Our Boston area repertory theater listings for August 2023. Our regular theaters include the Brattle, Coolidge, Somerville, Capitol, Harvard Film Archive, Luna, Video Underground, Museum of Fine Arts, and Landmark Kendall Square. Movies released from 2015-present are rarely highlighted, except in special cases (70mm, director in person, etc.)

This post will be updated semi-frequently throughout the month in question as more screenings are confirmed, so keep us bookmarked!

Tues Aug 1
Mystery of the Wax Museum – Brattle, 4:15pm and 8:30pm, $14.50
Captain Blood – Brattle, 6:00pm, $14.50
Wild Style – Coolidge, 7:00pm, $15.50
The Man Who Knew Too Much – Kendall, 7:00pm, $7

Wed Aug 2
Serpico on 35mm — Brattle, 3:30pm and 8:30pm, $14.50
Dog Day Afternoon – Brattle, 6:00pm, $14.50
Scratch – Coolidge, 7:00pm, $15.50

Thurs Aug 3
Jennifer’s Body – Brattle, 2:45pm and 7:15pm, $14.50
Drag Me to Hell on 35mm – Brattle, 5:00pm and 9:30pm, $14.50
True Romance – Salem, 7:30pm, $11

Fri Aug 4
The End of Summer on 35mm – HFA, 7:00pm, $10
Posse on 35mm – Coolidge, 11:59pm, $15.50

Sat Aug 5
True Romance – Salem, 1:30pm, $9
An Autumn Afternoon – HFA, 7:00pm, $10
Equinox Flower – HFA, 9:00pm, $10
Miz Diamond Wigfall Presents: Twilight – Salem, 9:30pm, $20
Beat Street – Coolidge, 11:59pm, $15.50
Road House – Somerville, 11:59pm, $16

Sun Aug 6
Pee-wee’s Big Adventure – Luna, 2:00pm, 4:30pm & 7:00pm, $10
The End of Summer on 35mm – HFA, 3:00pm, $10
True Romance – Salem, 4:30pm, $9
Tokyo-Ga on 35mm – HFA, 7:00pm, $10

Mon Aug 7
Cool Hand Luke on 35mm – Coolidge, 7:00pm, $15.50
Early Spring on 35m – HFA, 7:00pm, $10
High Sierra on 35mm – Brattle, $14.50

Tues Aug 8
Larceny, Inc. on 35mm – Brattle, 4:00pm & 8:15pm, $14.50
Confessions of a Nazi Spy – Brattle, 6:00pm, $14.50
Rear Window – Kendall, 7:00pm, $7
8 Mile on 35mm – Coolidge, 7:00pm, $15.50

Wed Aug 9
Reds – Brattle, 3:30pm & 7:15pm, $14.50
Get Rich or Die Tryin’ – Coolidge, 7:00pm, $15.50
Weirdo Wednesdays – Luna, 7:35pm, $5

Thurs Aug 10
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan – Salem, 7:00pm, $11

Fri Aug 11
Rear Window – Brattle, 4:00pm & 9:15pm, $14.50
North by Northwest – Brattle, 6:30pm, $14.50
Café Lumière on 35mm – HFA, 7:00pm, $10
Man Bites Dog – Salem, 10:00pm, $11
Friday on 35mm – Coolidge, 11:59pm, $15.50

Sat Aug 12
Rear Window – Brattle, 12:00pm & 5:30pm, $14.50
North by Northwest – Brattle, 2:30pm & 8:00pm, $14.50
Tokyo Story on 35mm – HFA, 7:00pm, $10
CB4 on 35mm – Coolidge, 11:59pm, $15.50
Bubba Ho-Tep – Somerville, 11:59pm, $16

Sun Aug 13
Purple Rain – Luna, 2:00pm, 4:30pm & 7:00pm, $10
The Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family on 35m – HFA, 3:00pm, $10
Rear Window – Brattle, 3:00pm & 8:15pm, $14.50
North by Northwest – Brattle, 5:30pm, $14.50
An Autumn Afternoon – HFA, 7:00pm, $10

Mon Aug 14
Dark Victory – Brattle, 3:45pm & 8:15pm, $14.50
Jezebel -Brattle, 6:00pm, $14.50
The Big Lebowski on 35m – Coolidge, 7:00pm, $15.50

Tues Aug 15
The Letter – Brattle, 4:00pm & 8:30pm, $14.50
Mildred Pierce – Brattle, 6:00pm, $14.50
The 39 Steps – Kendall, 7:00pm, $7
Killers from Space & Mesa of Lost Women – Somerville, 7:30pm, $5

Wed Aug 16
The Wiz – Brattle, 3:00pm & 6:00pm, $14.50
Awesome I Shot That! on 35mm – Coolidge, 7:00pm, $15.50
Weirdo Wednesdays – Luna, 7:35pm, $5
It Came from Outer Space on 35mm – Coolidge at the Greenway, 8:00pm, free
Nope – MFA Huntington Ave Lawn, 8:00pm, free
Henry & June on 35mm – Brattle, 9:00pm, $14.50

Thurs Aug 17
House Party on 35mm – Coolidge, 7:00pm, $15.50
The Mummy – Salem, 7:00pm, $11

Fri Aug 18
Pee-wee’s Big Adventure – Brattle, 4:00pm & 10:00pm, $14.50
Oldboy – Coolidge, 7:15pm, 9:55pm, & 11:59pm, $15.50
Def by Temptation – Coolidge, 11:59pm, $15.50

Sat Aug 19
Pee-wee’s Big Adventure – Brattle, 4:00pm, $12.50
Oldboy – Coolidge, 7:15pm, 9:55pm, & 11:59pm, $15.50
Cool as Ice on 35mm – Coolidge, 11:59pm, $15.50
The Princess Bride on 35mm – Somerville, 11:59pm, $16

Sun Aug 20
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory – Luna, 2:00pm, 4:30pm & 7:00pm, $10
Oldboy – Coolidge, 7:15pm, 9:55pm, $15.50

Mon Aug 21
Yankee Doodle Dandy on 35mm – Brattle, 3:00pm, 5:30pm, & 8:00pm, $14.50
Law of Desire on 35mm – Coolidge, 7:00pm, $15.50
Singin’ in the Rain on 35mm – Somerville, 7:30pm, $16
Oldboy – Coolidge, 9:30pm, $15.50

Tues Aug 22
Arsenic and Old Lace on 35mm – Brattle, 3:30pm & 8:30pm, $14.50
The Man Who Came to Dinner on 35mm – Brattle, 6:00pm, $14.50
Rope – Kendall, 7:00pm, $7
Clockers on 35mm – Coolidge, 7:00pm, $15.50
Man with a Movie Camera with live musical accompaniment by the Anvil Orchestra – Somerville, 7:30pm $26
Oldboy – Coolidge, 10:00pm, $15.50

Wed Aug 23
Night Moves on 35mm – Brattle, 4:15pm & 9:00pm, $14.50
Mike’s Murder on 35mm – Brattle, 6:30pm, $14.50
Belly on 35mm – Coolidge, 7:00pm, $15.50
Mulholland Dr. on 35mm – Somerville, 7:30pm, $16
Weirdo Wednesdays – Luna, 7:35pm, $5
Oldboy – Coolidge, 9:30pm, $15.50

Thurs Aug 24
Sunset Boulevard on 35mm – Coolidge, 7:00pm, $15.50
Last Action Hero – Salem, 7:30pm, $11
Beau Travail – Somerville, 7:30pm, $16
Oldboy – Luna, 7:35pm, $14
Oldboy – Coolidge, 9:55pm, $15.50

Fri Aug 25
Tokyo Pop – Brattle, 3:30pm & 9:00pm, $14.50
Werckmeister Harmonies – Brattle, 6:00pm, $14.50
2001: A Space Odyssey on 70mm – Somerville, 7:30pm, $19
Ichi the Killer – Salem, 10:00pm, $11
Colors on 35mm – Coolidge, 11:59pm, $15.50

Sat Aug 26
Tokyo Pop – Brattle, 12:30pm & 9:30pm, $14.50
Werckmeister Harmonies – Brattle, 3:00pm & 6:00pm, $14.50
Oldboy – Luna, 5:30pm, $14
In the Mood for Love on 35mm – Somerville, 7:30pm, $16
New Jack City on 35mm – Coolidge, 11:59pm, $15.50
The Peanut Butter Solution – Somerville, 11:59pm, $16

Sun Aug 27
Werckmeister Harmonies – Brattle, 12:30pm & 8:30pm, $14.50
Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles on 35mm – Somerville, 2:00pm, $16
Tokyo Pop – Brattle, 3:45pm & 6:00pm, $14.50
Tokyo Story on 35mm – Somerville, 7:30pm, $16

Mon Aug 28
Werckmeister Harmonies – Brattle, 3:00pm, $14.50
White Heat on 35mm – Brattle, 6:00pm, $14.50
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre on 35mm – Brattle, 8:30pm, $14.50

Tues Aug 29
White Heat on 35mm – Brattle, 3:30pm & 8:30pm, $14.50
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre on 35mm – Brattle, 6:00pm, $14.50
The Lady Vanishes – Kendall, 7:00pm, $7
ATL on 35mm – Coolidge, 7:00pm, $15.50
Vertigo on 35mm – Somerville, 7:30pm, $16

Wed Aug 30
The Breakfast Club – Brattle, 2:30pm & 7:00pm, $14.50
The Addams Family on 35mm – Brattle, 4:45pm & 9:00pm, $14.50
Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles on 35mm – Somerville, 7:30pm, $16
Weirdo Wednesdays – Luna, 7:35pm, $5

Thurs Aug 31
Winter Kills on 35mm – Somerville, 7:00, $16
Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior – Coolidge, 7:00, $15.50