Join The Coolidge Theatre for a taste of cinema history with silent film classics featuring newly composed, original scores performed live by acclaimed accompanists. Senior Lecturer at MIT Music & Theater Arts and musicologist specializing in the study of film music, Marty Marks returns to The Sounds of Silents® to accompany the film Speedy with his score, performed … Continue reading Speedy | Sounds of Silents @ the Coolidge →

The award winning documentary "Eyes of the Journey," a feature-length visual poem exploring the fate of the Earth and her children, will be screened at First Parish Church. The film narrates the journey of the "paq'o" (healer) Hipólito Peralta Ccama through different parts of the Peruvian sierra, attending to the call of the people and … Continue reading The Eyes of the Journey | Documentary film →

The Coolidge present a film series that celebrates both a passion for movies and a love of music. It'll feature everything from classics to concerts, with musicals and cult titles thrown in to create a perfect symphony of cinema. An electrifying journey through the public and private worlds of pop culture mega-icon Grace Jones contrasts musical … Continue reading Grace Jones: Bloodlight & Bami | Cinema Jukebox →

Featuring a post-screening conversation with guests from the Huntington Theatre Company's production of Caryl Churchill's groundbreaking masterpiece Top Girls. Nominated for six Academy Awards, director Mike Nichols' witty, romantic look at life in the corporate jungle stars Melanie Griffith as Tess McGill, an ambitious secretary with a unique approach for climbing the ladder to success. When … Continue reading Working Girl at The Coolidge →

Before this “Science on Screen” film, join Boston University neurosciences professor Steve Ramirez who will talk about the real-life malleability of human memories and how easily false memories can actually be created. Then enjoy the film! Christopher Nolan (Memento, Dunkirk) writes and directs this mind-bending, Oscar-winning exploration of dreamscapes, timelines, and the unconscious in one … Continue reading Science on Screen | Inception at The Coolidge →

https://youtu.be/FhwktRDG_aQ CLOSING NIGHT FILM For over 30 years, unassuming minister, puppeteer, writer, and producer Fred Rogers was beamed daily into homes across America. In his beloved television program, Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, Fred and his cast of puppets and friends spoke directly to young children about some of life’s weightiest issues in a simple, direct fashion. There … Continue reading IFF Boston Closing Night | The Coolidge →

  A screening of The Misfits, featuring a post-screening conversation with guests from the Huntington Theatre Company's production of Fall, the fascinating untold story of Arthur Miller. Clark Gable and Marilyn Monroe both made their final film appearances in this melancholy modern Western, directed by John Huston from a screenplay by Monroe's then-husband, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Arthur … Continue reading The Misfits | Coolidge →

The Coolidge present a film series that celebrates both a passion for movies and a love of music. It'll feature everything from classics to concerts, with musicals and cult titles thrown in to create a perfect symphony of cinema. Elvis Presley's third and best film is this musical romp released in 1957, just as the … Continue reading Jailhouse Rock | Cinema Jukebox at the Coolidge →

90 years after Victor Hugo’s story of human cruelty and the redemptive power of love first captivated global film audiences, Universal Pictures’ The Man Who Laughs, a melodrama embued with a penetrating darkness, returns to the screen. Roger Ebert has called the film "One of the final treasures of German silent Expressionism.”  Its shadowy exteriors, the carnival setting, and the demonically … Continue reading The Man Who Laughs | Sounds of Silents @ The Coolidge →

Cinema Jukebox is a film series presented by the Coolidge, that celebrates both a passion for movies and a love of music. It'll feature everything from classics to concerts, with musicals and cult titles thrown in to create a perfect symphony of cinema. Gimme Shelter, called the greatest rock film ever made, this landmark documentary follows … Continue reading Gimme Shelter | Cinema Jukebox at the Coolidge →