(2/7 & 2/8) MY BLOODY VALENTINE (1981) DIR. GEORGE MIHALKA @COOLIDGE
One of the nice things about being a horror fan is that there’s a movie for pretty much every holiday and occasion….
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(1/27) KING KONG (1933) DIR. MERIAN C. COOPER & ERNEST B. SCHOEDSACK @COOLIDGE
For a film that remains a beloved cultural touchstone more than 80 years after its release, KING KONG has proven remarkably difficult…
(1/24) NOSFERATU (1922) DIR. F. W. MURNAU / DRACULA (1931) DIR. TOD BROWNING @BRATTLE
Those who would doubt the impact of film on popular mythology would do well to look at Bela Lugosi’s performance in DRACULA….
(1/11) RETURN TO NUKE ‘EM HIGH VOLUME 1 (2013) DIR. LLOYD KAUFMAN @COOLIDGE
If you’re reading this, chances are you don’t need to be told about Troma Films. For nearly 40 years, the scrappy studio,…
The Completely Subjective, Mostly Lowbrow Top 10 Films of 2013, by Oscar Goff
I’ll get it out of the way right now: what follows is by no means a canonical list of the “best” films…
THE FILMS OF JOEL & ETHAN COEN: A CHEAT SHEET
Okay. Let’s say you’re super excited for the premiere of INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS, the new film by arthouse über-siblings Joel and Ethan…
(12/12) BARTON FINK (1991) DIR. JOEL & ETHAN COEN @BRATTLE
For all their genre-hopping, the films of the Coen brothers fall roughly into two categories. The first are the comedies: films like…
(12/11) SGT. PEPPER’S LONELY HEART’S CLUB BAND (1978) DIR. MICHAEL SCHULTZ @BPL-HA
Covering the Beatles has long been considered the musical equivalent of talking about the weather: a safe way for local bands the…
RECAP: THE DISASTER ARTIST: MY LIFE INSIDE THE ROOM; Bookreading with Greg Sestero (11/15)...
Several years ago, I saw Tommy Wiseau, the enigmatic, vaguely European writer/director/star of the so-bad-it’s-good cult classic THE ROOM, introduce a screening…
(11/15 & 11/16) THE WICKER MAN – FINAL CUT (1973) DIR. ROBIN HARDY @COOLIDGE
In the four decades since its release, Robin Hardy’s 1973 film THE WICKER MAN has been accepted into the canon of classic…
(11/8) THE ROOM (2003) DIR. TOMMY WISEAU @ COOLIDGE
What is there to say about THE ROOM that hasn’t already been said? It’s the rock-star cult movie of our generation: PLAN…
RECAP: The Coolidge Corner Theatre’s 13th Annual Halloween Marathon
For the past thirteen years, the Coolidge Corner Theatre has celebrated Halloween weekend with a grueling/exhilarating (take your pick) twelve hour marathon,…
