Next Week in Tickets: Films playing Boston 27 November 2024 - 5 December 2024

Long holiday weekend, but since the big stuff came out last week…

• Disney does release Moana 2, though, and while you can sort of see how it started life as a Disney+ series, and could still lead to another, it's an enjoyable adventure story with some fine big-screen bits. It's at , Fresh Pond, Jordan's Furniture (Imax), West Newton, CinemaSalem, Boston Common (including Dolby Cinema & RealD 3D), Causeway Street (including RealD 3D), Kendall Square, the Seaport, South Bay (including Imax Xenon & Dolby Cinema & RealD 3D), Assembly Row (including Dolby Cinema & RealD 3D), Arsenal Yards, and Chestnut Hill.
  
  Fresh Pond has the CGI-animated version of The Grinch for matinees starting on Friday. Arsenal Yards has afternoon shows of National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation Friday to Sunday.
• Another week, another Netflix thing getting its awards release, with The Coolidge Corner Theatre opening Maria, which stars Angelica Jolie as Maria Callas as the opera singer finishes her life in Paris and, presumably, looks back upon it. The film also opens at Kendall Square.
  
  The Coolidge marks the end of Noirvember with Nightmare Alley on Wednesday, while continuing its tribute to John Waters with Desperate Living at midnight on Friday, A Dirty Shame at 9:45pm Monday, and Pecker at 7pm Thursday, all on 35mm film. The finale of their David Lynch series of midnights, Inland Empire plays early-ish (10pm) on Saturday. The Kids' Show on Saturday is Matilda, and Monday's Big Screen Classic is Four Weddings and a Funeral. They start December's "Dracula Lives!" series on Tuesday with a 35mm print of Tod Browning directing Bela Lugosi in the original Universal Monsters version. Composer Claudio Simonetti visits with his band Goblin on Thursday, playing an anthology of their horror movie scores. Thursday's Cult Classic show is Gremlins
• Chinese comedy Her Story, starring Song Jia as a single mother trying to get a new start after losing her job, befriending a neighbor played by Elane Zhong Xhuxi, opens at Causeway Street.
  
  Nepali drama Purna Bahadur Ko Sarangi continues its run at Apple Fresh Pond. Telugu action film Pushpa Part 2: The Rule opens next Wednesday (the 4th) at Fresh Pond (which also has Tamil & Hindi shows), Boston Common, and the Seaport.
  
  Last chance for Ghibli Fest, with Boston Common playing The Tale of the Princess Kaguya on Wednesday (subtitled).
• The Brattle Theatre gives thanks for Akira Kurosawa, with the recent 4K restoration of Seven Samurai running Wednesday to Monday. With the holiday, more people than usual can get to the Friday Film Matinee of Out of Sight on 35mm than is usual, and they've got an encore screening of the new restoration of Paris, Texas on Sunday.
  
  After that, there's a quick run through Robert Eggers's Dark Universe before Nosferatu this Christmas, with The Witch Tuesday & Wednesday, The Lighthouse Wednesday & Thursday, and The Northman on Thursday.
• The Seaport Alamo has Happy Together on Friday & Sunday for your weekly dose of Wong Kar-Wai, Good Will Hunting Friday/Saturday/Monday/Tuesday (I am honestly unsure why this doesn't play more often), Silent Night, Deadly Night on Friday, the Jim Carrey How the Grinch Stole Christmas Saturday/Sunday/Wednesday; Love Actually Saturday/Tuesday/Wednesday, Foxy Brown Saturday, Elf Sunday/Wednesday, Gremlins Sunday, Christmas Vacation Monday, and a preview of Y2K with a livestreamed Q&A on Tuesday. Lots of the Christmas stuff is "Movie Party" nights, and some of the weekend Moana 2 shows are "Family Party" deals.
• The Harvard Film Archive is mostly dark while the students are away, but returns Sunday with Harry Smith's Film No. 18: Mahogany, a peculiar work with four images projected in different quadrants of the screen. They also continue "The Yugoslav Junction" with a program of "Alienating Images: Animation Elsewhere and Otherwise" on Sunday evening and a dubbed 16mm print of The Soldier on Monday. The Yugoslavian Cinema episodes of Screening Room stream throughout the break.
• The Museum of Fine Arts has Mati Diop's documentary Dahomey on Sunday afternoon.
• Looks like they're starting Christmas Retro Replays at Landmark Kendall Square with National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation on Tuesday.
• The Somerville Theatre welcomes winter with Hundreds of Beavers Thursday the 5th.
• Boston Turkish Festival will be streaming selections from their Documentary & Short Film Competition through Friday the 6th.
• The Lexington Venue has WIcked, A Real Pain, and Conclave Friday to Sunday and next Wednesday & Thursday. They also have a free screening of Ratatouille as part of the Taste of Lexington on the afternoon of Wednesday the 5th, and a special screening of documentary Far Out: Life On & After the Commune later that evening.
  
  The West Newton Cinema opens Moana 2, keeping Gladiator II, Wicked, A Real Pain, Small Things Like These, and Conclave.
  
  The Luna Theater has a Weirdo Wednesday show, Elf Friday/Saturday, and Die Hard Sunday, and maybe another WW next week but it's not on the schedule.
  
  Cinema Salem has Moana 2, WIcked, Gladiator II, and Conclave. Friday's Night LIght show is Phantom of the Mall: Eric's Revenge.

Already saw Moana 2 (it's fun!) and will probably check out Her Story before a trip to see family for Thanksgiving and then go further afield for a couple weeks because I've got a lot of vacation time to use by the end of the week. I may catch some movies in the evening if I'm not good and worn out, or I may not.