The Coolidge Corner Theatre

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What is THE BIG LEBOWSKI, you say? Well, if you have to ask... not only is it one of the biggest and best cult movies of our time, but more importantly, this Coen Brothers classic is an outrageously insane comedy of bowling, confused identities, naked performance art, porn-obsessed nihilists, a sex offender named Jesus, and some unforgettable musical dream sequences -- Oh, and some guy called "The Dude."

Sure, just bringing this lovably oddball slacker classic back to the BIG screen is cool enough on its own. But that's not all! We're throwing our sixth annual pre-show bowling party extravaganza celebrating the greatness of his dudeness and his laid back misadventures. Here's your chance to compete for sweet Lebowski-themed prizes in tests of wit and skill including, but not limited to: best costume (break out those bowling shirts, bathrobes, and skintight purple Jesus lounge suits!), most convincing nihilist quip, most impassioned Walter rant, and of course, bowling.

We would like to thank Kings Bowling in Back Bay for their generous gift of FREE bowling passes for everyone who attends this event!

dirs. Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, w/ Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Steve Buscemi, 1h57m

"This shark, swallow you whole."

When a leviathan of a Great White begins making snacks out of the good people of Amity Island, it's up to police Chief Brody, the grizzled fisherman Quint, and Richard Dreyfuss to embark on one of the greatest fish stories ever told. The physical scars these men boast and brandish in the cabin of the Orca seem like paper cuts when compared to the carnage inflicted by the teeth of their intended prey. Will these men have what it takes to reel in the horror that awaits them beneath the waves? One thing is for certain; they're going to need a bigger boat.

Very few films have the ability to instill deep rooted phobias in those who sit down to watch them. Steven Spielberg's 1975 classic terrified moviegoers to a point that almost crippled the shoreline tourism trade at the time of its release. Thirty-five years later, the thought of a wide-open and sharp-toothed abyss lurking just beneath the surface is still very present in the minds of any swimmer whose feet leave the safety of the sea-floor.

dir. Steven Spielberg w/ Roy Scheider, Richard Dreyfuss, Robert Shaw 2h4m

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"Mistakes? We don't make mistakes."

Ducts, ducts, miles of ducts. Aqueducts, flexi-ducts, viaducts and plenty of quacks. When Sam Lowry (Jonathan Pryce) is tasked with attempting to rectify a paperwork error that ended up in the wrongful death of Archibald Buttle instead of suspected terrorist Archibald Tuttle (Robert De Niro), he enters a government world where bureaucratic red-tape is eaten for breakfast and a straight answer could get you killed.

Terry Gilliam's dystopian retro-noir tale is all too familiar as we depend more and more on technology to make decisions for us. With hints of Orwell, Huxley and Philip K. Dick, BRAZIL ranks high in the pantheon of great speculative fiction - especially this extended director's cut.

dir. Terry Gilliam, w/ Jonathan Pryce, Robert De Niro, 2h12m, 35mm

James Cameron has always wanted to make everything bigger, badder and wiht more firepower. Twenty-three years before he revolutionized 3-D technology, he ignited the screen with a new take on the ALIEN saga.

Fifty-seven years after Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) first encountered the egg-hatching creatures as a Warrant Officer and only surviving crew member of the Nostromo, she is sent back to planet LV-426 with a marine guard in to to try and figure out what happened to a terraforming colony that had taken up residence on the doomed planet.

Tech-savvy Cameron gives the crew fancy new gadgets to help them navigate their survival, but they are little help against the queen alien and her horde of angry, acid-dripping spawn.

dir. James Cameron, w/ Sigourney Weaver, Paul Reiser, 2h17m, 35mm