CABARET • 35mm Screening

Friday Film Matinee! 35mm Screenings! Inside the Kit Kat Club of 1931 Berlin, starry-eyed singer Sally Bowles and an impish emcee sound the clarion call to decadent fun, while outside a certain political party grows into a brutal force. Director: Bob Fosse  Run Time: 124 min.  Format: 35mm Film  Release Year: 1972 Starring: Fritz Wepper, Helmut Griem, Joel Grey, Liza Minnelli, Michael York 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 <a href="https://brattlefilm.org/35mm-film-fund/">35mm Film Fund</a>. 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.

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New 4K Restoration! THE PIANO

New 4K Restoration • Fri, Aug 28 – Mon, Aug 31 (see below for complete list of showtimes) Now available in a stunning new 4K restoration, Jane Campion’s landmark film THE PIANO returns to cinemas this year. When an arranged marriage brings Ada (Hunter) and her spirited daughter Flora (Paquin) to the wilderness of nineteenth-century New Zealand, she finds herself locked in a battle of wills with both her controlling husband Alisdair (Neill) and a rugged frontiersman George (Keitel) to whom she develops a forbidden attraction. Hunter and Paquin both won Oscars for their stunning performances. – Sony Pictures Classics Watch the Trailer: <a href="https://youtu.be/IeHHVJGrfpk">https://youtu.be/IeHHVJGrfpk</a> Director: Jane Campion Run Time: 120 min. Format: 4K DCP Release Year: 1993 Starring: Anna Paquin, Cliff Curtis, Harvey Keitel, Holly Hunter, Sam Neill Fri, Aug 28 at 6:00pm Sat, Aug 29 at 12:30, 6:00pm Sun, Aug 30 at 12:30, 6:00pm Mon, Aug 31 at 3:00pm

Dreams in Nightmares

Premiere Run Fri, Aug 28 –&nbsp;Mon, Aug 31 (see below for complete list of showtimes) In their second film, Shatara Michelle Ford (Test Pattern) puts their singular stamp on the American road movie. DREAMS IN NIGHTMARES stars Denée Benton (The Gilded Age) as Z, the nominal leader of a group of queer African-American college friends now in their mid-30s. Z is a writer and has a seemingly idyllic life in Los Angeles but, when she is laid off from a teaching job, she finds she still has some soul-searching to do. Cue the possibility of a road trip to track down the most free-spirited of their clique who has dropped off the map, maybe somewhere in the Midwest. Gathering roommates Tasha (Compère) and Lauren (Bing) in New York City, the trio set off on an adventure… next stop, Iowa. Anchored in themes of chosen family and self-discovery, DREAMS IN NIGHTMARES blends humor and emotional depth against the backdrop of a journey through the heartland of the U.S. and beyond. This film is an expansive and tender ode to chosen family and to the radical act of claiming space to dream—and to exist—on one’s own terms in an increasingly fraught country. – adapted from notes by Lunette Films “An essential new voice in Black cinema.” – Jourdain Searles, The Film Stage <a href="https://youtu.be/irnCquH3qB0">Watch the Trailer</a> 2024 • dir Shatara Michelle Ford w/Denée Benton, Sasha Compére, Dezi Bing, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Charlie Barnett, Mars Rucker • 128 min • DCP Fri, Aug 28 at 8:30pm Sat, Aug 29 at 3:15, 8:30pm Sun, Aug 30 at 3:15, 8:30pm Mon, Aug 31 at 9:45pm

PAINT YOUR WAGON • 35mm Screening

Friday Film Matinee! 35mm Screening! A Michigan farmer and a prospector form a partnership in the California gold country. Their adventures include buying and sharing a wife, hijacking a stage, kidnapping six prostitutes, and turning their mining camp into a boom town. Along the way there is plenty of drinking, gambling, and singing. They even find time to do some creative gold mining. Director: Joshua Logan&nbsp; Run Time: 164 min.&nbsp; Release Year: 1969 Starring: Clint Eastwood, Harve Presnell, Jean Seberg, Lee Marvin, Ray Walston 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!

Alfred Hitchcock's VERTIGO

Hitchcock's Birthday Weekend! (see below for showtimes) In Hitchcock’s immortal thriller, Jimmy Stewart plays a down-on-his-luck investigator who is hired by a college chum to trail his wife, leading to a spiraling path of obsession, deception, murder, and manipulation. 1958 • dir Alfred Hitchcock w/Jimmy Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes • 128 min • 35mm STRANGERS ON A TRAIN • Fri, Aug 14 at 6:15 &amp; Sat, Aug 15 at 12:00, 4:45 • 35mm FAMILY PLOT • Fri, Aug 14 at 8:30 &amp; Sat, Aug 15 at 2:15, 6:30 • 35mm VERTIGO • Sun, Aug 16 at 1:00, 6:00 • 35mm OBSESSION • Sun, Aug 16 at 3:45, 8:45 • 35mm

Brian De Palma's OBSESSION • 35mm Print

Hitchcock's Birthday Weekend! (see below for showtimes) Never one to hide his influences, Brian De Palma (Carrie) boldly remodels Hitchcock’s VERTIGO into a twisted, even more explicit, psycho-sexual morass. Wealthy developer Michael Courtland (Robertson) is left hanging by a mental thread when his wife and daughter are kidnapped and die. Sixteen years later, when he meets a woman who mysteriously resembles his late wife (Bujold), Courtland is determined to not repeat the mistakes of the past. 1976 • dir Brian De Palma w/Cliff Robertson, Geneviève Bujold, John Lithgow • 98 min • 35mm STRANGERS ON A TRAIN • Fri, Aug 14 at 6:15 &amp; Sat, Aug 15 at 12:00, 4:45 • 35mm FAMILY PLOT • Fri, Aug 14 at 8:30 &amp; Sat, Aug 15 at 2:15, 6:30 • 35mm VERTIGO • Sun, Aug 16 at 1:00, 6:00 • 35mm OBSESSION • Sun, Aug 16 at 3:45, 8:45 • 35mm

Alfred Hitchcock's FAMILY PLOT

Hitchcock's Birthday Weekend! 50th Anniversary! (see below for showtimes) In Hitchcock’s final feature he aims for an uneasy marriage between the relaxed, comedic vibes, of The 39 Steps and the 1970s Hollywood New Wave. George Lumley (Dern) is a hapless amateur detective working with his girlfriend, the phony psychic Blanche Tyler (Harris), to track down the long-lost nephew of a wealthy woman. Unfortunately for all involved, the nephew is not—in any way—a straight arrow. 1976 • dir Alfred Hitchcock w/Bruce Dern, Barbara Harris, Karen Black, William Devane, Ed Lauter • 120 min • 35mm STRANGERS ON A TRAIN • Fri, Aug 14 at 6:15 &amp; Sat, Aug 15 at 12:00, 4:45 • 35mm FAMILY PLOT • Fri, Aug 14 at 8:30 &amp; Sat, Aug 15 at 2:15, 6:30 • 35mm VERTIGO • Sun, Aug 16 at 1:00, 6:00 • 35mm OBSESSION • Sun, Aug 16 at 3:45, 8:45 • 35mm

Alfred Hitchcock's STRANGERS ON A TRAIN

Hitchcock's Birthday Weekend! 75th Anniversary! (see below for showtimes) STRANGERS ON A TRAIN is one of the most influential thrillers ever made and the first to be adapted from the work of Patricia Highsmith. Farley Granger and Robert Walker play two strangers who meet on a train and decide that life would be much easier if each ‘took care of’ a problematic person in the other’s life. Unfortunately for one of the men, the other is taking this hypothetical conversation much, much too seriously. 1951 • dir Alfred Hitchcock w/Farley Granger, Robert Walker • 101 min • 35mm STRANGERS ON A TRAIN •&nbsp;Fri, Aug 14 at 6:15 &amp; Sat, Aug 15 at 12:00, 4:45 •&nbsp;35mm FAMILY PLOT •&nbsp;Fri, Aug 14 at 8:30 &amp; Sat, Aug 15 at 2:15, 6:30 •&nbsp;35mm VERTIGO •&nbsp;Sun, Aug 16 at 1:00, 6:00 •&nbsp;35mm OBSESSION •&nbsp;Sun, Aug 16 at 3:45, 8:45 •&nbsp;35mm

Friday Film Matinee: OLIVER!

Friday Film Matinee! IB Technicolor Print! Perhaps the only musical in history to be favorably compared to the work of the great French filmmaker René Clair (thanks Pauline Kael!), OLIVER! is Carol Reed’s adaptation of Charles Dickens’s classic tale about a Victorian era orphan searching for a place to belong. Director: Carol Reed&nbsp; Run Time: 153 min.&nbsp; Format: 35mm Film&nbsp; Release Year: 1968 Starring: Harry Secombe, Jack Wild, Mark Lester, Oliver Reed, Ron Moody, Shani Wallis 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!

I SHOT ANDY WARHOL • New 4K Restoration!

New 4K Restoration! (see below for showtimes) The scintillating feature debut of Mary Harron (American Psycho) and one of the most controversial independent films of the 1990s, I SHOT ANDY WARHOL stars an electric Lili Taylor as Valerie Solanas, a militant feminist whose attempted murder of Andy Warhol brought instant fame to her radically anti-male SCUM Manifesto. Dropping out of grad school in the mid-sixties, the brilliant yet volatile Solanas survived in New York City as a destitute artist, sex worker, and panhandler, soon striking up a friendship with Warhol superstar Candy Darling that brought her briefly into the orbit of the world’s premier pop artist. With vivid, hallucinatory attention to historical detail, Harron captures the explosive cross-pollination of New York’s political and artistic countercultures as well as the creativity, snobbery, and decadence at the heart of the legendary Factory. Anchored by pitch-perfect performances—and featuring a blistering score by John Cale—I SHOT ANDY WARHOL is an incisive portrait of a rebel without an outlet and the soon-to-be-lost generation she came to define. – Janus Films Fri, Aug 7 – Mon, Aug 10 Fri at 6:30, 9:00 Sat at 4:00, 6:30 Sun at 2:15, 4:30, 6:45 Mon at 8:30 Director: Mary Harron Run Time: 103 min. Format: 4K DCP Release Year: 1996 Starring: Anna Thomson, Jared Harris, Lili Taylor, Lothaire Bluteau, Martha Plimpton <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eOQckkennE">Watch the Trailer</a> “Remarkable. Creates a portrait of the Factory that’s devastating and convincing.” – Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times “Immensely entertaining and provocative.” – Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

Pics & Crafts: DONNIE DARKO

Gather Here presents Pics and Crafts! Disaffected teen Donnie (Gyllenhaal) is just not doing well. His well-meaning parents are confounded, his sisters are annoyed, and his therapist thinks he’s schizophrenic… but when Donnie meets Frank—a 6-foot-tall demonic bunny, everything changes. Frank shares with Donnie that the world will end on Halloween night and asks him if he believes in time travel. As Donnie, his family, and his new girlfriend (Malone) unknowingly head towards a tragic climax, the possibility for sacrifice and salvation begins to take shape. Craft-Along screening note: Lights will be kept on half way and attendees are encouraged to bring craft projects to work on. Tickets for this screening are $13 for all. Brattle passes are accepted. Director: Richard Kelly  Run Time: 113 min.  Format: DCP  Release Year: 2001 Starring: Daveigh Chase, Drew Barrymore, Holmes Osborne, Jake Gyllenhaal, Jena Malone, Katharine Ross, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Mary McDonnell, Noah Wylie, Patrick Swayze

TALLY BROWN, NEW YORK • New Restoration!

New Restoration! (see below for showtimes) Both a loving portrait of a larger-than-life personality and a vivid record of New York’s 1970s downtown demimonde, this captivating documentary follows Tally Brown—cabaret chanteuse, underground film star, and a staple of Andy Warhol’s Factory—as she takes filmmaker Rosa von Praunheim on a tour through the grit and glamour of the city that made her. Capturing Brown’s mesmerizing performances as well as her social world among fellow queer cult icons like Holly Woodlawn, Divine, and Taylor Mead, TALLY BROWN, NEW YORK is an essential snapshot of a scene that has passed into legend. Director: Rosa von Praunheim Run Time: 97 min. Format: 4K DCP Release Year: 1979 Language: German w/ English subtitles Starring: Divine, Edward Caton, Gil Fontaine, Paul Ambrose, Tally Brown <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FG1qGlJny8">Watch the Trailer</a> "A must-see for all those interested in performance and the cultural history of New York in the '70s." – Melissa Anderson, The Village Voice "Tally Brown is the best New York City documentary since Chantal Akerman's News From Home." – J. Hoberman, The Village Voice

Barbra Streisand in FUNNY GIRL • 35mm Screening

Friday Film Matinee! 35mm Screening! IB Technicolor Print! FUNNY GIRL follows the life of famed 1930s comedienne Fanny Brice (Barbra Streisand), from her early days in New York, to the height of her career with the Ziegfeld Follies, as well as her marriage to the rakish gambler Nick Arnstein (Omar Sharif). Director: William Wyler Run Time: 155 min. Format: 35mm Film Release Year: 1968 Starring: Anne Francis, Barbra Streisand, Kay Medford, Omar Sharif, Walter Pidgeon 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.

NETWORK • Free Screening & Discussion

New 50th Anniversary 4K Restoration! Free Screening and Discussion! When a fired news anchor flips out on air and unexpectedly gains a following, his network cynically exploits this newfound popularity with a blatant disregard for his wellbeing. 50 years later, NETWORK remains a masterpiece of dark satire and a sadly prescient look at what’s become of mainstream news media. Admission to this screening is free and first-come, first-served beginning at 5:30pm on the day of the show. No tickets are available in advance for this screening. Director: Sidney Lumet Run Time: 122 min. Format: 4K DCP Release Year: 1976 Starring: Faye Dunaway, Ned Beatty, Peter Finch, Robert Duvall, William Holden

25th Anniversary! THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS • 35mm Print

THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS screens Mon, May 25 at 3:15, 8:00 In this hilarious, style-defining film from Wes Anderson, a family of young prodigies grows into a group of neurotic, stunted adults starved for the love of their absentee father (Hackman). 2001 • dir Wes Anderson w/Gene Hackman, Anjelica Huston, Ben Stiller, Gwyneth Paltrow, Luke Wilson, Owen Wilson • 110 min • 35mm&nbsp; Double Feature with THE BAD NEWS BEARS Watch the Trailer: https://youtu.be/pLFr1psL4C4 Repertory Series REUNION WEEK Fri, May 22 – Thu, May 28 Films Celebrating 25th, 50th, and 75th Anniversaries! NEWS FROM HOME‡ • 50th Anniversary! • Fri, May 22 at 6:00 TAXI DRIVER‡ • 50th Anniversary! • Fri, May 22 at 8:00; Sun, May 24 at 3:30 • 35mm AN AMERICAN IN PARIS • 75th Anniversary! • Sat, May 23 at 1:00PM&nbsp; KINGS OF THE ROAD‡ • 50th Anniversary! • Sat, May 23 at 3:30PM&nbsp; GHOST WORLD‡ • 25th Anniversary! • Sat, May 23 at 7:00PM&nbsp; MASSACRE AT CENTRAL HIGH • 50th Anniversary! • Sat, May 23 &amp; Tue, May 26 • Sat at 9:30PM; • 35mm ALICE IN WONDERLAND • 75th Anniversary! New 4K Remaster! • Sun, May 24 &amp; Tue, May 26 • Sun at 12:00, 1:45; Tue at 4:00PM&nbsp; MISS JULIE • 75th Anniversary! • Sun, May 24 at 6:00PM&nbsp; THE PIANO TEACHER • 25th Anniversary! • Sun, May 24 at 8:00PM&nbsp; THE BAD NEWS BEARS‡ • 50th Anniversary! • Mon, May 25 at 1:00, 5:45&nbsp; THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS‡ • 25th Anniversary! • Mon, May 25 at 3:15, 8:00 • 35mm&nbsp; BABY BOY • 25th Anniversary! • Wed, May 27 at 3:30, 8:00&nbsp; NATIVE SON • 75th Anniversary! • Wed, May 27 at 6:00PM&nbsp; THE LAVENDER HILL MOB • 75th Anniversary! • Thu, May 28 at 4:00, 6:00&nbsp; Strictly Brohibited Presents: 25th Anniversary! JOSIE AND THE PUSSYCATS • Thu, May 28 at 8:00PM ‡ Double Feature https://brattlefilm.org/film-series/reunion-week/

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Experiences

CABARET • 35mm Screening

PAINT YOUR WAGON • 35mm Screening

Alfred Hitchcock's VERTIGO

Brian De Palma's OBSESSION • 35mm Print

Alfred Hitchcock's FAMILY PLOT

Alfred Hitchcock's STRANGERS ON A TRAIN

Friday Film Matinee: OLIVER!

I SHOT ANDY WARHOL • New 4K Restoration!

Pics & Crafts: DONNIE DARKO

TALLY BROWN, NEW YORK • New Restoration!

Barbra Streisand in FUNNY GIRL • 35mm Screening

NETWORK • Free Screening & Discussion

25th Anniversary! THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS • 35mm Print

50th Anniversary! THE BAD NEWS BEARS

25th Anniversary! THE PIANO TEACHER