Welcome to our Boston area repertory theater listings for May 2024. Our regular theaters include the Brattle, Coolidge, Somerville, Capitol, Harvard Film Archive, Luna, Video Underground, Museum of Fine Arts, Landmark Kendall Square, and the newly opened Alamo Drafthouse in the Seaport. Movies released from 2018-now are seldom highlighted, except in special cases (70mm, rarities, director in person, etc.)
This month in local film festivals includes the Independent Film Festival Boston 2024. Follow this link to jump to the listings!
Please note: the Harvard Film Archive is closed for renovations through September.
This post will be updated throughout the month in question as more screenings are confirmed, so keep us bookmarked!
Wed May 1
Halfway to Halloween Triple Feature on 35mm – Brattle, 5:00pm, $23 (First three Halloween films!)
The Boy and the Heron – Coolidge, 7:00pm, $15.50
Thurs May 2
Fri May 3
Santa Sangre – Alamo, 10:00pm, $14.49
Day of the Dead on 35mm – Coolidge, 11:59pm, $15.50
Sat May 4
Land of the Dead on 35mm – Coolidge, 11:59pm, $15.50
Sun May 5
In Our Time – HFA, 3:00pm, $10
A Confucian Confusion – HFA, 7:00pm, $10
Mon May 6
The Devil Wears Prada – Coolidge, 7:00pm, $15.50
The Amazing Spider-Man on 35mm – Coolidge, 9:30pm, $15.50
Tues May 7
Godzilla – Brattle, 6:00pm & 8:15pm, $14.50
The Secret World of Arrietty – Coolidge, 7:00pm, $15.50
Wed May 8
Godzilla – Brattle, 4:00pm, $12.50
Mothra vs. Godzilla – Brattle, 6:00pm, $14.50
Destroy All Monsters – Brattle, 8:00pm, $14.50
Thurs May 9
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul on 35mm – Coolidge, 7:00pm, $15.50
Pulp Fiction on 35mm – Brattle, 8:00pm, $14.50
Fri May 10
Film is Dead, Long Live Film! – Brattle, 7:00pm, $14.50
Son of Frankenstein on 35mm – Somerville, 7:00pm
The Body Snatcher on 35mm – Somerville, 9:00pm
Zombie on 35mm – Brattle, 10:00pm, $14.50
Last Action Hero on 35mm – Coolidge, 11:59pm, $15.50
Hollywood 90028 – Coolidge, 11:59pm, $15.50
Sat May 11
Saturday Morning Cartoons on 35mm – Brattle, 12:00pm, $12.50
Serial Mom Brunch – Alamo, 12:00pm, $10.99
Troop Beverly Hills – Alamo, 3:00pm, $10.99
Film is Dead, Long Live Film! – Brattle, 3:00pm, $12.50
The Body Snatcher on 35mm – Somerville, 2:00pm
Son of Frankenstein on 35mm – Somerville, 4:00pm
King of the Kongo – Somerville, 6:30pm, $20
Rock’n’Roll Rarities Program on 35mm – Brattle, 7:00pm, $14.50
Bad Girls Go to Hell – Brattle, 9:30pm, $14.50
Hollywood 90028 – Coolidge, 11:59pm, $15.50
Desperado on 35mm – Coolidge, 11:59pm, $15.50
Sun May 12
Psycho on 35mm – Brattle, 1:00pm, $12.50
Robot Monster in 3D! – Brattle, 3:30pm, $12.50
Boris Karloff Rarities Program on 35mm with Sara Karloff in person! – Brattle, 6:00pm, $14.50
Secret Hong Kong Screening on 35mm – Brattle, 8:30pm, $14.50
Mon May 13
Chinatown on 35mm – Brattle, 7:00pm, $14.50
Ocean’s Eleven on 35mm – Coolidge, 7:00pm, $15.50
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 on 35mm – Coolidge, 9:30pm, $15.50
Tues May 14
Boston Open Screen – Coolidge, 7:00pm, $10
Pulp Fiction on 35mm – Brattle, 8:00pm, $14.50
Wed May 15
Howl’s Moving Castle on 35mm – Coolidge, 7:00pm, $15.50
Captain January – Somerville, 7:30pm, $17
Psycho – Alamo, 7:00pm, $14.49
Thurs May 16
Velvet Goldmine on 35mm – Coolidge, 7:00pm, $15.50
Oldboy – MFA, 7:00pm, $15.50
Fri May 17
The Kid on 35mm – Brattle, 8:00pm, $14.50
The ‘Burbs – Alamo, 10:00pm, $14.49
Action Jackson on 35mm – Coolidge, 11:59pm, $15.50
Sat May 18
The Three Musketeers (1921) – Brattle, 12:00pm, $12.50
Porco Rosso on 35mm – Coolidge, 1:00pm, $13.50
Burning – MFA, 2:00pm, $15
Three Comrades on 35mm – Brattle, 3:15pm, $12.50
Batman (1989) – Alamo, 4:00pm, $14.49
The Last Tycoon – Brattle, 5:30pm, $14.50
Over the Top – Coolidge, 11:59pm, $15.50
Sun May 19
Uncle Buck Movie Party – Alamo, 12:00pm, $18
My Neighbor Totoro on 35mm – Coolidge, 1:00pm, $13.50
Assignment Outer Space – Somerville, 1:00pm, $5 double feature with The Phantom Planet
The Phantom Planet – Somerville, 2:30pm, $5 double feature with Assignment Outer Space
Parasite – MFA, 2:30pm, $15
The Kid on 35mm – Brattle, 2:30pm, $12.50
The Roaring Twenties – Brattle, 6:00pm, $14.50
The Immigrant – Brattle, 8:15pm, $14.50
Mon May 20
The Roaring Twenties – Brattle, 5:00pm, $12.50
Metropolis – Brattle, 7:15pm, $14.50
Suspicion on 35mm – Somerville, 7:15pm, $16/$18 for double feature with I Walk Alone
I Walk Alone – Somerville, 9:10pm, $16/$18 for double feature with Suspicion
Tues May 21
The Big Parade – Brattle, 4:00pm & 7:00pm, $12.50/$14.50
The Heartbreak Kid (1972) – Alamo, 7:00pm, $7
The Gold Rush – Coolidge, 7:00pm, $14.50
Bull Durham on 35mm with book signing by Noah Gittell! – Somerville, 7:30pm, $16
Wed May 22
Princess Mononoke on 35mm – Coolidge, 7:00pm, $15.50
Sex, Lies, and Videotape – Alamo, 7:00pm, $14.49
Young Frankenstein – Brattle, 8:00pm, $14.50
Thurs May 23
The Parallax View – Brattle, 4:00pm & 8:30pm, $12.50/$14.50/$16 for double feature with The Third Man
The Third Man – Brattle, 6:15pm, $14.50/$16 for double feature with The Parallax View
Fri May 24
Back to the Future – Alamo, 3:00pm, $10.99
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai on 35mm – Brattle, 4:00pm & 9:00pm, $12.50/$14.50/$16 for double feature with Stray Dog
Stray Dog on 35mm – Brattle, 6:30pm, $14.50/$16 for double feature with Stray Dog
Big Trouble in Little China – Coolidge, 11:59pm, $15.50
Sat May 25
Young Frankenstein – Brattle, 12:00pm, $12.50
Poetry – MFA, 2:30pm, $15
Kind Hearts and Coronets – Brattle, 2:30pm, $12.50
Sideways Stories – Alamo, 3:30pm, $10.99
Jour de Fête – Brattle, 4:45pm, $12.50
Thomasine & Bushrod – Brattle, 7:00pm, $14.50
Stop Making Sense – Brattle, 10:00pm, $14.50
Black Rain on 35mm – Coolidge, 11:59pm, $15.50
Sun May 26
On the Town on 35mm – Brattle, 12:00pm & 4:30pm, $12.50/$16 for double feature with The Taking of Pelham 123
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three – Brattle, 2:15pm & 6:45pm, $12.50/$14.50/$16 for double feature with On the Town
Back to the Future – Alamo, 3:15pm, $10.99
Audition – Brattle, 9:00pm, $14.50
Mon May 27
Kind Hearts and Coronets – Brattle, 12:00pm, $12.50
All About My Mother – Brattle, 2:30pm & 7:15pm, $12.50/$14.50/$16 for double feature with Female Trouble
Disasterpiece Theater – Capitol, 6:30pm, FREE
Female Trouble – Brattle, 4:45pm & 9:30pm, $12.50/$14.50/$16 for double feature with All About My Mother
Heathers – Coolidge, 7:00pm, $15.50
Sorry, Wrong Number on 35mm – Somerville, 7:15pm, $16/$18 for double feature with In a Lonely Place
In a Lonely Place on 35mm – Somerville, 9:00pm, $16/$18 for double feature with Sorry, Wrong Number
Breezy – Alamo, 10:40pm, $14.49
Tues May 28
Whisper of the Heart – Coolidge, 7:00pm, $15.50
Beau Travail – Brattle, 8:30pm, $14.50
I Saw the Devil – Alamo, 9:30pm, $14.49
Wed May 29
A Woman Under the Influence – Brattle, 4:00pm & 7:30pm, $12.50/$14.50
The Wind Rises – Coolidge, 7:00pm, $15.50
Road House – Alamo, 7:00pm, $14.49
Thurs May 30
But I’m a Cheerleader – Brattle, 5:00pm & 7:00pm, $14.50
Train to Busan – MFA, 7:00pm, $15
Fri May 31
Snowpiercer – MFA, 7:00pm, $15
Martial Law on 35mm – Coolidge, 11:59pm, $15.50
Festivals
Independent Film Festival Boston – Wed May 1st-Wed May 8th, Brattle/Coolidge/Somerville
Global Cinema Film Festival of Boston, Fri May 17th-Tues May 21st, Capitol
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