{"id":164,"date":"2026-05-21T15:34:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T15:34:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cambridgemovinghub.com\/?p=164"},"modified":"2026-05-21T15:34:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T15:34:12","slug":"reunite-with-some-classic-films","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cambridgemovinghub.com\/?p=164","title":{"rendered":"Reunite with some classic films"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Schools may be letting out, but it\u2019s <strong>Reunion Week<\/strong> at the <strong>Brattle Theatre<\/strong>, a reliably eclectic annual series of films celebrating their 25th, 50th, or 75th anniversary. The series kicks off Friday with two very different New York classics hitting the big 5-0 this year: Chantal Akerman\u2019s winsome essay film <strong>\u201cNews from Home\u201d<\/strong> (1976), in which the director reads letters from her mother over priceless documentary footage of the \u201970s Big Apple, and Martin Scorsese\u2019s explosive <strong>\u201cTaxi Driver\u201d<\/strong> (1976), in which Robert De Niro\u2019s Travis Bickle stalks those same streets and writes more sinister missives (\u201cTaxi Driver\u201d screens in encore Sunday afternoon). Saturday runs the board, marking the 75th anniversary of the Gene Kelly classic <strong>\u201cAn American in Paris\u201d<\/strong> (1951), the 50th of Wim Wenders\u2019 elegiac buddy picture <strong>\u201cKings of the Road\u201d<\/strong> (1976), and the 25th of Terry Zwigoff\u2019s <strong>\u201cGhost World\u201d<\/strong> (2001), starring Thora Birch and Scarlett Johansson as two of 21st century cinema\u2019s most iconic hipsters.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/cambridgemovinghub.com\/?p=162\">Community foundation gives grants to over 150 Cambridge nonprofits<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sunday begins with a brand-new 4K restoration of Disney\u2019s <strong>\u201cAlice in Wonderland\u201d<\/strong> (1951), which remains as eye-poppingly strange as when it premiered (not for nothing was it rereleased in the \u201960s to target the psychedelic crowd!). It\u2019s followed by a pair of decidedly more grown-up features in Alf Sj\u00f6berg\u2019s adaptation of August Strindberg\u2019s <strong>\u201cMiss Julie\u201d<\/strong> (1951) and Michael Haneke\u2019s harrowing international breakthrough <strong>\u201cThe Piano Teacher\u201d<\/strong> (2001). Those looking for lighter fare can spend their Memorial Day off with a double feature of the beloved baseball comedy <strong>\u201cThe Bad News Bears\u201d<\/strong> (1976) and Wes Anderson\u2019s wistful masterpiece <strong>\u201cThe Royal Tenenbaums\u201d<\/strong> (2001). The series continues through the week with favorites both (relatively) new and old; for the full schedule and ticket info, check out the Brattle\u2019s website.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps the most intriguing selection of this year\u2019s Reunion Week, however, is Ren\u00e9 Daalder\u2019s fascinatingly weird revenge thriller <strong>\u201cMassacre at Central High\u201d <\/strong>(1976), screening on Saturday and Tuesday. When a mysterious loner transfers to a school run by preppie bullies, he evens the score by picking them off one by one \u2014 only for the school\u2019s previously bullied nerds and outcasts to assert themselves as just as vicious as their onetime tormentors. Though it scans at first blush as typical \u201970s horror sleaze (to be sure, some elements are very much of their time), Daalder\u2019s film sets itself apart with a deceptively clever script and a cast of oddball characters, including the late Robert Carradine as a hilariously groovy stoner. It\u2019s also startlingly prescient in its vision of so-called nerds proving to be fascists-in-waiting, anticipating any number of current high-profile figures in politics and tech. This marks the first time \u201cCentral High\u201d has screened at the Brattle; hopefully, it won\u2019t be the last.<\/p>\n<p>Over at the <strong>Somerville Theatre<\/strong>, the <strong>Kurt &amp; Jodie<\/strong> repertory series continues with two more double features from Mr. Russell and Ms. Foster. Sunday brings a family-friendly double feature of Disney\u2019s animated classic <strong>\u201cThe Fox and the Hound\u201d <\/strong>(1981), in which Kurt Russell voices a friendly hunting dog who strikes up an ill-starred friendship with Mickey Rooney\u2019s orphaned fox, and the oddball kiddie musical <strong>\u201cBugsy Malone\u201d<\/strong> (1976), starring Jodie Foster and a cast of child actors incongruously cast as grown-up gangsters. Leave the kids at home, however, for Monday\u2019s program, which sees Russell in Robert Zemeckis\u2019 ribald comedy <strong>\u201cUsed Cars\u201d <\/strong>(1980) and Foster entangled with a drunken clown (played by Gary Busey!) in the cult drama <strong>\u201cCarny\u201d<\/strong> (1980). These four films, released early in their stars\u2019 careers, signaled the range of both Russell and Foster\u2019s talents \u2014 and, as we will see in the coming weeks, they were just getting started.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/cambridgemovinghub.com\/?p=160\">Events in Cambridge and Somerville: Campfire fest, Memorial Day and Jesse Terry<\/a><\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, the <strong>Kendall Square Cinema<\/strong>\u2018s month-long exploration of <strong>Aliens Among Us<\/strong> highlights one of the most unique and unclassifiable sci-fi films in recent memory. Adapted from Michael Faber\u2019s novel of the same name, Jonathan Glazer\u2019s <strong>\u201cUnder the Skin\u201d<\/strong> (2013) casts a never-better Scarlett Johansson as an unnamed extra-terrestrial who assumes human form to lure unsuspecting motorists in Scotland. Far from your usual creature feature, \u201cUnder the Skin\u201d is haunting and spare; dialogue is minimal, and Glazer\u2019s detached camera invites us to view the world as if we were ourselves visitors from another world. The eerie atmosphere is driven home by the unforgettable score by Mica Levi, whose atonal, three-note refrain will haunt your dreams just as surely as Johansson\u2019s man-eating creature. It may take you some time to interpret \u201cUnder the Skin,\u201d but one thing\u2019s for sure: You haven\u2019t seen very much like it.<\/p>\n<p>The Somerville\u2019s <strong>Thirsty Thursdays<\/strong> series is a weekly crawl through cinema\u2019s most infamous watering holes. This week, the establishment in question is <strong>\u201cRoad House\u201d<\/strong> (1989), one of the most agreeably silly cult classics of the \u201980s. Directed by the perfectly named Rowdy Herrington, \u201cRoad House\u201d stars Patrick Swayze as Dalton, a world-famous bouncer (is there actually such a thing?) who quotes Zen philosophy while busting heads and flexing his pecs. There is a plot, involving crooked local businessman Ben Gazzara and a romance with beautiful doctor Kelly Lynch (last seen in previous Thirsty Thursday selection \u201cCocktail\u201d), but it\u2019s largely incidental to the immaculate \u201980s vibes and ridiculously quotable dialogue (\u201cPain don\u2019t hurt!\u201d). \u201cRoad House\u201d was such a staple of cable TV and VHS rentals in the \u201990s that it almost feels sacrilegious to see it on the big screen, but there is no better way to experience its scuzzy charms than with a room full of fellow moviegoers (and, ideally, a trip to the Somerville\u2019s own bar).<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/cambridgemovinghub.com\/?p=158\">S&amp;S owners hope to see a new \u201clegacy\u201d establishment take its place<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Schools may be letting out, but it\u2019s Reunion Week at the Brattle Theatre, a reliably eclectic annual series of films celebrating their 25th, 50th, or 75th anniversary. 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