This weekend around Boston, Cambridge, and Somerville: Friday, October 30 to Sunday, November 1.

Klara and the Sun

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Once Upon a Time in Harlem

A Film 50 Years in the Making

1hr 40mins

La bola negra

A film by Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi, winners of the Best Director award at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival.

2hrs 40mins

Verity

Anne Hathaway has secrets. Dakota Johnson is going to find them.

Naza

An investigation into Israel's mass killings of Palestinian civilians in Gaza

Gentle Monster

From director and writer Marie Kreutzer (Corsage, Austria’s entry for the 95th Academy Awards), Gentle Monster tells the story of concert pianist Lucy (Léa Seydoux), who has just relocated her family to a country house hoping to ease her…

The Social Reckoning

The film is inspired by the true story of how Frances Haugen (Mikey Madison), a young Facebook engineer, enlists the help of Jeff Horwitz (Jeremy Allen White), a Wall Street Journal reporter, to go on a dangerous journey that ends up…

Wildwood

Wildwood is a handcrafted epic fantasy that transports audiences into a secret, dangerously alive world. A girl’s desperate quest to save her baby brother unfolds into a spectacular, high-stakes adventure through a forbidden forest full of…

A Talent for Murder

A mysterious young man from a New York publisher is sent to Switzerland to persuade the renowned writer Patricia Highsmith to write one final installment of the Ripley anthology.

Directed by Anton Corbijn · 1h 46m

Primetime

In 2006, To Catch a Predator host Chris Hansen sets out to make television history.

20 Years of Nekrogoblikon with Special Guests Aborted

THIS EVENT IS ALL AGES. DOORS: 6:00 PM SHOW: 7:00 PM ALL TIMES AND SUPPORT BANDS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE OR REFUND. Tickets purchased from third-party outlets CANNOT be verified by our Box Office. If you sell/purchase your…

A Halloween Special : The Fall of the House of Usher by Jean Epstein

Experience silent cinema as it was meant to be seen; with live music.

Rehearsals for a Revolution

Winner: L’Œil d’or (Golden Eye) Prize for Best Documentary, 2026 Cannes Film Festival Celebrated Iranian actor Pegah Ahangarani’s...

The Nightmare Before Christmas

Tired of scaring humans every October 31 with the same old bag of tricks, Jack Skellington, the spindly king of Halloween Town, kidnaps Santa Claus and plans to deliver shrunken heads and other ghoulish gifts to children on Christmas…

Hippie Hour w/ Mystical Misfits

Doors at 6:30 pm - 21+ - $10 cover Every Friday night 6:30-9:30 pm featuring music from the likes of Grateful Dead, Jerry Garcia Band, Phish & more!

Bill Baird / Jesse Gallagher / Lane Hartley

$15 admission / 7pm doors / seated & standing / all ages Double-click to edit...

Come and Go

Directed by João César Monteiro, 2003

Part of João César Monteiro, Poet-Provocateur

DJ Meredith Marks

Real Housewives of Salt Lake City star Meredith Marks is trading diamonds for turntables as she embarks on a multi-city DJ tour this Fall that brings her signature mix of glamour, sharp wit, and unapologetic style to the club scene. Known…

Jenna Davis

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Skalloween + Haunt

ONCE x The Rockwell Presents: Skalloween, Plus a HALLOWEEN HAUNT (as you enter, the alley will be SCARY!)

The 5th Annual SKALLOWEEN is an epic 90s SKALTERNATIVE NIGHT!

House on Haunted Hill in 35mm

We’ll be joined by special guest Victoria Price! Frederick Loren invites five strangers to the party of a lifetime and offers each of them $10,000 if they can stay the night in the reportedly haunted house. Armed with a gun for protection,…

Bedford Park

Winner: US Dramatic Special Jury Award for Debut Feature, 2026 Sundance Film Festival Haunted by an abusive childhood,...

The Hails

Duckpond Tour · Doors 7pm · All Ages

The Silence of the Lambs

Clarice Starling is a top student at the FBI's training academy. Jack Crawford wants Clarice to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatrist who is also a violent psychopath, serving life behind bars for various acts of murder…

Dragonwyck

We’ll be joined by special guest Victoria Price! Dragonwyck (1946) was the first directorial effort by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, who would go on to a storied directing career, including Oscar® wins for his work on A Letter to Three Wives…

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

Five friends head out to rural Texas to visit the grave of a grandfather. On the way, they stumble across what appears to be a deserted house, only to discover something sinister within. Something armed with a chainsaw.

Halloween Freakshow Takeover ft Merry Merry, Zagnutt, Kungiz

Doors at 9:30 pm · Show at 10:15 pm · 21+ · $10 cover · cash only venue

The Devils (1971)

Screening from a newly struck 35mm print of the 4K restoration of the film!

1hr 51mins

Green Room

Jeremy Saulnier's punks vs. Nazis survivalist thriller

The Glitter Boys

52 Church · Doors 9:30pm · 21 & Over

FYI: Halloween

$10 cover / 10:30 start & doors / dancing until 1am FYI: Halloween will be The Rocky Horror Picture Show! Our DJ collective takes over the Lilypad for the 3rd year in a row! Bring your best halloween fit and dancing shoes!

Fright Night (1985)

There are good reasons to be afraid of the dark.

1hr 46mins

Frankenweenie

The electrifying dog is back from beyond the grave!

1hr 27mins

Once Upon a Time in Harlem

A Film 50 Years in the Making

1hr 40mins

La Gradiva

Winner: Un Certain Regard Prize, 2026 Cannes Film Festival Germany’s entry for the Best International Feature Film at...

Phantom of the Opera (1943)

One of the most popular stories of all time, Gaston Leroux's Phantom of the Opera is the legendary horror tale starring Claude Rains as the masked phantom of the Paris Opera House. Following a tragic accident that leaves him disfigured,…

Verity

Anne Hathaway has secrets. Dakota Johnson is going to find them.

90 YEARS Exhibition Tour

Engage with nine decades of ICA history during a guided tour of 90 YEARS. Led by a Graduate Student Lecturer, deepen your understanding of exhibition artists and themes through guided close looking and discussion.

The Nightmare Before Christmas

Tired of scaring humans every October 31 with the same old bag of tricks, Jack Skellington, the spindly king of Halloween Town, kidnaps Santa Claus and plans to deliver shrunken heads and other ghoulish gifts to children on Christmas…

Wildwood

Wildwood is a handcrafted epic fantasy that transports audiences into a secret, dangerously alive world. A girl’s desperate quest to save her baby brother unfolds into a spectacular, high-stakes adventure through a forbidden forest full of…

La bola negra

A film by Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi, winners of the Best Director award at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival.

2hrs 40mins

Primetime

In 2006, To Catch a Predator host Chris Hansen sets out to make television history.

Naza

An investigation into Israel's mass killings of Palestinian civilians in Gaza

Ashes

Tackling the often painful complexities of the immigrant experience with a deft and deeply humane touch, Mexican Hollywood...

Halloween at Midway ft. Children of the Flaming Wheel, Ineffable, Conspiracy of Crows & more!

Doors at 3 pm

All ages until 8pm, 21+ after 8pm $10 cover all day long (cash only venue)

Gentle Monster

From director and writer Marie Kreutzer (Corsage, Austria’s entry for the 95th Academy Awards), Gentle Monster tells the story of concert pianist Lucy (Léa Seydoux), who has just relocated her family to a country house hoping to ease her…

Halloween (1978)

It's that time of the year again.

Everest: The Other Side

A thrilling cinematic experience chronicling one of the most dangerous climbs

A Talent for Murder

A mysterious young man from a New York publisher is sent to Switzerland to persuade the renowned writer Patricia Highsmith to write one final installment of the Ripley anthology.

Directed by Anton Corbijn · 1h 46m

Everytime

Winner: Un Certain Regard Prize, 2026 Cannes Film Festival Germany’s entry for the Best International Feature Film at...

Fright Night at The Rockwell!

It’s Fright Night at The Rockwell and this Halloween, we’ve got it ALL: haunted hallways, live music, and of course we have a costume contest, so dress to impress!

FEATURING: Your Friends In Hell / Thou Merciless Graves / Squallie…

Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla

Godzilla is back and it's seeing double

Daughter of Darkness

Directed by Lance Comfort, 1948

Part of Great Expectations: British Postwar Cinema,… · Screening on Film

SCARY-OKE

$5-$10 sliding scale admission / free for kids under 17 / all ages / 7pm-1am Lilypad Presents SCARY-OKE w/ host JESSE “FRIGHTIME”GALLAGHER! Celebrate All Hallows Eve with Haunted Halloween Costume Karaoke 👻 🎃 A karaoke sign-up list will go…

Sueco

THIS EVENT IS ALL AGES. VIP TIER 1 Includes: Meet & Greet with Sueco, Individual Photo with Sueco, Signed Personal Item and Photo, VIP Lanyard, Tour Poster, & Exclusive Merch Item. VIP TIER 2 Includes: Everything in Tier 1, One Tour Shirt,…

The Social Reckoning

The film is inspired by the true story of how Frances Haugen (Mikey Madison), a young Facebook engineer, enlists the help of Jeff Horwitz (Jeremy Allen White), a Wall Street Journal reporter, to go on a dangerous journey that ends up…

Coward

Winner: Best Actor (Emmanuel Macchia & Valentin Campagne), 2026 Cannes Film Festival Belgium’s entry for the Best International...

Broadway Rave (18+)

THIS EVENT IS 18+ WITH A VALID I.D. | DOORS: 8:00 PM | SHOW: 8:30 PM Calling all Musical Theatre nerds, drama geeks, actors, actresses, theatre lovers, and more! Welcome to Broadway Rave: Masque Rave Edition, a Broadway Dance Party…

The Rocky Horror Picture Show in 35mm with shadowcast

The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) in 35mm w/ Live Pre-Show & Shadowcast by the Teseracte Players The kitsch classic! A morally upright couple turn to Dr. Frank-N-Furter for help when their car breaks down outside his home, but soon they…

The Silence of the Lambs

Clarice Starling is a top student at the FBI's training academy. Jack Crawford wants Clarice to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatrist who is also a violent psychopath, serving life behind bars for various acts of murder…

DIVALAND OF THE DEAD!!!

A Divalicious Undead Dance Party and Drag Show · Doors 9pm · 18 & Over

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

Five friends head out to rural Texas to visit the grave of a grandfather. On the way, they stumble across what appears to be a deserted house, only to discover something sinister within. Something armed with a chainsaw.

The Three Weird Sisters

Directed by Daniel Birt, 1948

Part of Great Expectations: British Postwar Cinema,… · Screening on Film

Spin the Bottle

Doors 9:30pm · 21 & Over

The Devils (1971)

Screening from a newly struck 35mm print of the 4K restoration of the film!

1hr 51mins

Trick or Treat (1986)

What are you afraid of? It's only rock and roll...

horsegiirL

You have arrived exactly when you were meant to Not a moment early. Not a moment late. The path already set for you.

horsegiirL is with you because Gaia is with her She has trotted on the path ahead of you and left the gate open.

Split Rock

While conducting survey work in remote Badlands, geologists Lauren and Ben uncover a mysterious block of magnetic stone...

The Rocky Horror Picture Show

Do the time warp with us, again

25th Halloween Horror Marathon

Starting with a double feature of The Mummy and The Mummy's Shroud!

12hrs

Quabbin—Yesterday and Today

This exhibit contrasts the Quabbin Reservoir when it was built in the 1930s with what it has become today. It was recently featured at the Massachusetts State House and is now going on the road to libraries in the communities that receive…

Once Upon a Time in Harlem

A Film 50 Years in the Making

1hr 40mins

Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla

Godzilla is back and it's seeing double

La bola negra

A film by Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi, winners of the Best Director award at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival.

2hrs 40mins

Tangles

Sarah Leavitt’s graphic memoir Tangles: A Story about Alzheimer’s, My Mother and Me comes to life in hand-drawn...

Verity

Anne Hathaway has secrets. Dakota Johnson is going to find them.

Gentle Monster

From director and writer Marie Kreutzer (Corsage, Austria’s entry for the 95th Academy Awards), Gentle Monster tells the story of concert pianist Lucy (Léa Seydoux), who has just relocated her family to a country house hoping to ease her…

Wildwood

Wildwood is a handcrafted epic fantasy that transports audiences into a secret, dangerously alive world. A girl’s desperate quest to save her baby brother unfolds into a spectacular, high-stakes adventure through a forbidden forest full of…

Performing Memory & Shaping Transformation

A panel to explore the role of site-responsive art in addressing turbulent cultural moments while revealing new possibilities for healing.

Artists and scholars discuss how their practices connect place, architecture, theater, and film to…

The Dreamed Adventure

Winner: Jury Prize, 2026 Cannes Film Festival Bulgaria’s entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 2027...

Naza

An investigation into Israel's mass killings of Palestinian civilians in Gaza

On Dangerous Ground

A Woman With an Empty Heart... A Man With a Loaded Gun whose only chaperon was MURDER!

1hr 22mins

Celluloid Confidential

Celluloid Confidential returns with a horror 16mm marathon!

Martin / Morell / Fredette (monthly residency) with Bob Bradshaw + NAP

Doors at 3 pm | All Ages | $10 cover Every 1st Sunday of the month see Martin / Morell / Fredette live at Midway Cafe!

The Eleventh Year – World Premiere of New Score by the Psychedelic Cinema Orchestra

NEW SCORE – WORLD PREMIERE Dziga Vertov’s The Eleventh Year Psychedelic Cinema Orchestra (PCO) will premiere their new score for The Eleventh Year by Dziga Vertov at the Somerville Theatre. This dynamic film is a masterpiece of Ukrainian…

They Made Me a Fugitive

Directed by Alberto Cavalcanti, 1947

Part of Great Expectations: British Postwar Cinema,…

Out to Lunch Presents: Elena Winell & David Dogan

$20 admission / 4:15 doors / 4:30 show / seated & standing Double-click to edit...

Experimental record label/art collective Out to Lunch Records proudly presents its second event at The Lilypad, featuring Out to Lunch regulars Elena Winell…

Everest: The Other Side

A thrilling cinematic experience chronicling one of the most dangerous climbs

A Talent for Murder

A mysterious young man from a New York publisher is sent to Switzerland to persuade the renowned writer Patricia Highsmith to write one final installment of the Ripley anthology.

Directed by Anton Corbijn · 1h 46m

Clarissa

Six years after their debut feature EYIMOFE: THIS IS MY DESIRE, brothers Arie Esiri and Chuko Esiri have...

Concessions in 35mm

As the Royal Alamo Cinema closes its doors for good, jaded staff, eccentric patrons, and an unhinged manager stumble through one last night at the movies-grappling with busted dreams, bad popcorn, and hard goodbyes. Stay after the…

Peter Pan Syndrome

Inspired by the tales of J.M. Barrie, Dmitry Krymov's "Peter Pan. Syndrome" is about art and the artist – the creator who, even when trapped in a dead end, when despair tightens around the throat and the urge to abandon everything feels…

Blu DeTiger: The Want You Baby Tonight Tour

THIS EVENT IS ALL AGES. DOORS: 7:00 PM SHOW: 7:30 PM ALL TIMES AND SUPPORT BANDS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE OR REFUND. Tickets purchased from third-party outlets CANNOT be verified by our Box Office. If you sell/purchase your…

Eivør (18+)

THIS EVENT IS 18+ WITH A VALID I.D. DOORS: 7:00 PM SHOW: 8:00 PM ALL TIMES AND SUPPORT BANDS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE OR REFUND. Tickets purchased from third-party outlets CANNOT be verified by our Box Office. If you…

The Irregular at Magic High School the Movie (Subtitled)

The candidates gather to decide who will be the next leader of their clan

Jack M. Senff

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Primetime

In 2006, To Catch a Predator host Chris Hansen sets out to make television history.

The Gringos

Doors 7pm · All Ages

Vince Staples

It opens with the ephemeral sounds of nature. Birds, bugs, and airy notes chiming in the air. Then, the undercurrent of something darker, disrupting the fantasy: a distorted voice. “To live is to be,” the voice says, “Like the nigga in the…

The Devils (1971)

Screening from a newly struck 35mm print of the 4K restoration of the film!

1hr 51mins

Eliot Thompson & Autumn Friends

$12 at the door / 10:15 doors / 10:45 show / standing / all ages