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FRIDAY, JUNE 27 – THURSDAY, JULY 3
FRIDAY, JULY 4 – TUESDAY, JULY 8
Exclusive Area Premiere!
Ellen Page in
Back By Popular Demand!
Restored New 35mm Print!
The Tracey Fragments
Blade Runner: Final Cut
Fri at 8:00, 10:00; Sat at 1:30, 3:30, 5:30, 7:30, 9:30; Sun – Thu at 3:30, 5:30, 7:30, 9:30
(2007) dir Bruce McDonald w/Ellen Page [79 min]
Presented almost entirely in split-screen frames, cult director Bruce McDonald’s audacious THE TRACEY
FRAGMENTS has been praised for its startling and innovative visual design as it fractures the cinema screen
in a startling technical tour de force. However, the film is far more than a mere exercise in style. In fact, its
evocation of Tracey’s mindset may represent the best foray into the troubled-teen sub-genre in recent
memory. The primary reason for this is the astounding performance of JUNO’s Ellen Page as Tracey.
at 2:30, 5:00, 7:30, 10:00 (Please note: no 10pm show on 7/4)
(1982) dir Ridley Scott w/Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, Edward James Olmos, M. Emmet Walsh, Daryl Hannah, William
Sanderson, Brion James [118 min]
We are so thrilled that Ridley Scott’s hands-down-classic has returned to the big screen with a
21st century makeover that we’re celebrating with a July 4th return engagement. With restored
picture and sound and Scott revisiting the material to clean up some rough edges and redo
some effects, BLADE RUNNER: FINAL CUT is the definitive version of a film that has had many
lives.
Teenaged outsider Tracey, traumatized by the disappearance of her younger brother Sonny, leaves her small
town for the bright lights of Winnipeg. Alone and broke, she wanders the streets, encountering other, more
wizened outsiders and, every once in a while, out of the corner of her eye, catching a glimpse of someone
who may be her missing brother. All the while she reminisces about her life at home and in school.
The dialogue is astonishingly precise in its evocation of a teenager’s thoughts and McDonald’s use of split
screen is consistently compelling, virtually tearing the screen apart in an effort to capture Tracey’s headspace.
Perhaps the most impressive aspect of the film, though, is Page, who is extraordinary here. She has emerged
as one of the most promising young actors in cinema, and she delivers on that promise, creating a character
who is simultaneously infuriating and touching. THE TRACEY FRAGMENTS is an unforgettable, daring
glimpse into a traumatized consciousness. – adapted from notes for the Toronto Int’l Film Festival
Summer 2008:
Friday, June 27 – Thursday, August 28, 2008
WEDNESDAY, JULY 9 – MONDAY, JULY 14 • ROMAN POLANSKI’S PASSIONS
Wednesday, July 9
Knife In The Water
at 3:30, 5:30, 7:30, 9:30
(1962) dir Roman Polanski w/Leon Niemczyk, Jolanta Umecka,
Zygmunt Malanowicz [94 min]
Polanski’s first feature, made in his native Poland is one of the greatest
debuts in the history of cinema, as sharp as the edge of a razor. A
couple and a boy they’ve hit with their car go out on a boat in a deserted and pristine lake region, every gesture, every word, and every
silence singes and scalds.
Thursday, July 10
The Tenant
at 7:00
(1976) dir Polanski w/Polanski, Isabelle Adjani, Melvyn Douglas [126 min]
Polanski is a master at using claustrophobia to send his characters and
his stories to the edge of madness – and, usually, beyond. Polanski
himself stars in THE TENANT as an unassuming man who moves into
a small Parisian apartment in which the former tenant has committed
suicide. He soon becomes to suspect that the other residents of his
building are trying to drive him to the same fate.
Repulsion
Double Feature!
at 4:45, 9:30
(1965) dir Polanski w/Catherine Deneuve [104 min]
Polanski's first masterpiece is both
a superb depiction of disturbed
sexuality and urban loneliness.
Deneuve plays a woman left alone
in her sister’s apartment and, as
she becomes increasingly isolated,
she descends into madness while
Polanski’s subjective camera follows with youthful abandon.
Friday, July 11 & Saturday, July 12
Rosemary’s Baby
at 2:00, 7:00
(1968) dir Polanski w/Mia Farrow, John Cassavetes, Ruth Gordon,
Sidney Blackmer [136 min]
A landmark psychological horror classic that took the genre in a whole
new direction by scaring audiences through superb acting, storytelling
and direction but without a ‘monster.’ When Rosemary and her husband move into a new apartment in Manhattan, she soon becomes
pregnant. After strange incidents begin to unfold, she begins to suspect her attentive, new neighbors’ motivations and to fear for herself
and her child.
Friday, July 11 Co-feature Double Feature!
The Fearless Vampire Killers
at 4:45, 9:45
(1967) dir Polanski w/Polanski, Jack MacGowran, Sharon Tate [108 min]
Atmospheric, elegant, gothic… and extremely silly, FEARLESS VAMPIRE KILLERS succeeds in simultaneously creating a sense of dread
and poking fun at the conventions of its genre. Dotty old Professor
Ambronsius (MacGowran) and his marginally competent assistant
Alfred (Polanski) bring their vampire slaying services to an isolated
town but they find defeating the bloodsuckers a bit more challenging
than expected.
Saturday, July 12 Co-feature Double Feature!
Chinatown
at 4:30, 9:45
(1974) dir Polanski w/Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway [131 min]
This classic neo-noir is set in the rapidly expanding Los Angeles of the
late 1930s. What starts out as a run-of-the-mill investigation into infidelity for private detective Jake Gittes (Nicholson) turns into uncovering a murder plot centering around the most precious commodity in
this growing desert metropolis… water.
MONDAYS & TUESDAYS
Sunday, July 13
Oliver Twist
ALL ABOUT BETTE
at 3:30, 9:30
(2005) dir Polanski w/Barney Clark, Harry Eden, Ben Kingsley [130 min]
Polanski’s most recent film is this deceptively straightforward adaptation of Dickens’ classic tale. The orphaned Oliver finds an unlikely family
in a gang of pickpockets. In its recreation of Victorian London, the film
does what few period pieces can – it makes its time period seem timeless and it makes its characters resonate with today’s audiences.
Tess
Double Feature!
at 12:00, 6:00
(1979) dir Polanski w/Nastassja Kinski, Peter Firth [190 min]
TESS is another spot-on Victorian literary adaptation and Polanski’s
last great film before his (arguably) long fallow period ending with
THE PIANIST. While OLIVER TWIST takes on the grit of 19th century
London, TESS sets its churning tale of loves lost and found, bought
and won, in the bucolic British countryside with the luminous 17-yearold-Nastassja Kinski in the lead role.
Monday, July 14
The Pianist
at 8:00
(2002) dir Polanski w/Adrian Brody [150 min]
A remarkable return to form for Polanski, THE PIANIST is a stunning
achievement. This multiple Oscar winning film tells the story of a man
(Brody) trying to eke out an existence in the abandoned and hostile
Warsaw Ghetto during WWII. Otherworldly yet clearly grounded in
reality, intensely personal yet compelling and gripping, THE PIANIST
is nothing short of a masterpiece.
Also Monday, July 14
American Australian Association presents
Australian Short Film Today
at 5:45pm
A program featuring recent award-winning short films from Australia.
FRIDAYS, SATURDAYS, SUNDAYS & MONDAYS
SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS & PREMIERES
Friday, July 18 – Monday, July 21
Also Sunday, July 20
Area Premiere!
Japanese Horror Spoof!
Milk and Cookie Productions presents
SHORT FILM DOUBLE-FEATURE
EXTE: HAIR EXTENSIONS
at 11:00am
Boston-based Milk and Cookie Productions presents a "double feature" of their two short films, "The Quarter-Life Crisis" and "Skin and
Bone". Following the first screening there will be acoustic performances from musical acts. The afternoon will finish with the World
Premiere of the dramatic ensemble short, "Skin and Bone," which
focuses on the ties between healthcare workers, patients, and their
families. Please check BRATTLEFILM.ORG for ticket information.
at 5:00, 7:15, 9:30 (+ Sat & Sun at 2:45)
(2007) dir Sion Sono w/ Chiaki Kuriyama, Ren Osugi, Megumi Sato, Tsugumi [108 min]
Whether you are confounded, bored, or excited by the recent overload of Japanese ‘hair horror’ (The Ring, The Grudge, etc) making its way onto
American screens, you will undoubtedly be both tickled and thrilled by Sion Sono’s wacky vision. The director of the excellent Suicide Club teams
with Kill Bill and Battle Royale wunderkind Chiaki Kuriyama to create a film that, amazingly, works as both a loving parody and note-perfect horror
film. The plucky Yuko (Kuriyama) is an aspiring hairdresser at the Gilles de Rais salon, where the client is never as demanding as the boss. When
her salon is sold an assortment of hair extensions by a strange hair peddler, Yuko is plunged into a nightmare. The peddler is actually a deranged,
hair-obsessed coroner who has discovered a body whose hair continues to grow out-of-control. The body in question happens to that of a brutally
murdered girl and her vengeful spirit possesses the extensions made from her hair. Needless to say, very bad things happen to the people who
wear them – most suffering spectacularly hirsute deaths. Can Yuko discover the mystery behind the extensions before her friends and family fall pray to the vicious and disturbing hair-attacks? Will the gonzo musical performance by the coroner ever get out of your head? Answer these questions for yourself by seeing this summer’s most unusual horror film!
“The story is ripe for satire, and Sono does frequently inject a humorous tone into the proceedings… but EXTE is also a surprisingly creepy and effective film. Some of the director’s more outrageous visuals are balanced by a nice sense of uneasiness throughout… [Sono] makes what could have been a much more farcical premise into one of the more original J-horror movies I’ve seen in recent memory.” – Fangoria
Mon at 2:30; Tue at 2:00, 4:45, 7:30
(1950) dir Joseph Mankiewicz w/Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, George
Sanders, Celeste Holm, Gary Merrill, Hugh Marlowe, Marilyn
Monroe [138 min]
“Fasten your seat belts, it’s going to be a bumpy night!” The ultimate backstage backstabbing bitchfest with Bette Davis as aging
Broadway star Margo Channing who takes in Eve (Baxter), an aspiring actress, who schemes to worm her way into every corner of
Margo’s life. The dialogue (including Bette’s oft quoted line above)
flies fast and furious in this quintessential melodrama.
Monday, July 21 & Tuesday, July 22
Three on a Match
Double Feature!
Mon at 2:00; Tue at 4:30, 7:30
(1932) dir Mervyn LeRoy w/Davis, Anne Dvorak, Joan Blondell [63 min]
Three schoolyard friends are reunited after having grown up and
apart. The three light their cigarettes off of the same match (superstition says this is bad luck) and bring each other up to speed on their
lives. Mary (Blondell) is an entertainer. Ruth (Davis) is a secretary.
Vivian (Dvorak) is married to a rich man and has a son. Although
Vivian has made a cushy life for herself, she is dissatisfied and bored
so she runs off with a gambler. Diving into a life of hedonism, Vivian
abandons her husband but takes her son with her. The boy is rescued but Vivian and her boyfriend have racked up a debt whose payment puts all of their lives in danger. Not available on video
Bureau of Missing Persons
Mon at 3:30; Tue at 3:00, 6:00, 9:00
(1933) dir Roy Del Ruth w/Davis, Pat O'Brien, Lewis Stone [73 min]
Bette plays a proto-femme fatale in this pseudo-film noir from the
last days of the racy Pre-Code era. Detective Butch Saunders has
been transferred to the “kindergarten” of missing persons because
his police tactics are a little too brutal for homicide. No sooner does
he land his post than he is approached by Norma (Davis), a mysterious woman claiming to be missing her husband. Saunders finds
himself in the middle of a mystery that takes all his ham-fisted talent
to solve. Not available on DVD
Monday, July 28 & Tuesday, July 29
Jezebel
Mon at 3:15; Tue at 3:15, 7:15
(1938) dir William Wyler w/Davis, Henry Fonda, George Brent,
Margaret Lindsay [103 min]
Bette won her second Oscar for her lead role in this drama set in the
high society of 19th century New Orleans. She stars as Julie, a headstrong Southern belle who can’t help but act out, alienating her
loving fiancé (Ford) and labeling herself a Jezebel. Despite her
desire for independence, Julie comes into her own when a deadly
outbreak of Yellow Fever occurs and she has the opportunity to
redeem herself. Bette proves herself as well, bringing depth to a role
that could have been a scene-chewing disaster.
Dangerous
Friday, July 25 – Monday, July 28
Tribute To John Phillip Law!
40th Anniversaries!
DANGER: DIABOLIK
Double Feature! BARBARELLA
at 3:15, 7:30 (No 3:15 show on 7/28)
This rarely screened super-thief flick features B-movie fave John Phillip Law in a starring role as Diabolik, an
international man of mystery who steals from the rich to… well… keep it for himself. Yes, Diabolik is a thief,
pure-and-simple, but he is perhaps one of the hippest robbers ever committed to celluloid. Sort of like To
Catch A Thief on steroids, DANGER: DIABOLIK features great locations, beautiful women, fabulous riches,
and a cop who will stop at nothing to catch his man. Directed by the immortal Italian schlock master Mario
Bava and featuring a devilishly charming performance by Law, this movie is a colorful, mod confection not
to be missed on the big screen.
at 5:30, 9:45 (+ Sat & Sun at 1:15)
(1968) dir Roger Vadim w/Jane Fonda, John Phillip Law, Anita Pallenberg, and Milo O’Shea [98 min]
Jane Fonda became an icon after starring in this farce about the sexual misadventures of an “astronautical
aviatrix” in the 41st century but the film also features a great performance from the handsome, shirtless
John Phillip Law who plays Barbarella’s guardian angel (literally). When the scientist Duran-Duran vanishes
with the galaxy’s most dangerous weapon, it’s up to Barbarella to find him and save the universe from
destruction. BARBARELLA is at the top of the camp classic heap.
Celebrating Casablanca Restaurant’s 30th Birthday!
Casablanca For Casablanca!
CASABLANCA
Fri & Sat at 2:45, 7:15; Sun at 3:15, 7:15; Mon at 7:15 only
(1942) dir Michael Curtiz w/Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains, Sidney Greenstreet, Paul Henreid, Peter Lorre, Dooley Wilson [102 min]
One of the most indelible legacies of the Brattle’s legendary Bogart series of the Fifties and Sixties is the bar and restaurant Casablanca, which sprang from the popularity of frequent screenings of this classic film. In celebration of the restaurant’s 30th birthday, we present these showings of CASABLANCA and offer a little something extra for those who attend. The film’s story is, by now the stuff of legend… thorny ex-pat Rick (Bogart)
meets an old flame (Bergman) in his bar in WWII Casablanca. But she is now the companion of a valued resistance fighter (Henreid) looking for passage to America. The drama that plays out is certainly compelling, but
most of the joys of this film come from the colorful cast of supporting characters (Greenstreet, Lorre, Wilson and, especially, Rains) and the supremely accomplished script. A special $15 ticket will be available that
includes a dessert or drink at Casablanca Restaurant before or after the screening. Regular ticket prices also are available.
Double Feature!
at 5:00, 9:30
(1941) dir John Huston w/Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Sidney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre [101 min]
Bogart’s other most iconic role is as the cynical and smart private eye Sam Spade in this, one of the greatest
of the great film noirs. THE MALTESE FALCON weaves an intricate tale of obsession and desire around a
carved bird statue that is said to be worth a fortune. The people who hunt it flock to Spade when a man carrying a mysterious bundle dies on his doorstep and they use every method from guile to force to charm to
get him on their side. Spade, being too smart by half for any of them, beautifully plays everyone against
each other while pursuing a goal all his own.
Sunday, Aug 3 & Monday, Aug 4 Co-feature
PLAY IT AGAIN, SAM
Double Feature!
Sun at 1:15, 5:30, 9:30; Mon at 5:30, 9:30
(1972) dir Herbert Ross w/Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Tony Roberts, Jerry Lacy, Susan Anspach, Viva [85 min]
One of the more unlikely inspirees of Bogart’s inimitable charms is Woody Allen who penned and stars in this
comedy about a man who is counseled in life and love by Bogie’s ghost. Allen plays Allan, a movie critic
whose wife has just dumped him. His unsuccessful attempts to get back in the dating scene are guided, not
only by Bogie, but also by his friends Dick (Roberts) and Linda (Keaton). Filled with references to and recreations of famous Bogart scenes and with Allen’s trademark blend of slapstick and verbal comedy, PLAY IT
AGAIN, SAM is a hilarious, loving homage to one of the great Hollywood personas.
Friday, August 8 – Monday, August 11
Also, Friday, August 8 – Sunday, August 10
Area Premiere Reissue!
Charlie Chaplin’s
NEW
VERDOUX
35MM MONSIEUR
- Sun at 2:30, 5:00, 7:30 (+ Sun at Noon); Mon at 7:15, 9:45
PRINT! Fri
(1947) dir Charlie Chaplin w/Chaplin, Martha Raye, Mady Correll, Allison Roddan [124 min]
Film maudit turned cult classic, Charlie Chaplin’s MONSIEUR VERDOUX is now widely considered
one of his best works, and his most political. Chaplin immodestly proclaimed it “the cleverest, most
brilliant film of my career.” Nominated for the 1948 Academy Award for Best Screenplay, and originating from a true story, this self-described “comedy of murders” was based on an idea by Orson
Welles, which Chaplin reportedly bought for five thousand dollars in a refusal to be directed by
anyone but himself. VERDOUX stars Chaplin as the moustachioed bluebeard in beret and cravat
whose charming manners and good looks cloak a deep-seated, murderous hatred, festering since
the loss of his longstanding job as a bank clerk. The film includes such unforgettable moments as
Verdoux snipping roses in his garden while an incinerator rages behind him, and his infamous preguillotine salvo, an indictment of humanity’s cyclical follies. Plagued with censorship problems
early on, and temporarily pulled from distribution in the US at the height of the Cold War
Hollywood witch-hunts, VERDOUX was initially vilified for its risqué societal critique. “Now it
shapes up as Chaplin’s most startling, most invigorating movie; its icy temperature is positively
bracing after the hot syrup of his earlier work.” (Time Out). A mordant satire that exemplifies the
fine line between comedy and tragedy, VERDOUX transcends the borders of genre, and deserves to
be seen multiple times, especially in this new 35mm print. It “has a Brechtian toughness and wit,
but the style is soft, seductive, elegiac” (Dave Kehr). Quite simply, “you shouldn’t miss Monsieur
Verdoux” (The New York Times). – Andréa Picard, Cinematheque Ontario
Special Event!
Doctor Who on the big screen!
HOOKED ON WHO!
at 10:00pm
Inspired by the success of the newest incarnation of the legendary
BBC sci-fi show DOCTOR WHO, the Brattle is offering up a selection
of some of our favorite WHO stories on the big screen. For the uninitiated, DOCTOR WHO is the longest running sci-fi TV show on the
planet, since 1963 it has been delighting audiences with a blend of
campy effects, excellent scripts, and charismatic characters – not the
least of which being The Doctor himself, a ‘timelord’ who travels
through time and space in a blue police telephone box protecting the
universe from all kinds of dangers. For this celebration we will be
featuring two full storylines from the most well known Doctor, Tom
Baker, plus a selection of episodes from the recent resurrection of
the show starring Christopher Eccleston and David Tennant.
Friday, August 8: GENESIS OF THE DALEKS
starring Tom Baker, script by Terry Nation [142 min]
Saturday, August 9:
THE LONG GAME starring Christopher Eccleston and Simon Pegg;
BLINK and SCHOOL REUNION starring David Tennant [45 min each]
“It is a masterpiece. See it.” – Andrew Sarris, New York Observer
Sunday, August 10: PIRATE PLANET
starring Tom Baker, script by Douglas Adams [100 min]
“Among the great works of this century…” – James Agee
Visit BRATTLEFILM.ORG for info on how to get tickets
Friday, August 15 – Monday, August 18
SING-A-LONG WEEKEND!
Friday, August 15
GREASE
at 4:15, 7:00, 9:45
(1978) dir Randal Kleiser w/Olivia Newton John, John Travolta,
Stockard Channing, Jeff Conaway [110]
Everyone knows that ‘Grease’ is the word. This quintessential high
school musical has been oft imitated but never duplicated (take that
Grease 2). A summertime romance between bad boy Danny (Travolta)
and candy-coated Sandy (Newton-John) ends in disaster as the two
are reunited at Rydell High, only to be separated once again by the disparaging social classes of high school. Will the two ever get back
together? Is Rizzo really pregnant? And just how old is Frankie Avalon?
Saturday, August 16
MOULIN ROUGE!
at 5:00, 7:30, 10:00
(2001) dir Baz Luhrmann w/Nicole Kidman, Ewan McGregor, John
Leguizamo, Richard Roxburgh, Jim Broadbent [127 min]
Set in hedonistic 1900’s Paris, MOULIN ROUGE uses lush graphics, a
surprisingly in-tune Nicole Kidman and the always endearing Ewan
McGregor to work songs from Elton John, Madonna and David Bowie
(among others) seamlessly into this tale of love, lust, and jealousy.
Optimistic but penniless writer Christian (McGregor) falls for the beautiful courtesan Satine (Kidman) at the Moulin Rouge. Unfortunately
there is competition for her love, from the villainous Duke (Roxburgh),
who will stop at nothing to make Satine his and his alone. As the Duke
attempts to woo Satine by turning the Moulin Rouge into a “real theatre”, she begins a love affair with Christian. Their dangerous love triangle persists, but little do they know the deadly secret that is hidden
to them all, even Satine.
Double Feature!
Mon at 1:30; Tue at 5:30, 9:30
(1935) dir Alfred E. Green w/Davis, Franchot Tone [79 min]
Bette’s first Oscar-winning role finds her as a ruined, alcoholic
actress named Joyce who has caught the eye of wealthy architect
Don (Tone). Don falls for Joyce while he is trying to rehabilitate her
and Despite Joyce’s warnings that she is a jinx and will only lead to
his ruin, Don breaks his engagement and risks his fortune to revive
her career on Broadway. But, of course, complications ensue as
Joyce’s bad luck begins to impede upon their relationship – including petty husbands, car accidents, and bankruptcy.
Monday, August 4 & Tuesday, August 5
The Letter
Friday, August 1 – Monday, August 4
Friday, Aug 1 & Saturday, Aug 2 Co-feature
THE MALTESE FALCON
Sponsored By Lola Magazine
Monday, July 14 & Tuesday, July 15
All About Eve
Also Saturday, August 16 & Sunday, August 17
Matinees!
THE MUPPET MOVIE
at 1:00, 3:00
(1979) dir James Frawley w/Kermit, Miss Piggy, Fozzie, Gonzo and
The Muppets, Charles Durning, Austin Pendleton [95 min]
Kermit’s reaching for the stars! A Hollywood agent persuades Kermit
and his merry band of muppets to head west to Hollywood to become
a star. Unfortunately there are road bumps along the way, mainly the
rascally Doc Hopper who has plans for Kermit that don’t include the
bright lights of the walk of fame. Keep an eye peeled for guest stars
like Richard Pryor, Steve Martin and Orson Welles.
Sunday, August 17
SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN
at 5:00 7:15, 9:30
(1952) dirs Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly w/Kelly, Donald O’Connor,
Debbie Reynolds [103 min]
One of the most classic musicals of all time, SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN tells
the story of Don (Kelly) and Lina (Hagen), a famous on-screen romantic duo. However, their on-screen love is mistaken by Lina for the real
thing, she attempts to woo Don who struggles to spurn her advances
left and right. When their latest film is turned into a “talkie”, and not
only that, a musical, it comes out that Lina’s voice is, well, terrible.
Obviously something must be done. Luckily, Don meets chorus girl
Kathy (Reynolds), who has a voice sweet enough to carry the role, and
also Don’s heart. Kathy is hired to dub Lina’s voice, and she and Don
fall in love despite Lina’s objections. The film is a hit, and as the public
clamors for a live performance the truth about threatens to come out.
Friday, August 22 – Monday, August 25
Area Premiere!
THE GIRL WHO LEAPT THROUGH TIME
Fri - Sun at 3:30, 5:30, 7:30, 9:30 (+ Sat & Sun at 1:30; Mon at 7:30, 9:30
(2006) dir Mamoru Hosada w/Riisa Naka [98 min]
Inspired by the much beloved novel by Yasutaka Tsutsui, which has been filmed several times, this wonderful animated fantasy from Japan
tells the story of Makoto, a typical teenage girl who suddenly discovers that she has the power to skip back and forth in time or “time-leap.”
She accomplishes this by comically running, tumbling and, literally, leaping through the air. The power first manifests itself when she escapes
an accident at a train crossing and Makoto uses her newfound power for a number of frivolous activities before she realizes the affects and
scope of her ability.
A surprise hit in Japan, it’s popularity grew to conquer even the latest release from Hayao Miyazaki’s Studio Ghibli, THE GIRL WHO LEAPT
THROUGH TIME is getting a limited Stateside release thanks to venerable anime dealer Bandai. We hesitate to use the term ‘anime’ when
referring to this film, however, since it contains no giant robots, no ridiculous action, and very few of the goofball theatrics that anime is sometimes burdened with. Instead, this film is a charming and beautifully wrought piece of filmmaking that maintains a hazy, relaxed summer vibe
throughout and has more of a kinship with last year’s treasured Linda Linda Linda or the work of Miyazaki than with Akira or Cowboy Bebop.
Monday, August 18
HAIRSPRAY
at 7:15, 9:45
(2007) dir Adam Shankman w/John Travolta, Michelle Pfeiffer, Zac
Efron, Nikki Blonsky, Christopher Walken, Queen Latifah, James
Marsden [117 min]
Adorably plump Tracey Turnblad (Blonsky) has one dream, to be a
dancer on the Corny Collins Show. Unfortunately, local teen queen
Amber and her mother (Pfeiffer) have other ideas that don’t include
plus sizes, big hair, or integration. With the help of her friends and
newly invigorated mother (played, almost too well, by John Travolta),
Tracey works to integrate the show, win the heart of local heartthrob
Link Larkin (Efron), and keep her place as the biggest hair hopper in
the county. The songs, modified from the Broadway production of
John Waters’ original film, are infectious and will remain in your head
for weeks. Be warned, the sight of Travolta in drag probably will too.
Warm up your pipes and join the Brattle for this weekend celebrating
the sheer enjoyment of belting out a song along with some of your
favorite stars and films. You are encouraged to dress as your fave
characters from the films. Expect surprises for many of these screenings!
GREASE and HAIRSPRAY are SING-A-LONG prints that include lyrics
on-screen for the songs. MOULIN ROUGE, THE MUPPET MOVIE and
SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN will have either lyric sheets or projected lyrics
for the audience to sing along with.
Mon at 3:30; Tue at 3:30, 7:30
(1940) dir William Wyler w/Davis, Herbert Marshall,
James Stephenson [95 min
There has been a murder. Jeff Hammond is
dead and Leslie Crosby (Davis) has confessed, blaming it on self-defense. Leslie’s
husband (Marshall) sends for his lawyer, who is
suspicious of Leslie, even more so when a damning
letter shows up, proving that there was a previous relationship between Hammond and Leslie. The letter is in
the possession of Hammond’s widow, who is willing to
part with it for $10,000, which Leslie quickly submits from her
unknowing husband’s account. Little does Leslie know that her freedom may end up costing her more than she initially bargained for.
This excellent early noir features Davis at her boldest and best.
Marked Woman
Double Feature!
Mon at 1:30; Tue at 1:30, 5:30, 9:30
(1936) dir Lloyd Bacon w/Davis, Humphrey Bogart [83 min]
This breezy B-movie shows Bette’s power both on and off screen.
She appears as Mary a street-smart ‘hostess’ at a ruthless gangster’s
club. She is pressured by a crusading D.A. (Bogart) to give up the
goods on her boss but she refuses, until her naïve sister is murdered
and her boss’s thugs rough her up to keep her quiet. Even as a
young star, Bette made her voice heard – when her makeup seemed
too unrealistic, she took matters into her own hands and had her
own doctor apply bandages as if she had been severely beaten.
Monday, August 11 & Tuesday, August 12
Now, Voyager
Mon at 2:30; Tue at 2:30, 7:15
(1942) dir Irving Rapper w/Davis, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains,
Gladys Cooper [117 min]
Charlotte (Davis), a tightly wound Boston spinster, finds independence from her domineering mother after a breakdown lands her in
the care of a psychiatrist (Rains). Freed from her mother’s influence
she falls for Jerry (Henreid), an unhappily married man, on a South
American cruise but the star-crossed lovers must part at its end.
Back in Boston, Charlotte takes in Jerry’s troubled daughter and
they meet again, but can they find happiness in a society that
frowns on their relationship? This pinnacle of melodrama has often
been imitated (and spoofed) but its poignant romanticism has not
diminished over the years.
Dark Victory Double Feature!
Mon at 5:00; Tue at 5:00, 9:45
(1939) dir Edmund Goulding w/Davis, George Brent, Humphrey
Bogart, Ronald Reagan [104 min]
Socialite and wild child Judith (Davis) has been diagnosed with a
brain tumor by the dashing Dr. Steele (Brent). An operation is performed, after which Judith and Dr. Steele fall in love. However,
unbeknownst to Judith, the operation is not a success; she has mere
months to live, with death being signaled by rapidly failing eyesight.
Thinking he is protecting her, Steele chooses not to tell her the
truth. Unfortunately, Judith stumbles across her files and leaves
Steele, returning to her wild ways. Will Judith and her love reunite
before everything fades to black?
Monday, August 18 & Tuesday, August 19
What Ever Happened
to Baby Jane?
Double Feature!
Mon at 2:00; Tue at 2:00, 7:00
(1962) dir Robert Aldrich w/Davis, Joan Crawford [134 min]
Jane (Davis) was a renowned child actress whose star, sadly, faded
as she aged. Her civilian sister Blanche (Crawford), alternately, has
developed into a beautiful and talented actress. However, at the
height of her career Blanche is involved in a crippling car accident,
which sends her into a life of seclusion with the now alcoholic and
jealousy-ridden Jane. The two descend into madness, battling their
separate but, in the end, all too similar demons with horrific and
deadly results. A legendary, scene-gobbling masterpiece of gothic
drama from two of Hollywood’s most enduring stars.
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
Mon at 4:30; Tue at 4:30, 9:30
(1964) dir Robert Aldrich w/Davis, Olivia de Havilland, Joseph
Cotton, Ages Moorehead, Bruce Dern [133 min]
Wealthy spinster Charlotte (Davis) has never gotten over the death of
her married lover 37 years earlier, and neither has the town in which
she lives. The townsfolk believe Charlotte is to blame, forcing her
into seclusion in her mansion with her loyal housekeeper Velma
(Moorehead). Highway construction threatens to force Charlotte from
her home, causing her to call her cousin Miriam (Havilland) for help.
However, Miriam seems to have other motives as she and her lover
attempt to claim Charlotte’s fortune by their own terrifying means.
Monday, August 25 & Tuesday, August 26
The Whales of August
Mon at 5:30; Tue at 3:00, 7:15
(1987) dir Lindsay Anderson w/Davis, Lillian Gish, Vincent Price,
Ann Sothern, Mary Steenburgen [90 min]
The last great role for several screen legends, THE WHALES OF
AUGUST is a rarely screened and subtly composed gem. It is the
simplest of stories, two aging sisters, long at odds, gather at their
family’s house in Maine for perhaps one last summer. There is a possible romance and the failing health of one sister, but this is an elegiac, modest film. Anderson’s casting of so many aging stars allows
the audience to palpably share the nostalgia of the film’s characters.
A Stolen Life
Double Feature!
Mon at 3:15; Tue at 5:00, 9:15
(1946) dir Curtis Bernhardt w/Davis, Glenn Ford, Dane Clark [109 min]
Kate (Davis) and her twin sister Patricia (also played by Davis) both
fall for the charming Bill Emerson (Ford) while on a boat trip home
to New England. Patricia steals Bill away from her sister, sending
Kate into a deep depression. While Bill is away on a trip, Kate and
Patricia are involved in a sailing accident. Patricia is drowned, but
Kate washes ashore alive. She is mistaken for Patricia, which allows
her to steal back the man of her dreams. Not available on DVD
The story remains the same throughout all versions however, Harrison Ford stars as Deckard, a
futuristic detective who specializes in a chasing down ‘replicants’ – lifelike androids designed to
live for a brief period of time and then ‘die’ so as not to rival their human masters. Deckard is
hired to track down a particularly dangerous group of replicants who are searching for their
inventor in order to get what everyone wants: “more life!”
BLADE RUNNER is, to this day, one of the most influential science-fiction films of all time, blending film-noir and high-tech in a prototype for
‘cyberpunk,’ and one of the most authentic seeming visions of the future in all of film.
“One of the greatest American films of the Eighties has just gotten even better.” – The New York Film Festival
WEDNESDAYS
THURSDAYS
DISTURBED SUBURBS
Wednesday, July 16
INVASION OF THE
BODYSNATCHERS
Thursday, July 17
The Fifth Annual
Trailer Treats
at 3:30, 5:30, 7:30
(1956) dir Don Siegel w/Kevin
McCarthy, Dana Wynter [80 min]
The undeniable height of paranoid filmmaking in the US, the
1950s also saw the start of a
telling shift in the population –
out of the major cities and into
the suburbs. BODYSNATCHERS
is typically read as a thinly veiled
commentary on the threat of
Communism but it can also be
seen as a telling exposé of the
conformity that threatened to
choke individuality out of suburbia. By now, the plot is part of
American myth – mysterious
pods from outer space create perfect, complacent clones of their human ‘hosts’ while a human doctor
pieces together the threat and vainly tries to warn the populace.
CineMental Presents!
GENDER REDESIGNER
at 9:30pm
(2007) dir Johnny Bergman w/fAe Gibson [72 min]
Follow fAe over the course of 5 years as she begins to question her
gender and decides to surgically modify her body. This intimate fun
filled adventure makes you wonder how fAe can handle beginning
hormone treatment, having his breasts removed, and drag kinging –
all in the middle of rural Western Pennsylvania. While transitioning
from female to male, fAe makes a startling discovery about the balance between his masculine and feminine sides. Can she succeed
living as a man in the middle of farm country?
Tickets for CineMental are $10.
PLUS Trailer Smackdown 2008
Doors at 7:00pm
The Brattle’s annual celebration of summer is back!
Join us for a night of fabulous (and fabulously horri- Brattle
ble) trailers from the Brattle’s collection, terrific tunes, Benefit!
delicious barbeque, and, of course, a ton of fun! For the
second year, we’ll also be featuring the finalists in our
TRAILER SMACKDOWN competition and you, the audience, will get to vote on the winner!
Sponsored by Pabst Blue Ribbon.
Tickets $12 and are available in advance on the Brattle’s website.
VIVA PEDRO!
Thursday, July 24
VOLVER
at 2:15, 7:00
(2006) dir Pedro Almodovar w/Penelope Cruz, Carmen Maura, Lola
Duenas, Yohana Cobo [121 min]
The latest award-winning film from the fantastic Spanish director,
Pedro Alodovar, continues his present trend of downplaying the
comedy and sex of his earlier films and playing the melodrama
straight – well, almost straight. In this film, Cruz plays Raimunda, a
woman trying to support her wayward husband and teenage daughter, who gets some unexpected assistance from the playful ghost of
her dead mother. An extremely charming paean to female power
and the strength of family.
Wednesday, July 23
Free Screening!
AMERICAN TEEN
Preview
at 7:30
Screening!
(2008) dir Nanette Burstein [95 min]
AMERICAN TEEN is the touching and hilarious Sundance hit that
follows the lives of four teenagers - the jock, the popular girl, the
artsy girl and the geek - in one small town in Indiana through their
senior year of high school. We see the insecurities, the cliques, the
jealousies, the first loves and heartbreaks, and the struggle to make
profound decisions about the future. Don’t miss your chance to be
the first see this great documentary. Ticket buyers for the 6pm show
of THE BREAKFAST CLUB get priority seating for this special free
screening.
THE BREAKFAST CLUB
at 3:30, 5:30, 9:30
(1985) dir John Hughes w/Emilio Estevez, Anthony Michael Hall,
Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald, Ally Sheedy, Paul Gleason [95 Min]
As we jump from the 50s to the 80s, we join a suburban program
already in progress – the conformity of 50s America has spread to a
third generation but they have fractured into almost archetypes at
this point. 80s teen flick king, Hughes, takes these archetypes (the
nerd, jock, derelict, etc) and puts them in the Petri dish of Saturday
detention at a suburban high school. The teens find something with
each other that they have been trained not to expect – common
ground and a nascent sense of community that, hopefully, they will
carry into the rest of their lives. Along the way, THE BREAKFAST
CLUB manages something remarkable itself: it manages to be utterly sentimental while at the same time entirely true to life.
TALK TO HER
Double Feature!
at 4:45, 9:30
(2002) dir Almodovar w/Javier Camara, Dario Grandinetti, Leonor
Watling, Rosario Flores, Geraldine Chaplin [112 min]
TALK TO HER explores themes of hope, faith, friendship and unexpected love from the perspective of two men who meet in a hospital
where their lovers lie in comas. Marco is a reporter whose bullfighting girlfriend has recently been gored by a bull. Benigno is a nurse
whose only patient is a young ballerina who has been in a coma for
four years. He is in love with her but they have never met.
Almodovar is not blind to the slightly kinky nature of these relationships, but he also knows about the unpredictability of love and life.
Thursday, July 31
BAD EDUCATION
at 3:00, 5:00, 7:00
(1968) dir Frank Perry w/Burt Lancaster [95 min]
This underrated allegory of 1960s suburban dissatisfaction features
Burt Lancaster in one of his most interesting roles. He plays Neddy
Merrill, an apparently happy and successful suburbanite who, one
evening, startles his friends by declaring his intention to “swim
home.” He has noticed that all of the houses in his neighborhood
have pools and he decides that he will swim in each one until he
reaches his own. THE SWIMMER is a sad, strange film about loneliness among those who seem to have everything.
at 2:45, 5:00, 7:15
(2004) dir Almodovar w/Gael Garcia Bernal, Fele Martinez, Daniel
Gimenez Cacho [106 min]
“A delirious, headlong immersion and re-invention of film noir, a
style that has lured countless film makers onto its treacherous
shoals. Mr. Almodovar, unlike other filmmakers who lose their bearings, fully understands the degree to which the genre is synonymous with fantasy and a primal longing for the forbidden. The coup
de grace of BAD EDUCATION, which ricochets back and forth
between 1964 and 1980, with a finale set mostly in 1977, is that here
the femme fatale is a predatory transsexual named Ignacio. Once a
beautiful boy soprano, he/she was abused by a priest, the principal
in his Catholic boys school. As the film deepens and the characters'
mistaken and multiple identities accumulate, the priest returns from
the past in a new, desperate guise. BAD EDUCATION contemplates
the wonder of storytelling itself and the human instinct to embroider
reality to make the tales we tell more real and conclusive, if less
strictly factual. It insists that stories, the stories within stories, and
the fantasies they crystallize, are the best (and maybe the only) tools
at our disposal for making sense of it all.” – Stephen Holden, The
New York Times
Special Screening!
Special Screening!
Wednesday, July 30
THE SWIMMER
BOSTON FILM RACE 2008
at 9:00pm
The Boston Film Race will be challenging local filmmakers to create
an original short film (4 minutes max) in just 24 hours from Friday,
July 25th to Saturday, July 26th. All of the completed films will premiere for the public at the Brattle Theatre a few days later and the
best films will advance into a nationwide competition for over
$35,000 in cash and prizes. Anyone may register, but space is limited.
Get your team together and sign up today! To register or learn more,
visit http://www.filmracing.com/Cities/boston.htm . Special Discount
- Use the discount code FILMRACER for $10 off the entry fee.
The Boston Film Race is part of the Diesel Film Racing Tour that
will be visiting 17 cities across North America in 2008.
Wednesday, August 6
THE ICE STORM
at 2:30, 5:00, 7:30, 10:00
(1997) dir Ang Lee w/Kevin Kline, Joan Allen, Sigourney Weaver,
Tobey Maguire, Christina Ricci, Elijah Wood, Katie Holmes [112 min]
Ang Lee’s spectacular and note-perfect reproduction of 1970s suburbia features a powerhouse cast portraying two intersecting families.
Husbands and wives drift apart, teenagers drift towards the city, and
the rest just sort of drift – slipping on moral thin ice until the real ice
storm arrives and they are all shocked back to reality. Beautiful,
touching and thoughtful, THE ICE STORM is truly a film to be
savored on the big screen.
Wednesday, August 13
HALLOWEEN
at 5:30, 7:30, 9:30
(1978) dir John Carpenter w/Jamie Lee Curtis, Donald Pleasance,
P.J. Soles [91 min]
Beginning with John Carpenter’s HALLOWEEN, the exaggerated
underbelly of suburban teen life came to life in the alternate reality of
the slasher film. These films painted a world where adults were
either absent or ineffectual or, occasionally, the ultimate the cause of
their children’s terror. The slasher film craze reached its apex in the
80s with multiple sequels and imitators, but HALLOWEEN remains in
a class all its own. It’s Halloween night and Laurie (Curtis) is babysitting. Everything seems quiet and peaceful, despite her having seen a
strange man during the day, until escaped mental patient Michael
Myers turns up and starts terrorizing Laurie and her friends.
Wednesday, August 20
ALL THAT HEAVEN ALLOWS
at 3:30, 5:30, 7:30
Douglas Sirk, the legendary purveyor of mid-century melodrama,
directs this story of a middle-aged widow (Wyman) with two grown
children who falls for Rock Hudson’s younger man (who wouldn’t).
The only problem is that Jane is a member of the country club set
and Rock is a gardener. Despite their differences, the two start a
romance but will upper class suburban morals get in the way of
them finding happiness. Many of Sirk’s films were belittled at their
release but over time they have aged into perfectly preserved pockets of ‘50s social norms and their consequences.
CineMental Presents
TRANS ENTITIES:
THE NASTY LOVE OF PAPI’ AND WIL
at 9:30pm
(2007) dir Morty Diamond [58 min]
TRANS ENTITIES is a unique, sexy, thought provoking and above all
touching portrait of a real transgender couple, Papi’ and Wil, who
open themselves up to the camera like you have never seen before.
They are a perverted, loving, polyamorous couple who identify as
Trans Entities, a word they have coined to describe their gender
identity.
This film is 4 parts BDSM, polyamory, sexuality and gender documentary and 3 parts hot sex scenes. They discuss their gender
expression, the perils and joy of poly love, and you see them negotiating a role play scene. The film gives the viewer an engagingly raw
look into Papi and Wil's uninhibited, joyous and exploratory life.
This film contains explicit sexual images. No one under 18 will be
allowed. Tickets for CineMental are $10.
Wednesday, August 27
JUNO
at 3:30, 5:30, 7:30, 9:30
(2007) dir Jason Reitman w/Ellen Page, Michael Cera, Jennifer
Garner, Jason Bateman, Allison Janney, J.K. Simmons [96 min]
Quirky 16-year-old Juno (Page) finds herself pregnant after a onetime encounter with her best friend Paulie Bleeker (Cera). After initially choosing to have an abortion, Juno changes her mind and
instead finds a wanting family in the Pennysaver to whom to give
her unborn child to. Vanessa (Garner) and Mark (Bateman) Loring
are the picture of normal, Vanessa especially contrasting with
Juno’s sharp wit and pragmatic personality. As her belly grows so
do her relationships with Paulie and the Lorings, revealing that
things in suburbia are not always the way that they seem. Forget the
Oscar hype and the backlash, this cleverly written film featuring one
of our favorite young actresses and a great supporting cast (especially Simmons and Janney as Juno’s parents) is a well-crafted gem.
BOSTON FILM RACE 2008
at 9:30pm
See Wednesday, July 30 for description.
Thursday, August 7
ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER
at 3:00, 5:00, 7:00
(1999) dir Almodovar w/Cecilia Roth, Marisa Paredes, Penelope
Cruz, Antonia San Juan [101 min]
This brilliant film was the deserving winner of the Best Foreign Film
award at the 2000 Academy Awards. It tells the story of a woman’s
transformation after the death of her son, of her journey back in
time to face the ghosts of her past, and her search for outlets for her
mothering instincts. ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER is the first of
Almodovar’s recent films to really exhibit his refinement as a director. So distinct from his earlier films that it clearly signifies a new
era in his directing and writing.
Special Brattle Benefit!
BRATTLE TRIVIA NIGHT
Brattle
at 9:00pm
Benefit!
We’ve held Brattle film trivia contests in the past at
other locations, but we decided to bring the event home
this time. Join us for challenging questions, multimedia
rounds, spectacular (and sometimes bizarre) prizes, and the charming company of your hosts John Serpico and the inimitable “Trish
The Dish.” More details coming soon. Check the Brattle website for
more information.
Thursday, August 14
WOMEN ON THE VERGE
OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN
at 5:30, 7:30, 9:30
(1988) dir Almodovar w/Carmen Maura, Antonio Banderas, Julietta
Serrano [90 min]
The breakthrough, international hit that truly
launched Almodovar
into the spotlight,
WOMEN ON THE
VERGE is a terrific farce
about love, loss, secrets
and the adverse affects
of a big batch of spiked
gazpacho.
Thursday, August 21
LIVE FLESH
at 2:45, 7:15
(1997) dir Almodovar w/Javier Bardem, Francesca Neri, Liberto
Rabal, Angela Molina, Jose Sencho, Penelope Cruz [103 min]
When he is sent to prison, Victor (Rabal) unknowingly becomes a
catalyst for a young cop (Bardem), the seasoned partner, his philandering wife, and the diplomat’s daughter who put him there. Years
later he emerges, still young, to discover their lives transformed
while his has grown stagnant. Haunted by anger, Victor seeks
revenge. A typically tragic-comic tale of revenge, redemption, hope
and the ways of fate from Almodovar.
Double Feature!
FLOWER OF MY SECRET
at 5:00, 9:30
(1995) dir Almodovar w/Marisa Paredes, Joaquin Cortes [103 min]
Paredes is terrific in this portrait of a successful romance writer on
the verge of a breakdown. With a mostly absent military-man husband and a stagnant career weighing on her back, she’ll try anything
to change her life. Prime Douglas Sirk tribute by the modern master
of melodrama.
Thursday, August 28
LAW OF DESIRE
at 3:00, 7:30
(1987) dir Pedro Almodovar w/Eusebio Poncela, Carmen Maura,
Antonio Banderas [102 min]
Almodovar’s early formula has always been pretty obvious: take the
melodrama of Douglas Sirk, pump up the camp, sex and comedy
and come up with some of the freshest filmmaking of the past quarter century. The Almodovar formula is in full force as this tale of the
life and loves of Pablo, a successful film director, which swings from
crime thriller to romance to X-rated soap opera. Considered by
many to be the pinnacle of early Almodovar, don’t miss this rare
screening!
Double Feature!
MATADOR
at 5:15; 9:45
(1986) dir Almodovar w/Antonio
Banderas, Nacho Martinez,
Assumpta Serna [110 min]
A young and hunky Antonio
Banderas co-stars in this insistently raffish, blackly humorous, surrealist sex comedy about the impossibility of love between two people
obsessed with killing – and the
innocent man stuck in the middle.
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DISTURBED SUBURBS
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of their choice to be screened at the Brattle in November!
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Gun Crazy
at 11:00am
(1949) dir Joseph Lewis w/Peggy
Cummins, John Dall [86 min]
Gun obsessed Bart (Dall) encounters Annie Laurie Starr (Cummins)
at a carnival sideshow and is
immediately smitten by her beauty
and her sharp-shooting. From
there they join forces through love
– of each other and the gun – for a multi-state crime spree
spurred on by Starr’s greed and wild nature. This take on the
extremes of dangerous love has inspired many films.
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admit you to a consecutive double bill, on
nights when we play two films.
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Tuesday
Summer 2008
June 22 – August 28, 2008
Wednesday Thursday
Friday
Saturday
OPERATION FILMMAKER Area Premiere! TRACEY FRAGMENTS
5:30, 7:30, 9:30
5:30, 7:30, 9:30
5:30, 7:30, 9:30
8:00, 10:00
8:00, 10:00
1:30, 3:30, 5:30, 7:30, 9:30
Alan Furst 6:00pm
Harvard Book Store
Barbara Ehrenreich
6:00pm
Harvard Book Store
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
THE TRACEY FRAGMENTS Exclusive Area Premiere!
3:30, 5:30, 7:30, 9:30
3:30, 5:30, 7:30, 9:30
3:30, 5:30, 7:30, 9:30
3:30, 5:30, 7:30, 9:30
BLADE RUNNER
2:30, 5:00, 7:30
2:30, 5:00, 7:30, 10:00
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2:30, 5:00, 7:30, 10:00
2:30, 5:00, 7:30, 10:00
2:30, 5:00, 7:30, 10:00
Repertory Series
Knife In The Water
3:30, 5:30, 7:30, 9:30
ROMAN POLANSKI’S PASSIONS
The Tenant 7:00
Repulsion 4:45, 9:30
Rosemary's Baby 2:00, Rosemary's Baby 2:00,
7:00
7:00
Chinatown 4:30, 9:45
Fearless Vampire
Killers 4:45, 9:45
Gun Crazy 11:00am
Free Screening!
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DISTURBED
ROMAN POLANSKI BETTE DAVIS
Oliver Twist 3:30, 9:30
Tess 12:00, 6:00
The Pianist 8:00
Australian Shorts
Program 5:45
All About Eve 2:30
All About Eve 2:00,
4:45, 7:30
SUBURBS
TRAILER
TREATS!
HAIR EXTENSIONS
5:00, 7:15, 9:30
Area Premiere!
2:45, 5:00, 7:15, 9:30
Area Premiere!
16 17 18 19
13 14 15 DISTURBED
HAIR EXTENSIONS BETTE DAVIS
2:45, 5:00, 7:15, 9:30
Area Premiere!
5:00, 7:15, 9:30
Three on a Match
4:30, 7:30
Bureau of Missing
Persons 3:00, 6:00, 9:00
Invasion Of The
Bodysnatchers 3:30,
5:30, 7:30
Cinemental 9:30pm
SUBURBS
Doors at 7:00
ALMODOVAR JOHN PHILLIP LAW
Talk To Her 4:45, 9:30
Volver 2:15, 7:00
Danger Diabolik 3:15,
7:30
Barbarella 5:30, 9:45
Danger Diabolik 3:15,
7:30
Barbarella 1:15, 5:30,
9:45
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Milk & Cookie
Productions 11:00am
August
Usher Members
Anonymous *
Goro Nambu *
Ewan O’Sullivan *
Andreas Zezas *
O
N
FULLY WHEELCHAIR
ACCESSIBLE
WELCOME to all of our new Brattle Theatre
members from the past two months, and thank
you to all renewing and upgrading members!
Special Members
Herman Deweerd *
Linda Lynch *
Susan Lynch
William Mendelsohn *
Scott Schmitt
Eliot Scull
Susan Savoca Twarog **
I
I
DISCOUNT PARKING We
offer validation for discounted parking at both
University Place Garage and
Charles Square Garage.
Make sure you get your
parking ticket stamped at
the box office.
MEMBERS of the Brattle Film Foundation help
support our non-profit programs while being able
to take advantage of many appealing discounts.
Become a Brattle member now and take advantage of our new incentives.
Dual Members
Carol Hutchings
Hiro-omi Mowri
Raquel Reyes
Tracy Strain
& Randall MacLowry *
T
K
Monday
New Documentary!
1:30, 3:30, 5:30, 7:30, 9:30
Ellen Page in
THE BRATTLE IS LOCATED
at 40 Brattle Street in the
heart of Harvard Square,
Cambridge. We are one block
from the Harvard Red Line
Subway stop and several bus
lines including the #1 and the
#66.
SPECIAL THANKS to our interns, members and volunteers. To inquire about volunteering or setting up an
internship please email [email protected]
Regular Members Cont’d
Beth Senturia
Courtney Simpson
Ed Smith *
Maxwell Solet *
Alexandrea Thompson
Pablo Torroella *
Alisia Waller
Sean Whalen *
Bernard Zulalian *
Sunday
at 11:00am
(1954) dir Federico Fellini w/Anthony Quinn, Giulietta Masina
[115 min]
Federico Fellini, known as one of the top screenwriters in
Italian cinema and a promising young director, poured everything he had into this film, physically and psychologically, and
in the process created what he called “the complete catalogue
of my entire mythological world.” The simple Gelsomina
(Masina) sold to a traveling strongman (Quinn) marked a turning point in Italian cinema. In essence, Fellini – with a great
deal of help from his cast and his erstwhile collaborator Nina
Rota – dared to simplify, and to create a film with the power of
a fairy tale.
3:30, 5:30, 7:30, 9:30
FLYER PRODUCTION: Ned Hinkle, Layout; Ned Hinkle &
Andrea O’Meara, Flyer Descriptions.
Regular Members
John Allen
Lynn Ansaldo *
Daniel Ardizzoni
Ruth Armstrong
Allison Bayer
Ric Bayly
Sonja Bjork *
Martha Born
Greg Brown
Christopher Burrell
Jim Campen
Waseem Daheer
Alex Deaderick
Ian Doreian
John Feeney *
David Greene *
Angela Harvie
Craig Kelley
Albrecht Koschnik *
Claire Laton-Taylor
Shane LeGault
Janet Louie
Elise Loukas
Mike Mario *
Christine McDonnell
Gary Nicholson *
Heidi Norris
Michael Pattberg *
Dennis Porch
Antonia Prescott
Isaac Saias
Elias Sardonis *
Richard Schulhof
La Strada
July
STAFF: Ivy Moylan, Executive Director. Ned Hinkle,
Creative Director. Andrea O’Meara, Associate Director;
Gabriel Moylan, Operations Manager; Brandon Constant,
Assistant to the Directors; Joe Creedon, Trisha Lendo, Kelly
McMaster, Andrew Schaper, Anna White, House Mgrs.
BRATTLE THEATRE
FILM CALENDAR
ELEMENTS OF CINEMA!
FREE SCREENINGS!
6th Annual
ABOUT THE BRATTLE
Three on a Match 2:00
Bureau of Missing
Persons 3:30
American Teen 8:00
The Breakfast Club
4:00, 6:00, 10:00
JOHN PHILLIP LAW BETTE DAVIS DISTURBED ALMODOVAR
Danger Diabolik 3:15,
7:30
Barbarella 1:15, 5:30,
9:45
Danger Diabolik 7:30
Barbarella 5:30, 9:45
Dangerous 5:30, 9:30
Jezebel 3:15, 7:15
SUBURBS
Bad Education 2:45,
5:00, 7:15
CASABLANCA
Casablanca 2:45, 7:15
Maltese Falcon 5:00,
9:30
Casablanca 2:45, 7:15
Maltese Falcon 5:00,
9:30
30 31 01 02
27 28 29 DISTURBED
Dangerous 1:30
Jezebel 3:15
CASABLANCA
Casablanca 3:15, 7:15
Play It Again Sam
1:15, 5:30, 9:30
Casablanca 7:15
Play It Again Sam
5:30, 9:30
The Letter 3:30
Marked Woman 1:30
BETTE DAVIS
The Letter 3:30, 7:30
Marked Woman 1:30,
5:30, 9:30
The Swimmer 3:00,
5:00, 7:00
Boston Film Race 9:00
SUBURBS
Boston Film Race 9:30
ALMODOVAR MONSIEUR VERDOUX
All About My Mother
3:00, 5:00, 7:00
Brattle Theatre Trivia
Night! 9:00
2:30, 5:00, 7:30
New 35mm Print!
Hooked on Who
10:00pm
2:30, 5:00, 7:30
New 35mm Print!
Hooked on Who 10:00
La Strada 11:00am Free!
03 04 05 06 07 08 09
DISTURBED
MONSIEUR VERDOUX BETTE DAVIS
Noon, 2:30, 5:00, 7:30
New 35mm Print!
Hooked on Who
10:00pm
7:15, 9:45
New 35mm Print!
Now, Voyager 2:30,
7:15
Dark Victory 5:00, 9:45
The Ice Storm 2:30,
5:00, 7:30, 10:00
SUBURBS
ALMODOVAR
SING-A-LONGS!
Women On The Verge Grease 4:15, 7:00, 9:45
Of A Nervous
Breakdon 5:30, 7:30,
9:30
Moulin Rouge! 5:00,
7:30, 10:00
The Muppet Movie
1:00, 3:00
13 14 15 16
10 11 12 DISTURBED
GIRL WHO LEAPT
Dark Victory 5:00
Now, Voyager 2:30
SING-A-LONGS!
Singin' In The Rain
5:00 7:15, 9:30
The Muppet Movie
1:00, 3:00
Hairspray 7:15, 9:45
BETTE DAVIS
What Ever Happened
to Baby Jane? 2:00,
7:00
Hush... Hush, Sweet
Charlotte 4:30, 9:30
Halloween 5:30, 7:30,
9:30
SUBURBS
ALMODOVAR
Live Flesh 2:45, 7:15
Flower of my Secret
5:00, 9:30
THROUGH TIME
20 21 22 23
19
17
18
DISTURBED
GIRL WHO LEAPT
Baby Jane? 2:00
Sweet Charlotte 4:30
THROUGH TIME
BETTE DAVIS
The Whales of August
3:00, 7:15
A Stolen Life 5:00, 9:15
All That Heaven
Allows 3:30, 5:30, 7:30
Cinemental 9:30pm
SUBURBS
ALMODOVAR
Law of Desire 3:00,
7:30
Matador 5:15 9:45
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1:30, 3:30, 5:30, 7:30, 9:30
7:30, 9:30
A Stolen Life 3:15
Whales of August 5:30
Juno 3:30, 5:30, 7:30,
9:30
3:30, 5:30, 7:30, 9:30
Area Premiere!
1:30, 3:30, 5:30, 7:30, 9:30
Area Premiere!
COMING SOON!
RETURN TO THE
GRINDHOUSE!
The program is always subject to change. Please visit www.brattlefilm.org for updates, links, and additional info.