James Bond, Dracula, and other fun at Cambridge's Brattle May/June! (1 Viewer)

[Jason Seaver]

Don't work there, just practically live there. Still, if you live in the Boston area and like movies, there is a lot playing in the next couple months that is well worth seeing.

It's the theater's 50th anniversery, so they're going with that theme somewhat - James Bond first appeared in print 50 years ago, 50 years of french film, etc. Still, a bunch of great stuff, and when you consider most of the shows are double features, a lot are well worth going to see even if you already own the DVDs.

IAN FLEMING'S JAMES BOND MONDAYS (presented in the order the stories were published in print)
5 May - Casino Royale (1967) & Live And Let Die
12 May - Diamonds Are Forever & Moonraker
19 May - Dr. No & From Russia With Love
26 May - Goldfinger & For Your Eyes Only
2 June - Thunderball & The Spy Who Loved Me
9 June - You Only Live Twice & On Her Majesty's Secret Service

REAL TO REEL TUESDAYS (Documentaries of Albert & David Maysles and others)
6 May - An Evening with Albert Maysles (Presenting a lifetime achievement award; $20)
13 May - Salesman & Grey Gardens
20 May - Gimme Shelter & Monterey Pop
27 May - Running Fence with "Christo In Paris"
3 June - In The Mirror of Maya Deren & Derrida
10 June - Showman with "With Love From Truman" & Lost In La Mancha

RECENT RAVES WEDNESDAYS
7 May - Talk To Her
7 May - Zero Day (Boston Underground Film Festival)
14 May - Gerry
21 May - All The Real Girls & The Safety Of Objects
28 May - The Trials Of Henry Kissinger & Power & Terror: Noam Chomsky In Our Times
4 June - Frida
11 June - Gangs Of New York

50 YEARS OF FRENCH CINEMA THURSDAYS
8 May - Earrings Of Madame De... & Les Diaboliques
15 May - Jules And Jim & Band Of Outsiders
22 May - Les Choses De La Vie & Chloe In The Afternoon
29 May - Camille Claudel & La Femme Nikita
5 June - Irma Vep & Delicatessan
12 June - Beau Travail & Under The Sand

DRACULA ON SCREEN
13 June to 15 June - Dracula: Pages From A Virgin's Diary (Guy Maddin)
16 June - Nosferatu
17 June - Dracula (1931, Tod Browning)
18 June - The Horror Of Dracula
19 June - Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992, Francis Ford Coppola)

SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS
25 April to 1 May - Chaos
2 May to 4 May - Independant Film Festival Of Boston
9 May to 11 May - Japon
9 May to 11 May - Raiders Of The Lost Ark
16 May to 18 May - Chihwaseon
16 May to 18 May - The Matrix
23 May - The Godfather
24 May - The Godfather, Part II
25 May - The Godfather & The Godfather, Part II
30 May to 1 June - King Of Hearts
30 May to 1 June - Army Of Darkness
6 June to 8 June - Breakfast at Tiffany's
6 June to 8 June - Fulltime Killer
20 June to 26 June - Gigantic: A Tale Of Two Johns

 

[Neil S. Bulk]

The novel From Russia With Love was released before the novel Doctor No. For that matter, Moonraker was before Diamonds are Forever.

Neil

 

[Jason Seaver]

And they may actually have been listed that way on the program; I reversed a couple playtimes that were listed at 7 first, then 5 and 9.

 

[Peter Apruzzese]

Nice schedule, lucky Boston-ites!

Those of you closer to the New York area should visit my Big Screen Classics series at the historic 1250-seat Lafayette Theatre in Suffern, NY.

Upcoming films:
April 19 - Ben-Hur - the silent 1925 epic with live Pipe Organ accompaniment
April 26 - The Wizard of Oz in IB Technicolor
May 3 - Sunset Boulevard
May 10 - Mel Brooks' The Producers
May 17 - All About Eve
May 24 - Superman - The Extended Director's Cut
May 31 - From Russia With Love - the 40th Anniversary
June 7 - Singin' in the Rain
June 14 - King Kong - the 70th Anniversary with special 50 cent admission!
June 21 - Raiders of the Lost Ark
June 28 - Howard Hawks' The Thing from Another World
July 5 - Stars and Stripes Forever

The Lafayette Theatre, Suffern, NY; All showings are 35mm and start at 12 noon, all tickets are $6, ample free parking.
More info here: Big Screen Classics website