Next Week in Tickets: Films playing Boston 29 May 2026 - 4 June 2026

Amused that screen #15 in the 13-screen AMC on Causeway Street (Arclight never finished building out all their intended screens before going bankrupt) is now an "XL" screen, apparently without them doing anything to upgrade it, much like #18 at Boston Common. I don't know that there are any obvious ones to label XL at Assembly Row or South Bay, but it's the easiest "upgrade" of the summer, considering that at some point in 2026 the Harvard Film Archive, Kendall Square, the Brattle, and the Coolidge will each be undergoing work!

• Another week, another notable horror release, with Backrooms giving 19-year-old director Kane Parsons a pretty nice cast - Chiwetel Ejiofor, Renate Reinsve, Mark Duplass - to expand his YouTube sensate to feature length. It opens at the Somerville, the Coolidge, Fresh Pond, West Newton, CinemaSalem, Boston Common (including Dolby Cinema), Causeway Street, Kendall Square, the Seaport, South Bay (including Dolby Cinema), Assembly Row (including Dolby Cinema), and Chestnut Hill.
  
  Surprisingly, World War II movie Pressure opted to just have previews on Memorial Day rather than opening for the holiday. It features Brendan Fraser as Dwight Eisenhower and Andrew Scott as the meteorologist responsible for tracking a massive storm ahead of D-Day, and plays the Capitol, the Coolidge, Fresh Pond, the Lexington Venue, Boston Common, Causeway Street, South Bay, and Assembly Row.
  
  IFFBoston narrative centerpiece Tuner, with Leo Woodall as a piano tuner whose preternaturally good hearing has him recruited by a safecracking crew run by Jean Reno, with Dustin Hoffman and Havana Rose Liu as the mentor and love interest being used as leverage, and Oscar-winning documentarian Daniel Roher directing his first fiction feature. It's at the Coolidge, Dedham Community Theatre, Boston Common, Kendall Square, and the Seaport.
  
  If you're anything like me, you're probably really looking forward to not seeing the trailer for The Breadwinner any more, with Nate Bargatze as a car salesman who has to take charge around the house while his wife (Mandy Moore) is traveling to start her new business. Hilarity ensues, and apropos of nothing, Mr. Mom came out 43 years ago and has Michael Keaton, Terri Garr, and Christopher Lloyd. The new movie opens at the Capitol, Fresh Pond, Boston Common, Causeway Street, the Seaport, South Bay, and Assembly Row.
  
  There are mystery previews at Boston Common, Causeway Street, the Seaport, South Bay, and Assembly Row on Monday. For non-mystery previews, Masters of the Universe has Dolby Cinema early access screenings at Boston Common, South Bay, and Assembly Row on Wednesday, while Hungry has early-access screenings on a regular screen at Boston Common the same night (which may be the hippo-horror movie's only theatrical show). Scary Movie '26 has "Fan Event" shows at Boston Common (Dolby Cinema), Causeway Street, the Seaport (Dolby Atmos), South Bay (Dolby Cinema), and Assembly Row (Dolby Cinema) on Thursday
• The Coolidge Corner Theatre wraps the midnight Sam Raimi series with a 35mm print of Drag Me to Hell on Friday and his newest, Send Help on Saturday (The Room also plays late on Friday). Sunday's Goethe-Institut presentation is Babystar, with director Joscha Bongard on-hand to talk about his graduation project afterward. Sunday also (mostly) concludes the May "Take Two" series with a double feature of Nouvelle Vague & Contempt; Monday's Big Screen Classic is perhaps the best crime film of the nouvelle vague, Rififi. They also participate in American Cinematheque's Bleak Week, presenting Persona (with Monica Castillo seminar) on 35mm and Morvern Callar on Monday, 35mm prints of Full Metal Jacket and Deliverance on Tuesday, Lars von Trier's Epidemic (also part of "Take Two") and Antichrist on Wednesday, and a 35mm print of River's Edge on Thursday. There's also a Cinema Jukebox show of Amadeus on Thursday.
• Malayalam-language drama Drishyam 3 opened on Wednesday at Apple Fresh Pond and Boston Common and continues. Fresh Pond plays Tamil-language action movie Blast and Malayalam-language actioner Kattalan Friday/Saturday/Monday/Tuesday, with re-releases of Telugu-language films 1 Nenokkadine and Athidhi on Sunday. Telugu-language sports drama Peddi opens at Fresh Pond & Boston Common on Wednesday. Tamil-language action/fantasy Karuppu likely finishes its run at Fresh Pond with Friday & Saturday matinees.
  
  There are 20th anniversary shows of anime Tekkonkinkreet in a new 4K transfer at Boston Common Sunday & Monday.
• The Brattle Theatre plays Radu Jude's latest, Kontinental '25, on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday evenings; it follows Eszter Tompa's bailiff Orsolya as she attempts to evict tenants and squatters from buildings due for demolition, with a homeless man's death sending her into a tailspin.
  
  In rep, they have a rescheduled afternoon show of Disney's Alice in Wonderland on Friday afternoon (though not on film like the usual Friday matinee), and celebrate what would be Marilyn Monroe's 100th with All About Eve & Don't Bother to Knock on Saturday & Sunday (Eve on 35mm), Some Like It Hot on 35mm Monday & Thursday, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes & How to Marry a Millionaire on Tuesday, The Misfits on Wednesday, and The Seven Year Itch (paired with Some Like It Hot) on Thursday. There's also a double feature of Suspiria '77 & Climax on Monday in association with the ART's production of Black Swan.
• The Capitol Theatre starts a "Play Ball!" summer series with The Natural on Friday evening.
  
  The Somerville Theatre has documentary Stolen Kingdom, which looks at "urban exploration" at Walt Disney World (including a stolen animatronic), on Sunday evening, with director Joshua Bailey on hand for a Q&A. The Jodie & Kurt double feature on Monday is The Accused & Silkwood, the former on 35mm film. Thirsty Thursdays is apparently taking a couple weeks off.
• The Seaport Alamo has put a bunch of extra screenings of Godzilla vs. Hedorah on after selling up the usual monthly Tohoscope screening, with matinee/afternoon shows Friday and Sunday to Wednesday (the site doesn't make dubbed versus subtitled clear). They've also moved the mystery Agfadrome movie to Saturday morning this time around, promising 1970s kung fu gorilla action from a rare print. Saturday also features a book club screening of Park Chan-wook's The Handmaiden, while Frances Ha plays Sunday evening, De Palma's Mission: Impossible on Monday, documentary The Python Hunt on Tuesday, a (sold out) free member screening of Netflix romcom Office Romance and Death becomes her movie party on Wednesday, and 30th anniversary restoration shows of Trainspotting on Thursday
• The Museum of Fine Arts wraps the Japanese film series with Princess Mononoke (subtitled) on Friday; documentary Frida Kahlo plays Saturday afternoon.
• Landmark Kendall Square starts two new repertory series for June, with The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert the first LGBTQ+ Pride show on Tuesday and Good Will Hunting kicking of "Saving Matt Damon" on Wednesday.
• The Museum of Science has Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu on the Omni screen Friday & Saturday evenings.
• The Lexington Venue is open all week with but Monday with Pressure, The Devil Wears Prada 2, and The Sheep Detectives. They also have the Frida Kahlo documentary on Saturday, Second Nature (a documentary about gender & sexuality in the animal world narrated by Elliot Page) on Wednesday, and Out of Print (a 2014 documentary on 35mm fanatics at the new beverly cinema) on Thursday.
  
  The West Newton Cinema opens Backrooms and Silent Friend, keeping The Mandalorian and Grogu, I Love Boosters, The Sheep Detectives, The Devil Wears Prada 2, and Project Hail Mary are held over. Single-shot Ukranian feature SHTTL plays Sunday afternoon with star Moshe Lobel appearing for a Q&A. They also host Belmont World Film as they start their World Refugee Month series on Monday with Enzo, with Suffolk University professor Marjorie Salvodon speaking before the French film about a middle-class teen picking up a trade and meeting a Ukrainian refugee.
  
  The Dedham Community Theatre turns over both screens, opening Tuner and Silent Friend.
  
  Cinema Salem plays Backrooms, The Mandalorian, I Love Boosters, Obsession, and The Sheep Detectives from Friday to Monday. Rear Window is the Wednesday Classic with no Weirdo Wednesday show currently listed.

Hitting both the AGFADrome mystery movie and Godzilla v Hedorah in the Seaport, Tuner, Pressure, probably the Jodie & Kurt pairing, and hopefully some Marilyn. Follow my Letterboxd page for updates!