Join the Boston Sunday Night Film Club this Sunday, Jan 8th at 5p for The Last Waltz 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.

Martin Scorsese’s legendary concert film documents the final live show from ’70s rock legends, The Band. Featuring superstar guests, a killer setlist, revealing interviews, and stunning camerawork from iconic cinematographers Michael Chapman (Raging Bull), Vilmos Zsigmond (Close Encounters of the Third Kind), and Laszlo Kovacs (Easy Rider) THE LAST WALTZ is, without a doubt, one of the greatest concert films ever.

Note: As always, be sure to check the club webpage/twitter/facebook the day of in case of last minute changes. Please wear a mask and observe all local ordinances and venue policies.

Join the Boston Sunday Night Film Club this Sunday, Jan 15th at 5pm for M3GAN 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.

A robotics engineer at a toy company builds a life-like doll that begins to take on a life of its own.

Note: As always, be sure to check the club webpage/twitter/facebook the day of in case of last minute changes. Please wear a mask and observe all local ordinances and venue policies.

Join the Boston Sunday Night Film Club this Sunday, Jan 22nd at 6p for Memoria 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.

A woman from Scotland, while traveling in Colombia, begins to notice strange sounds. Soon she begins to think about their appearance.

Join the Boston Sunday Night Film Club this Sunday, Jan 29th at 4:20p for Living at the Kendall Square Cinema. Look for Howard wearing a teal down jacket 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 1950s London, a humorless civil servant decides to take time off work to experience life after receiving a grim diagnosis.

Join the Boston Sunday Night Film Club this Sunday, Feb 5th at 6:10p for Infinity Pool at the Regal Fenway. 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.

James and Em Foster are enjoying an all-inclusive beach vacation in the fictional island of La Tolqa, when a fatal accident exposes the resort’s perverse subculture of hedonistic tourism, reckless violence and surreal horrors.

Join the Boston Sunday Night Film Club this Sunday, Feb 12th at 6pm for Back to the Future 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.

Marty McFly, a 17-year-old high school student, is accidentally sent 30 years into the past in a time-traveling DeLorean invented by his close friend, the maverick scientist Doc Brown.

Join the Boston Sunday Night Film Club this Sunday, Feb 19th at 7:15p for 2023 Oscar Nominated Shorts: Animated 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.

An Ostrich Told Me the World Is Fake and I Think I Believe It - dir. Lachlan Pendragon/Australia/11min

Ice Merchants - dir. Joao Gonzalez/Portugal, UK, France/14min

My Year of Dicks - dir. Sara Gunnarsdottir/USA/24min

The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse - dirs. Peter Baynton, Charlie Mackesy/UK/34min

The Flying Sailor - dirs. Amanda Forbis, Wendy Tilby/Canada/7min

Join the Boston Sunday Night Film Club this Sunday, Feb 26th at 5:10p for Cocaine Bear 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.

An oddball group of cops, criminals, tourists and teens converge on a Georgia forest where a huge black bear goes on a murderous rampage after unintentionally ingesting cocaine.

Due to host unavailability, the Boston Sunday Night Film Club will not meet this Sunday, March 5th.

The following Sunday, March 12th, is Oscar Night, and we will not be meeting (as is tradition for the club).

We plan to be back on March 19th, hope to see you then!

Join the Boston Sunday Night Film Club this Sunday, Mar 19th at 4:30p for Pacification 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.

Renowned European director Albert Serra has turned in his masterpiece with PACIFICTION, already being hailed as one of the cinematic events of the year. In what can only be described as an immersive political thriller, Serra patiently draws us in to the life of De Roller (Magimel), a high-ranking diplomat on the French Polynesian island of Tahiti. De Roller is clearly a calculating man with impeccable manners and charisma to spare, but just how much in-the-know and in control he is remains uncertain. Slowly we become aware that, amidst his visits to a seedy bar, flirtations with an alluring hotel clerk, appearances at events, and meetings with citizens of all positions, De Roller is trying to get to the bottom of a persistent rumor that has been going around: that the arrival of a submarine could herald the return of French nuclear testing.

Join the Boston Sunday Night Film Club this Sunday, Mar 26th at 4p for John Wick: Chapter 4 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.

John Wick uncovers a path to defeating The High Table. But before he can earn his freedom, Wick must face off against a new enemy with powerful alliances across the globe and forces that turn old friends into foes.

Join the Boston Sunday Night Film Club this Sunday, Apr 2nd at 4:05p for Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves 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 charming thief and a band of unlikely adventurers undertake an epic heist to retrieve a lost relic, but things go dangerously awry when they run afoul of the wrong people. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves brings the rich world and playful spirit of the legendary roleplaying game to the big screen in a hilarious and action-packed adventure.

Join the Boston Sunday Night Film Club this Sunday, Apr 9th at 4:15p for Air 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.

Some icons are meant to fly.

From award-winning director Ben Affleck, Air reveals the unbelievable game-changing partnership between a then-rookie Michael Jordan and Nike’s fledgling basketball division which revolutionized the world of sports and contemporary culture with the Air Jordan brand.

This moving story follows the career-defining gamble of an unconventional team with everything on the line, the uncompromising vision of a mother who knows the worth of her son’s immense talent, and the basketball phenom who would become the greatest of all time.

Join the Boston Sunday Night Film Club this Sunday, Apr 16th at 6p for Renfield 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.

Renfield, Dracula’s henchman and inmate at the lunatic asylum for decades, longs for a life away from the Count, his various demands, and all of the bloodshed that comes with them.

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

The Boston Sunday Night Film Club will not meet this Sunday, April 23rd, due to host unavailability.  We will return the following Sunday, April 30th with our IFFBoston selection.

On that note, this upcoming Wednesday marks the start of the 20th Independent Film Festival Boston.  Head over to iffboston.org for information on the screenings as well as tickets and memberships.

Join the Boston Sunday Night Film Club this Sunday, Apr 30th at 7:45pm for Never Be A Punching Bag 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.

The film weaves together three stories: colorful boxing coach and ex-drill sergeant Sal Bartolo Jr., son of a renowned 1940s East Boston boxing champ; Naomi Yang herself, learning boxing from trainer Bartolo and reexamining some of her own family’s disturbing history; and schoolteacher Mary Ellen Welch, who in the 1960s mobilized a group of neighborhood women against encroachment from Logan airport, fighting back against an indifferent city government. None of these protagonists are destined to win the Big Fight, but all offer inspiration to anyone determined to stand up for themselves and hold their ground.

Note: This screening is part of IFFBoston 2023, so you may wish to buy tickets in advance. Also, due to other screenings at IFFBoston, your host, Sean, may not be available for dinner after the show.

Join the Boston Sunday Night Film Club this Sunday, May 7th at 4:30p for Polite Society 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.

Martial artist-in-training Ria Khan believes she must save her older sister Lena from her impending marriage. After enlisting the help of her friends, Ria attempts to pull off the most ambitious of all wedding heists in the name of independence and sisterhood.

Join the Boston Sunday Night Film Club this Sunday, May 14th at 4pm for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 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.

Peter Quill, still reeling from the loss of Gamora, must rally his team around him to defend the universe along with protecting one of their own. A mission that, if not completed successfully, could quite possibly lead to the end of the Guardians as we know them.

Note: This is a reserved-seating screening of a popular film, so you may wish to purchase tickets in advance. Your host, Sean, will be sitting in Row F.

Join the Boston Sunday Night Film Club this Sunday, May 21st at 6:45p for Fast X at the AMC Boston Common 19. 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.

Cmon, it’s the latest installment in the Family Cinematic Universe (FCU).

Over many missions and against impossible odds, Dom Toretto and his family have outsmarted, out-nerved and outdriven every foe in their path. Now, they confront the most lethal opponent they’ve ever faced: A terrifying threat emerging from the shadows of the past who’s fueled by blood revenge, and who is determined to shatter this family and destroy everything–and everyone–that Dom loves, forever.

Note: This is opening weekend and reserved seating. Your host, Sean, will be seated in Row E.

Join the Boston Sunday Night Film Club this Sunday, May 28th at 7p for Bicycle Thieves (aka The Bicycle Thief) 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.

Unemployed Antonio is elated when he finally finds work hanging posters around war-torn Rome. However on his first day, his bicycle–essential to his work–gets stolen. His job is doomed unless he can find the thief. With the help of his son, Antonio combs the city, becoming desperate for justice.

Join the Boston Sunday Night Film Club this Sunday, Jun 4th at 5p for You Hurt My Feelings 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.

Beth (Julia Louis-Dreyfus), a popular writer, and her husband Don, a well-liked teacher, share the kind of relationship that truly, seriously, for the love of God cannot be real: that is, they’re actually in love. Even after decades of marriage, parenting, and their own successful careers, their physical spark has somehow not diminished; in fact, they seem to relish the opportunity to share a single ice cream cone and drive others – including their son, Charlie – mad. Should it come as a surprise then that his own marriage is in crisis? But when Beth discovers that Don has been untruthful to her about his opinion of her work for years – Beth’s world comes crashing down. Has their whole relationship been one Big Fat Lie?

Join the Boston Sunday Night Film Club this Sunday, Jun 11th at 5pm for Sorry, Wrong Number 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.

Bedridden heiress Leona Stevenson (Stanwyck) hears through crossed telephone wires a murder being planned. She tries to alert the police, to no avail, and grows frantic as she gradually realizes she is the intended victim. Stanwyck gives an Oscar-nominated performance in this engrossing and densely layered extension of the legendary 22-minute radio drama. Featuring Burt Lancaster in one of his earliest roles, mesmerizing direction by Anatole Litvak, and atmospheric camerawork by the great Sol Polito. Famous… yet still underrated.

Note: This screening is part of Noir City Boston, and so you may wish to purchase tickets in advance. There is also a double-feature option if you wish to double up.

Join the Boston Sunday Night Film Club this Sunday, Jun 18th at 5pm for The Blackening 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.

Seven Black friends go away for the weekend and end up trapped in a cabin with a killer who has a vendetta. Will their street smarts and knowledge of horror movies help them stay alive? Probably not.

Join the Boston Sunday Night Film Club this Sunday, Jun 25th at 5p for Asteroid City at the Kendall Square Cinema. 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.

In an American desert town circa 1955, the itinerary of a Junior Stargazer/Space Cadet convention is spectacularly disrupted by world-changing events.

Join the Boston Sunday Night Film Club this Sunday, Jul 2nd at 4:30p for Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny 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.

Finding himself in a new era, approaching retirement, Indy wrestles with fitting into a world that seems to have outgrown him. But as the tentacles of an all-too-familiar evil return in the form of an old rival, Indy must don his hat and pick up his whip once more to make sure an ancient and powerful artifact doesn’t fall into the wrong hands.

Join the Boston Sunday Night Film Club this Sunday, Jul 9th at 5:30p for Lynch/Oz 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.

Cinematic documentarian Alexandre O. Philippe (78/52: Hitchcock’s Shower Scene) dives deep into the connections between the work of David Lynch and one of the most beloved films of all time, THE WIZARD OF OZ. Any cursory Lynch devotee will see the connections between his work and Victor Fleming’s classic but Philippe delves deeper with the aid of some of contemporary cinema’s most exciting voices. LYNCH/ OZ features narration and insights from film critic and podcaster Amy Nicholson plus filmmakers Rodney Ascher (Room 237), Karyn Kusama (The Invitation), Benson and Moorhead (Something in the Dirt), and David Lowery (The Green Knight). The piece-de-resistance for any underground film lover, however, has got to be the central section featuring the unmistakable John Waters, a longtime friend of Lynch.

Join the Boston Sunday Night Film Club this Sunday, Jul 16th at 3:15p for Mission: Impossible - Dead Recokining - Part One 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.

Ethan Hunt and his IMF team embark on their most dangerous mission yet: To track down a terrifying new weapon that threatens all of humanity before it falls into the wrong hands. With control of the future and the world’s fate at stake and dark forces from Ethan’s past closing in, a deadly race around the globe begins. Confronted by a mysterious, all-powerful enemy, Ethan must consider that nothing can matter more than his mission - not even the lives of those he cares about most.

Note: This is opening weekend of a blockbuster, and the theatre has reserved seating, so you may wish to purchase tickets in advance. The host, Sean, will be seated in row H.

Due to lack of host availability, the Boston Sunday Night Film Club will not meet this Sunday, July 23rd. Yes, this despite the release of BARBIE and OPPENHEIMER. We are as disappointed as you are. We will resume our normal schedule on Sunday, July 30th (perhaps with a screening of one of those films).

Join the Boston Sunday Night Film Club this Sunday, Jul 30th at 3:25pm for Barbie 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.

Barbie and Ken are having the time of their lives in the colorful and seemingly perfect world of Barbie Land. However, when they get a chance to go to the real world, they soon discover the joys and perils of living among humans.

Note: This is a hot ticket at a reserved-seating theatre, so it is strongly advised you buy your tickets in advance! Sean will be sitting in Row E

Join the Boston Sunday Night Film Club this Sunday, Aug 6th at 4pm for Oppenheimer (70mm) 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 story of J. Robert Oppenheimer’s role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II.

Join the Boston Sunday Night Film Club this Sunday, Aug 13th at 5:30p for North by Northwest 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.

Advertising man Roger Thornhill is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase.

Join the Boston Sunday Night Film Club this Sunday, Aug 20th at 4:10p for Landscape With Invisible Hand 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.

Years into a benevolent alien occupation, mankind is still adjusting to its new overlords. Their technology initially held promise for global prosperity, but rendered most human jobs–and steady income–obsolete. When two teenagers discover the aliens are fascinated with human love and will pay for access to it, they decide to livestream their romance to make extra cash for their families. Written and directed by Cory Finley (Thoroughbreds, Bad Education), based on the book by M.T. Anderson.

Join the Boston Sunday Night Film Club this Sunday, Aug 27th at 6pm for Tokyo Pop 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.

Fed up with life in New York City, bleach-blonde rocker Wendy (Hamilton) spontaneously hops on a plane to Tokyo… only to find that her friend who lives there has moved, she has no money, and she doesn’t know the language. As luck would have it, one night she runs into Hiro (Yukai), a rock ’n’ roller whose band is looking for their big break. They form a romantic and musical connection and together end up making a hit record. But Wendy soon begins to wonder whether life in Japan is really for her. This charmer of an American indie from Fran Rubel Kuzui (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) feels a little bit like Jim Jarmusch’s Mystery Train in reverse and features terrific footage of late-’80s Tokyo. Rediscovered and restored thanks to the efforts of IndieCollect! Brattle Debut!

Join the Boston Sunday Night Film Club this Sunday, Sep 3rd at 12p for Winter Kills 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 Somerville Theatre is thrilled to show a new 35mm print of the rarely-screened WINTER KILLS, William Richert’s 1979 black comedy thriller starring Jeff Bridges and John Huston.

This re-release is being presented courtesy of author and filmmaker Quentin Tarantino, a longtime Winter Kills fan and champion.

This thinly veiled and hyper-paranoiac take on the JFK assassination stars Bridges as Nick Kegan, scion of a fabulously wealthy and powerful family headed by patriarch Huston (“the real delight of the film” - Canby, New York Times), as a character based on Joe Kennedy. Bridges soon finds himself going down multiple rabbit holes while trying to unravel the conspiracy behind the murder of a U.S. president, his older brother.

Due to lack of host availability, the Boston Sunday Night Film Club will not meet this Sunday, Sept 10th. We hope to resume our normal schedule next Sunday, Sept 17th.

Join the Boston Sunday Night Film Club this Sunday, Sep 17th at 4:45 for Bottoms 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 this refreshingly unique comedy, two queer girls, PJ and Josie, start a fight club as a way to lose their virginities to cheerleaders–and their bizarre plan works! The fight club gains traction, and soon enough, the most popular girls in school are beating each other up in the name of self-defense. But PJ and Josie find themselves in over their heads and in need of a way out before their plan is exposed…

Due to lack of host availability, the Boston Sunday Night Film Club will not meet this Sunday, Sept 24th. We hope to resume our normal schedule on Sunday, Oct 1st.

Join the Boston Sunday Night Film Club this Sunday, Oct 1st at 4:20p for Fair Play 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.

An unexpected promotion at a cutthroat hedge fund pushes a young couple’s relationship to the brink, threatening to unravel not only their recent engagement but their lives.

Join the Boston Sunday Night Film Club this Sunday, Oct 8th at 7:40p for Stop Making Sense at the Somerville Theatre.

Due to the later start for this film, we will be meeting BEFORE the movie for dinner. Look for Sean wearing a nametag in the delta across the street from the theatre at 6p.

Talking Heads’ “Stop Making Sense” is the greatest concert film of all time.  That is the synopsis.

Due to a positive rebound Covid Test, Sean is unable to host the Sunday Night Film Club tonight.

Due to the later start for this film, we will be meeting BEFORE the movie for dinner. Look for Howard in the delta across the street from the theatre at 6p.

The movie showtime for Stop Making Sense is 7:40p at the Somerville Theatre.

Join the Boston Sunday Night Film Club this Sunday, Oct 15th at 5:15p for Dumb Money 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.

Vlogger Keith Gill sinks his life savings into GameStop stock and posts about it. When social media starts blowing up, so do his life and the lives of everyone following him. As a stock tip becomes a movement, everyone gets rich–until the billionaires fight back, and both sides find their worlds turned upside down.

Join the Boston Sunday Night Film Club this Sunday, Oct 22nd at 7:30p for IFFBoston Fall Focus - The Taste of Things 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.

Set in France in 1889, the film follows the life of Dodin Bouffant as a chef living with his personal cook and lover Eugenie. They share a long history of gastronomy and love but Eugenie refuses to marry Dodin, so the food lover decides to do something he has never done before: cook for her.

Note: This is a part of the IFFBoston Fall Focus, so you may wish to purchase tickets in advance as some screenings have already sold out.

The Boston Sunday Night Film Club will not be meeting this Sunday, October 29th, due to host availability. We expect to return on Sunday, November 5th.

Join the Boston Sunday Night Film Club this Sunday, Nov 5th at 4:15p for The Killer 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 a fateful near-miss, an assassin battles his employers, and himself, on an international manhunt he insists isn’t personal.

Note: This is opening weekend and reserved-seating, so you should purchase tickets in advance. Sean, your host, will be sitting in Row D.

Join the Boston Sunday Night Film Club this Sunday, Nov 12th at 5pm for Priscilla 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.

When teenage Priscilla Beaulieu meets Elvis Presley at a party, the man who is already a meteoric rock-and-roll superstar becomes someone entirely unexpected in private moments: a thrilling crush, an ally in loneliness, a vulnerable best friend.

Join the Boston Sunday Night Film Club this Sunday, Nov 19th at 5:05p for May December 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 their relationship ignited a tabloid saga two decades ago, Gracie (Julianne Moore) and Joe (Charles Melton) now lead a seemingly perfect suburban life. Their domestic bliss is disrupted when Elizabeth (Natalie Portman), a famous television actress, arrives in their tight-knit community to research her upcoming role as Gracie. As Elizabeth ingratiates herself into the everyday lives of Gracie and Joe, the uncomfortable facts of their scandal unfurl, causing long- dormant emotions to resurface.

Note: This is a reserved-seating screening, so you may wish to purchase tickets in advance.

Join the Boston Sunday Night Film Club this Sunday, Nov 26th at 530p for Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure (followed by We ‘R’ Pee-Wee upstairs) 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.

When Pee-Wee Herman gets his beloved bike stolen in broad daylight, he sets out across the U.S. on the adventure of a lifetime.

Note: This screening of PEE-WEE’S BIG ADVENTURE is part of the [“WE ‘R’ ALL PEE-WEE” event](https://www.crystalballroomboston.com/events/we-r-all-pee- wee/) at the Crystal Ballroom (upstairs from the Somerville Theatre). At 7pm, after the movie, we will move up to the Ballroom to enjoy the show. So there will be no dinner after the movie this week (tho drinks will certainly be available at the party!)!

What other entertainer has had the sheer cultural, aesthetic, and psychic impact of Pee-Wee Herman (aka Paul Reubens 1952-2023 R.I.P.-W,)–let alone one so subversive, deranged, arty, and queer?!

Sunday November 26th, cast off your Thanksgiving torpor with your own Big Adventure, as the Somerville Theatre & Crystal Ballroom X Identical Cousins grants your wish to fly directly into the heart of the Playhouse. After a screening of Tim Burton’s revolutionary 1985 film (served with a warm-up of highlights of the TV show), float upstairs to the ballroom for a raucous celebration of the icon’s legacy.

A Super Friends-style cast includes comedy (co-hosting: Tooky Kavanaugh, Angela Sawyer), drag (Celia Smokinbutts, Luke Warm), and oodles of live music from Pee-Wee’s universe, featuring local luminaries like Red Sox organist Josh Kantor, Patriots / Bruins deejay T. J. Connelly as D.J. Conky-2000, rock gods Hilken Mancini (as Cyndi Lauper / Pee Wee Aerobics for puppets) and Thalia Zedek (brass/winds), Teenbeat Records’ Cotton Candy (’80s commercial breaks), and a Walter Sickert cameo.

Inhabit Pee-Wee’s world with an immersive bicycle photobooth, an interactive Picture Phone, cartoons fit for a King, a Burton-esque nightmare installation, a Pee-Gee-Rated Peepshow, a commemorative activity book, on-theme cocktails, and reimagined Playhouse sets and props galore. Bust out your best elevator shoes for a Tequila dance party–bonus points and a shot at a prize for wearing your favorite Pee-Wee & friends costumes.

The Word of the Day is…you’ll just have to join the party to find out!

Join the Boston Sunday Night Film Club this Sunday, Dec 3rd at 3:45p for Napoleon (70mm) 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.

An epic that details the checkered rise and fall of French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte and his relentless journey to power through the prism of his addictive, volatile relationship with his wife, Josephine.

Join the Boston Sunday Night Film Club this Sunday, Dec 10th at 6:45p for Maestro 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.

Maestro is a towering and fearless love story chronicling the lifelong relationship between Leonard Bernstein and Felicia Montealegre Cohn Bernstein.

A love letter to life and art, Maestro at its core is an emotionally epic portrayal of family and love.

Join the Boston Sunday Night Film Club this Sunday, Dec 17th at 5:30p for Poor Things at the Kendall Square Cinema. Look for Howard wearing a teal jacket 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.

Brought back to life by an unorthodox scientist, a young woman runs off with a lawyer on a whirlwind adventure across the continents. Free from the prejudices of her times, she grows steadfast in her purpose to stand for equality and liberation.

The Boston Sunday Night Film Club will not be meeting, this Sunday, December 24th due to member and host availablity around the Christmas Eve Holiday.

It is also unlikely we will meet the following Sunday, December 31st, due to the New Year’s Eve Holiday.

In observance of New Year’s Eve, the Boston Sunday Night Film Club will not meet this Sunday, December 31st.  We hope to be back to our regular schedule the following Sunday.

Happy Holidays!