The Brattle Film Podcast

We're joined by Shawn Cotter, director of Wicked Queer, The Boston LGBT Film Festival to talk movies to watch while closing Pride Month - including the three Pioneers of Queer Cinema re-released by Kino Lorber that are featured in the Brattle's Virtual Cinema.

In a special interview episode we talk with Lisa Simmons of the Roxbury International Film Festival, which had to postpone its 21st season due to COVID-19.

We discuss films from our ongoing series that attempt to trick your streaming platforms (and your minds) into helping you discover a more eclectic mix of movies.

In recognition of the truth that BLACK LIVES MATTER, The Brattle has elected to press pause on new programs and announcements this week to allow more space for the amplification of voices directly affected by police brutality and institutional racism in our country. We stand in solidarity with those protesting during this important moment in the fight for justice and equality.

We discuss five films playing in our virtual cinema: The Ghost of Peter Sellers, Lucky Grandma, Vitalina Varela, Fourteen, and Thousand Pieces of Gold. Plus, we get a surprise visit from the editor of one of those films for an unplanned Q&A.

For our annual Reunion Week, we take a look at some films from the classes of 1945, 1970, and 1995.

We're joined by our friends at Alex and Kristen from Strictly Brohibited for a series of sci-fi films that have a significant creative contribution from women – either behind the camera or the page of the script.

We explore some of the films recently run in our Virtual Cinema as well as the #BreakYourAlgorithm series, and we read and play some more of our listener's earliest cinema-going memories.

We spar over what exactly constitutes a screwball comedy and share out thoughts on some of our favorite examples of the genre as well as a few other films it inspired.

The City Council teams up with The Brattle Theatre starting Friday to host a citywide "Dinner & a Movie Night," with the Brattle picking the programming (one family-friendly film, and one more mature) to stream at home with takeout from a favorite local restaurant. https://www.brattlefilm.org/virtual-programs/cambridge-movie-night-friday-may-1/