COOLIDGE CLASSICS LINEUP FOR JULY
The Coolidge Corner Theatre in Massachusetts, the fine purveyors of fine classic and cult cinemas has a stellar line up of classics as Summer kicks in. Lineup includes a special outdoor screening of Back to The Future in 35mm plus much more!
Wednesday, July 5th 7pm
Special Screening:
Jurassic Park (1993)
During a preview tour, a theme park suffers a major power breakdown that allows its cloned dinosaur exhibits to run amok. Pre-film conversation with author Ben Mezrich (Woolly: The True Story of the Quest to Revive One of History's Most Iconic Extinct Creatures) and geneticist George Church!
Thursday, July 6th 7pm
Cinema Jukebox:
Rock 'N' Roll High School (1979)
Punk rock kings The Ramones star as themselves in this loud and ridiculous Rock 'N' Roll fantasy where students band together to take over the school from a square, oppressive principal. Featuring music by the Velvet Underground, Alice Cooper, Devo, Brian Eno, Fleetwood Mac, and The Paley Brothers.
Monday, July 10th 7pm
Big Screen Classics:
The Princess Bride (1987)
Adapting William Goldman's classic novel, Rob Reiner effortlessly brings to the screen a hilarious, cameo-filled mashup of fantasy,
romance, and parody. The Princess Bride is a wry satire and a devoted tribute to the magical world of fairy tales.
Monday, July 17th 7pm
Big Screen Classics:
Mccabe & Mrs. Miller (1971)
Robert Altman's murky anti-western is a poetic undoing of the original American genre film, exquisitely reducing the wild west to a dull and muddy landscape without myth or heroes.
Screening as a tribute to renowned film critic Jay Carr.
Tuesday, July 18th at sundown
Coolidge at the Greenway:
Back to the Future (1985)
A free outdoor screening from a 35mm print! Back in 1985, it was considered cool to hang out with mad scientists. Especially when the scientist in question, Dr. Emmett Brown, has just made a plutonium powered time-machine out of a DeLorean.
Rain date July 19.
Thursday, July 20th 7pm
Rewind!:
The NeverEnding Story (1984)
After escaping the dumpster he was tossed into by a bunch of bullies, Bastian takes shelter in a bookstore and discovers a tome that transports him on his magical journey.
Monday, July 24th 7pm
Big Screen Classics:
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
Sam Spade, the world-weary, wise-cracking PI played with uncanny perfection by Humphrey Bogart, falls into a labyrinthine quest for treasure, while a beautiful femme-fatale and a trio of eccentric hoodlums all try to get in his way, in John Huston's
directorial debut.
Wednesday, July 26th 7pm
Special Screening:
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974)
Join us for a special screening of director Sam Peckinpah's infamous film, featuring a post-screening discussion with Opening Wednesday at a Theater or Drive-In Near You: The Shadow Cinema of the 1970s author Charles Taylor!
Thursday, July 27th 7pm
Cinema Jukebox:
Hail! Hail! Rock 'N' Roll (1987)
The unforgettable life and music of pioneering legend Chuck Berry are celebrated in this landmark feature film, capturing a gathering of rock and roll's finest! Featuring Eric Clapton, Linda Rondstadt, Etta James, and more!
Monday, July 31 at 7pm
Big Screen Classics:
To Catch a Thief (1955)
Cary Grant and Grace Kelly sizzle in Alfred Hitchcok's lush romantic game of cat and mouse, as two burglars match wits in an attempt to ensnare the other. To Catch a Thief is one of the most entertaining thrillers from the master of horror and suspense.
AFTER MIDNITE SESSIONS:
Willow
Saturday, July 1st
The Brood
Friday, July 7th
Videodrome
Saturday, July 8th
Shock Corridor
Friday, July 14th
Psycho II
Saturday, July 15th
The Bird with the Crystal Plumage
Friday, July 21st
Black Swan
Saturday, July 22nd
Manhunter
Friday, July 28th
The Silence of the Lambs
Saturday, July 29th
Program notes by The Coolidge Corner Theatre