Our Boston area repertory theater listings for October 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-now are seldom highlighted, except in special cases (70mm, rarities, 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!

Special note: Salem is playing Hocus Pocus so many times that I don’t want to list it. It’s basically every day. Enjoy!

Sun Oct 1
Shoes – Brattle, 12:00pm, $12.50
Stop Making Sense – Somerville, 1:00pm, 3:00pm, 5:30pm, 7:40pm & 9:45pm, $10/14
Stop Making Sense – Brattle, 2:30pm, 4:30pm, 7:00pm, 9:30pm, $12.50/$14.50
The Portuguese Woman – HFA, 3:00pm, $10
Shutter Island – Kendall, 3:00pm, $5
Splendor in the Grass on 35mm – HFA, 7:00pm

Mon Oct 2
Stop Making Sense – Brattle, 5:00pm, 7:00pm, $14.50
Night of the Living Dead with Morricone Youth – Coolidge, 7:00pm, $20
La vie de bohème on 35mm – HFA, 7:00pm

Tues Oct 3
Stop Making Sense – Brattle, 5:00pm, 7:00pm, $14.50
The Witches – Coolidge, 7:00pm, $15.50
Friday the 13th – Kendall, 7:00pm, $5
Miz Diamond Wigfall Presents: Mean Girls – Salem, 7:30pm, $20
Claudio Simonetti’s Goblin Performs Demons – Somerville, 7:00pm, $45-$60

Wed Oct 4
Stop Making Sense – Brattle, 5:00pm, 9:15pm, $14.50
Selma – Coolidge, 7:00pm, $15.50
Shutter Island – Kendall, 7:00pm, $5

Thurs Oct 5
Stop Making Sense – Brattle, 5:00pm, 7:00pm, $14.50
28 Days Later – Luna

Fri Oct 6
Gay USA – Brattle, 5:00pm & 7:00pm, $14.50
Pan’s Labyrinth – MFA, 7:00pm, $15
Man in Black with Wang Bing in person! – HFA, 7:00pm, $15
Creature from the Black Lagoon – Salem, 7:45pm, $10
Stop Making Sense – Brattle, 9:00pm, $14.50
Session 9 on 35mm – Coolidge, 11:59pm, $15.50

Sat Oct 7
Stop Making Sense – Brattle, 12:00pm, $12.50
Night of the Living Dead – Salem, 1:00pm, $8
Portrait of Jason on 35mm – Brattle, 2:00pm, $12.50
The Departed – Kendall, 3:00pm, $5
Dracula (1931) – Salem, 3:00pm, $10
Paris is Burning – Brattle, 4:15pm & 7:45pm, $12.50/$14.50
Frankenstein – Somerville, 4:30pm, $10
The Queen – Brattle, 6:00pm, $14.50
Youth (Spring) with Wang Bing in person! – HFA, 6:00pm, $15
Halloween (1978) – Salem, 8:00pm, $10
The Living End – Brattle, 9:30pm, $14.50
The Haunting on 35mm – Coolidge, 11:59pm, $15.50
I Walked with a Zombie on 35mm – Somerville, 11:59pm, $15

Sun Oct 8
Dracula (1931) – Salem, 12:30pm, $10
Desert Hearts– Brattle, 2:15pm & 6:15pm, $12.50/$14.40
Saving Face on 35mm – Brattle, 4:15pm, $12.50
Friday the 13th with Ari Lehman (the original Jason!) – Salem, 5:00, $13
Trenque Lauquen, Part I – HFA, 7:00pm
Bound on 35mm – Brattle, 8:30pm, $14.40

Mon Oct 9
Małni – Towards The Ocean, Towards The Shore – Brattle, 12:00pm, $12.50
Lakota Nation vs. United States – Brattle, 2:00pm, $12.50
Halloween (1978) – Salem, 2:00pm, $10
Frankenstein – Somerville, 4:15pm, $10
Chocolate Babies – Brattle, 5:00pm, $14.50
Hour of the Wolf – Coolidge, 7:00pm, $15.50
Trenque Lauquen, Part II with director Laura Citarella in person! – HFA, 7:00pm, $15
A Little Princess (silent) with live music – Somerville, 7:00pm, $16
Tangerine – Brattle, 7:00pm, $14.50
Creature from the Black Lagoon – Salem, 7:20pm, $10

Tues Oct 10
Bad Education on 35mm – Brattle, 5:00pm & 7:15pm, $14.50
Little Shop of Horrors on 35mm with FRANK OZ IN PERSON – Coolidge, 7:00pm, $15.50
A Nightmare on Elm Street – Kendall, 7:00pm, $5

Wed Oct 11
GRRL HAUS CINEMA – Brattle, 7:00pm, $14.50
Do the Right Thing on 35mm – Coolidge, 7:00pm, $15.50
The Departed – Kendall, 7:00pm, $5

Thurs Oct 12
Walk the Line on 35mm – Coolidge, 7:00pm, $15.50
Stop Making Sense (Open Caption Screening) – Brattle, 8:00pm, $14.50

Fri Oct 13
The Sound of the Shaking Earth with Director in Person! – HFA, 7:00pm, $15
Friday the 13th in the Rocky Woods – Coolidge/Rocky Woods, $35
The Others – Somerville, 7:30pm, $14
Oldboy – Brattle, 9:30pm, $14.50
The Sudbury Devil – Somerville, 9:45pm, $14
Donnie Darko – Salem, 10:00pm, $11
The Mist (Black & White Edition) – Coolidge, 11:59pm, $15.50

Sat Oct 14
Vivre Sa Vie on 35mm – Brattle, 12:00pm & 4:30pm, $12.50
Attack of the B-Movies!: A Bucket of Blood & The Bat – Somerville, 12:00pm, $5
Dracula (1931) – Salem, 1:20pm, $10
The Wolf of Wall Street – Kendall, 3:00pm, $5
Halloween (1978) – Salem, 4:40pm, $10
The Others – Somerville, 6:00pm, $14
Frankenstein – Somerville, 6:30pm, $10
The Kegelstatt Trio with director Rita Azevedo Gomes in Person! – HFA, 7:00pm, $15
The Others – Somerville, 8:00pm, $14
The Rocky Horror Picture Show with live performances – Salem, 9:00pm/11:59pm, $25
Oldboy – Brattle, 9:30pm, $14.50
The House by the Cemetery – Coolidge, 11:59pm, $15.50
The Sudbury Devil – Somerville, 11:59pm, $14

Sun Oct 15
Vivre Sa Vie on 35mm – Brattle, 12:00pm & 4:30pm, $12.50
Black Panther with Ruth E. Carter – Coolidge, 1:00pm, $23
The Sudbury Devil – Somerville, 2:00pm, $10
The Wolf of Wall Street – Kendall, 3:00pm, $5
Dracula (1931) – Salem, 3:00pm, $10
The Others – Somerville, 4:30pm, $13
Halloween (1978) – Salem, 4:40pm, $8
Oldboy – Brattle, 9:30pm, $14.50

Mon Oct 16
Halloween (1978) – Salem, 4:00pm & 7:40pm, $10
Oldboy – Brattle, 5:00pm & 8:00pm, $14.50
I Heard it Through the Grapevine on 16mm – HFA, 7:00pm, $10
The Phantom of the Opera (1925) with live score by Jeff Rapsis – Coolidge, 7:00pm, $23
Creature from the Black Lagoon – Salem, 7:30pm, $10

Tues Oct 17
Coraline – Coolidge, 7:00pm, $15.50
Child’s Play – Kendall, 7:00pm, $5
Attack of the B-Movies!: A Bucket of Blood & The Bat – Somerville, 7:00pm, $5
RPM Fest Presents Waiting for Snow: Michael Snow Tribute – Brattle, 8:00pm, $14.50

Wed Oct 18
The Wolf of Wall Street – Kendall, 7:00pm, $5

Thurs Oct 19
Twilight on 35mm – Coolidge, 7:00pm, $15.50

Fri Oct 20
The Second Generation – HFA, 7:00pm, $10
Halloween (1978) – Salem, 8:00pm, $10
Urban Legend on 35mm – Coolidge, 11:59pm, $15.50

Sat Oct 21
Dracula (1931) – Salem, 1:00pm, $10
Frankenstein – Somerville, 2:40pm, $10
Oldtimer – HFA, 7:00pm, $10
Halloween (1978) – Salem, 7:30pm, $10
Re-Animator on 35mm – Coolidge, 11:59pm, $15.50
Carny – Somerville, 11:59pm, $15

Sun Oct 22
Dracula (1931) – Salem, 1:00pm, $10
Creature from the Black Lagoon – Salem, 2:40pm, $10
I Heard it Through the Grapevine – HFA, 3:00pm, $10
James Baldwin Abroad – HFA, 7:00pm, $10
Halloween (1978) – Salem, 7:45pm, $10

Mon Oct 23
Frankenstein – Somerville, 4:00pm, $10
Halloween (1978) – Salem, 4:30pm & 7:15pm, $10
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors on 35mm – HFA, 7:00pm
The Sixth Sense on 35mm – Coolidge, 7:00pm, $15.50

Tues Oct 24
Arsenic and Old Lace on 35mm – Coolidge, 7:00pm, $15.50
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 – Kendall, 7:00pm, $5
Princess Mononoke – Brattle, $14.50

Thurs Oct 26
Cat People (1942) – Coolidge, 7:00pm, $15.50
Local Horror Shorts with filmmakers in person! – Somerville, 7:30pm, $14

Fri Oct 27
Halloween (1978) – Salem, 5:30pm & 7:45pm, $10
The Most Beautiful Country in the World – HFA, 7:00pm, $10
The Others – MFA, 7:00pm, $15
Hellraiser on 35mm – Somerville, 7:30pm, $16 ($18 for double feature with The Exorcist)
Creature from the Black Lagoon – Salem, 7:30pm, $10
The Exorcist on 35mm – Somerville, 9:20pm, $16 ($18 for double feature)
The Crow – Salem, 10:00pm, $11
Hocus Pocus – Coolidge, 11:59pm, $15.50

Sat Oct 28
Coco – Coolidge, 10:00am, $10
Dracula (1931) – Salem, 1:30pm, $10
Miz Diamond Wigfall Presents: The Shining – Salem, 2:00pm & 9:30pm, $25/$30
Perfect Blue – MFA, 2:30pm, $15
The Evil Dead on 35mm – Somerville, 4:15pm, $10 ($18 for triple feature)
Oculus – Somerville, 6:00pm, $16 ($18 for triple feature)
Trenque Lauquen, Parts I & II – HFA, 7:00pm, $10
Poltergeist on 35mm – Somerville, 8:00pm, $16 ($18 for triple feature)
22nd Halloween Horror Marathon on 35mm – Coolidge, 11:30pm, $35 for first three films, $45 for marathon
The Rocky Horror Picture Show with the Tesaracte Players – Somerville, 11:59pm, $20

Sun Oct 29
Halloween (1978) – Salem, 1:30pm & 5:45pm, $10
Daughters of Darkness on 35mm – Somerville, 2:00pm, $10 ($18 for double feature with Blood and Roses)
Take this Hammer (Director’s Cut) & The Negro and the American Promise – HFA, 3:00pm, $10
Blood and Roses on 35mm – Somerville, 4:00pm, $10 ($18 for the double feature)
An American Werewolf in London – Somerville, 6:30pm, $16 ($18 for the double feature with The Howling)
I Heard it Through the Grapevine on 16mm – HFA, 7:00pm, $10
The Howling on 35mm – Somerville, 8:30pm, $16 ($18 for the double feature)

Mon Oct 30
Halloween (1978) – Salem, 4:30pm, 6:30pm & 8:30pm, $10
Death Becomes Her – Coolidge, 7:00pm, $15.50
Revolution+1 – HFA, 7:00pm, $15
Evil Dead II on 35mm – Brattle, 8:30pm, $14.50

Tues Oct 31
Donnie Darko – Brattle, 5:30pm & 10:00pm, $14.50
Psycho on 35mm – Somerville, $16 ($18 for double feature with Alice Sweet Alice)
Halloween Double Feature: Young Frankenstein & An American Werewolf in London – Coolidge, 7:30pm, $15.50
Evil Dead II on 35mm – Brattle, 8:00pm, $14.50
Alice Sweet Alice on 35mm – Somerville, 9:00pm, $16 ($18 for the double feature)