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WBUR The Artery: “10 Films About Climate Change To See This Fall In New England”

Posted September 9, 2019

Staff Picks: September 9–15, 2019

Posted September 9, 2019

Staff Picks: September 2–8, 2019

Posted September 3, 2019

Reviews for ‘La Dolce Vita’

Posted August 30, 2019

Reviews for ‘Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes’

Posted August 30, 2019

Passes on Sale for the Boston Women’s Film Festival

Posted August 26, 2019

Boston Hassle: “The Curse of the Cat People (1944) dir. Gunther V. Fritsch & Robert Wise”

Posted August 26, 2019

The Brattle’s Fall 2019 Schedule Is Here!

Posted August 21, 2019

Reviews for ‘Luz’

Posted August 19, 2019

Staff Picks: August 19–25, 2019

Posted August 19, 2019
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  • Sep 19

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    Instagram post 17872970701457393 Reposted from @theanthropoceneproject • Oscar-nominated actor and UN Goodwill Ambassador for Biodiversity Edward Norton calls ANTHROPOCENE: The Human Epoch "equal parts beautiful, alarming and essential.” See why at our nationwide U.S. screening event on September 25. Find a theater near you: theanthropocene.org/film #AnthropoceneProject #ClimateWeekNYC

    Sep 19

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    Instagram post 17865119743491307 Reposted from @bostonwomensfest • The official candidate to represent Costa Rica for best International Feature Film as potentially the country’s first Oscar nominee. Winner of the Ibero-American competition at the Seattle International Film Festival. Winner of Best Costa Rican film at the Costa Rica International Film Festival. THE AWAKENING OF THE ANTS is Antonella Sudasassi Furniss’ debut feature and we are proud to announce that she will be in attendance for a Q&A after the screening. The story is centered around Isa (Daniella Valenciano), a mother who’s desire for pleasures outside her family set in once her in-laws begin to pressure her to have more children. A “subtle yet powerful depiction of a woman’s inner landscape as she takes control of her body in defiance of cultural and familial expectations” (Seattle International Film Festival). TICKETS ON SALE NOW!!

    Sep 19

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    Instagram post 18070026925087667 Coming Soon! The legendary television show Monty Python’s Flying Circus first premiered on the BBC on October 5, 1969 and so, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of this landmark occasion, we bring you PYTHON-ATHON: 50 YEARS OF NONSENSE, October 11–14. Visit brattlefilm.org for complete details (link in profile). . . . #MontyPython #BBC #MontyPythonsFlyingCircus #GrahamChapman #JohnCleese #TerryGilliam #EricIdle #TerryJones #MichaelPalin #CarolCleveland

    Sep 19

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    Instagram post 17912620537354217 Special Premiere Screening! To coincide with the U.N. Climate Action Summit, arthouse distributor Kino Lorber, in partnership with Kanopy, is bringing ANTHROPOCENE: THE HUMAN EPOCH to theaters across the U.S. for a nationwide screening event on September 25 – and the Brattle is proud to be participating. Visit brattlefilm.org for info & tickets. . . . #AnthropoceneTheHumanEpoch #anthropocene #UNClimateActionSummit #globalwarming #environment #ManufacturedLandscapes #Watermark #AliciaVikander #KinoLorber @theanthropoceneproject @mercuryfilmsinc @edwardburtynsky #AnthropoceneProject

    Sep 19

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    Instagram post 18064991290145482 Tonight at 7, join us in welcoming acclaimed author Tom Sturges to the Brattle to discuss his new Preston Sturges bio alongside a special 35mm screening of SULLIVAN'S TRAVELS. Tickets on sale now at brattlefilm.org (link in profile). . . . #SullivansTravels #TomSturges #PrestonSturges #JoelMcCrea #VeronicaLake #RobertWarwick #35mm #reelfilm #classicmovie

    Sep 19

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    Instagram post 18102904240028960 Thirty years in the making, TINY: THE LIFE OF ERIN BLACKWELL (Sat+Sun at 3:30) continues to follow one of the most indelible subjects of STREETWISE. Erin Blackwell, a.k.a. Tiny, was introduced in filmmaker Martin Bell, photographer Mary Ellen Mark, and journalist Cheryl McCall’s STREETWISE as a brash fourteen-year-old living precariously on the margins in Seattle. Now a forty-four year-old mother of ten, Blackwell reflects with Mark on the journey they’ve experienced together, from Blackwell’s struggles with addiction, to her regrets, to her dreams for her own children, even as she sees them being pulled down the same path of drugs and desperation. Interweaving three decades’ worth of Mark’s photographs and footage that includes previously unseen outtakes from STREETWISE, this is a heartrending, deeply empathetic portrait of a family struggling to break free of the cycle of trauma, as well as a summation of the life’s work of Mark, an irreplaceable artistic voice. – @Janus_Films . . . #TinyTheLifeOfErinBlackwell #TinyTheFilm #MartinBell #ErinBlackwell #MaryEllenMark #CherylMcCall #Streetwise #JanusFilms #homelessness #addiction #Seattle @maryellenmarkfoundation

    Sep 19

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    Instagram post 18100009531004519 "An endearing coming-of-age story, it is delivered with sincere wit and genuine emotion, giving viewers not one, but two characters to fall in love with." – Stephanie Archer, Film Inquiry . GOOD POSTURE screens Friday 9/27 as part of @BostonWomensFest, co-presented by @iffboston. Visit bostonwomensfest.org for info & tickets. . . . #GoodPosture #DollyWells #GraceVanPatten #EmilyMortimer #GaryRichardson #TimmSharp #JohnEarly #GaryRichardson #EbonMossBachrach #JonathanAmes #MartinAmis #ZadieSmith

    Sep 18

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    Instagram post 18101646085006029 New Restoration! Seattle, 1983. Taking their cameras to the streets of what was supposedly America’s most livable city, filmmaker Martin Bell, photographer Mary Ellen Mark, and journalist Cheryl McCall set out to tell the stories of those society had left behind: homeless and runaway teenagers living on the city’s margins. STREETWISE screens Friday 9/20 thru Sunday 9/22 (and don't miss the 2016 followup, TINY: THE LIFE OF ERIN BLACKWELL, screening Sat & Sun). Visit brattlefilm.org for info & tickets (link in profile). . . . #Streetwise #MartinBell #Tiny #ErinBlackwell #Rat #DeWayne #MaryEllenMark #CherylMcCall #documentary #photojournalism #atriskyouth #LifeMagazine #JanusFilms #Seattle

    Sep 18

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    Instagram post 17912136418352657 “Violent, terrifying and magical in equal measure." (Boston Underground Film Festival). Acclaimed Mexican filmmaker Issa López weaves a modern-day gothic fairytale in TIGERS ARE NOT AFRAID, premiering Friday thru Sunday. Trailer, info & tickets at brattlefilm.org (link in profile). . . . #TigersAreNotAfraid #IssaLópez #PaolaLara #JuanRamónLópez #HansselCasillas #RodrigoCortes #IanisGuerrero #TenochHuerta #Mexico #gothicfairytale #drugwar #BUFF #FantasticFest

    Sep 18

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    Instagram post 17863579705493096 Monday at 7, join @thedocyard for a screening of THE SEER AND THE UNSEEN followed by Q+A with director Sara Dosa. Info & tickets at thedocyard.com. . Set against the spectacular landscape of Iceland, THE SEER AND THE UNSEEN is a magical realist documentary about invisible elves, financial collapse, and the surprising power of belief. The documentary follows Ragnhildur “Ragga” Jónsdóttir, a grandmother and “seer” who has the ability to communicate directly with a parallel realm of elves, or huldufólk (hidden people) -invisible spirits of nature that over half of Iceland believes in. As one of the country’s most respected seers, government officials, businesses and individuals hire Ragga to consult the elves to learn where they can and cannot develop land. But when Ragga is called upon to be the elves’ ‘Lorax’ and speak on behalf of nature under threat, she enters a political battle to save an ecologically important lava field set to be razed by road construction—just one of the many needless projects spurred by Iceland’s sensational financial meltdown in 2008. Through Ragga’s heroic fight, THE SEER AND THE UNSEEN explores the invisible forces that shape our world and transform our natural landscapes, revealing not only what is worth seeing but what is worth saving. . . . #TheDocYard #TheSeerAndTheUnseen #SaraDosa #documentary #RagnhildurJónsdóttir #Ragga #Iceland #huldufólk #nature #landscape #Lorax #financialcollapse

    Sep 18

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    Instagram post 18070354618095648 Reposted from @bostonwomensfest • A collection of six short documentaries highlighting the lives of women and their impact on their communities. A small-town texas girl who dreamt of becoming a country music star (Let the Blonde Sing), a reporter who will stop at nothing to expose the truth (Marsha and Dash: Two Hearts in One), a young girl on a discovery path to finding her sense of belonging (Double Vida), and more. THESE ARE OUR LIVES, a program about women, created by women for all! Screening on Sunday, September 29th at 2pm @brattletheatre . TICKETS ON SALE NOW!! . . . . Still from Let the Blonde Sing

    Sep 18

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    Instagram post 17862194710502735 A scenic lake house becomes a sanctuary for two young women in Lara Jean Gallagher's moody and mysterious debut feature CLEMENTINE, screening Friday 9/27 as part of @BostonWomensFest. Visit bostonwomensfest.org for info & tickets. . . #Clementine #LaraJeanGallagher #OtmaraMarrero #SydneySweeney @clementine_movie #@larajeangal @_ot @sydney_sweeney #BWFF2019

    Sep 18

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    Instagram post 17845130719648010 Happy Art House Theater Day! PUTNEY SWOPE screens in a new 50th anniversary restoration tonight at 8:30, with special recorded intro from director Robert Downey, Sr! An unforgettable late-’60s counterculture masterpiece, Robert Downey Sr.’s PUTNEY SWOPE remains a vital provocation on race, pop culture and America. Putney Swope, the only African-American exec at his ad firm, is unexpectedly elected its president and turns the industry on its ear through a series of outrageous, taboo-busting TV commercials (strewn throughout the film like comedic landmines.) As Swope becomes the Generalissimo of Madison Avenue, Downey takes no prisoners and skewers the entire political spectrum. Info & tickets at brattlefilm.org (link in profile). . . . #PutneySwope #RobertDowneySr #ArnoldJohnson #StanGottlieb #AllenGarfield #counterculture #racerelations #popculture #madisonavenue #marketing #AcademyFilmArchive #TheFilmFoundation #FilmFoundation #GeorgeLucasFamilyFoundation #etherealcereal #worthitinsurance #luckyairlines #getoutofheremousetrap @arthousetheaterday

    Sep 18

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    Instagram post 17847262279623316 Happy Art House Theater Day! MY TWENTIETH CENTURY screens tonight at 6:00 • New 30th Anniversary Restoration! Ildikó Enyedi’s dreamy, ironic film luminaire MY TWENTIETH CENTURY was awarded the Caméra d’Or for best first feature at Cannes in 1989, and is long overdue for a rediscovery. One fateful December night, as Edison introduces his Illuminating Company in New Jersey, two orphaned twin sisters in Budapest are separated as children. 20 years later, on the eve of the 20th century, their lives intertwine once again while aboard the Orient Express. isit brattlefilm.org for into & tickets (link in profile). . . . #MyTwentiethCentury #FilmLuminaire #IldikóEnyedi #DorothaSegda #OlegYankovsky #AHTD2019 #ArtHouseTheaterDay #Hungary #HungarianCinema #HungarianFilmlab #HungarianFilmFund #HungarianNationalFilmArchive #twins #OrientExpress #mistakenidentity @arthousetheaterday

    Sep 17

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    Instagram post 18067244359183951 Part 1920s radioplay, part western, part musical, and an all-around screwball comedy, SISTER AIMEE embraces one woman’s legend to validate the power of spectacle and the magic of a good storyteller. SISTER AIMEE screens Thursday 9/26 as part of @BostonWomensFest Learn more at bostonwomensfest.org. . . . #SisterAimee #MarieSchlingmann #SamanthaBuck #AnnaMargaretHollyman #AndreaSuarezPaz #screwballcomedy #BWFF2019

    Sep 17

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    Instagram post 17890975705394185 Rather than criminalizing sex workers, a New York court helps them change their lives. BLOWIN' UP screens Saturday 9/28 as part of @BostonWomensFest. Visit bostonwomensfest.org for info & tickets. . . . @blowinupfilm #BlowinUp #StephanieWangBreal #sexwork #sextrafficking #blowinupfilm #documentary #femalefilmmaker #indiefilm #womeninfilm #QHTIC #humantrafficking #TokoSerita #rethinkingjustice #rehabilitation #support #fightingtrafficking @thedocyard

    Sep 17

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    Instagram post 17875145542449122 This Thursday, we’re excited to welcome acclaimed author Tom Sturges to the Brattle to discuss his new book alongside a special 35mm screening of SULLIVAN'S TRAVELS. Sturges is the youngest son of the great Hollywood writer/director Preston Sturges and so he brings a unique insight to his latest book, Preston Sturges: The Last Years of Hollywood’s First Writer-Director. Join us Thursday 9/19 at 7:00 – tickets on sale now at brattlefilm.org (link in profile). . . . #SullivansTravels #TomSturges #PrestonSturges #JoelMcCrea #VeronicaLake #RobertWarwick #35mm #reelfilm #classicmovie

    Sep 17

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    Instagram post 17859378583524205 Opens Friday! Acclaimed Mexican filmmaker Issa López weaves a modern-day gothic fairytale in TIGERS ARE NOT AFRAID, premiering this weekend. Trailer, info & tickets at brattlefilm.org (link in profile). . . . #TigersAreNotAfraid #IssaLópez #PaolaLara #JuanRamónLópez #HansselCasillas #RodrigoCortes #IanisGuerrero #TenochHuerta #Mexico #gothicfairytale #drugwar #BUFF #FantasticFest

    Sep 16

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    Instagram post 17859781087517016 Special Premiere Screening! To coincide with the U.N. Climate Action Summit, arthouse distributor Kino Lorber, in partnership with Kanopy, is bringing ANTHROPOCENE: THE HUMAN EPOCH to theaters across the U.S. for a nationwide screening event on September 25 – and the Brattle is proud to be participating. Visit brattlefilm.org for info & tickets. . . . #AnthropoceneTheHumanEpoch #anthropocene #UNClimateActionSummit #globalwarming #environment #ManufacturedLandscapes #Watermark #AliciaVikander #KinoLorber @theanthropoceneproject @mercuryfilmsinc @edwardburtynsky #AnthropoceneProject

    Sep 16

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    Instagram post 17930996056308399 New 50th Anniversary Restoration! PUTNEY SWOPE screens Wed 9/18 at 8:30 for Art House Theater Day, with special recorded intro from director Robert Downey, Sr! An unforgettable late-’60s counterculture masterpiece, Robert Downey Sr.’s PUTNEY SWOPE remains a vital provocation on race, pop culture and America. Putney Swope, the only African-American exec at his ad firm, is unexpectedly elected its president and turns the industry on its ear through a series of outrageous, taboo-busting TV commercials (strewn throughout the film like comedic landmines.) As Swope becomes the Generalissimo of Madison Avenue, Downey takes no prisoners and skewers the entire political spectrum. Info & tickets at brattlefilm.org (link in profile). . . . #PutneySwope #RobertDowneySr #ArnoldJohnson #StanGottlieb #AllenGarfield #counterculture #racerelations #popculture #madisonavenue #marketing #AcademyFilmArchive #TheFilmFoundation #FilmFoundation #GeorgeLucasFamilyFoundation #truthandsoul #thetrutandsoulmovie
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