Opening Friday: Reading Lolita in Tehran, based on the bestselling memoir by Azar Nafisi. In revolutionary Iran, a professor secretly gathers seven of her most dedicated female students to read and discuss forbidden classics of Western literature.

New in @cambridgeday.com! This week: more Harry Dean at @brattletheatre.bsky.social! DARK CRYSTAL on 70mm at @somerville-theatre.bsky.social! A NEW LEAF free at the library! THE MUPPET MOVIE free outside! More!!

On Monday night, join us for a special screening of the new documentary ITALIAN WANNABE, screening at 7:30pm.

Your next 70MM adventure is about to begin here at the Somerville Theatre! See The Odyssey in 70MM, with preview screenings beginning on July 16th! Filmgoers will receive a collectible Kodak 70MM film strip to commemorate the experience. Shot on @kodak_shootfilm 65mm

We close out our Kurt & Jodie double feature series this Saturday, July 11th, with two films about nasty people in close quarters sizing each other up.

Opening Friday: THE INVITE Joe and Angela's marriage is on thin ice. When they invite their enigmatic upstairs neighbors for a dinner party, the night spirals into unexpected places.

Opening Friday: Gail Daughtry And The Celebrity Sex Pass Small town hairdresser Gail Daughtry is engaged to her devoted high school sweetheart, Tom. Her life takes a turn when a trip to a book signing leads to Tom meeting – and sleeping – with his "celebrity pass".

Our next Kurt and Jodie pairing is Overboard in 35mm (6:30pm) and Sommersby (8:45pm), screening on Monday, July 6th. This double feature about deceitful spouses kicks off with one of the best-loved films Kurt Russell made with his longtime life partner Goldie Hawn.

See FRANKENHOOKER on Saturday, July 11th at 9:30pm. After making horror history with BASKET CASE and BRAIN DAMAGE, the incomparable Frank Henenlotter unleashed FRANKENHOOKER (1990)—the greatest transmutation of Mary Shelley's FRANKENSTEIN that you'll ever see.

See Alien 3 in 35mm on Friday, July 10th at 10pm. This 1992 film is David Fincher's directorial debut and the third installment in the Alien franchise.

“If there’s hope for the human race, there’s hope for the Hudson.” - Pete Seeger See the documentary DOWN BY THE RIVERSIDE on July 1st & 2nd with a filmmaker Q&A on the 1st.

TONIGHT! Our next Kurt and Jodie pairing is Contact (6:30pm) and Stargate (9:20pm), both screening in 35mm.

SATURDAY NIGHT MIDNIGHT SPECIAL: DJANGO (1966) - 60th anniversary screening 🗓️ Saturday, June 27th at Midnight

The "Where Is My Wife?!" / "Where Is My Family?!" subgenre of action cinema is dominated by Harrison Ford & Liam Neeson. But two of the greatest examples of this type of film make up our next Kurt & Jodie pairing, Breakdown (6:45pm) and Flightplan (8:45pm), both screening in 35mm on Monday (6.22).

There comes a day in every man's life when he has to get off the couch…and kill some zombies. Shaun of the Dead screens this Thursday, June 25th at 7:30 to close out our Thirsty Thursday series!

New in @cambridgeday.com! This week: MALCOLM X, BITTER RICE, and a Pride repertory slate (courtesy of @wickedqueer.boston) at @brattletheatre.bsky.social, and BOTTLE ROCKET and SHAUN OF THE DEAD at @somerville-theatre.bsky.social!

Start filling up your summer movie schedule! Here's your 2026 Summer Movie Guide for the highlights coming to the Somerville Theatre this summer!

TONIGHT (6.16) will be a fabulous night of movie trivia at our Crystal Ballroom where our regular hosts will be joined by special guest Faith Soloway (who also performs in One Long Earring at the Crystal Ballroom later this month)!

In our next Thirsty Thursdays, see From Dusk Till Dawn (1996), this Thursday, June 18th at 7:30pm. After kidnapping a father and his two kids, the Gecko brothers (George Clooney, Quentin Tarantino) head south to a seedy Mexican bar to hide out in safety, unaware of its notorious vampire clientele.

One touch and time stops… 💕 GIRLS LIKE GIRLS, a film by Hayley Kiyoko. Opening this Friday, June 19th 💛

Kurt & Jodie: From Disney Kids to Movie Legends continues tonight (6.15) with Tombstone (6:20pm) and Maverick in 35mm (9:00pm).

New in @cambridgeday.com! This week, Noir City comes to @brattletheatre.bsky.social, plus BLUE VELVET, PRINCE ACHMED, FROM DUSK TILL DAWN, and a THING/SILENCE double feature at @somerville-theatre.bsky.social!

Check out the latest in our double feature series Kurt & Jodie: From Disney Kids to Movie Legends with Panic Room (6:30pm) and Backdraft in 35mm (8:45pm) this Monday, June 8th.

If you found out we weren’t alone, if someone showed you, proved it to you, would that frighten you? This summer, the truth belongs to eight billion people. We are coming close to ... Disclosure Day.

📽️ Silents, Please: The Adventures of Prince Achmed in 35mm with live score 🗓️ Sunday, June 14th at 2pm Hailed as the first feature-length animated film in the history of cinema, this captivating film by pioneering animator Lotte Reiniger tells the story of Prince Achmed's magical adventures.

Get your tickets NOW for The Odyssey in 70mm at Somerville Theatre. Opening July 17th with preview screenings on July 16th.

Our Saturday Night Midnight Specials return with Carrie in 35mm! See Brian De Palma's spellbinding horror film this Saturday night (6.6) in celebration of its 50th anniversary.

TONIGHT (6.1)! Check out the latest in our double feature series Kurt & Jodie: From Disney Kids to Movie Legends, with The Accused in 35mm (6:30pm) and Silkwood (8:45pm).

The Midnight Special returns this summer at the Somerville Theatre! All aboard the midnight train for select 70mm screenings and anniversaries of cult classics.

Our Kurt and Jodie double feature series continues tonight (Monday, May 25th) with Used Cars in 35mm (6:30pm) followed by Carny (8:45pm).

Check out the latest in our double feature series Kurt & Jodie: From Disney Kids to Movie Legends, with The Fox and the Hound in 35mm (2:00pm) and Bugsy Malone in 4K (3:45pm) on Sunday, May 24th.

Now Playing at Somerville Theatre: 🍿 I Love Boosters 🍿 Obsession 🍿 The Devil Wears Prada 2 📽️ 5.24 - The Fox and the Hound in 35mm (2pm) and Bugsy Malone in 4K ( 3:45pm) 📽️ 5.25 - Used Cars in 35mm (6:30pm) and Carny (8:45pm) 📽️ 5.26 - It Needs Eyes (7:30pm with Q&A) 📽️ 5.28 - Road House in 4K (7:30pm)

TONIGHT in Thirsty Thursdays, it's Trees Lounge in 35mm at 7:30pm.

It's our trivia anniversary! Come join us TONIGHT as we celebrate one year of monthly movie trivia nights at our Crystal Ballroom! As always, it's free. Doors open at 6:30pm, trivia starts at 7pm.

I LOVE BOOSTERS opens this Friday at Somerville Theatre! In the latest from writer/director Boots Riley, a group of shoplifters take aim at a cutthroat fashion maven by stealing her clothes and reselling them at a lower price, what they call "fashion-forward philanthropy."

Tonight! It's a 4K double feature of Taxi Driver (6:30pm) and Escape From New York (8:45pm). These films are the latest installment of our latest series Kurt & Jodie: From Disney Kids to Movie Legends. Soon you tonight at the Somerville!

Opens at @somerville-theatre.bsky.social on Friday! This is def def def a movie you have to see in a theater, it’s so loud and fast and colorful and fun! Big screen or bust!

This Sunday afternoon we kick off our new double feature series, Kurt & Jodie: From Disney Kids to Movie Legends! We begin with Freaky Friday (1976) at 2:30pm, followed by The Computer Who Wore Tennis Shoes at 4:30pm.

Cambridge/Somerville/arlington-area folks, it’s now playing at @capitol-theatre.bsky.social !

OBSESSION is a gleefully nasty piece of work which somehow avoids toppling into misogyny, and contains one of the best performances of the year in any genre. Read my review in Boston Hassle, and catch it at @thecoolidge.bsky.social or @somerville-theatre.bsky.social! bostonhassle.com/review-obses...

New in @cambridgeday.com! This week: Kiyoshi Kurosawa and doppelgangers at @brattletheatre.bsky.social, Kurt Russell x Jodie Foster at @somerville-theatre.bsky.social, Chaplin on 8mm with a new @travelswithbrindle.bsky.social score, and more!

"Tarantino and Polanski are a long way from Walt Disney. So are Kurt and Jodie." Read more about our latest double feature series from @splicedpersonality.bsky.social at @wbur.org.

Many great stars started out as child actors, but no two icons of cinema have had the unprecedented, impressive career trajectories of Kurt Russell and Jodie Foster.

just want to call out this at @somervilletheatre.bsky.social today. I went to the premiere at @iffboston.bsky.social and the filmmakers are coming back for the showing tonight. Highly recommended -- especially if you're #GenX or older WBCN and the American Revolution Somerville Theatre 6:00 PM

This Sunday, see The Airwaves Belonged to the People: WBCN and The American Revolution, screening at 6pm at Somerville Theatre followed by a very special Q&A!

Your newest obsession is here. OBSESSION opens MAY 15 at Somerville Theatre.

Defy the Gods. Watch the new trailer for Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey, screening in 70mm at Somerville Theatre this July.

Is it already May? How did that happen? Luckily our repertory calendar is already here full of indie features, live music and the start of two new series: Thirsty Thursdays and Kurt & Jodie. See you soon at the Somerville.

See Barfly in 35mm on May 14th at 7:30pm as part of our Thirsty Thursdays series. Charles Bukowski's autobiographical account follows the besotted life of a skid-row writer who begins a turbulent relationship with a fellow barfly. The film stars Mickey Rourke and Faye Dunaway.

Disclosure Day. Coming to Somerville Theatre this June.