Muppet Madness! THE MUPPET MOVIE • Screening on 35mm

MUPPET MADNESS! Mon, Apr 20 &amp; Tue, Apr 21 Muppet Madness returns on Marathon Monday 2026! Join us for a special Triple Feature of the original MUPPET MOVIE, THE DARK CRYSTAL, and LABYRINTH! An origin tale for everyone’s favorite troupe of felt-skinned entertainers, THE MUPPET MOVIE follows Kermit the Frog from his humble beginnings as a swamp-bound crooner to his current place as an internationally renowned superstar. 1979 • dir James Frawley w/Kermit, Fozzie Bear, Miss Piggy, Gonzo, and the whole Muppet gang + Charles Durning, Milton Berle, Mel Brooks, James Coburn, Dom DeLuise, Elliott Gould, Bob Hope, Madeline Kahn, Steve Martin, Richard Pryor, Telly Savalas and Orson Welles • 95 min • 35mm Monday: THE MUPPET MOVIE‡ •&nbsp;12:00 • 35mm THE DARK CRYSTAL‡ •&nbsp;2:15 •&nbsp;35mm LABYRINTH‡ •&nbsp;4:30 •&nbsp;4K DCP Tuesday: THE MUPPET MOVIE‡ •&nbsp;4:00 • 35mm THE DARK CRYSTAL‡ •&nbsp;6:15 •&nbsp;35mm LABYRINTH‡ •&nbsp;8:30 •&nbsp;4K DCP Please see individual checkout pages for all ticket and pricing options. Triple Feature tickets can only be purchased for the earliest screening.

Brattle Theatre

Muppet Madness! THE DARK CRYSTAL • Screening on 35mm

MUPPET MADNESS! Mon, Apr 20 &amp; Tue, Apr 21 Muppet Madness returns on Marathon Monday 2026! Join us for a special Triple Feature of the original MUPPET MOVIE, THE DARK CRYSTAL, and LABYRINTH! Mixing Brian Froud’s amazing original designs with elements of traditional fairy tales, THE DARK CRYSTAL depicts a fantastic world where a gentle orphan named Jen must venture forth to defeat the evil dragon-like Skeksis. 1982 • dir Jim Henson and Frank Oz w/Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Kathryn Mullen • 93 min • 35mm Monday: THE MUPPET MOVIE‡ • 12:00 • 35mm THE DARK CRYSTAL‡ • 2:15 • 35mm LABYRINTH‡ • 4:30 • 4K DCP Tuesday: THE MUPPET MOVIE‡ • 4:00 • 35mm THE DARK CRYSTAL‡ • 6:15 • 35mm LABYRINTH‡ • 8:30 • 4K DCP Please see individual checkout pages for all ticket and pricing options. Triple Feature tickets can only be purchased for the earliest screening.

Muppet Madness! LABYRINTH

MUPPET MADNESS! Mon, Apr 20 &amp; Tue, Apr 21 Muppet Madness returns on Marathon Monday 2026! Join us for a special Triple Feature of the original MUPPET MOVIE, THE DARK CRYSTAL, and LABYRINTH! Frustrated teen Sarah (Connelly) is stuck babysitting her annoying baby brother until she innocently invokes the Goblin King to come and steal him away. When the supposedly legendary villain actually shows up (in the form of an unreasonably sexy David Bowie) and steals him away, Sarah journeys to a fantasy realm populated by wonderfully designed muppets to try and get him back. 1986 • dir Jim Henson w/Jennifer Connelly, David Bowie • 101 min • 4K DCP Monday: THE MUPPET MOVIE‡ •&nbsp;12:00 • 35mm THE DARK CRYSTAL‡ •&nbsp;2:15 •&nbsp;35mm LABYRINTH‡ •&nbsp;4:30 •&nbsp;4K DCP Tuesday: THE MUPPET MOVIE‡ •&nbsp;4:00 • 35mm THE DARK CRYSTAL‡ •&nbsp;6:15 •&nbsp;35mm LABYRINTH‡ •&nbsp;8:30 •&nbsp;4K DCP Please see individual checkout pages for all ticket and pricing options. Triple Feature tickets can only be purchased for the earliest screening.

Chungking Express • Special Pineapple Expiration Day Screening!

Special Pineapple Expiration Day Screenings! Fri, May 1 at 8:30pm; Sat, May 2 at 10:00 The kinetic, super-cool CHUNGKING EXPRESS is one of the defining works of ‘90s cinema and made Wong Kar Wai an instant icon. Two heartsick Hong Kong cops (Kaneshiro and Leung), both jilted by ex-lovers, cross paths at the Midnight Express take-out restaurant stand, where the ethereal pixie waitress Faye (Wong) works. Anything goes in this gloriously shot and utterly unexpected charmer, which cemented the sex appeal of its gorgeous stars and forever turned canned pineapple and the Mamas and the Papas’ “California Dreamin’” into tokens of romantic longing. Director: Wong Kar-wai Run Time: 103 min. Release Year: 1994 Starring: Brigitte Lin, Faye Wong, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Tony Leung Chiu-wai <a href="https://youtu.be/OPCug9jyG9k">Watch the Trailer</a>

MUPPET MADNESS! Mon, Apr 20 &amp; Tue, Apr 21 Muppet Madness returns on Marathon Monday 2026! Join us for a special Triple Feature of the original MUPPET MOVIE, THE DARK CRYSTAL, and LABYRINTH! Mixing Brian Froud’s amazing original designs with elements of traditional fairy tales, THE DARK CRYSTAL depicts a fantastic world where a gentle orphan named Jen must venture forth to defeat the evil dragon-like Skeksis. 1982 • dir Jim Henson and Frank Oz w/Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Kathryn Mullen • 93 min • 35mm Monday: THE MUPPET MOVIE‡ •&nbsp;12:00 • 35mm THE DARK CRYSTAL‡ •&nbsp;2:15 •&nbsp;35mm LABYRINTH‡ •&nbsp;4:30 •&nbsp;4K DCP Tuesday: THE MUPPET MOVIE‡ •&nbsp;4:00 • 35mm THE DARK CRYSTAL‡ •&nbsp;6:15 •&nbsp;35mm LABYRINTH‡ •&nbsp;8:30 •&nbsp;4K DCP Please see individual checkout pages for all ticket and pricing options. Triple Feature tickets can only be purchased for the earliest screening.

Muppet Madness! THE MUPPET MOVIE • Screening on 35mm!

SOUND OF FALLING Premieres April 16–19

Premiere Run Thu, Apr 16 –&nbsp;Sun, Apr 19 Thu at 7:00pm; (Fri: no screenings); Sat at 2:30; Sun at 4:00 Winner: Special Jury Prize, 2025 Cannes Film Festival Germany’s entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 2026 Academy Awards Four adolescent girls (Alma, Erika, Angelika, Lenka) each spend their youth in the same farmhouse over the last century. Though separated by decades, resonances between their lives emerge: their desires and distress, secrets and truths, encounters with another’s gaze and defiant gaze in return. –MUBI In SOUND OF FALLING, one of the most stunningly beautiful films of 2025, director/co-writer Mascha Schilinski, co-writer Louise Peter, and cinematographer Fabian Gamper create a swirling, overlapping spiderweb of history in one house that is both unapologetically opaque and hypnotically engaging. Set in 4 distinct periods (1910s, ‘40s, ‘80s, and 2020s), SOUND OF FALLING immerses the audience in the history of place while also evoking heartbreaking cycles of psychological and physical pain that echo across generations. 2025 • dir Mascha Schilinski w/Claudia Geisler-Bading, Hanna Heckt, Lea Drinda, Lena Urzendowsky, Luise Heyer • 149 min •&nbsp;DCP <a href="https://youtu.be/O-jgGbvLgVo">Watch the Trailer</a>

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MY FATHER'S SHADOW Premieres April 16–19

Premiere Run Thu, Apr 16 –&nbsp;Sun, Apr 19 Thu at 4:30pm; Fri &amp; Sat at 6:00; Sun at 7:00 In this stunning period-piece set during the critical 1993 Nigerian election, two young boys and their father, Folarin, journey into and around Lagos. As the trio navigates a city on the precipice of democratic crisis, and further details of Folarin’s life emerge, the strain in their connection becomes increasingly clear. Written by director Akinola Davies Jr. with his brother Wale and drawing on their recollections of their own father, MY FATHER’S SHADOW deftly and achingly depicts the moment when the mystery of adulthood begins to break down in a child’s eyes. Winner of the BAFTA Award for Outstanding Debut 2025 • dir Akinola Davies Jr. w/Sope Dirisu, Godwin Chiemerie Egbo, Chibuike Marvellous Egbo • 93 min • DCP <a href="https://youtu.be/50ICTaEuQxg">Watch the Trailer</a>

Pavements • Celebrating Record Store Day!

Celebrating Record Store Day! Co-presented with Newbury Comics! <a href="https://recordstoreday.com">Record Store Day</a> is coming up this Saturday, so we’re celebrating by showing two recent rock docs! Get in the groove Friday at 8:30 with BORN INNOCENT: THE REDD KROSS STORY, documenting the influential 40-year career of the McDonald Brothers. Then, Saturday at 8:30, come back after shopping your favorite vinyl purveyors for Alex Ross Perry’s metatextual hybrid-doc PAVEMENTS, co-presented by <a href="https://www.newburycomics.com">Newbury Comics</a>. An examination of the iconic 90s indie band, PAVEMENTS appears to be just another music documentary, until it doesn’t. A prismatic, narrative, scripted, documentary, musical, metatextual hybrid, the film intimately shows the band preparing for their sold-out 2022 reunion tour while simultaneously tracking the preparations for a musical based on their songs, a museum devoted to their history and a big-budget Hollywood biopic inspired by their saga as the most important band of a generation. Director:&nbsp;Alex Ross Perry&nbsp;Run Time:&nbsp;128 min.&nbsp;Format:&nbsp;DCP&nbsp;Release Year:&nbsp;2025 Starring:&nbsp;Kathryn Gallagher, Mark Ibold, Michael Esper, Scott Kannberg, Stephen Malkmus <a href="https://youtu.be/UvR4aihyRXQ">Watch the Trailer</a>

Born Innocent: The Redd Kross Story • Celebrating Record Store Day!

Special Record Store Day Screening! Update: The screening will include a special recorded intro from Jeff and Steve McDonald from Redd Kross! <a href="https://recordstoreday.com/">Record Store Day</a> is coming up this Saturday, so we’re celebrating by showing two recent rock docs! Get in the groove Friday at 8:30 with BORN INNOCENT: THE REDD KROSS STORY, documenting the influential 40-year career of the McDonald Brothers. Then, Saturday at 8:30, come back after shopping your favorite vinyl purveyors for Alex Ross Perry’s metatextual hybrid-doc PAVEMENTS, co-presented by <a href="https://www.newburycomics.com/">Newbury Comics</a>. Formed in 1978 by brothers Jeff and Steve McDonald, and still actively playing and recording today, Redd Kross are the ultimate rock and roll lifers. They have influenced independent music in ways that beg to be acknowledged. From helping invent Beach Punk to influencing the Grunge and Glam Metal movements, Redd Kross have maintained the highest level of musical integrity, originality and quality for over forty years. Born Innocent will introduce a wider audience to two of the coolest people alive. The McDonald Brothers embody Southern California, rock and roll, and what it means to be an artist. Brattle Passes Not Accepted Director: Andrew Reich Run Time: 84 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2024 Starring: Jeffrey McDonald, Kim Gordon, Steven Shane McDonald, Thurston Moore <a href="https://youtu.be/B1L299hwyN4">Watch the Trailer</a>

In Honor of Earth Day! FERNGULLY: THE LAST RAINFOREST • Screening on 35mm

Friday Film Matinee • In Honor of Earth Day! Screening on 35mm! When a sprite named Crysta shrinks a human boy, Zak, down to her size, he vows to help the magical fairy folk stop a greedy logging company from destroying their home: the pristine rainforest known as FernGully. Zak and his new friends fight to defend FernGully from lumberjacks — and the vengeful spirit they accidentally unleash after chopping down a magic tree. 1992 • dir Bill Kroyer w/Christian Slater, Jonathan Ward, Robin Williams, Samantha Mathis, Tim Curry • 76 min • 35mm <a href="https://youtu.be/Dzqyc95zcxo">Watch the Trailer</a> Co-presented with <a href="https://ScreenBoston.com">ScreenBoston.com</a>. Film print from the Joel Freedman and Michael Fink 35mm Collection, RISD. The Friday Film Matinee is an ongoing program at The Brattle featuring special screenings of 35mm prints on Friday afternoons. We know that seeing a film on 35mm is worth skipping class or leaving work early for so come play hooky with us as we celebrate the magic of ‘reel film’ at The Brattle! This program is funded in part by The Brattle’s 35mm Film Fund. Donations to this fund maintain our film projection equipment, train future projectionists, and ensure that The Brattle will be able to continue 35mm screenings well into the future. Learn more: <a href="https://brattlefilm.org/35mm-film-fund/">35mm Film Fund</a>

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze

Friday Film Matinee: Screening on 35mm! The Turtles and the Shredder battle once again, this time for the last canister of the ooze that created the Turtles, which Shredder wants to create an army of new mutants. Meanwhile Splinter is coming… to a decision. The Friday Film Matinee is an ongoing program at The Brattle featuring special screenings of 35mm prints on Friday afternoons. We know that seeing a film on 35mm is worth skipping class or leaving work early for so come play hooky with us as we celebrate the magic of ‘reel film’ at The Brattle! This program is funded in part by The Brattle’s 35mm Film Fund. Donations to this fund maintain our film projection equipment, train future projectionists, and ensure that The Brattle will be able to continue 35mm screenings well into the future. Learn more: <a href="https://brattlefilm.org/35mm-film-fund/">35mm Film Fund</a> 1991 • dir Michael Pressman w/Paige Turco, David Warner, François Chau, Ernie Reyes Jr., Michelan Sisti, Leif Tilden, Kenn Scott, Mark Caso, Robbie Rist, Brian Tochi, Laurie Faso, Adam Carl, David McCharen • 88 min • 35mm

S22: conversations

Wondering what to do in Boston? Places to eat? Free activities? Good for a group? Date night spot? Girls night out? The best things to do? Ask Joyraft!

Best places to go in Boston? Things to do? Places to eat?

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S4: top picks

The most fun, cool and unique things to do in Boston. Can’t miss events, shows and experiences. Concerts, restaurants, bars, free things in Boston and beyond.

The most fun and cool events happening around Boston

Hot and new things to do in Boston

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S11: happening this weekend

What to do in Boston this weekend? From festivals, concerts, performances, free events, screenings and more, Joyraft has the best things to do in Boston.

25+ things to do in Boston/Cambridge/Somerville this weekend

Things to do in Boston this weekend

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S16: editor picks

The most unique and can’t miss things coming up in Boston / Cambridge / Somerville and beyond. Festivals, food, drinks, fairs, concerts, art and free activities.

Unique and Can’t Miss Things to Do in Boston

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S21: roundups

Our top picks: outdoor dining, free events, spring festivals, best bars, upcoming concerts, museum parties - the latest in and around Boston.  Slug: joyraft-top-picks-best-things-to-do-boston-ma

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S28: calendar experiences

This week in Boston

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S20: c+d experiences

Discover new, unique events and experiences happening in and around Boston. Perfect for date night, good for a group or with a friend. Be the first to know.

The newest events happening in and around Boston

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S2 (A): top experiences

The most popular things to do on Joyraft. Concerts, restaurants, bars, events, parties, openings, kid friendly, date ideas, free things in Boston and beyond.

Top 20 things to do in Boston

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S3 (A): trending experiences

Discover can’t miss events and things to do in Boston. The most fun, unique and cool events coming to the Boston area this spring and summer.

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S17: interest based

Your guide to everything free in and around Boston. From events, to fairs, to festivals, to outdoors. Joyraft has all the free events happening near you.

100+ free things to do in Boston and beyond

Free things to do in Boston

Free things to do

S19: interest based

Kid-friendly events in Boston

S18: interest based

Where to eat and drink in Boston? Joyraft has Boston’s newest bars, restaurants and specials. Drinks and pre fixe dinner menus. Cambridge & Somerville too.

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Experiences

Muppet Madness! THE MUPPET MOVIE • Screening on 35mm

Muppet Madness! THE DARK CRYSTAL • Screening on 35mm

Muppet Madness! LABYRINTH

Chungking Express • Special Pineapple Expiration Day Screening!

Muppet Madness! LABYRINTH

Muppet Madness! THE DARK CRYSTAL • Screening on 35mm

Muppet Madness! THE MUPPET MOVIE • Screening on 35mm!

SOUND OF FALLING Premieres April 16–19

MY FATHER'S SHADOW Premieres April 16–19

Pavements • Celebrating Record Store Day!

Born Innocent: The Redd Kross Story • Celebrating Record Store Day!

In Honor of Earth Day! FERNGULLY: THE LAST RAINFOREST • Screening on 35mm

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze