Friday Film Matinee: THE TERMINATOR

Screening on 35mm! This Friday at 3:30, join us for our weekly Friday Film Matinee featuring Arnold Schwarzenegger in THE TERMINATOR.  In a post-apocalyptic future, tyrannical supercomputers send a cyborg assassin known as the “Terminator” back in time to kill Sarah Connor, whose unborn son is destined to lead insurgents against an army of killer robots in the 21st century.  1984 • Dir James Cameron w/Arnold Schwarzenegger, Lance Henriksen, Linda Hamilton, Michael Biehn, Paul Winfield • 108 min • 35mm The Friday Film Matinee is co-presented by Screen Boston and made possible by The Brattle Film Foundation’s 35mm Film Fund. Film print from the Joel Freedman and Michael Fink 35mm Collection, RISD

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Grrl Haus Cinema: Best of Shorts

Join Grrl Haus Cinema Wed, May 6 at The Brattle for BEST OF SHORTS, featuring two unique programs of DIY and experimental shorts by women, trans, and non-binary filmmakers at 7:00 &amp; 9:00pm! This event brings together an international and local lineup spanning experimental animation, tender drama, playful absurdity, intimate suspense, surreal comedy, and documentaries reclaiming marginalized stories. The films explore themes including political censorship, global political violence, and the dangers of AI, while also centering queer joy, intimacy, self-acceptance, bodily autonomy, and collective care. At a time when community and solidarity are essential, these films offer space for reflection, resistance, and connection. Highlights from the Brattle program include: Billo Rani (Angbeen Saleem) — A comedy about a girl at Islamic Sunday School who discovers her unibrow during a lesson on “cleanliness,” only to have her eyebrows come alive and speak to her. Saturn Risin9 (Tiare Ribeaux &amp; Jody Stillwater) — Queer performance artist Saturn Risin9 returns to the Bay Area, sharing a poetic journey of self-discovery, healing, and creative growth. Los Tres Antifaces: The First Body (Angel Rojas) — An experimental documentary exploring generational trauma from colonialism, tracing a family’s diasporic history from Peru to the U.S. Climate Control (Sarah Lasley) — A metafictional comedy about the climate crisis and its connection to generative AI, where a director making a documentary about fossil fuel extraction is subverted by an AI agent. Under the Whether (Putri Sarah Amelia) — A woman navigating perimenopause tries to replace her busy daughter with a cat—only to discover the cat is in puberty. ANADROMOUS (Ari Grubb) — Two fish evolve out of their aquarium home, embarking on a musical journey of queer joy, self-acceptance, and community at a freaky fish gay bar in the ocean’s depths. <a href="https://www.grrlhauscinema.com/best-of-shorts-may-2026.html">GRRL HAUS CINEMA</a> is an international screening program dedicated to showcasing independent films by women, trans, and non-binary filmmakers, with a focus on experimental, underground, and DIY cinema. GRRL HAUS is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit screening series based in Massachusetts and Berlin, Germany. Learn more at <a href="https://www.grrlhauscinema.com/best-of-shorts-may-2026.html">https://www.grrlhauscinema.com/best-of-shorts-may-2026.html</a>

The Cinema of Bi Gan: RESURRECTION

The Brattle revisits the work of acclaimed director Bi Gan with a film series featuring his visually arresting 2016 debut feature KAILI BLUES, his evocative 2018 followup LONG DAY’S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT, and his latest, the epic 2025 sci-fi drama RESURRECTION. Join us May 2–5 for this brief series of work by the audacious young director, screening at The Brattle Theatre, Cambridge. RESURRECTION •&nbsp;Sun, May 3 at 8:00pm; Tue, May 5 at 4:00, 7:15 In his intoxicating new film, visionary Chinese director Bi Gan (Long Day’s Journey into Night, Kaili Blues) plunges us into the celluloid-drenched imagination of a futuristic outcast pursued through his own dreams by a hunter that can take on the appearance of those closest to him. Unapologetically elliptical as it hopscotches through eras and movie genres, yet reverent in its homages, RESURRECTION is a staggering work of imagination and an emotionally affecting love-letter to cinema. 2025 • dir Bi Gan w/Huang Jue, Jackson Yee, Li Gengxi, Mark Chao, Shu Qi • 160 min • DCP • Chinese with English subtitles <a href="https://youtu.be/ZIJezWgFUEY">Watch the Trailer</a> Repertory Series: The Cinema of Bi Gan Sat, May 2 – Tue, May 5 KAILI BLUES‡ Saturday, May 2 &amp; Monday, May 4 Sat, May 2 at 4:30pm; Mon, May 4 at 7:30pm • DCP LONG DAY’S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT‡ Saturday, May 2 &amp; Monday, May 4 Sat, May 2 at 7:00pm; Mon, May 4 at 4:30pm • DCP RESURRECTION Sunday, May 3 &amp; Tuesday, May 5 Sun, May 3 at 8:00pm; Tue, May 5 at 4:00, 7:15 • DCP ‡ Double Feature

The Cinema of Bi Gan: KAILI BLUES

The Brattle revisits the work of acclaimed director Bi Gan with a film series featuring his visually arresting 2016 debut feature KAILI BLUES, his evocative 2018 followup LONG DAY’S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT, and his latest, the epic 2025 sci-fi drama RESURRECTION. Join us May 2–5 for this brief series of work by the audacious young director, screening at The Brattle Theatre, Cambridge. KAILI BLUES •&nbsp;Sat, May 2 at 4:30; Mon, May 4 at 7:30 Chen Sheng goes off in search of his nephew who has been abandoned by his father. Along the way, he encounters numerous people from his past and also those from his future. Double feature with LONG DAY’S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT 2016 • dir Bi Gan w/Chen Yongzhong, Daqing Zhao, Feiyang Luo, Lixun Xie, Shuai Zeng • 113 min • DCP • Chinese w/English subtitles Watch the Trailer: https://youtu.be/5ZVFtE10aK4 Repertory Series: The Cinema of Bi Gan Sat, May 2 – Tue, May 5 KAILI BLUES‡ Saturday, May 2 &amp; Monday, May 4 Sat, May 2 at 4:30pm; Mon, May 4 at 7:30pm • DCP LONG DAY’S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT‡ Saturday, May 2 &amp; Monday, May 4 Sat, May 2 at 7:00pm; Mon, May 4 at 4:30pm • DCP RESURRECTION Sunday, May 3 &amp; Tuesday, May 5 Sun, May 3 at 8:00pm; Tue, May 5 at 4:00, 7:15 • DCP ‡ Double Feature

The Cinema of Bi Gan: LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT

The Brattle revisits the work of acclaimed director Bi Gan with a film series featuring his visually arresting 2016 debut feature KAILI BLUES, his evocative 2018 followup LONG DAY’S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT, and his latest, the epic 2025 sci-fi drama RESURRECTION. Join us May 2–5 for this brief series of work by the audacious young director, screening at The Brattle Theatre, Cambridge. LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT • Sat, May 2 at 7:00; Mon, May 4 at 4:30 Luo Hongwu returns to Kaili, the hometown from which he fled many years ago. He begins the search for the woman he loved and whom he has never been able to forget. Double feature with KAILI BLUES 2018 • dir Bi Gan w/Chen Yongzhong, Huang Jue, Lee Hong-chi, Sylvia Chang, Tang Wei • 138 min • DCP • Chinese with English subtitles Watch the Trailer: https://youtu.be/0yPt3kQzxa8 Repertory Series: The Cinema of Bi Gan Sat, May 2 – Tue, May 5 KAILI BLUES‡ Saturday, May 2 &amp; Monday, May 4 Sat, May 2 at 4:30pm; Mon, May 4 at 7:30pm • DCP LONG DAY’S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT‡ Saturday, May 2 &amp; Monday, May 4 Sat, May 2 at 7:00pm; Mon, May 4 at 4:30pm • DCP RESURRECTION Sunday, May 3 &amp; Tuesday, May 5 Sun, May 3 at 8:00pm; Tue, May 5 at 4:00, 7:15 • DCP ‡ Double Feature

STArt Film Studio Presents LET THE BULLETS FLY

STArt Film Studio Presents LET THE BULLETS FLY In Jiang Wen’s classic comedic Western, Wen plays a Robin Hood style bandit leader in 1920's China who poses as the new mayor of a remote town and soon finds himself in a showdown with the local gangster played by Chow Yun-fat. At the time of its release, LET THE BULLETS FLY became the highest grossing domestic film in Chinese history and still plays like gangbusters on the big screen! Tickets are $17 each for this special presentation. No Brattle passes accepted. LET THE BULLETS FLY •&nbsp;2010 • dir Jiang Wen w/Jiang Wen, Chow Yun-fat, Corrina Lau • 132 min • DCP <a href="https://youtu.be/uAOz_28BJ0g">Watch the Trailer</a>

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>

American Dream • New 4K Restoration

New 4K Restoration! Fri, May 1 at 6:15pm; Sat, May 2 at 2:15pm Winner of the 1991 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, Barbara Kopple’s American Dream unflinchingly details the explosive 1985–86 labor strike against Hormel Foods in Austin, Minnesota, a city ripped apart in the tumult. Fed up with dangerous plant conditions and drastic wage cuts, Austin’s Local P-9 went against the advice of the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union and, with the help of labor activist Ray Rogers’s campaign to damage the meatpacking giant’s public reputation, conducted a nearly yearlong walkout. But as the strike dragged on, some workers found themselves desperate to make ends meet and ready to cross the picket line, dividing a community already betrayed by a once progressive company and roiled by blockades, riots, and the intervention of the National Guard. Following up her landmark documentary Harlan County USA with another engrossing report from the trenches of working-class America, Kopple poignantly captures the human and political costs of one of the most significant setbacks to organized labor amid the unchecked corporatism of the Reaganomics era. – Janus Films Supervised and approved by director Barbara Kopple, this 4K digital restoration was undertaken by Janus Films and the Criterion Collection from a scan of the 16 mm internegative. The original monaural soundtrack was remastered from the 35 mm DME magnetic track. <a href="https://vimeo.com/1178895952/a3fff30152?fl=pl&amp;fe=vl">Watch the Trailer</a> Director: Barbara Kopple Run Time: 98 min. Format: 4K DCP Release Year: 1990

Harlan County U.S.A. • New 4K Restoration

New 4K Restoration! Fri, May 1 at 4:00pm; Sat, May 2 at 12:00 This film documents the coal miners’ strike against the Brookside Mine of the Eastover Mining Company in Harlan County, Kentucky in June, 1973. Eastover’s refusal to sign a contract (when the miners joined with the United Mine Workers of America) led to the strike, which lasted more than a year and included violent battles between gun-toting company thugs/scabs and the picketing miners and their supportive women-folk. Director Barbara Kopple puts the strike into perspective by giving us some background on the historical plight of the miners and some history of the UMWA. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with New York Women in Film &amp; Television in 2004. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiW_K2QLBGk">Watch the Trailer</a> Director: Barbara Kopple Run Time: 105 min. Format: 4K DCP Release Year: 1977 Starring: Bessie Lou Cornett Parker, Houston Elmore, Norman Yarborough, Phil Sparks, Sudie Crusenberry

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.

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.

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‡ •&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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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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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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Friday Film Matinee: THE TERMINATOR

Grrl Haus Cinema: Best of Shorts

The Cinema of Bi Gan: RESURRECTION

The Cinema of Bi Gan: KAILI BLUES

The Cinema of Bi Gan: LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT

STArt Film Studio Presents LET THE BULLETS FLY

Chungking Express • Special Pineapple Expiration Day Screening!

American Dream • New 4K Restoration

Harlan County U.S.A. • New 4K Restoration

Muppet Madness! LABYRINTH

Muppet Madness! THE MUPPET MOVIE • Screening on 35mm

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