Join the Boston Sunday Night Film Club this Sunday, Jan 10th at 7:15p for The Big Short at the Somerville Theatre. Look for Sean wearing a nametagin the theatre lobby about 15 minutes before the film. As always, after the film we will descend on a local establishment for dinner/drinks/discussion.

Four denizens of the world of high-finance predict the credit and housing bubble collapse of the mid-2000s, and decide to take on the big banks for their greed and lack of foresight.

Join the Boston Sunday Night Film Club this Sunday, Jan 17th at 5p for The Revenant at the AMC Boston Common 19. Look for Sean wearing a nametagin the theatre lobby about 15 minutes before the film. As always, after the film we will descend on a local establishment for dinner/drinks/discussion.

A frontiersman on a fur trading expedition in the 1820’s fights for survival after being mauled by a bear and left for dead by members of his own hunting team.

Join the Boston Sunday Night Film Club this Sunday, Jan 24th at 7:15p for Anomalisa at the Kendall Square Cinema. Look for Sean wearing a nametag in the theatre lobby about 15 minutes before the film. As always, after the film we will descend on a local establishment for dinner/drinks/discussion.

A man crippled by the mundanity of his life experiences something out of the ordinary.

Join the Boston Sunday Night Film Club this Sunday, Jan 31st at 7:10p for Oscar Nominated Short Films 2016 - Animation at the Kendall Square Cinema. Look for Sean wearing a nametag in the theatre lobby about 15 minutes before the film. As always, after the film we will descend on a local establishment for dinner/drinks/discussion.

Don’t miss this rare opportunity to see all five Academy Award nominees in the category of Best Animated Short and more! Program includes: Historia de un Oso (Bear Story) (Chile), in which an old, lonesome bear tells the story of his life through a mechanical diorama; Pixar Animation Studios’ Sanjays Super Team (USA), about a young, first-generation Indian-American boy whose love for western pop-culture comes into conflict with his fathers traditions; We Cant Live Without Cosmos (Russia), in which two cosmonauts who are friends try to do their best in their everyday training life to make their common dream a reality; writer/director Don Hertzfeldts World of Tomorrow (USA), in which a little girl is taken on a mind-bending tour of her distant future; and Prologue (UK), in which a small girl bears witness as warriors battle to death during the Spartan-Athenian wars of 2,400 years ago. Additional animated shorts will also be shown. (Note: Prologue contains mature content and will be shown last, so that parents and caregivers can usher children out of the theater if desired. Other shorts in the program are acceptable for kids of all ages.)

Join the Boston Sunday Night Film Club this Sunday, Feb 7th at 5p for Hail, Caesar! at the Somerville Theatre. Look for Dan wearing a multicolored shirt in the theatre lobby about 15 minutes before the film. As always, after the film we will descend on a local establishment for dinner/drinks/discussion.

In the early 1950s, Eddie Mannix is busy at work trying to solve all the problems of the actors and filmmakers at Capitol Pictures. His latest assignments involve a disgruntled director, a singing cowboy, a beautiful swimmer and a handsome dancer. As if all this wasn’t enough, Mannix faces his biggest challenge when Baird Whitlock gets kidnapped while in costume for the swords-and-sandals epic “Hail, Caesar!” If the studio doesn’t pay $100,000, it’s the end of the line for the movie star.

Join the Boston Sunday Night Film Club this Sunday, Feb 14th at 4:10p for Room at the Kendall Square Cinema. Look for Sean wearing a nametag in the theatre lobby about 15 minutes before the film. As always, after the film we will descend on a local establishment for dinner/drinks/discussion.

After five-year-old Jack and his mother escape from the enclosed surroundings that Jack has known his entire life, the boy makes a thrilling discovery.

Join the Boston Sunday Night Film Club this Sunday, Feb 21st at 6:50p for Deadpool at the Regal Fenway Stadium 13. Look for Sean wearing a nametag in the theatre lobby about 15 minutes before the film. As always, after the film we will descend on a local establishment for dinner/drinks/discussion.

A former Special Forces operative turned mercenary is subjected to a rogue experiment that leaves him with accelerated healing powers, adopting the alter ego Deadpool.

No club this weekend due to The Oscars. We’re back on our usual schedule 3/6.

Join the Boston Sunday Night Film Club this Sunday, Mar 6th at 4:30p for The Witch at the Coolidge Corner Theatre. Look for Sean wearing a nametag in the theatre lobby about 15 minutes before the film. As always, after the film we will descend on a local establishment for dinner/drinks/discussion.

In this exquisitely made and terrifying new horror film, the age-old concepts of witchcraft, black magic and possession are innovatively brought together to tell the intimate and riveting story of one familys frightful unraveling in the New England wilderness circa 1630.

Join the Boston Sunday Night Film Club this Sunday, Mar 13th at 7p for 10 Cloverfield Lane at the Regal Fenway Stadium 13. Look for Sean wearing a nametag in the theatre lobby about 15 minutes before the film. As always, after the film we will descend on a local establishment for dinner/drinks/discussion.

A young woman wakes up after a terrible accident to find that she’s locked in a cellar with a doomsday prepper, who insists that he saved her life and that the world outside is uninhabitable following an apocalyptic catastrophe. Uncertain what to believe, the woman soon determines that she must escape at any cost.

Join the Boston Sunday Night Film Club this Sunday, Mar 20th at 6:40p for Hello, My Name is Doris at the Kendall Square Cinema. Look for Sean wearing a nametag in the theatre lobby about 15 minutes before the film. As always, after the film we will descend on a local establishment for dinner/drinks/discussion.

Hello, My Name Is Doris is a witty and compassionate late-life coming-of-age-story. When Doris (Academy Award-winner Sally Field, Norma Rae, Places in the Heart) meets her companys hip new art director John (Max Greenfield), sparks flyat least for Doris. Her first encounter with true romance (outside of the pages of a novel) convinces Doris that she and the mostly unaware John are meant for each other. In the cluttered house she shared with her late mother, Doris mines the internet for information on her one-and-only, guided by the 13-year-old granddaughter of her best pal Roz (Tyne Daly). When Doris begins showing up at Johns regular haunts, she wins over his Williamsburg friends with her eclectic vintage wardrobe, quirky naivete and unironic enthusiasm for their rooftop knitting circle. Her new life brings Doris a thrilling perspective, but also creates a rift between her and her longtime friends and family, who believe shes making a fool of herself over a guy half her age.

Join the Boston Sunday Night Film Club this Sunday, Mar 27th at 5p for Eye in the Sky at the Kendall Square Cinema. Look for Dan wearing a multicolored shirt in the theatre lobby about 15 minutes before the film. As always, after the film we will descend on a local establishment for dinner/drinks/discussion.

The commander is in England. The drone pilot is in America. The terrorist is in Kenya. And the authority to strike is up in the air.

Join the Boston Sunday Night Film Club this Sunday, Apr 3rd at 7:15p for Midnight Special at the Coolidge Corner Theatre. Look for Dan wearing a multicolored shirt in the theatre lobby about 15 minutes before the film. As always, after the film we will descend on a local establishment for dinner/drinks/discussion.

A father and son go on the run after the dad learns his child possesses special powers.

Join the Boston Sunday Night Film Club this Sunday, Apr 10th at 5:45p for Hardcore Henry at the AMC Assembly Row 12. Look for Sean wearing a nametag in the theatre lobby about 15 minutes before the film. As always, after the film we will descend on a local establishment for dinner/drinks/discussion.

A first-person action film from the eyes of Henry, who’s resurrected from death with no memory. He must discover his identity and save his wife from a warlord with a plan to bio-engineer soldiers.

Join the Boston Sunday Night Film Club this Sunday, Apr 17th at 6:20p for We the People: The Market Basket Effect at the Somerville Theatre. Look for Dan wearing a multicolored shirt in the theatre lobby about 15 minutes before the film. As always, after the film we will descend on a local establishment for dinner/drinks/discussion.

“We the People: The Market Basket Effect” traces the events that led 25,000 employees and 2 million customers across New England to stand behind embattled CEO Arthur T. Demoulas and wrest control of a multibillion dollar grocery empire from an activist board of directors led by Artie T.s cousin, Arthur S. Demoulas.

Can regular people band together to alter the balance of power in a major corporation, or is the case of Market Basket a fairytale victory? Narrator Michael Chiklis - who was born and raised in Lowell, where Market Basket began - weaves through on-the-ground footage and thoughtful expert analysis to find out.

IFFBoston runs from April 27th - May 4th. Tickets are now available!

The club film during the festival will be HUNT FOR THE WILDERPEOPLE at 6pm on 5/1, Tickets can be purchased here.

Join the Boston Sunday Night Film Club this Sunday, Apr 24th at 7:15p for Miles Ahead at the Coolidge Corner Theatre. Look for Howard wearing a nametag in the theatre lobby about 15 minutes before the film. As always, after the film we will descend on a local establishment for dinner/drinks/discussion.

Inspired by events in Miles Daviss life, this is a wildly entertaining, impressionistic, no-holds-barred portrait of one of twentieth-century musics creative geniuses.

Holed up in his Manhattan apartment, wracked with pain from a variety of ailments, sweating for the next check from his record company, and dodging sycophants and industry executives, Davis is haunted by memories of old glories, humiliations, and of his years with Frances Taylor, his great love.

Academy Awardnominated actor Don Cheadleco-writer, director, and lead actorremarkably captures the musical legend on film through an impressively orchestrated use of images and sounds. Varying cinematic rhythms and beats are used to create a singular and intoxicating viewing experience as Cheadle displays a deep understanding of the man and his music.

Join the Boston Sunday Night Film Club this Sunday, May 1st at 6p for Hunt for the Wilderpeople at the Brattle Theatre. Look for Sean wearing a nametag in the theatre lobby about 15 minutes before the film. As always, after the film we will descend on a local establishment for dinner/drinks/discussion.

Note: This screening is part of the Independent Film Festival Boston 2016 and could be quite popular so you should consider buying tickets in advance. Furthermore, Sean will be attending other screenings during the festival so he may be tough to find before the film. Be sure to look for him afterwards on Brattle St. in front of Cafe Algiers.

Raised on hip-hop and foster care, defiant city kid Ricky gets a fresh start in the New Zealand countryside. He quickly finds himself at home with his new foster family: the loving Aunt Bella, the cantankerous Uncle Hec, and dog Tupac. When a tragedy strikes that threatens to ship Ricky to another home, he and Hec go on the run in the bush, and a national manhunt ensues. The newly branded outlaws must face their options: go out in a blaze of glory, or overcome their differences and survive as a family.

Director Taika Waititi (WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS; the upcoming THOR: RAGNORAK) masterfully weaves lively humor with emotionally honest performances by Sam Neill and Julian Dennison. The result is a hilarious, touching crowd pleaser that is equal parts road comedy and rousing adventure story. HUNT FOR THE WILDERPEOPLE reminds us to appreciate the journey of growing up (from any age) and those who help us along the way.

Join the Boston Sunday Night Film Club this Sunday, May 8th at 5:30p for Captain America: Civil War at the AMC Assembly Row 12. Look for Sean wearing a nametag in the theatre lobby about 15 minutes before the film. As always, after the film we will descend on a local establishment for dinner/drinks/discussion.

Political interference in the Avengers’ activities causes a rift between former allies Captain America and Iron Man.

Join the Boston Sunday Night Film Club this Sunday, May 15th at 6:25p for Money Monster at the Regal Fenway Stadium 13. Look for Sean wearing a nametag in the theatre lobby about 15 minutes before the film. As always, after the film we will descend on a local establishment for dinner/drinks/discussion.

“Financial TV host Lee Gates and his producer Patty are put in an extreme situation when an irate investor takes over their studio.”

Note: This is a reserved seating theater, and Sean will be sitting in Row E

Join the Boston Sunday Night Film Club this Sunday, May 22nd at 6:30p for The Nice Guys at the Regal Fenway Stadium 13. Look for Sean wearing a nametag in the theatre lobby about 15 minutes before the film. As always, after the film we will descend on a local establishment for dinner/drinks/discussion.

A mismatched pair of private eyes investigate the apparent suicide of a fading porn star in 1970s Los Angeles.

Note: The host, Sean, reserved his seats in Row E.

Join the Boston Sunday Night Film Club this Sunday, May 29th at 7p for The Lobster at the Coolidge Corner Theatre. Look for Dan wearing a multicolored shirt in the theatre lobby about 15 minutes before the film. As always, after the film we will descend on a local establishment for dinner/drinks/discussion.

In a dystopian near future, single people, according to the laws of The City, are taken to The Hotel, where they are obliged to find a romantic partner in forty-five days or are transformed into beasts and sent off into The Woods.

Join the Boston Sunday Night Film Club this Sunday, Jun 5th at 6p for Popstar:Never Stop NEver Stopping at the AMC Assembly Row 12. Look for Sean wearing a nametag in the theatre lobby about 15 minutes before the film. As always, after the film we will descend on a local establishment for dinner/drinks/discussion.

When it becomes clear that his solo album is a failure, a former boy band member does everything in his power to maintain his celebrity status.

Note: This is a reserved seating theatre, the host will be sitting in Row G

Join the Boston Sunday Night Film Club this Sunday, Jun 12th at 7p for The Fallen Idol at the Kendall Square Cinema. Look for Sean wearing a nametag in the theatre lobby about 15 minutes before the film. As always, after the film we will descend on a local establishment for dinner/drinks/discussion.

Carol Reed’s film noir classic about an eight-year-old boy who enters a world of secrets and lies that unintentionally implicate his idol in murder.

Join the Boston Sunday Night Film Club this Sunday, Jun 19th at 7:05p for De Palma at the Kendall Square Cinema. Look for Sean wearing a nametag in the theatre lobby about 15 minutes before the film. As always, after the film we will descend on a local establishment for dinner/drinks/discussion.

In this lively, illuminating documentary, Brian De Palma explores not only his life and work but also his singular approach to the craft of filmmaking.

Join the Boston Sunday Night Film Club this Sunday, Jun 26th at 7pm for Tickled at the Kendall Square Cinema. Look for Sean wearing a nametag in the theatre lobby about 15 minutes before the film. As always, after the film we will descend on a local establishment for dinner/drinks/discussion.

A journalist sets out to uncover the threats, secret identities and criminal activity that lie at the heart of a mysterious online tickling empire.

The Boston Sunday Night Film Club will not meet this Sunday, July 3rd in observance of the Independence Day holiday. We will return to our regular schedule on Sunday, July 10th.

If you are looking for some good movies to see this weekend, may I recommend Hunt for the Wilderpeople, Swiss Army Man, or Blue Velvet at the Brattle.

Join the Boston Sunday Night Film Club this Sunday, Jul 10th at 7:30p for Swiss Army Man at the Coolidge Corner Theatre. Look for Dan wearing a multicolored shirt in the theatre lobby about 15 minutes before the film. As always, after the film we will descend on a local establishment for dinner/drinks/discussion.

Hank (Paul Dano) is stranded on a deserted island, having given up all hope of ever making it home again.

But one day everything changes when a corpse named Manny (Daniel Radcliffe) washes up on shore; the two become fast friends, and ultimately go on an epic adventure that will bring Hank back to the woman of his dreams.

Join the Boston Sunday Night Film Club this Sunday, Jul 17th at 5:15p for Ghostbusters (2016) at the Regal Fenway Stadium 13. Look for Sean wearing a nametag in the theatre lobby about 15 minutes before the film. As always, after the film we will descend on a local establishment for dinner/drinks/discussion.

A pair of authors (Kristen Wiig and Melissa McCarthy) who focus on the paranormal join forces with nuclear engineer (Kate McKinnon) and a subway attendant (Leslie Jones) to fight off a slew of ghosts who have invaded New York City, coming face-to-face with an evil entity who can control humans.

Note: Sean, the host, will be seating in Row F

Join the Boston Sunday Night Film Club this Sunday, Jul 24th at 4:15p for Star Trek Beyond at the Somerville Theatre. Look for Sean wearing a nametag in the theatre lobby about 15 minutes before the film. As always, after the film we will descend on a local establishment for dinner/drinks/discussion.

The USS Enterprise crew explores the furthest reaches of uncharted space, where they encounter a new ruthless enemy who puts them and everything the Federation stands for to the test.

Join the Boston Sunday Night Film Club this Sunday, Jul 31st at 5:15p for Jason Bourne at the AMC Assembly Row 12. Look for Sean wearing a nametag in the theatre lobby about 15 minutes before the film. As always, after the film we will descend on a local establishment for dinner/drinks/discussion.

Jason Bourne, now remembering who he truly is, tries to uncover hidden truths about his past.

Note: The host will be sitting in Row G. This is a reserved seat film, and it is opening weekend, so you will probably want to buy tickets in advance.

Join the Boston Sunday Night Film Club this Sunday, Aug 7th at 6:55p for Captain Fantastic at the Kendall Square Cinema. Look for Sean wearing a nametag in the theatre lobby about 15 minutes before the film. As always, after the film we will descend on a local establishment for dinner/drinks/discussion.

In the forests of the Pacific Northwest, a father devoted to raising his six kids with a rigorous physical and intellectual education is forced to leave his paradise and enter the world, challenging his idea of what it means to be a parent.

Join the Boston Sunday Night Film Club this Sunday, Aug 14th at 7pm for Black Girl at the Brattle Theatre. Look for Dan wearing a multicolored shirt in the theatre lobby about 15 minutes before the film. As always, after the film we will descend on a local establishment for dinner/drinks/discussion.

Ousmane Sembene, one of the greatest and most groundbreaking filmmakers who ever lived and the most internationally renowned African director of the twentieth century, made his feature debut in 1966 with the brilliant and stirring BLACK GIRL (La noire de). Sembene, who was also an acclaimed novelist in his native Senegal, transforms a deceptively simple plot about a young Senegalese woman who moves to France to work for a wealthy white couple and finds that life in their small apartment becomes a figurative and literal prison into a complex, layered critique on the lingering colonialist mindset of a supposedly postcolonial world. Featuring a moving central performance by Mbissine Therese Diop, BLACK GIRL is a harrowing human drama as well as a radical political statement and one of the essential films of the 1960s.

Join the Boston Sunday Night Film Club this Sunday, Aug 21st at 5:30p for Sausage Party at the AMC Assembly Row 12. Look for Sean wearing a nametag in the theatre lobby about 15 minutes before the film. As always, after the film we will descend on a local establishment for dinner/drinks/discussion.

A misplaced sausage (voice of Seth Rogen) and his food friends embark on an existential adventure through the aisles of a massive supermarket in this raunchy animated comedy. While they are initially excited by the prospect of a Fourth of July sale, the perishable pals are soon horrified when they learn the full truth about what happens after they are purchased.

Note: The host will be sitting in Row J

Join the Boston Sunday Night Film Club this Sunday, Aug 28th at 7pm for Hell or High Water at the Coolidge Corner Theatre. Look for Sean wearing a nametag in the theatre lobby about 15 minutes before the film. As always, after the film we will descend on a local establishment for dinner/drinks/discussion.

A divorced dad and his ex-con brother resort to a desperate scheme in order to save their family’s farm in West Texas.

Join the Boston Sunday Night Film Club this Sunday, Sep 4th at 4:30p for Everybody Wants Some!! at the Brattle Theatre. Look for Dan wearing a multicolored shirt in the theatre lobby about 15 minutes before the film. As always, after the film we will descend on a local establishment for dinner/drinks/discussion.

Linklaters sequel-in-spirit to DAZED & CONFUSED draws on his own experiences of the first week in college. Blake Jenner plays Jake, a freshman pitcher for Texas State, who, along with his fellow baseball teammates, navigates the landscape of unsupervised proto-adulthood that college provides. A throwback to raunchy, 80s teen comedies with a sentimental heart and a soul grounded in reality, EVERYBODY WANTS SOME!! is a raucous good time.

Join the Boston Sunday Night Film Club this Sunday, Sep 11th at 5:30 for Sully at the AMC Assembly Row 12. Look for Howard  wearing a nametag in the theatre lobby about 15 minutes before the film. As always, after the film we will descend on a local establishment for dinner/drinks/discussion.

Tom Hanks stars in this portrait of airline pilot Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger, which depicts his successful emergency landing of an Airbus A320 on the Hudson River in January 2009. In the aftermath of this unprecedented and heroic feat, the traumatized pilot must endure second-guessing by investigators, the weight of sudden fame, and his own doubts about his actions that fateful day.

Note: The host, Howard, will be sitting in Row H.

Due to some personal issues Sean will not be able to host this weekend, look for Howard instead, still in row H.

Join the Boston Sunday Night Film Club this Sunday, Sep 18th at 8pm for Tron (in 70mm!) - Dinner beforehand at 6p at the Somerville Theatre. Look for Sean wearing a nametag in the theatre lobby about 15 minutes before the film. As always, after the film we will descend on a local establishment for dinner/drinks/discussion.

Note: Because of the late showtime of this film, we will be meeting BEFORE the movie. Meet in the park across from the theatre (in front of JP Licks) and we can pick a place to go.

“A computer hacker is abducted into the digital world and forced to participate in gladiatorial games where his only chance of escape is with the help of a heroic security program.”

Join the Boston Sunday Night Film Club this Sunday, Sep 25th at 7pm for Ben-Hur (1959) – Dinner Beforehand at 5pm at the Somerville Theatre. Look for Sean wearing a nametag in the theatre lobby about 15 minutes before the film. As always, after the film we will descend on a local establishment for dinner/drinks/discussion.

As part of the Somerville’s 70mm & Widescreen festival, a IB Technicolor 35mm print of Ben-Hur!

“When a Jewish prince is betrayed and sent into slavery by a Roman friend, he regains his freedom and comes back for revenge.”

Note: Because of the late showtime of this film, we will be meeting BEFORE the movie. Meet at 5pm in the park across from the theatre (in front of JP Licks) and we can pick a place to go.

Join the Boston Sunday Night Film Club this Sunday, Oct 2nd at 7:15p for Command and Control at the Kendall Square Cinema. Look for Sean wearing a nametag in the theatre lobby about 15 minutes before the film. As always, after the film we will descend on a local establishment for dinner/drinks/discussion.

From Robert Kenner, director of the groundbreaking film Food, Inc., comes a high-stakes documentary thrillerbased on Eric Schlosser’s critically-acclaimed book of the same namethat reveals the deadly “human error” that led to a little-known accident at the Titan II missile complex in Damascus, Arkansas in 1980. The chilling new documentary explores the unlikely chain of events that caused the accident and the feverish efforts to prevent the explosion of a ballistic missile carrying the most powerful nuclear warhead ever built by the United Statesa warhead 600 times more powerful than the bomb that destroyed Hiroshima. A cautionary tale of freak accidents, near misses, human fallibility and extraordinary heroism, Command and Control forces viewers to confront the frightening dilemma that the U.S. has faced since the dawn of the nuclear age: how do you manage weapons of mass destruction without being destroyed by them?

Join the Boston Sunday Night Film Club this Sunday, Oct 9th at 7:15p for The Birth of a Nation at the Coolidge Corner Theatre. Look for Dan wearing a multicolored shirt in the theatre lobby about 15 minutes before the film. As always, after the film we will descend on a local establishment for dinner/drinks/discussion.

Set against the antebellum South, The Birth of a Nation follows Nat Turner (Nate Parker), a literate slave and preacher, whose financially strained owner, Samuel Turner (Armie Hammer), accepts an offer to use Nats preaching to subdue unruly slaves.

As he witnesses countless atrocities - against himself and his fellow slaves - Nat orchestrates an uprising in the hopes of leading his people to freedom.

Join the Boston Sunday Night Film Club this Sunday, Oct 16th at 7:15p for Denial at the Coolidge Corner Theatre. Look for Sean wearing a nametag in the theatre lobby about 15 minutes before the film. As always, after the film we will descend on a local establishment for dinner/drinks/discussion.

“Based on the acclaimed book Denial: Holocaust History on Trial, Denial recounts Deborah E. Lipstadts (Academy Award(r) winner Rachel Weisz) legal battle for historical truth against David Irving (BAFTA nominee Timothy Spall), who accused her of libel when she declared him a Holocaust denier.”

Join the Boston Sunday Night Film Club this Sunday, Oct 23rd at 7:30p for Moonlight (IFFBoston Fall Focus) at the Brattle Theatre. Look for Sean wearing a nametag in the theatre lobby about 15 minutes before the film. As always, after the film we will descend on a local establishment for dinner/drinks/discussion.

Note: This film is the opening night of the IFFBoston Fall Focus. Passes are required. Download and print your pass. Please arrive early. Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis and is NOT guaranteed. Theatre is not responsible for seating over capacity.

Writer-director Barry Jenkins made waves with his feature debut MEDICINE FOR MELANCHOLY (IFFBoston 2008). Not only did it give the hipster-romance-indie genre a much-needed shot of artistic vigour, butunlike most of those filmsit took place in an America where race and class are defining aspects of life. Now, Jenkins sophomore feature MOONLIGHT makes good on MELANCHOLYs promise. This is an impeccably crafted study of African-American masculinity from a vital creative voice in contemporary cinema. Though his story is set in Miami, Jenkins shuns the familiar neon-lit aesthetic that the likes of Michael Mann have associated with the Florida hot spot. Instead, he shows a different kind of life, miles away from South Beach, in an area hit by a crack epidemic. Its here that we meet young Chiron. Bullied at school and beaten down by a harsh home life, Chiron risks becoming a statistic: another black man dominated and ultimately destroyed by the system. Despite his small stature and taciturn nature, Chiron is a survivor, and, as he grows, it becomes clear that his real battle isnt even on the streets. Its an internal one: reckoning with his complex love for his best friend. MOONLIGHT takes Chiron from childhood to his teens to adulthood, but it absolutely defies coming-of-age conventions. Instead of offering a clear progression of time, Jenkins plunges us into an atmospheric subjectivity, an impressionistic vision of Chirons psyche in which sensuality, pain, and unhealed wounds take centre stage with staggering power. Anchored in an unforgettable performance by emerging talent Trevante Rhodes (as the older Chiron), MOONLIGHT explores the human need to feel connected. But although its themes could be called universal, they are firmly grounded in a specific understanding of African-American experience. This film was waiting to be made, and Jenkins was the one to make it.

Join the Boston Sunday Night Film Club this Sunday, Oct 30th at 7pm for Nosferatu (w/ Live Accompaniment at the Brattle Theatre. Look for Dan wearing a multicolored shirt in the theatre lobby about 15 minutes before the film. As always, after the film we will descend on a local establishment for dinner/drinks/discussion.

Please purchase tickets in advance!

We welcome back our frequent collaborators in the Andrew Alden Ensemble for a screening of the silent horror classic, NOSFERATU. Max Schreck plays the vampiric creature of the night in this thinly veiled adaptation of Bram Stokers Dracula.

Join the Boston Sunday Night Film Club this Sunday, Nov 6th at 6:15p for Doctor Strange at the Regal Fenway Stadium 13. Look for Sean wearing a nametag in the theatre lobby about 15 minutes before the film. As always, after the film we will descend on a local establishment for dinner/drinks/discussion.

A former neurosurgeon embarks on a journey of healing only to be drawn into the world of the mystic arts.

Note: This is opening weekend and reserved seating, you should probably purchase tickets in advance. Sean, the host, will be sitting in Row F. Also, Daylight Savings Time ends at 2am on Sunday, so make sure to double check your clocks.

Join the Boston Sunday Night Film Club this Sunday, Nov 13th at 7:15p for Arrival at the Somerville Theatre. Look for Sean wearing a nametag in the theatre lobby about 15 minutes before the film. As always, after the film we will descend on a local establishment for dinner/drinks/discussion.

Denis Villeneuve directed this science-fiction suspense film about Earth’s response to a possible alien invasion. After extraterrestrial spacecraft plant themselves at various locations around the globe, a linguist (Amy Adams) and a theoretical physicist (Jeremy Renner) must find a way to communicate with the mysterious visitors in order to learn what they want and whether they pose a threat to humanity. Forest Whitaker and Michael Stuhlbarg co-star.

Join the Boston Sunday Night Film Club this Sunday, Nov 20th at 7p for The Edge of Seventeen at the Regal Fenway Stadium 13. Look for Sean wearing a nametag in the theatre lobby about 15 minutes before the film. As always, after the film we will descend on a local establishment for dinner/drinks/discussion.

High-school life gets even more unbearable for Nadine when her best friend, Krista, starts dating her older brother.

Note: This is a reserved-seating showing, the host will be sitting in Row F.

Join the Boston Sunday Night Film Club this Sunday, Nov 27th at 7p for Manchester by the Sea at the Coolidge Corner Theatre. Look for Dan wearing a multicolored shirt in the theatre lobby about 15 minutes before the film. As always, after the film we will descend on a local establishment for dinner/drinks/discussion.

Lee Chandler (Casey Affleck), is the resident handyman for a small apartment complex in a Boston suburb. He spends his days shoveling snow, fixing leaks, and doing his best to ignore the tenants’ small talk. He spends his evenings either alone in his basement apartment or nursing a beer at his local, where he’ll pick a fight with anyone who throws a glance his way.

When he receives the news that his older brother Joe (Kyle Chandler) has died of a congenital heart condition and that, to his unpleasant surprise, he’s been appointed legal guardian of Joe’s teenage son, Patrick (Lucas Hedges), Lee returns to his nearby seaside hometown, a place of both cherished and painful memories. Despite the sudden loss of his father, and in stark contrast to his uncle, Patrick is full of life. A popular student, he juggles hockey, band practice, and two girlfriends. As this mismatched pair stumbles through the mundane details of estate planning and the awkward strain of adolescence, Lee is forced to confront his past, revealed seamlessly through flashbacks, and the realities of his present.

Join the Boston Sunday Night Film Club this Sunday, Dec 4th at 5:30p for Evolution at the Brattle Theatre. Look for Sean wearing a nametag in the theatre lobby about 15 minutes before the film. As always, after the film we will descend on a local establishment for dinner/drinks/discussion.

This eerily seductive mind-bender is a dark, dreamlike descent into the depths of the unknown. Ten-year-old Nicolas (Brebant) lives in a remote seaside village populated only by boys his age and adult women. But when he makes a disturbing discovery beneath the ocean waves a dead boy with a red starfish on his stomach Nicolas begins to question everything about his existence. What are the half-remembered images he recalls, as if from another life? If the woman he lives with is not his mother, then who is she? And what awaits the boys when they are all suddenly confined to a hospital? The long-awaited new film from the acclaimed director of Innocence is awash in the haunting, otherworldly images of a nightmare.

Join the Boston Sunday Night Film Club this Sunday, Dec 11th at 7p for Jackie at the Coolidge Corner Theatre. Look for Dan wearing a multicolored shirt in the theatre lobby about 15 minutes before the film. As always, after the film we will descend on a local establishment for dinner/drinks/discussion.

Following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy fights through grief and trauma to regain her faith, console her children, and define her husband’s historic legacy.

Join the Boston Sunday Night Film Club this Sunday, Dec 18th at 6p for La La Land at the Coolidge Corner Theatre. Look for Sean wearing a nametag in the theatre lobby about 15 minutes before the film. As always, after the film we will descend on a local establishment for dinner/drinks/discussion.

Written and directed by Academy Award(r) nominee Damien Chazelle, La La Land tells the story of Mia (Emma Stone), an aspiring actress, and Sebastian (Ryan Gosling), a dedicated jazz musician, who are struggling to make ends meet in a city known for crushing hopes and breaking hearts.

Set in modern day Los Angeles, this original musical about everyday life explores the joy and pain of pursuing your dreams.

The Boston Sunday Night Film Club will not be meeting this Sunday, December 25th in observance of the Christmas holiday.

Whether we meet the following Sunday, January 1st has yet to be determined.

Join the Boston Sunday Night Film Club this Sunday, Jan 1st at 7:15p for Duck Soup at the Brattle Theatre. Look for Dan wearing a multicolored shirt in the theatre lobby about 15 minutes before the film. As always, after the film we will descend on a local establishment for dinner/drinks/discussion.

Rufus T. Firefly is named president/dictator of bankrupt Freedonia and declares war on neighboring Sylvania over the love of wealthy Mrs. Teasdale.