New column in @cambridgeday.com! This week marks the beginning of Noirvember at @brattletheatre.bsky.social, plus the Boston Jewish Film Festival, Columbia rarities at the HFA, some local premieres, Scorsese, and Godzilla!

"I am big. It's the pictures that got small!" 75th Anniversary Restoration! Gloria Swanson and William Holden star in Billy Wilder’s SUNSET BOULEVARD, screening in 4K this Fri & Sat as part of Noirvember: Film Noir in the ‘50s. Learn more & get tickets at brattlefilm.org/film-series/noirvember-50s/

In honor of my Sunset Blvd. piece (article number 500 at the Globe!) Bostonians should go see SUNSET BLVD. at @brattletheatre.bsky.social on Friday or Saturday. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/05/a... brattlefilm.org/movies/sunse...

ITS TIME FOR MY 2ND NIGHT COVERING @iffboston.bsky.social FALL FOCUS, SPOOKTACULAR EDITION! Tonight I’m seeing Palestine 36 and Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery! All from one of my favorite theaters in the world, @brattletheatre.bsky.social!

A couple whose marriage has reached an impasse must navigate unpredictable midlife self-reckonings. Laura Dern and Will Arnett star in Bradley Cooper's IS THIS THING ON?, the official closing night film of the Fall Focus! See it Tuesday at the @brattletheatre.bsky.social: ow.ly/9m8J50XlfCI

Back at the @brattletheatre.bsky.social for Fall Focus weekend two ✌️

New on @cambridgeday.com! It’s week 2 of @iffboston.bsky.social’s Fall Focus at @brattletheatre.bsky.social— here’s my cheat sheet!

"As always, and particularly in a year as stacked as this one, the variety of choices can be daunting. With that in mind, here are our picks for some of the most exciting titles of the series (though, of course, all are well worth a look!)." – @theoscargoff.bsky.social @cambridgeday.com

An American actor in Tokyo finds work with a “rental family” agency, blurring the lines between performance and reality. RENTAL FAMILY plays on Monday, November 3 at the @brattletheatre.bsky.social as part of the Fall Focus: ow.ly/YCTg50Xjs5P

"To be human, LA GRAZIA seems to say, is to fight and lose against uncertainty, and then to fight and lose some more." — @vulture.com Paolo Sorrentino's portrait of an esteemed political leader plays on November 2 at the @brattletheatre.bsky.social during the Fall Focus: ow.ly/iTo950XjrgR

Film Preview: IFFBoston's Fall Focus returns for another installment at Brattle Theatre, so here are 5 films to check out this weekend and beyond. 🔗 vanyaland.com/2025/10/30/i... @brattletheatre.bsky.social @enh-jay.bsky.social @iffboston.bsky.social

Wry, uncomfortable comedy meets with a perceptive take on Colombia’s current social milieu to tell a tale of hope lost and found. A POET plays on Sunday, November 2 at the @brattletheatre.bsky.social during the Fall Focus: ow.ly/avxE50Xj614

"THE LOVE THAT REMAINS is an exceedingly mild film, and that’s meant as significant praise." — @ebertvoices.bsky.social See it this Saturday, November 1 at the @brattletheatre.bsky.social during the Fall Focus: ow.ly/9LhM50XiFxQ

HANNA: I am sorry, Mr. Jimmy, your movie is not my teacup. Still, I am glad there is a happy ending. The bad people are dead and the good people live. #GodsAndMonsters @brattletheatre.bsky.social #movies ☕️ =)

Another beautiful new addition to the @brattletheatre.bsky.social collection: Gods and Monsters, which I ran for the film matinee today (perfectly timed for the release of Del Toro’s Frankenstein this weekend 🤓)

Independent Film Festival Boston Fall Focus Film Review: Richard Linklater’s ‘Blue Moon’ is a showcase for Ethan Hawke, demonstrating why he’s one of our best and most essential screen actors. 🔗 vanyaland.com/2025/10/24/i... @iffboston.bsky.social @enh-jay.bsky.social @brattletheatre.bsky.social

New in @cambridgeday.com! This week, catch the GlobeDocs festival at @brattletheatre.bsky.social, Marta Mateus at HFA, Corman’s LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS in a garden(!), and a whole slew of Halloweek offerings!

The @brattletheatre.bsky.social in Cambridge’s Noirvember programming will be getting a lot of coverage in Paradox. Just look at this lineup!

Screening as part of the Boston Palestine Film Festival, “Put Your Hand on Your Soul and Walk” depicts one year of Palestinian photojournalist Fatma Hassona’s life in Gaza, culminating in her death in an Israeli airstrike shortly before the documentary premiered at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival.

Tim Jackson on #halhartley's new film "Where to Land." The director is an old-school romantic, one who sees human frailty and longing not as invitations to despair but as reasons to take part in the joy of living. Screening at the @brattletheatre.bsky.social artsfuse.org/318804/film-...

Mulligan and Bujalski is always a must-read.

Jake Mulligan: "Interviewed the great Andrew Bujalski about his stealthily tragic film There There (2022), which has its belated local premiere at the @brattletheatre.bsky.social this Monday at 6pm. Includes a detail about the ending that devastated me on the spot." horizonmass.news/2025/10/16/i...

New in @cambridgeday.com! This week, catch Hal Hartley’s Long Island trilogy at @brattletheatre.bsky.social, CLOSE ENCOUNTERS on 70mm at the Somerville, a Truffaut/Kiarostami double feature at the HFA, and screenings of SINNERS, THE FOG, and MAD MONSTER PARTY!

The greatest impromptu dance scene of the 90s and @brattletheatre.bsky.social’s got it on film! Simple Men screens again tomorrow at 815 and that is your last chance to catch this very excellent rarity 🎞️

Tomorrow and Thursday are big days for me because @brattletheatre.bsky.social is playing 3 of my fave films by one of my all-time fave (and sorely under-appreciated!) filmmakers and I get to run a gorgeous, brand new 35mm print of my very very fave: that’s right I’m talking Hal Hartley’s TRUST 🎞️

That’s it for the first weekend of the #FallFocus! After a brief intermission, we’ll see you back here at the @brattletheatre.bsky.social on October 30 for weekend two ✌️

Spending this rainy Sunday at the Framingham Museum of Art* *via the @brattletheatre.bsky.social obviously

A packed house at the @brattletheatre.bsky.social for tonight’s double feature of IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT and SENTIMENTAL VALUE!

EXCITED TO ONCE AGAIN BE AT @iffboston.bsky.social FALL FOCUS AT @brattletheatre.bsky.social ! Time for this year’s Palme D’Or winner, Jafar Panahi’s It Was Just An Accident! Presented by @neon-rated.bsky.social!

A young woman from Berlin survives a countryside car crash before she gradually enters the fold of a mysterious, pained family. Christian Petzold's MIROIRS NO. 3 plays on Sunday at the @brattletheatre.bsky.social during the #FallFocus: ow.ly/Wgtr50Xa4NQ

Just confirmed! We've added a bonus film to this year's Fall Focus: THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE! See it on Wednesday, November 5 at the @brattletheatre.bsky.social. Tickets are on sale now: ow.ly/OnSw50X9OKk

Film Preview: Independent Film Festival Boston's Fall Focus returns for another installment at the Brattle Theatre, but it's a bit different than usual -- now it's two weekends long. 🔗 vanyaland.com/2025/10/09/i... @brattletheatre.bsky.social @enh-jay.bsky.social @iffboston.bsky.social

For @cambridgeday.com this week I’ve got some picks from round one of @iffboston.bsky.social’s Fall Focus, which kicks off tonight at @brattletheatre.bsky.social!

A Tibetan family in exile seeks moments of happiness, even as they grapple with the loss of their father and prepare him for the next life. NEXT LIFE plays this Sunday, October 12 at the @brattletheatre.bsky.social during this year's #FallFocus: ow.ly/7T2150X8EL4

Four girls each spend their youth on the same farm in northern Germany. Though separated by time, their lives begin to mirror each other. SOUND OF FALLING plays this Saturday, October 11 at the @brattletheatre.bsky.social as part of the #FallFocus: ow.ly/Pr0J50X6NwS

A magical journey through time, ARCO is a dazzling adventure about a boy from a peaceful, distant future who accidentally travels back to the year 2075 and discovers a world in peril. See it this Saturday at the @brattletheatre.bsky.social as part of the #FallFocus: ow.ly/y1ei50X6NH8

A motley crew of drag queens, club kids, and frenemies must put their bickering aside and stave off the zombie apocalypse. QUEENS OF THE DEAD plays this Thursday at the @brattletheatre.bsky.social as part of this year's #FallFocus: ow.ly/XHVz50X6G6k

"THE PLAGUE has a familiar coming-of-age narrative, but stranger, subtler undercurrents of creeping dismay at the men these boys will become." — @variety.com See it this Friday, October 10 at the @brattletheatre.bsky.social as part of the #FallFocus: ow.ly/9jzb50X6G2T

Not everything is supposed to make you comfortable. Julia Roberts leads a star-studded cast in Luca Guadagnino's AFTER THE HUNT — this year's #FallFocus opening night film! See it this Thursday, October 9 at the @brattletheatre.bsky.social: ow.ly/cq1e50X6FM4

Neo Sora’s HAPPYEND is at once a chilling look at modern surveillance tech and a warm, deeply human teen coming of age story. Read my review at @cambridgeday.com, then catch it this week at @brattletheatre.bsky.social!

Good interview with Hal Hartley over on the @brattletheatre.bsky.social Podcast this week: open.spotify.com/episode/1kVk...

New on @cambridgeday.com! This week catch LINDA LINDA LINDA at @brattletheatre.bsky.social, GREED at the HFA, FRIDAY THE 13TH at the Kendall, Corman’s THE HAUNTED PALACE at Somerville Public Library, and Saul Levine in Inman Square!

saw Tim Berners-Lee speak tonight at @brattletheatre.bsky.social (sponsored by @harvardbookstore.bsky.social). what a legend. HTML and the early Web were *hugely* influential to me as a kid and it’s all thanks to nerds like him, Vint Cerf, and (of course) Mr. Al Gore

Fun fact: BEST WORST MOVIE includes a brief shot of Your Humble Narrator waiting in line outside the @brattletheatre.bsky.social, circa age 22.

"Among the most unmissable films to hit U.S. theaters this year.” (Carlos Aguilar, RogerEbert.com) Premiere Run! HAPPYEND screens Fri, Oct 3 – Wed, Oct 8 at The Brattle. Watch the trailer & get tickets at brattlefilm.org/movies/happyend-2/

Loved writing this piece and excited to catch more Twin Peaks at @brattletheatre.bsky.social 🥧☕

New column at @cambridgeday.com! Big story this week is the local edition of Cinema Ritrovato at @brattletheatre.bsky.social, plus a free outdoor screening of HIS GIRL FRIDAY and anniversary screenings of ROCKY HORROR and CLUELESS!

We're excited to announce the first wave of titles for this year's #FallFocus — and to fit everything in, we're expanding to two weekends at the @brattletheatre.bsky.social! Join us from October 9–12 and October 30–November 2 for some of the fall's buzziest films... (🧵)

Cinephile Heaven: Cinema Ritrovato on Tour comes to The Brattle Sep 26 – Oct 2. See the full lineup & learn more at brattlefilm.org/film-series/cinephile-heaven-cinema-ritrovato-on-tour/

For @bostonhassle.bsky.social I interviewed Nick Toti, co-director and star of the theatrical-only found footage creepfest IT DOESN’T GET ANY BETTER THAN THIS, which screens this week at @brattletheatre.bsky.social as part of their Found Footage Freakout! bostonhassle.com/interview-co...