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    Area Premiere! REPRESENT opens Friday in our Virtu Area Premiere! REPRESENT opens Friday in our Virtual Screening Room. Watch the full trailer at brattlefilm.org/represent (link in profile) Equal parts personal and political, REPRESENT follows three women on both sides of the aisle who share the singular goal of improving their community through public service. Myya attempts to spark a youth movement and unseat the incumbent mayor of Detroit – at just 22-years-old; Bryn, a farmer and working mother in rural, small-town Ohio, runs for township trustee as a progressive candidate; and Julie walks a tightrope between her identities as a Korean immigrant and Republican candidate for State Representative in a liberal Chicago suburb. With focuses that range from big-city problems like gentrification to rural community concerns like road placement to across-the-board issues of taxation and gerrymandering, these three women truly represent a cross-section of American politics today. The challenges that they face from both within and without their own parties paint a telling portrait of the entrenchment and hard-nosed partisanship that the country will need to overcome if we are ever to truly come together again. #Represent #RepresentFilm #HillaryBachelder #JulieCho #BrynBird #MyyaJones #MusicBoxFilms #WomenInFilm #myyajonesfordetroit #Detroit #pinkwave #2018midterms #2020vote #vote2020 #femalefilmmakers #women #2018midterms #republicanwomen #womeninfilm #womeninfilmandtv #documentaryfilm #suffragecentennial #indiefilmmaking #indiefilmmakers #WomenInPolitics #indiefilms #womeninspiringwomen #suffrage #suffragecentennial @musicboxfilms @kartemquin

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    Born Today: Acclaimed actress Sophie Okonedo (Hote Born Today: Acclaimed actress Sophie Okonedo (Hotel Rwanda, The Secret Life of Bees), who will play Salome Otterbourne in a new adaptation of Death on the Nile due for release this fall. #botd #borntoday #bornonthisday #SophieOkonedo #HotelRwanda #TheSecretLifeOfBees #DeathOnTheNile #DirtyPrettyThings

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    Wednesday at 9pm, join journalist Silvia Bizio and Wednesday at 9pm, join journalist Silvia Bizio and director Matteo Borgardt for an in depth discussion of Silvia’s 1981 interview with Charles Bukowski, and the making of their new documentary “You Never Had It – An Evening With Bukowski." Learn more: brattlefilm.org/bukowski

    Aug 11

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    A Brattle repertory staple since 1961, we are exci A Brattle repertory staple since 1961, we are excited to bring you this sparkling new 4K restoration of JAZZ ON A SUMMER'S DAY, opening Friday in our Virtual Screening Room. Learn more: brattlefilm.org/jazz (link in profile) #JazzOnASummersDay #NewportJazzFestival #NewportRI #BertStern #LouisArmstrong #MahaliaJackson #ChuckBerry #GerryMulligan #DinahWashington #AnitaODay #TheloniousMonk #MaxRoach #OskarMiarka #restoration #1959 #jazz #music #jazzmusic #livemusic @nfregistry @librarycongress #NationalFilmRegistry

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    Happy Birthday to Academy Award-winning actress Vi Happy Birthday to Academy Award-winning actress Viola Davis! Follow her on Instagram @violadavis #ViolaDavis #TheHelp #Fences #Widows #Doubt #botd #borntoday #bornonthisday

    Aug 11

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    Opening Friday! Area Premiere! REPRESENT New Resto Opening Friday! Area Premiere! REPRESENT New Restoration! JAZZ ON A SUMMER'S DAY Learn more: brattlefilm.org

    Aug 11

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    We are thrilled to announce that The Brattle has b We are thrilled to announce that The Brattle has been named @bostonmagazine’s Best of Boston® 2020 – Best Virtual Movie Theater! Visit bostonmagazine.com/best-of-boston to see the complete list of winners.

    Aug 11

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    New Episode! In this edition, Ivy, Ned, Alissa & I New Episode! In this edition, Ivy, Ned, Alissa & Ian discuss the movies that, regardless of whether or not they are favorite films, were “key” to forming our personality, our psychological outlook, our career trajectory, our approach to life, or our love of cinema. And we encourage our listeners to share their “foundational films” with us. Tune in now: brattlefilm.org/podcast (link in profile) #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 #spotifypodcast #moviebuff #moviegeek #cinephile

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    Us when you give during our Summer Match fundraise Us when you give during our Summer Match fundraiser… Donate now at brattlefilm.org/match (link in profile)

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    Aug 10

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    Just Confirmed! Wednesday at 9pm, join journalist Just Confirmed! Wednesday at 9pm, join journalist and producer Silvia Bizio and director Matteo Borgardt for an in depth discussion of the documentary time capsule YOU NEVER HAD IT: AN EVENING WITH BUKOWSKI. Learn more at brattlefilm.org/bukowski (link in profile) #YouNeverHadIt @bukowski_youneverhadit #CharlesBukowski #bukowski #hank #buk #henrychinaski #hankchinaski #barfly #factotum #postoffice #hotwatermusic #mockingbirdwishmeluck #septuagenarianstew #hamonrye #lastnightoftheearth #notesofadirtyoldman #shakespeareneverdidthis #literature #dirtyrealism #transgressivefiction

    Aug 10

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    Now Showing in Our Virtual Screening Room! YOU NEV Now Showing in Our Virtual Screening Room! YOU NEVER HAD IT: AN EVENING WITH BUKOWSKI is a fascinating documentary based on newly rediscovered footage of a 1981 interview with the polarizing author. Learn more: brattlefilm.org/bukowski (link in profile) #YouNeverHadIt @bukowski_youneverhadit #CharlesBukowski #bukowski #hank #buk #henrychinaski #hankchinaski #barfly #factotum #postoffice #hotwatermusic #mockingbirdwishmeluck #septuagenarianstew #hamonrye #lastnightoftheearth #notesofadirtyoldman #shakespeareneverdidthis #literature #dirtyrealism #transgressivefiction

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    Watch BEATS tonight in our Virtual Screening Room: Watch BEATS tonight in our Virtual Screening Room: brattlefilm.org/beats (link in profile) #Beats #BrianWelsh #CristianOrtega #LornMacdonald @musicboxfilms #BeatsFilm #UKrave #RaveScene #VirtualParty #VirtualDJ #Dance #StevenSoderbergh #BrianWelsh #IndieFilmmaking #IndieFilmmaker #IndieFilm #ukfilm #BAFTA #AcidTrip

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    Dear Brattle friends: Movie theaters need your hel Dear Brattle friends: Movie theaters need your help! Without government aid, theaters across America are at risk of permanently closing. Act now and send a letter to tell your legislators to #SaveYourCinema: saveyourcinema.com (link in profile)

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    "This conversational documentary with the prurient "This conversational documentary with the prurient poet of Los Angeles’ lower depths is remarkably rich with insights into the writing craft and business, sex and love, humanity’s lack of humanity, and more." – San Francisco Chronicle YOU NEVER HAD IT: AN EVENING WITH BUKOWSKI is now streaming in our Virtual Screening Room: brattlefilm.org/bukowski (link in profile) #YouNeverHadIt @bukowski_youneverhadit #CharlesBukowski #bukowski #hank #buk #henrychinaski #hankchinaski #barfly #factotum #postoffice #hotwatermusic #mockingbirdwishmeluck #septuagenarianstew #hamonrye #lastnightoftheearth #notesofadirtyoldman #shakespeareneverdidthis #literature #dirtyrealism #transgressivefiction

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    Aug 9

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    It's the final week of our Summer Match fundraiser It's the final week of our Summer Match fundraiser & we still need your support! Please donate now at brattlefilm.org/match

    Aug 9

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    Area Premiere! CREEM: AMERICA'S ONLY ROCK 'N' ROLL Area Premiere! CREEM: AMERICA'S ONLY ROCK 'N' ROLL MAGAZINE is now showing in our Virtual Screening Room. Check out the trailer, then head over to brattlefilm.org/creem for streaming link & info (link in profile). #Creem #CreemMag #CreemMagazine #CreemDocumentary #CreemMovie #LesterBangs #BarryKramer #Detroit #rocknrollrebellion #rollingstonemagazine @greenwichentertainment @creemmag #boyhowdy #rocknroll #rockdoc #blondie #punk #punkrock #postpunk #alicecooper #circusmagazine #newwave #ScottCrawford #AliceCooper #CameronCrowe #KirkHammett #JoanJett #WayneKramer #GreilMarcus #SuziQuatro #MichaelStipe #PeterWolf

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    25th Anniversary Restoration! Gong Li stars in Zha 25th Anniversary Restoration! Gong Li stars in Zhang Yimou's SHANGHAI TRIAD, still showing in our Virtual Screening Room: brattlefilm.org/triad (link in profile) #ShanghaiTriad #ZhangYimou #GongLi #BaotianLi #XiaoxiaoWang #LuYue #搖啊搖搖到外婆橋 #张艺谋 #巩俐 #李保田 #吕乐
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