted March 18, 2020

Ongoing Cancellations [updated March 18]

Posted March 18, 2020

An Update on The Brattle’s Response to COVID-19

Posted March 13, 2020

‘Black in Appalachia’ Screening Canceled

Posted March 11, 2020
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    "Sprawling, wildly beautiful, emotionally envelopi "Sprawling, wildly beautiful, emotionally enveloping, SPOOR earns its vision of utopia. It would not be the most resonant and inspiring political film of the century if it did not give us hope." – Amy Taubin, Film Comment Area Premiere! Agnieska Holland's SPOOR is now showing in our Virtual Screening Room. Watch now: brattlefilm.org/spoor (link in profile) #Spoor #AgnieskaHolland #AgnieszkaMandatGrabka #AgnieszkaMandat #EuropaEuropa #MissMarple #murder #crime #drama #ecoterror #ecoterrorism #community #revenge #Poland #Polish #KlodzkoValley #worldcinema

    Jan 23

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    Over a period of 35 years, filmmaker Lynne Sachs s Over a period of 35 years, filmmaker Lynne Sachs shot film, videotape and digital images of her father, a bon vivant and pioneering businessman from Park City, Utah. Along the way she discovers more about her father than she had ever hoped to reveal. Area Premiere! FILM ABOUT A FATHER WHO is now showing in our Virtual Screening Room: brattlefilm.org/father (link in profile) #FilmAboutAFatherWho #LynneSachs #IraSachsSr #documentary #8mm #16mm #fatherhood #masculinity #familysecrets #CinemaGuild @cinemaguild

    Jan 23

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    Internet Exclusive! Alongside the new restoration Internet Exclusive! Alongside the new restoration of Ousmane Sembène's MANDABI, we're also featuring a limited engagement of his 1966 debut feature BLACK GIRL, a harrowing human drama and one of the essential films of the 1960s. BLACK GIRL is now available in our Virtual Screening Room: brattlefilm.org/blackgirl (link in profile) #BlackGirl #OusmaneSembène #MbissineThérèseDiop #cinemaofAfrica #Senegal #French #France #colonialism #postcolonialism #drama #JanusFilms

    Jan 23

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    MANDABI, the second feature by Ousmane Sembène, i MANDABI, the second feature by Ousmane Sembène, is one of the great Senegalese director's most bitingly funny and indignant films. A bitterly ironic depiction of a society scarred by colonialism and plagued by corruption, greed, and poverty. New 4K Restoration! Ousmane Sembène's bitterly ironic second feature, MANDABI, is now showing in our Virtual Screening Room. Watch now: brattlefilm.org/mandabi (link in profile) #Mandabi #OusmaneSembène #IbrahimaDieng #MakhourédiaGuèye #YnousseNDiaye #IsseuNiang #Senegal #WestAfrica #Wolof #WolofLanguage #WolofPeople #AfricanCinema #CinemaofSenegal #CinemaofAfrica #irony #colonialism #neocolonialism #religion #corruption #greed #poverty #LeMendat #TheMoneyOrder #French

    Jan 23

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    Area Premiere! PG: PSYCHO GOREMAN is now streaming Area Premiere! PG: PSYCHO GOREMAN is now streaming in our Virtual Screening Room: brattlefilm.org/psychogoreman (link in profile) #PsychoGoreman #StevenKostanski #NitaJoseeHanna #OwenMyre #AdamBrooks #AlexisHancey #MatthewNinaber #genrecinema #genrefilm #scifi #sciencefiction #aliens

    Jan 23

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    "Identifying Features peels back that feel-good fa "Identifying Features peels back that feel-good façade of the 'coming to America' narrative for a much more painful reality, one that feels freshly steeped in tears, heartache, and headlines." – Monica Castillo, RogerEbert.com Area Premiere Run! IDENTIFYING FEATURES is now showing in our Virtual Screening Room. Watch now: brattlefilm.org/identifyingfeatures (link in profile) #IdentifyingFeatures #FernandaValadez #MercedesHernández #DavidIllescas #JuanJesúsVarela #immigration #Guanajuato #Mexico #border #deportation #slowburn mcastimovies

    Jan 22

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    "Any pulp-loving genre fan who can accept complete "Any pulp-loving genre fan who can accept completely absurd action in the name of a good time should probably just stop reading now and add Shadow to the must-see list." – Hollywood Reporter Chloë Grace Moretz stars in SHADOW IN THE CLOUD, now streaming at brattlefilm.org/shadow (link in profile) #ShadowintheCloud #ChloeGraceMoretz #RoseanneLiang #ww2 #allies #heroine #femalepilot #B17 #FlyingFortress #sexism #gremlins #TwilightZone #EllenRipley

    Jan 22

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    When a series of mysterious murders are committed When a series of mysterious murders are committed in Poland's Klodzko Valley, with bodies surrounded by animal tracks or covered in beetles, a local eccentric is convinced that she knows who – or what – the murderer is, but nobody believes her outlandish theories. Agnieszka Holland's unflinching eco-mystery chips away at the traditions and social structure of a rural community, revealing the rotten heartwood at its core. Area Premiere! Agnieska Holland's SPOOR is now showing in our Virtual Screening Room. Watch now: brattlefilm.org/spoor (link in profile) #Spoor #AgnieszkaHolland #AgnieszkaMandatGrabka #AgnieszkaMandat #EuropaEuropa #MissMarple #murder #crime #drama #ecoterror #ecoterrorism #community #corruption #revenge #patriarchy #chauvinism #Poland #Polish #KlodzkoValley #worldcinema

    Jan 22

    Open
    MANDABI, the second feature by Ousmane Sembène, i MANDABI, the second feature by Ousmane Sembène, is one of the great Senegalese director's most bitingly funny and indignant films. A bitterly ironic depiction of a society scarred by colonialism and plagued by corruption, greed, and poverty. New 4K Restoration! MANDABI is now showing in our Virtual Screening Room. Watch now: brattlefilm.org/mandabi (link in profile) #Mandabi #OusmaneSembène #IbrahimaDieng #MakhourédiaGuèye #YnousseNDiaye #IsseuNiang #Senegal #WestAfrica #Wolof #WolofLanguage #WolofPeople #AfricanCinema #CinemaofSenegal #CinemaofAfrica #irony #colonialism #neocolonialism #religion #corruption #greed #poverty #LeMendat #TheMoneyOrder #French

    Jan 22

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    Genre fans rejoice! PG: PSYCHO GOREMAN is now stre Genre fans rejoice! PG: PSYCHO GOREMAN is now streaming in our Virtual Screening Room: brattlefilm.org/psychogoreman (link in profile) #PsychoGoreman #StevenKostanski #NitaJoseeHanna #OwenMyre #AdamBrooks #AlexisHancey #MatthewNinaber #genrecinema #genrefilm #scifi #sciencefiction #aliens

    Jan 22

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    Over a period of 35 years, filmmaker Lynne Sachs s Over a period of 35 years, filmmaker Lynne Sachs shot film, videotape and digital images of her father, a bon vivant and pioneering businessman from Park City, Utah. Along the way she discovers more about her father than she had ever hoped to reveal. Area Premiere! FILM ABOUT A FATHER WHO is now showing in our Virtual Screening Room: brattlefilm.org/father (link in profile) #FilmAboutAFatherWho #LynneSachs #IraSachsSr #documentary #8mm #16mm #fatherhood #masculinity #familysecrets #CinemaGuild @cinemaguild

    Jan 22

    Open
    Internet Exclusive! Alongside the new restoration Internet Exclusive! Alongside the new restoration of Ousmane Sembène's MANDABI, we're also featuring a limited engagement of his 1966 debut feature BLACK GIRL, a harrowing human drama and one of the essential films of the 1960s. BLACK GIRL is now available in our Virtual Screening Room: brattlefilm.org/blackgirl (link in profile) #BlackGirl #OusmaneSembène #MbissineThérèseDiop #cinemaofAfrica #Senegal #French #France #colonialism #postcolonialism #drama #JanusFilms

    Jan 22

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    A Middle-aged Mexican mother goes on an increasing A Middle-aged Mexican mother goes on an increasingly dangerous quest to find out the fate of her son who has gone missing after crossing the border to find work. A lyrical, suspenseful slow burn, equally constructed of moments of beauty and horror, IDENTIFYING FEATURES leads to a startling, shattering conclusion. Area Premiere Run! IDENTIFYING FEATURES is now showing in our Virtual Screening Room. Watch now: brattlefilm.org/identifyingfeatures (link in profile) #IdentifyingFeatures #FernandaValadez #MercedesHernández #DavidIllescas #JuanJesúsVarela #immigration #Guanajuato #Mexico #border #deportation #slowburn

    Jan 21

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    “This is the kind of genre cinema that we dream “This is the kind of genre cinema that we dream of.” – @screenanarchy Area Premiere! PG: PSYCHO GOREMAN opens Friday in our Virtual Screening Room. Pre-order now at brattlefilm.org/psychogoreman (link in profile) Reposted from @rljefilms #PsychoGoreman #StevenKostanski #NitaJoseeHanna #OwenMyre #AdamBrooks #AlexisHancey #MatthewNinaber #genrecinema #genrefilm #scifi #sciencefiction #aliens #psychogoremanmovie #psycho #horror #horrormovie #horrorfilm #horrorcomedy #comedy #horrorcommunity #horrorart #countdown #comingsoon #intheaters #newmovies #vod #digitalrelease #streaming #2021movies #januarymovies

    Jan 21

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    Internet Exclusive! Alongside this weekend's openi Internet Exclusive! Alongside this weekend's opening of the new restoration of Ousmane Sembène's MANDABI, we'll also screen his 1966 debut feature BLACK GIRL, a harrowing human drama and one of the essential films of the 1960s. BLACK GIRL opens Friday in our Virtual Screening Room. Learn more & pre-order now at brattlefilm.org/blackgirl (link in profile) #BlackGirl #OusmaneSembène #MbissineThérèseDiop #cinemaofAfrica #Senegal #French #France #colonialism #postcolonialism #drama #JanusFilms

    Jan 21

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    New Episode! In our latest edition, we kick off Se New Episode! In our latest edition, we kick off Session 2 with special guest Russ Fischer of The Boxoffice Studios who joins to help us assess the state of the cinema industry at the beginning of 2021. And Ned and Ivy share exciting news about the state of our cinema, The Brattle Theatre. Subscribe using your favorite podcast app, or tune in now at brattlefilm.org/podcast (link in profile) #RussFischer @swissarmadillo #TheBrattlite #moviepodcast #movies #filmpodcast #film #moviereview #movie #filmreview #movienerd #filmnerd #cinema #moviestagram #filmstagram #films #podcasts #podcast #podcasting #podcastlife #podcaster #podcastersofinstagram #podcasters #podcastshow #applepodcasts #newpodcast #applepodcast #podcastnetwork #podcastsofinstagram

    Jan 21

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    Repost from @thedocyard • As we're all getting r Repost from @thedocyard • As we're all getting reenergized and preparing for a new season of The DocYard and beyond, we hope you'll join us and purchase a Spring 2021 Season Pass! This $30 pass give you access to ALL eight films as part of the season, and as a token of our appreciation of your support of The DocYard and The Brattle Theatre, we'll be sending you a free DocYard tote! To receive the tote, make sure to fill out the Google Form in the pass confirmation email you'll receive after your purchase! All proceeds from the sales will go to support our incredible partners over at @brattletheatre . Link in bio to purchase! #TheDocYard #DocYardSpring2021 #BostonFilm [Image Description: The image/video has a red background with an image of a DocYard tote laying on top of a few coats and scarves. The text overlayed on top of this image reads, "DocYard Season Pass. Buy a DocYard Spring Season Pass today and get a free tote!"]

    Jan 21

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    Over a period of 35 years, filmmaker Lynne Sachs s Over a period of 35 years, filmmaker Lynne Sachs shot film, videotape and digital images of her father, a bon vivant and pioneering businessman from Park City, Utah. Along the way she discovers more about her father than she had ever hoped to reveal. Area Premiere! FILM ABOUT A FATHER WHO opens Friday in our Virtual Screening Room. Learn more & pre-order now: brattlefilm.org/father (link in profile) #FilmAboutAFatherWho #LynneSachs #IraSachsSr #documentary #8mm #16mm #fatherhood #masculinity #familysecrets #CinemaGuild @cinemaguild

    Jan 21

    Open
    A Middle-aged Mexican mother goes on an increasing A Middle-aged Mexican mother goes on an increasingly dangerous quest to find out the fate of her son who has gone missing after crossing the border to find work. A lyrical, suspenseful slow burn, equally constructed of moments of beauty and horror, IDENTIFYING FEATURES leads to a startling, shattering conclusion. Area Premiere Run! IDENTIFYING FEATURES opens Friday in our Virtual Screening Room. Learn more & pre-order now: brattlefilm.org/identifyingfeatures (link in profile) #IdentifyingFeatures #FernandaValadez #MercedesHernández #DavidIllescas #JuanJesúsVarela #immigration #Guanajuato #Mexico #border #deportation #slowburn

    Jan 21

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    "A film that's strange, darkly funny and powerful. "A film that's strange, darkly funny and powerful. Imagine a pulpy murder story that's also a utopian fable about feminism, social justice and ecology." – NPR Area Premiere! Agnieska Holland's SPOOR is now showing in our Virtual Screening Room: brattlefilm.org/spoor (link in profile) #Spoor #AgnieskaHolland #AgnieszkaMandatGrabka #AgnieszkaMandat #EuropaEuropa #MissMarple #murder #crime #drama #ecoterror #ecoterrorism #community #revenge #Poland #Polish #KlodzkoValley #worldcinema
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