The Brattle Theatre

Director: William Cameron Menzies Run Time: 78 min. Format: 4K DCP Release Year: 1953 Starring: Arthur Franz, Helena Carter, Hillary Brooke, Jimmy Hunt, Leif Erickson 4K Restoration! One night, a young boy witnesses a flying saucer land near his house and, when his father goes to investigate, he returns a changed man. Soon, the boy’s mother and neighbors and even the police chief […]

Director: Don Siegel Run Time: 80 min. Format: 35mm Film Release Year: 1956 Starring: Carolyn Jones, Dana Wynter, Kevin McCarthy, King Donovan, Larry Gates 35mm Screenings! The ne plus ultra of 1950’s Red Scare sci fi, INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS depicts an invasion not by flying saucer attack or mind control but by secret replacement. In a small California town, Dr. Miles […]

Director: George Clooney Run Time: 92 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2005 Starring: David Strathairn, George Clooney, Jeff Daniels, Patricia Clarkson, Robert Downey Jr. Stylishly directed by George Clooney and with a fantastic lead performance by David Strathairn, this stirring film dramatizes the 1954 clash between revered CBS journalist Edward R. Murrow (Strathairn) and notorious anti-Communist crusader Senator Joseph McCarthy—who only appears in […]

Director: Paul Verhoeven Run Time: 113 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 1990 Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Ironside, Rachel Ticotin, Ronny Cox, Sharon Stone Full of Verhoeven’s typically sly brand of excess, TOTAL RECALL is a bawdy and bloody version of a Phillip K. Dick story that puts supposedly average guy Doug Quaid (Schwarzenegger) at the center of a conspiracy involving suppressed memories and […]

Director: Hayao Miyazaki Run Time: 125 min. Release Year: 2001 Language: Japanese with English subtitles Starring: Mari Natsuki, Miyu Irino, Rumi Hiiragi, Takashi Naito, Yasuko Sawaguchi Special 25th Anniversary Engagement! A young girl, Chihiro, becomes trapped in a strange new world of spirits. When her parents undergo a mysterious transformation, she must call upon the courage she never knew she had to free […]

Director: Hayao Miyazaki Run Time: 125 min. Release Year: 2001 Starring: Daveigh Chase, Jason Marsden, Suzanne Pleshette Special 25th Anniversary Engagement! A young girl, Chihiro, becomes trapped in a strange new world of spirits. When her parents undergo a mysterious transformation, she must call upon the courage she never knew she had to free her family. Please Note: These screenings are […]

Director: Hayao Miyazaki Run Time: 125 min. Release Year: 2001 Starring: Daveigh Chase, Jason Marsden, Suzanne Pleshette Special 25th Anniversary Engagement! A young girl, Chihiro, becomes trapped in a strange new world of spirits. When her parents undergo a mysterious transformation, she must call upon the courage she never knew she had to free her family. Please Note: These screenings are […]