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Celebrate the unluckiest of holidays at the Coolidge as we present a slasher double-feature fright to the death between Jason Voorhees and Freddy Krueger!

The story of an underdog. And his dog.

David Lynch's startling debut feature is a lasting cult sensation influenced by the writings of Franz Kafka and Nikolai Gogol.

IT’S THE SECOND UNLUCKIEST DAY OF THE YEAR…

Among the most important documentaries ever made, The Thin Blue Line, by Errol Morris, erases the border between art and activism.

A six week course taught by Kaj Wilson!

Pre-film seminar by Dr. Shilpa Parnami of Boston University. 

The rain is coming...and so is the family.

In this five-week class, explore women's voices at the intersection of direction and cinematography.

With her take on Herman Melville’s Billy Budd, Sailor, Claire Denis firmly established herself as a great visual tone poet of our time.

See it before, or after, watching Boorman and the Devil at BUFF! 

Presented by BUFF!

71% of the Earth's surface is covered by water. That's a big place to find one fish.

Peter Jackson brings J.R.R Tolkien's Lord of the Rings from page to screen in this epic, Academy-Award winning trilogy.

Featuring a post-film discussion with filmmaker Tony Benna. 

Take a journey into the neuroscience of man’s best friend, examining how different breeds see the world and the science behind the quirks we see on screen.

Exclusive preview of the new PBS documentary filmdirected by Erik Ewers and Christopher Loren Ewers and executive produced by Ken Burns and Don Henley. 

A film by Dee Rees.

In 2033, justice rides a tank and wears lip gloss.

It's been a while since I wanted to despair. Really.

Josh and the Jamtones are an ultra-powered dance party machine, making fun and interactive music for kids and their grownups! 

She always gets a part.

Featuring live piano accompaniment by Jeff Rapsis!

Two Worlds. One Journey.

If ya got it... flaunt it!

Céline Sciamma's Cannes-winning period love story is one of the best reviewed films of 2019.

Writer Andrea Meyer will showcase how Bob Fosse’s groundbreaking, irreverent, explosive film is a masterpiece unlike any musical before or since. 

All that work. All that glitter. All that pain. All that love. All that crazy rhythm. All that jazz.

Terror has evolved.

A comedy with great taste.

Three films celebrating the best parts of Massachusetts, part of the 2026 Wicked Queer Film Festival. 

Five Jolting Tales of HORROR!

Part of the 2026 Wicked Queer Film Festival!

Part of the 2026 Wicked Queer Film Festival!

Federico Fellini's poetic fable of love and cruelty, the first-ever Academy Award-winner for Best Foreign Language Film.

Part of the 2026 Wicked Queer Film Festival!

Mel Brooks's take on Hollywood Westerns starring Cleavon Little and Gene Wilder.

Join us in celebrating the release of Love and Other Monsters with author Emily Franklin, in conversation with Owen Egerton, followed by a screening of Bride of Frankenstein.

Returning to cinemas for the first time in over a decade, Helen Mirren plays Queen Elizabeth II in the  Olivier and Tony Award® -winning hit production.

Screening & conversation with director Steven Jenkins, and acoustic performance by special guest Bill Janovitz!

The Super-Beast Battle of the Century!

Stupendous juggling! Amazing magic! Incredible unicycle tricks! Hilarious antics! Tons of audience participation! A rubber chicken! And accordion music!

Silsila, a landmark of Bollywood cinema, was monumental in its day for its portrayal of transgressive love.

Seven Latin American short films share a pulse, part of the 2026 Wicked Queer Film Festival!

Part of the 2026 Wicked Queer Film Festival!

The killer tomatoes are back! But this time around, they're going to have to contend with late '80s George Clooney and his wicked mullet... 

Oh, hi Mark.

Boston's one and only open mic night for filmmakers!

IN MEL WE TRVST

Howard Hawks and Christian Nyby's original 1951 adaptation of the novella that John Carpenter would later adapt in 1982 as The Thing.

Imagine if you had three wishes, three hopes, three dreams, and they all could come true.

Natalie Portman stars in Alex Garland's stunning adaptation of Jeff VanderMeer's acclaimed novel.

Six players on the trail of a half a million in Cash. There's only one question... Who's playing who?

Alfred Hitchcock's masterwork creates a dizzying web of mistaken identity, passion, and murder. 

The Master of Comedy takes on The Master of Suspense!

Bryan Cranston and Marianne Jean-Baptiste feature in the  acclaimed new production of Arthur Miller’s classic play, from visionary director Ivo Van Hove. 

Imagine... you're gone and someone else is living inside your body.

Man eating plants! Spine chilling terror!

Co-presented by the Goethe-Institut Boston and The National Center for Jewish Film’s Annual Film Festival. 

An all-star cast that includes Gene Wilder, Peter Boyle, Madeline Kahn, Teri Garr, and Cloris Leachman bring Mel Brooks’s uniquely riotous take on the classic Frankenstein story to life.

Revenge of the Schtick.

Journalist Amy Goodman (Democracy Now!) joins us in person for a post-film discussion. 

Adam Sandler stars as the ultimate master of ceremonies who guarantees all a good time. 

A Blast of DRAMATIC Dynamite exploded right before your eyes!

Spiritual rapture and institutional hypocrisy come to stark, vivid life in one of the most transcendent masterpieces of the silent era. 

She rocks. She rules. She reigns.

Zoya Akhtar's popular road comedy. 

An adventure 65 million years in the making.

A worldwide smash hit, Rififi earned director Jules Dassin the Best Director prize at Cannes and set the standard for screen robberies for decades to come.

Nicola Coughlan joins Éanna Hardwicke and Siobhán McSweeney in John Millington Synge’s riveting play of youth and self-discovery

DEAL WITH THIS.

A film, by Sally Porter, based on the book by Vurginia Woolf. 

As P.T. Barnum put it, "There's a sucker born every minute."

Get ready to jam.

Lesley Manville (Phantom Thread) joins Aidan Turner (Rivals) in a striking new staging of Christopher Hampton’s celebrated adaptation of the classic novel.

Ease on down the road!

S-S-S-S-S-Smokin!!!

Debonair. Defiant. Defrosted.

It's hard to be cool, when your dad's Goofy.

The movie that makes a scene of the crime.

Sex. Murder. Mystery. Welcome to the party.