Next Week in Tickets: Films playing Boston 22 May 2026 - 28 May 2026

Happy Memorial Day, folks - there's two movies with nifty stop-motion!!

• Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu is the first theatrical entry in the franchise in seven years, with Pedro Pascal reprising his role from the TV series as a bounty hunter now hunting Imperial war criminals for the New Republic, whose latest assignment gets him involved with Hutts, underground fighting, and more. It's at the Capitol, Fresh Pond (including 3D), The Museum of Science (Omnimax Friday/Saturday), Jordan's Furniture (Imax 2D Friday-Monday), West Newton, CinemaSalem, Boston Common (including Imax Laser 2D/3D & Dolby Cinema 2D & RealD 3D & XL), Causeway Street (including RealD 3D), Kendall Square, the Seaport (including Dolby Atmos), South Bay (including Imax Xenon 2D/3D & Dolby Cinema 2D & RealD 3D), Assembly Row (including Imax Laser 2D/3D & Dolby Digital 2D & RealD 3D), Arsenal Yards (including CWX), and Chestnut Hill.
  
  Also opening is Boots Riley's I Love Boosters, which opened IFFBoston a month or so and is a good time; it stars Kiki Palmer as the ringleader of a gang of shoplifters who decide to make it personal when a famous fashion designer played by Demi Moore steals one of her designs, only for things to get very weird indeed. It's at the Coolidge, the Somerville, West Newton, CinemaSalem, Boston Common, Causeway Street, Kendall Square, the Seaport, South Bay, and Assembly Row.
  
  Passenger is the new one from director André Øvredal, which seems to involve a demonic hitchhiker of some sort. It's at Fresh Pond, Boston Common, Causeway Street, the Seaport, South Bay, and Assembly Row.
  
  Horror also fills a few extra screens at Boston Common, with Corporate Retreat and BUFF selection Saccharine playing odd times.
  
  AAPI Heritage Month screenings this week feature Godzilla Minus One at Boston Common, Causeway Street, and South Bay (mostly 4pm). Legally Blonde has 25th anniversary shows at Assembly Row on Wednesday and at Boston Common Sunday & Wednesday. Pressure as Monday afternoon previews at the Capitol, Fresh Pond, the Lexington Venue, Boston Common, Causeway Street, the Seaport, South Bay, and Assembly Row.
• The Coolidge Corner Theatre opens Silent Friend, which follows three people who encounter a giant gingko tree at a German university over a period of over 100 years, including Tony Leung Ka-Fai and Léa Seydoux.
  
  It's another weekend of Raimi & wrestling at midnight, with a double feature of the 2013 Evil Dead & Evil Dead Rise upstairs (getting an early start at 11pm) and Ready to Rumble on 35mm downstairs on Friday; a 35mm print of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness plays downstairs at 11:30pm with Body Slam upstairs on 35mm Saturday. Take Two shows including Adaptation & Synecdoche, New York Sunday (both on 35mm), Irma Vep on 35mm Wednesday, and The Stunt Man for the Thursday "Cult Classic" show. Sunday also features a Cinema Masala presentation of Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara, while Monday's Big Screen Classic is Jurassic Park (a nice bookend to summer since the Coolidge always has Jaws on Labor Day), the Anvil Orchestra visits to accompany The General on Tuesday, and director Elegance Bratton is among those presenting Move Ya Body: The Birth of House on Thursday.
• Apple Fresh Pond and Boston Common opened Malayalam-language drama Drishyam 3 on Wednesday and both open Hindi-language romance Chand Mera Dil on Friday. Tamil-language action/fantasy Karuppu is held over at Fresh Pond.
  
  Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway: The Sorcery of Nymph Circle continues at Boston Common and Causeway Street. Ghibli's The Secret World of Arrietty has a Sensory-Friendly show at South Bay on Saturday morning. The restored Kiki's Delivery Service continues at the Coolidge (only English-dubbed matinees).
• The New England Aquarium adds "Sea Otters: A Wild Family Adventure" to their Imax rotation.
• It's Reunion Weekend at The Brattle Theatre, kicking off with a 35mm encore of Mulholland Drive for the Friday Film Matinee. News From Home & Taxi Driver (35mm) play Friday evening (the latter also playing Sunday); An American in Paris is the Saturday matinee, with Kings of the Road & Ghost World later and a 35mm print of Massacre at Central High playing the late show Saturday & Tuesday; Disney's Alice in Wonderland has matinees Sunday & Tuesday; Miss Julie & The Piano Teacher play Sunday evening; The Bad News Bears & The Royal Tenenbaums (35mm) play Monday; Shrek has a free Elements of Cinema show Tuesday; Native Sun and Baby Boy play Wednesday; and the series wraps with The Lavender Hill Mob and a Strictly Bro-hibited presentation of Josie and the Pussycats on Thursday.
• The Somerville Theatre continues the Kurt & Jodie series with The Fox & the Hound (35mm) and Bugsy Malone Sunday afternoon, plus Used Cars (35mm) and Carny on Monday evening. Indie horror film It Needs Eyes plays with filmmaker Q&A on Tuesday, and Road House is the week's Thirsty Thursday selection.
  
  The Capitol Theatre has their monthly Disasterpiece Theater tape swap/VHS projection on Monday.
• The Seaport Alamo has Adaptation on Saturday, Carrie on Sunday, Funeral Parade of Roses on Monday, and Peau à Peau (Nesting en anglais) on Tuesday.
• The Museum of Fine Arts continues the Uniqlo Japanese film series with the new restoration of Mamoru Oshii's Angel's Egg on Friday, Shō Miyake's Two Seasons, Two Strangers on Sunday afternoon, and Yasuhiro Aoki's nifty anime ChaO on Thursday evening. There's also an Exhibition on Film presentation, "Painting the Modern Garden: Monet to Matisse", on Saturday afternoon.
• Landmark Kendall Square has Under the Skin on Saturday & Tuesday for "Aliens Among Us"; John Carney's Sing Street on Sunday & Wednesday (weekend matinees are back on, I guess).
• The Regent Theatre has one of three films from the past year or so named The Gardener on Thursday; it appears to be the one with Radha Mitchell as a cosmetics heiress.
• Joe's Free Films has the first few outdoor screenings of the summer, including Dazed and Confused hosted by the Coolidge at the Allston Speedway on Wednesday.
• The Lexington Venue is open all week with The Devil Wears Prada 2 (post-show discussion Wednesday) and The Sheep Detectives.
  
  The West Newton Cinema opens indie comedy Influenced (with lead actress Jill Kargman on hand for two shows Saturday), The Mandalorian and Grogu, and I Love Boosters; FIUME O MORTE!, Blue Heron, The Sheep Detectives, The Devil Wears Prada 2, and Project Hail Mary are held over. Belmont World Film has a second rescheduled screening of Six Days in Spring on Tuesday with Dr. Tiffany Bailey.
  
  The Dedham Community Theatre opens French drama Two Pianos alongside Irish dark comedy Horseshoe.
  
  Cinema Salem plays The Mandalorian, I Love Boosters, Obsession, and The Sheep Detectives from Friday to Monday. The Friday Night Light movie is Desperado, the locally-shot TV pilot Witch City has its premiere on Sunday, and Katharine Hepburn in David Lean's Summertime is the Wednesday Classic (with Weirdo Wednesday down the hall).
  
  Food allergy documentary May Contain: My Life opens at the Liberty Tree Mall in Danvers.

I'm a bit bummed that a couple movies from the Chinas that came out in the past couple weeks aren't playing Boston, but Angel's Egg, Silent Friend, and the two Kurt & Jodie double features make for a full holiday weekend even before looking at the Brattle's rep or the new releases. Also, for those who haven't memorized all of my Letterboxd page, ChaO, Saccharine, Nesting, and I Love Boosters are all worth a look!