The Coolidge Corner Theatre
Your Not-For-Profit Independent Theatre
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While the Coolidge specializes in the best of contemporary arthouse and independent film, we pretty much love all good movies and will take any chance we can get to show them. Thus, we're proud to present our annual series BIG SCREEN CLASSICS. From Hollywood hits to foreign films, from action-adventure movies to gems for cinema's golden age, and even the occasional cult film, we'll be showing some of our favorite movies the way they were meant to be seen: larger-than-life on the glorious BIG screen. The 2010 COOLIDGE BIG SCREEN CLASSICS SERIES is co-presented by TRADER JOES. All films and events are regular admission prices Kurosawa Centennial Celebration: RANOpens Friday, March 19  Big Screen Classics presentation Mon, Mar 22 @ 7:00 pm Celebrate the 25th Anniversary of RAN with this new 35mm print! "Almost a religious experience—an epiphany...A masterpiece.” — The New York Times Literally, Chaos… Resting after a wild boar hunt among spectacular green mountainscapes, 16th century daimyo (Tatsuya Nakadai) decides to divide his domain among his three sons, instructing them with a parable: individually, three arrows can easily be broken; together, they are strong. Kurosawa's adaptation of Shakespeare’s “King Lear” proved the master's flair for epic sweep and stylistic innovation undimmed at the age of 75. The culmination of his career — clarified Kurosawa, "I said culmination, not conclusion." Four Oscar nominations, including Best Director, Cinematography, and Art Direction, with Emi Wada winning for her dazzling, three-years-in-the-making costumes. dir. Akira Kurosawa, w/ Tatsuya Nakadai, Mieko Harada 2h42m THE GODFATHERMon, Apr 12 @ 7:00 pm  “I’m gonna make him an offer he can’t refuse.” Perhaps the most respected film about the Italian-American mafia ever made,Francis Ford Coppola delivers an unforgettable portrait of the Corleone crime family in 1940s New York City. Marlon Brando heads a fantastic cast as the titular Don Vito Corleone, the Sicilian-born Pater Familias. Al Pacino, James Caan, Robert Duvall, and Diane Keaton round out the characters. You can’t refuse seeing this on one of the last remaining silver screens in the country...if you do, you might just wake up with a horse head in your bed the next morning. dir. Francis Ford Coppola, w/ Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, 2h55m |
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