The Brattle Theatre

Director: Edward L. Cahn Run Time: 69 min. Format: Digital Projection Release Year: 1958 Starring: Ann Doran, Dabbs Greer, Kim Spalding, Marshall Thompson, Shirley Patterson A clear influence on Ridley Scott’s ALIEN, IT! THE TERROR FROM BEYOND SPACE, pits the crew of an interplanetary rescue ship against a horrifying nearly indestructible creature from Mars. Double feature with THE QUATERMASS XPERIMENT

Director: Michael Mann Run Time: 158 min. Format: 35mm Film Release Year: 1999 Starring: Al Pacino, Christopher Plummer, Diane Venora, Philip Baker Hall, Russell Crowe 35mm Screenings! Michael Mann’s stylish docudrama about a producer for CBS (Pacino) who risks his career to push 60 Minutes to air a segment featuring tobacco industry whistleblower Jeffrey Wigand (Crowe). Brattle Debut This program is funded in […]

Director: Adrian Lyne Run Time: 113 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 1990 Starring: Danny Aiello, Elizabeth Peña, Matt Craven, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Tim Robbins Jacob Singer (Robbins), a Vietnam War veteran plagued with troubling hallucinations and traumatic flashbacks, struggles to maintain his sanity as his terrible past invades his waking life. As girlfriend Jezzie (Peña) and chiropractor friend Louis (Aiello) try to help […]

Director: Joshua Logan Run Time: 164 min. Release Year: 1969 Starring: Clint Eastwood, Harve Presnell, Jean Seberg, Lee Marvin, Ray Walston 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 […]

Director: Kent Jones Run Time: 90 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2026 Starring: Edmund Donovan, Greta Lee, Stephen Badalamenti, Willem Dafoe, William Hill Premiere Run! A forgotten New York poet Ed Saxberger (Dafoe), who has long since retired his pen in favor of a stable job at the post office, finds himself rediscovered by a new generation—or at least by a small circle […]

Director: Kent Jones Run Time: 90 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2026 Starring: Edmund Donovan, Greta Lee, Stephen Badalamenti, Willem Dafoe, William Hill Premiere Run! A forgotten New York poet Ed Saxberger (Dafoe), who has long since retired his pen in favor of a stable job at the post office, finds himself rediscovered by a new generation—or at least by a small circle […]

Director: Kent Jones Run Time: 90 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2026 Starring: Edmund Donovan, Greta Lee, Stephen Badalamenti, Willem Dafoe, William Hill Premiere Run! A forgotten New York poet Ed Saxberger (Dafoe), who has long since retired his pen in favor of a stable job at the post office, finds himself rediscovered by a new generation—or at least by a small circle […]

Director: Edgar G. Ulmer Run Time: 70 min. Format: Digital Projection Release Year: 1951 Starring: Margaret Field, Raymond Bond, Robert Clarke, Roy Engel, William Schallert 75th Anniversary! Directed by B-movie maestro Edgar G. Ulmer (Detour), this independently made sci-fi yarn about a seemingly innocent alien stranded amongst hostile humans appears to be set in a permanent fog bank on the Scottish moors. Practically, […]

Director: Jane Campion Run Time: 120 min. Format: 4K DCP Release Year: 1993 Starring: Anna Paquin, Cliff Curtis, Harvey Keitel, Holly Hunter, Sam Neill New 4K Restoration! 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 […]

Director: Shatara Michelle Ford Run Time: 128 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2026 Starring: Charlie Barnett, Denée Benton, Dezi Bing, Mars Storm Rucker, Sasha Compère   Premiere Run! 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 […]