Sunday Night Film Club – Boston

Set in early-1970s Harlem, If Beale Street Could Talk is a timeless and moving love story of both a couple’s unbreakable bond and the African-American family’s empowering embrace, as told through the eyes of 19-year-old Tish Rivers (screen newcomer KiKi Layne). A daughter and wife-to-be, Tish vividly recalls the passion, respect and trust that have connected she and her artist fiance Alonzo Hunt, who goes by the nickname Fonny (Stephan James). Friends since childhood, the devoted couple dream of a future together but their plans are derailed when Fonny is arrested for a crime he did not commit.

Darkly comic story of three commanding women who jockey with raw abandon for love, favor and power amid the excesses of 18th century royals.

Set in contemporary Chicago, amid a time of turmoil, four women with nothing in common except a debt left behind by their dead husbands’ criminal activities, take fate into their own hands, and conspire to forge a future on their own terms.

Note: This is a reserved-seating screening, so you may wish to purchase your seats in advance. The host, Sean, will be sitting in Row F.

In this exciting new sci-fi western, a teenage girl and her father travel to a remote alien moon, aiming to strike it rich. They’ve secured a contract to harvest a large deposit of elusive gems hidden in the depths of the moon’s toxic forest, known as “The Green.” But there are others roving the wilderness and the job quickly devolves into a fight to survive. Forced to contend not only with The Green’s other ruthless inhabitants, but with her own father’s greed-addled judgment, the girl finds she must carve her own path to escape.

From John Ajvide Lindqvist, the writer of Let The Right One In, and award-winning director Ali Abbasi.

Tina (Eva Melander) is a border guard who has the ability to smell human emotions and catch smugglers. When she comes across a mysterious man with a smell that confounds her detection, she is forced to confront hugely disturbing insights about herself and humankind.

A chronicle of the years leading up to Queen’s legendary appearance at the Live Aid (1985) concert.

Note: This is a reserved seat screening, so you may wish to purchase tickets in advance. Sean will be sitting in Row F.

When Lee Israel falls out of step with current tastes, she turns her art form to deception. An adaptation of the memoir Can You Ever Forgive Me?, the true story of best-selling celebrity biographer Lee Israel.

Laurie Strode comes to her final confrontation with Michael Myers, the masked figure who has haunted her since she narrowly escaped his killing spree on Halloween night four decades ago.

Note: This is a reserved-seat theatre, so you may wish to purchase tickets in advance. Sean will be sitting in Row G