- That would be Ne Zha 2, which was an absolute beast at the Chinese box office for Lunar New Year, setting the record for highest-grossing animated film with over $2 billion in tickets sold, and even hanging around local screens for weeks longer than usual. I thought they were leaving money on the table not having a dubbed version, and A24 has decided to see if that's the case, re-releasing it wide with English dialog (most notably including Michelle Yeoh). It's at the Capitol, the Coolidge, Jordan's Furniture (Imax Friday/Saturday), Boston Common (including Imax 3D & RealD 3D), Causeway Street (including RealD 3D & Mandarin RealD 3D), the Kendall, the Seaport, South Bay (including Imax 3D & RealD 3D), and Assembly Row (including Imax Laser 3D & RealD 3D).
Director Ethan Coen, wife & co-writer Tricia Cooke, and star Margaret Qualley re-unite for another quick & queer genre flick, with Honey Don't featuring Qualey as a private eye investigating a suspicious death that most of the cops are ignoring. It's at the Somerville, West Newton, Boston Common, Causeway Street, Kendall Square, the Seaport, South Bay, and Assembly Row.
Relay is an indie thriller starring Lily James as someone who has come upon information she doesn't wish to have and Riz Ahmed as the operative who will try to return it for her, maintaining security by communicating through relay stations meant for the Deaf. It's at Fresh Pond, Boston Common, Causeway Street, the Seaport, South Bay, and Kendall Square.
The week's "sitting around since Toronto last year" is Eden, with Ron Howard directing a pretty great cast (Jude Law, Ana de Armas, Vanessa Kirby, Daniel Bruhl, Sydney Sweeney) as a group that settle on a remote island and soon themselves at each other's throats. It plays Boston Common. Also at Boston Common is Hollywood Grit, with Max Martini as private detective Grit Thorn, searching the underbelly of Los Angeles for his missing daughter.
Trust plays Boston Common, with Sophie Turner playing an actress hiding from a scandal in a remote cabin, eventually dealing with the mayhem that comes with being in a remote cabin. Primitive War also plays Boston Common via Fathom through Monday, with a few familiar B-listers (Tricia Helfer, Jeremy Piven, Nick Wechsler) separated from their unit in 1968 Vietnam and coming up against dinosaurs.
South Bay opened Hell House LLC: Lineage, the fifth film in a series I'm just now hearing about, on Wednesday; it also plays the Seaport on Friday.
Two Judd Apatow movies get anniversary releases, with The 40-Year-Old Virgin at Boston Common , the Seaport, and Arsenal Yards (Tuesday only) and Trainwreck at Boston Common and the Seaport. There's also 40th anniversary screenings of Clue Sunday to Tuesday at Boston Common and the Seaport (no Monday Show), presumably one ending per night.
If you want to see K-Pop Demon Hunters but don't have Netflix, it's having a "Special Sing-Along Event" on Saturday & Saturday at Fresh Pond, West Newton, Kendall Square, the Seaport, and Chestnut Hill. There will be karaoke lyrics on-screen during the songs.
The Warning Live from Uditorio Nacional returns for a weekend run at Boston Common; Yungblud, Are You Ready, Boy? plays Boston Common on Sunday. Documentary Girl Climber plays in Imax Laser at Jordan's and Boston Common on Sunday evening. There's a preview of Caught Stealing at Boston Common, Kendall Square, Assembly Row, and Chestnut Hill on Saturday and an Early Access show of The Roses at Boston Common (Dolby Cinema), Kendall Square, South Bay (Dolby Cinema), Assembly Row (Dolby Cinema), and Chestnut Hill on Wednesday. The Imax remaster of Black Swan encores at Jordan's, Boston Common, South Bay, and Assembly Row on Sunday. The Tim Burton Batman & Batman Returns play Monday in Dolby Cinema at Boston Common, South Bay, and Assembly Row. - New movies from the subcontinent at Apple Fresh Pond include Telugu-language drama Paradha, Malayalam-language adventure Sahasam (playing early shows), and afternoon shows of Bengali-language drama Dear Maa on Saturday & Sunday. Held over are War 2 at Fresh Pond (Hindi), Boston Common (Hindi) and Coolie at Fresh Pond (Tamil/Telugu/Hindi), Boston Common (Tamil), and South Bay (Tamil).
Also opening from China are Dongji Rescue, which has a Japanese ship crash off the coast of China, with the villagers rescuing and hiding prisoners, playing at Boston Common and Causeway Street; The Shadow's Edge has Jackie Chan reuniting with RIde On director Larry Yang, with Chan playing a retired cop from Macau reinstated to help track a gang of thieves; Zhang Zifeng and the other Tony Leung co-star and it's at Boston Common and Causeway Street. Dead to Rights continues at Boston Common and Causeway Street.
This week's GhibliFest show is Ponyo, playing Boston Common and Assembly Row Saturday/Sunday/Wednesday (dubbed) and Monday/Tuesday (subtitled). The new 4K transfer of Shin Godzilla continues at CinemaSalem, the Somerville, Boston Common, and the Seaport.
K-Pop concert film Day6 - 6Days plays Boston Common and Causeway Street on Wednesday. - The Brattle Theatre has a pair of restorations for the weekend, with Stanley Kubrick's Barry Lyndon playing Friday to Monday and Yorgos Lanthimos's Dogtooth playing Friday to Sunday plus Tuesday.
With summer ending, so does the vertical schedule. The last bits of Altmania! are McCabe & Mrs. Miller (a free Elements of Cinema screening) and The Player on Monday and Gosford Park on Tuesday. The Summer of Satire wraps with Putney Swope & Watermelon Man on Wednesday, and Chantal Akerman's Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles finishes "Women in the Waves" on Thursday. - The Coolidge Corner Theatre mostly keeps Highest 2 Lowest on the main screen while Ne Zha 2 is in the new wing, while continuing Killer Kids Midnights with Alice, Sweet Alice on 35mm film Friday night and the original Goodnight Mommy on Saturday, as well as Eraserhead, which is apparently becoming a monthly thing. On Sunday evening they have a preview of Splitsville, with co-writers and co-stars Michael Angelo Covino (also the director) & Kyle Marvin on hand for a post-film Q&A. On Monday, they've got Zhang Yimou's Hero with Jet Li, Maggie Cheung, Zhang Ziyi, and Donnie Yen!) for the Big Screen Classic. Tuesday wraps Swayze Days with a digital restoration of Road House and also a (sold-out) preview of Lurker on 35mm film (I think there was originally meant to be cast on hand, but I'm not seeing it). Thursday's Big Screen Classic is The Women '39 on 35mm film, with The Brady Bunch Movie as the cult classic later that night.
- The Harvard Film Archive continues to split their time between Mikio Naruse (Scattered Clouds Friday evening, Wife! Be Like a Rose! Saturday Evening, Flowing Saturday night & Monday evening, and Scattered Clouds Sunday afternoon) - and Hong Sang-soo (In Our Day Friday night and Night and Day Sunday evening). All are on 35mm film but In Our Day).
- The Museum of Fine Arts winds up the French Film Festival with A Missing Part (Friday evening & Sunday afternoon) and Bonnard, Pierre and Marthe (Saturday afternoon & Sunday morning)
- WBUR's CitySpace has a twentieth anniversary screening of Fever Pitch for their "Set in Boston" series on Friday, with film critic Erin Trahan moderating a post-film conversation.
- The Seaport Alamo has The Doom Generation on Friday, Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance in Japanese for Saturday Swordplay, a Ghostbusters Movie Party on Saturday, the fourth Harry Potter movie (Goblet of Fire) on Sunday. There's a member preview of The Long Walk with post-film conversation on Monday, Hackers also plays Monday.
- The Somerville Theatre has Ghost Ship Friday night, with a pre-show bash including live music and concerts upstairs at the Crystal Ballroom. World of Wong-Kar Wai shows include In the Mood for Love on Saturday, 2046 on 35mm film Sunday, . The Great Remakes double feature on Monday is Cape Fear '62 & '91, and The Big Cube is the Summer Camp show on Wednesday. They cap the week with a 35mm screening of David Lynch's The Straight Story, which is his most straightforward film and one of his most charming.
The Capitol Theatre has their monthly Disasterpiece Theater meet-up on Monday - The Regent Theatre has the Lonely Seal Festival through Sunday, scheduled pretty tight with many blocks. On Wednesday, the Midweek Music Movie is The Rise and Fall of the Clash Redux.
- Landmark Kendall Square has a Tuesday "Festival Cinema" show with Moonrise Kingdom.
- Starting to get a bit chilly for outdoor movies, but Joe's Free Films shows North by Northwest at MIT Open Space, sing-along Wicked at the Esplanade, a double feature of The Sweet Hereafter & Gates of Heaven at the Mount Auburn Cemetery via the Coolidge on Tuesday; and Moana 2 at Watertown's Grace Chapel on Friday; Wicked at Castle Island, Beyond the Blue Border at Goethe-Institut (RSVP required), and a rescheduled Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me at the Allston Speedway on Wednesday.
The West Newton Cinema opens Honey Don't! and continues Highest 2 Lowest, Rebel with a Clause, Sudan, Remember Us, Freakier Friday, The Last Class, and Bad Shabbos. They've got a bunch of showtimes for the K-Pop Demon Hunters thing on Saturday & Sunday.
Cinema Salem has Shin Godzilla, Weapons, and Freakier Friday through Monday. Heathers is the Friday Night LIght show; Teseracte Players are there for Rocky Horror on Saturday (Full Body at Boston Common, of course). Batman Forever and Tremors have encores Sunday afternoon and Monday evening. They've got a Clue screening for Craft Night on Wednesday, with Citizen Kane for the Wednesday Classic and Weirdo Wednesdays on the other screen.
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