A lot of "hey, remember this?" this week
- It's hard to believe that the series that Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale supposedly concludes only started in 2010, even though ti sure seems "character whose birth was an event in the original series is an adult in the new movie" years old! Everybody returns, Paul Giamatti shows up, building probably doesn't get blown up with dynamite, at the Coolidge, the Capitol, the Lexington Venue, West Newton, CinemaSalem, Boston Common, Fresh Pond, Causeway Street, the Seaport (Dolby Atmos), South Bay, Assembly Row (including Dolby Cinema), Arsenal Yards (CWX), and Chestnut Hill.
The main cast and director Rob Reiner also return for Spinal Tap II: The End Continues, and, honestly, I'm kind of surprised they haven't gone to the well sooner as a new mock-doc catches up with the band as they continue touring even as their eighties approach. It's at the Coolidge, West Newton, CinemaSalem, Boston Common, the Seaport, South Bay, and Arsenal Yards.
Stephen King adaptation The Long Walk has one of those plots which used to seem unlikely but which I increasingly suppose could happen - officially sanctioned event where folks keep walking or get shot with a prize supposedly at the end - opens at West Newton, Boston Common (including Dolby Cinema), Causeway Street, the Seaport, South Bay, Assembly Row, and Arsenal Yards.
The original Toy Story is back in theaters for its 30th anniversary, playing Fresh Pond, Boston Common, Assembly Row, and Arsenal Yards. The Sound of Music is at Boston Common for its 60th.
Tin Soldier, which stars Scott Eastwood in a tale of PTSD-stricken soldiers being mobilized by a cult leader and also features a lot of folks who seemingly could afford not to be in it (Jamie Foxx, John Leguizamo, Robert De Niro, Rita Ora?), gets one show a day at Fresh Pond. Indie horror film Traumatika plays Boston Common; The Jester 2 plays Boston Common Monday & Tuesday.
Polish Holocaust drama Triumph of the Heart plays Boston Common.
Mystery movies at Boston Common, Causeway Street, Kendall Square, South Bay, and Assembly Row on Monday; may vary by chain, may not. Concert film David Gilmour Live at the Circus Maximus plays Kendall Square, Boston Common (Imax Laser), South Bay (Imax Xenon), and Assembly Row on Wednesday; possible last call for The Warning Live from Auditorio Nacional CDMX at Boston Common Thursday. Documentary Beyond the Gaze: Jule Campbell's Swimsuit Issue plays Boston Common on Thursday.
- The biggest opening, though, may be anime blockbuster Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle, whose trailers have been saying "final battle" things but I don't believe a word of it. It's at Fresh Pond, The Museum of Science (Omnimax), Jordan's Furniture (Imax), Boston Common (including Imax Laser & Dolby Cinema), Causeway Street, Kendall Square, the Seaport, South Bay (including Imax Xenon & Dolby Cinema), Assembly Row (including Imax Laser & Dolby Cinema), Arsenal Yards, Chestnut Hill.
Apple Fresh Pond opens Hindi-language romantic comedy Aabeer Gulaal, Hindi-language romance Love in Vietnam, Hindi-language comedy Heer Express, Telugu-language fantasy adventure MiraI (also at Causeway Street and South Bay), and Telugu-language horror movie in a radio station Kishkindhapuri. Telugu-language romance Little Hearts returns after what was apparently a successful run last weekend, and Marathi-language thriller Dashavatar plays Sunday afternoon.
Animated Chinese adventure The Legend of Hei 2 continues at Boston Common and Causeway Street.
- The Coolidge Corner Theatre also opens The Baltimorons, in which a struggling comic chips a tooth on Christmas Eve and winds up on a series of misadventures (and romance?) with the on-call dentist. It's also at the Lexington Venue, West Newton, Boston Common, the Seaport, and South Bay.
Midnight Hong Kong classics at the Coolidge this weekend are A Better Tomorrow II on Friday and The Killer on Saturday; Saturday also features a mystery mutant movie at 9pm (with poster!) and Greg Sestro back with a pre-show Q&A for The Room (on 35mm film). Monday has the Huntington's Charles Haughland introducing Postcards from the Edge (thematically aligned with their production of The Hills of California), while Friday has a 35mm screening of Ray for Cinema Jukebox and a digital restoration of Blue Velvet for the Cult Classic show later.
- The Somerville Theatre brings Boys Go to Jupiter for a second weekend with shows Saturday & Sunday. Those days also feature two separate films about New York City in the 1970s - documentary Drop Dead City covers the 1975 fiscal crisis, and the new restoration of Night of the Juggler has James Brolin as a father chasing his daughter's kidnapper through the Bronx. The Rocketeer plays Monday, and Civil Rights documentary Ain't No Back to a Merry-Go-Round plays Wednesday & Thursday.
The Capitol Theatre 100th anniversary shows with A Night at the Opera Saturday night.
- Landmark Kendall Square has a mystery preview on Monday and Better Off Dead for the Retro Replay on Tuesday.
- The Seaport Alamo continue Nightmare on Elm Street screenings with #4 (The Dream Master) Friday and #5 (The Dream CHild) Saturday, and Harry Potter movies with #6 (Deathly Hallows Part I) on Sunday/Tuesday. There's also a member preview of Play Dirty on Monday with Livestream Q&A.
- The Brattle Theatre has the complete series of Twin Peaks: The Return running through Thursday. Interrupting that are Sunday's Found Footage Festival, and open crafting screening of Clueless on Monday, a special screening of Eno on Wednesday (each screening being algorithmically generated and different), and the kickoff to next week's "Found Footage Freakout", Dude Bro Party Masscare III with filmmaker(s) in person, on Thursday.
- The Harvard Film Archive has a lot of different things this weekend: Saturday afternoon has the semester's first Student Cinematheque with a double feature of Ozu's I Was Born, But… on 35mm film followed by Héctor Babenco's Pixote (and a Chuck Jones cartoon to start). Steve McQueen's Small Axe featurettes Alex Wheatle & Education play Saturday night; a new series of "Gore Vidal on Film" starts on Sunday afternoon with a 35mm print of The Catered Affair, and the Hong Sang-soo series continues with Yourself and Yours Sunday evening and Like You Know It All on 35mm film Monday evening.
- The Museum of Fine Arts has an afternoon of films from Anawan Studios on Saturday.
- The Regent Theatre has Unfinished Business, a film about politics in 1980s Massachusetts, with filmmaker Michael Connolly on hand; it is not the Vince Vaught film or apparently the best-selling author Michael Connoly.
- Joe's Free Films has the Coolidge presenting the 1990 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles at the Allston Speedway on Wednesday.
- The Lexington Venue has documentary Clemente through Monday and on Thursday, Downton Abbey all week, and The Baltimorons through Wednesday.
The West Newton Cinema opens Downton Abbey, Spinal Tap II, The Long Walk, The Baltimorons, keeping Hamilton, Highest 2 Lowest, and *Rebel with a Clause. They show Castle in the Sky dubbed on Sunday, and the first of two shows of Hello Beautiful with director Ziad Hamzeh on hand on Thursday (Thursday's also features star Christine Handy and benefits the Junior League of Boston). Thursday also has The Pursuit of Happyness, as the start of an "American Dream and the Movies" series.
Cinema Salem has Weapons, Downton Abbey, and The Conjuring: Last Rites through Monday. Stalag 17 has an encore Saturday afternoon, with An American in Paris the Wednesday Classic this week, with Weirdo Wednesdays on another screen.
British horror film Rabbit Trap, paramedic comedy Code 3 , and German animated adventure Elli and the Ghostly Ghost Train (dubbed into English as Elli and Her Monster Team) open out at the Liberty Tree Mall in Danvers.
Got a lot of time booked out at Fenway this week, so maybe just catching up with
The Legend of Hei 2 and
Honey Don't.
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