Brattle Theatre

08/30/2026

Sun, Aug 30 • Today at The Brattle
New 4K Restoration!
THE PIANO • 12:30, 6:00
Premiere Run!
DREAMS IN NIGHTMARES • 3:15, 8:30
brattlefilm.org

08/29/2026

Now Showing • Jane Campion’s landmark film THE PIANO returns in a stunning new 4K restoration. When an arranged marriage brings Ada (Holly Hunter) and her spirited daughter Flora (Ana Paquin) to the wilderness of nineteenth-century New Zealand, she finds herself locked in a battle of wills with both her controlling husband Alisdair (Sam Neill) and a rugged frontiersman George (Harvey Keitel) to whom she develops a forbidden attraction. Hunter and Paquin both won Oscars for their stunning performances.

The new 4K restoration of Jane Campion’s THE PIANO screens through Monday at The Brattle. Get showtimes & tickets at brattlefilm.org/movies/the-piano/

08/29/2026

Now Showing! Shatara Michelle Ford’s DREAMS IN NIGHTMARES premieres through Monday at The Brattle. Watch the trailer & get tickets at brattlefilm.org

08/29/2026

Next Week • One night, a young boy witnesses a flying saucer land near his house and, when his father goes to investigate, he returns a changed man. Soon, the boy’s mother and neighbors and even the police chief all seem to be under the aliens’ spell. Will anyone be left to listen to his story? Will he fall victim to the same fate?

INVADERS FROM MARS screens next Monday & Tuesday in a double feature with INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (1956). Watch the trailer & get tickets at brattlefilm.org/movies/invaders-from-mars/

08/29/2026

Sat, Aug 29 • Today at The Brattle
New 4K Restoration!
THE PIANO • 12:30, 6:00
Premiere Run!
DREAMS IN NIGHTMARES • 3:15, 8:30
brattlefilm.org

08/28/2026

Now Showing • Jane Campion’s landmark film THE PIANO returns in a stunning new 4K restoration. When an arranged marriage brings Ada (Holly Hunter) and her spirited daughter Flora (Ana Paquin) to the wilderness of nineteenth-century New Zealand, she finds herself locked in a battle of wills with both her controlling husband Alisdair (Sam Neill) and a rugged frontiersman George (Harvey Keitel) to whom she develops a forbidden attraction. Hunter and Paquin both won Oscars for their stunning performances.

The new 4K restoration of Jane Campion’s THE PIANO screens through Monday at The Brattle. Get showtimes & tickets at brattlefilm.org/movies/the-piano/

08/28/2026

Coming Soon • We’re thrilled to celebrate the 25th birthday of what is, truly, one of the best animated features ever made—and the film that cemented Hayao Miyazaki’s status as, not just a renowned animator, but one of the world’s greatest film directors. Overflowing (sometimes literally) with gorgeous mystical imagery and moving, emotional moments, Miyazaki’s masterpiece is a feast for both the eyes and the soul.

SPIRITED AWAY screens Sep 4–10 in both original Japanese (35mm, subtitled) and dubbed in English (4K DCP) as part of our Animated Anniversaries program. See our website for schedule & tickets: brattlefilm.org/film-series/animated-anniversaries/

08/28/2026

Now Showing! Anchored in themes of chosen family and self-discovery, Shatara Michelle Ford’s DREAMS IN NIGHTMARES blends humor and emotional depth against the backdrop of a journey through the heartland of the U.S. This film is an expansive and tender ode to chosen family and to the radical act of claiming space to dream—and to exist—on one’s own terms in an increasingly fraught country.

DREAMS IN NIGHTMARES premieres through Monday at The Brattle. Get showtimes & tickets at brattlefilm.org

https://youtu.be/irnCquH3qB0

A new take on the American road movie, Dreams in Nightmares follows...

08/28/2026

Fri, Aug 28 • Today at The Brattle
Friday Film Matinee: Screening on 35mm
CABARET • 3:00
New 4K Restoration!
THE PIANO • 6:00
Premiere Run!
DREAMS IN NIGHTMARES • 8:30
brattlefilm.org

08/27/2026

Next Week • The ne plus ultra of 1950’s Red Scare sci-fi, INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS depicts an invasion not by flying saucer attack or mind control but by secret replacement. In a small California town, Dr. Miles Bennell (Kevin McCarthy) witnesses firsthand how pods from outer space are growing perfect emotionless clones of the population. As he tries to get ahead of this silent invasion, he becomes more and more desperate, and the pod people begin to close in…

INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (1956) screens on 35mm next Monday & Tuesday in a double feature with INVADERS FROM MARS. Watch the trailer & get tickets at brattlefilm.org/movies/invasion-of-the-body-snatchers/