{"id":381,"date":"2026-06-18T14:36:02","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T14:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cambridgemovinghub.com\/?p=381"},"modified":"2026-06-18T14:36:02","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T14:36:02","slug":"a-movie-for-juneteenth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cambridgemovinghub.com\/?p=381","title":{"rendered":"A movie for Juneteenth"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Friday is Juneteenth, and the <strong>Brattle Theatre<\/strong> celebrates with one of cinema\u2019s great African American epics. Spike Lee\u2019s <strong>\u201cMalcolm X\u201d <\/strong>(1992) casts Denzel Washington as the legendary civil rights activist, following his life from his birth in Nebraska to his emergence as one of the most influential and outspoken figures in 20th century America. \u201cMalcolm X\u201d is arguably the greatest film to come from the decades-long collaboration between Lee and Washington, and certainly ranks among each man\u2019s finest work individually. It also represents the best-case scenario of the Hollywood biopic as a medium, a sweeping masterpiece that portrays both its subject\u2019s considerable achievements and his warts-and-all humanity. \u201cMalcolm X\u201d screens Friday and Saturday on a print on loan from RISD\u2019s Joel Freedman and Michael Fink 35mm collection and is absolutely not to be missed on the big screen.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/cambridgemovinghub.com\/?p=379\">Lander lands Warren endorsement in race against Brownsberger<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Also opening Friday at the Brattle and screening through Monday is a new 4k restoration of Giuseppe De Santis\u2019s <strong>\u201cBitter Rice\u201d<\/strong> (1949), a true gem of classic Italian cinema. American actress Doris Dowling plays Francesca, the girlfriend and unwilling accomplice of a two-bit jewel thief, who seeks cover among the women toiling in the rice fields of the Province of Vercelli. \u201cRice\u201d is something of a genre hybrid, combining the class consciousness of Italian neorealism (with a particular eye toward the rivalry between the unionized contract workers and the so-called \u201cillegals\u201d desperate to join them) and the pulp thrills of film noir. Sitting at the crossroads is Silvana Mangano, who all but steals the film as the vampy queen bee of the camp. Perhaps because of this, Rice\u201d is occasionally overlooked in studies of either field, but it has lost none of its punch in the decades since its release.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, the <strong>Somerville Theatre<\/strong>\u2019s Midnight Special celebrates the 30th anniversary of the debut film from one of our greatest working filmmakers. Wes Anderson\u2019s <strong>\u201cBottle Rocket\u201d<\/strong> (1996) casts Luke and Owen Wilson (both making their screen debuts, the latter sharing screenwriting credit with Anderson) as a pair of slacker best friends doing their damnedest to break into a life of crime. \u201cBottle Rocket\u201d is a far looser film than Anderson\u2019s later work, its dingy apartments and fleabag motels a far cry from the \u201cGrand Budapest.\u201d Still, even at this stage in his career, the director\u2019s flair for quirky characters, loopy dialogue, and unexpected belts of pathos is unmistakable. Anderson\u2019s filmography would go on to span the globe, but it was never more intimate than when he was simply shooting on the side streets of Texas with his friends.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/cambridgemovinghub.com\/?p=377\">How to protect children from their own prompts<\/a><\/p>\n<p>From Tuesday through Thursday, the good folx at <strong>Wicked Queer<\/strong> take residence at the Brattle with a bevy of repertory selections for Pride. Tuesday features a double feature of classic lesbian romances, celebrating the 40<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary of the United States release of Donna Deitch\u2019s <strong>\u201cDesert Hearts\u201d<\/strong> (1985) and the 30th of Lana and Lilly Wachowski\u2019s <strong>\u201cBound\u201d<\/strong> (1996). Wednesday brings a 30th anniversary 35mm screening of Hettie Macdonald\u2019s <strong>\u201cBeautiful Thing\u201d<\/strong> (1996), as well as the series\u2019 centerpiece: the premiere of a brand new 4k restoration of Lino Brocka\u2019s groundbreaking <strong>\u201cMacho Dancer\u201d<\/strong> (1988), long censored in its native Philippines and presented here in its full, uncut glory. The series closes Thursday with a 25th-anniversary screening of John Cameron Mitchell\u2019s cult classic <strong>\u201cHedwig and the Angry Inch\u201d<\/strong> (2001), a dazzling postmodern musical about a gender-fluid glam-rock superstar. As is to be expected from the minds behind one of the country\u2019s longest-running queer film festivals, it\u2019s an expertly curated trove of much-loved classics, and truly worthy of the word Pride.<\/p>\n<p>The Somerville\u2019s <strong>Thirsty Thursdays<\/strong> repertory series closes out this week with one of the screen\u2019s all-time great English pubs. In Edgar Wright\u2019s <strong>\u201cShaun of the Dead\u201d<\/strong> (2004), Simon Pegg\u2019s eponymous slacker hero is dumped by his long-suffering girlfriend because all he wants to do is hang out with his mates at the Winchester Pub. When London society is upended by a zombie apocalypse, Shaun gathers his friends and loved ones to hole up in the safest and most familiar place he knows \u2014 which, of course, just so happens to have unlimited pints on tap. Wright\u2019s film is a true marvel of genre filmmaking, a laugh-a-second comedy which is also perfectly functional as an unironic horror thriller. Its central location is the icing on the cake, as fully realized and lived-in as any bar portrayed in movie history. You know what you have to do: Go to the Somerville, have a nice cold pint (or at least a large popcorn), and wait for all of this to blow over.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/cambridgemovinghub.com\/?p=376\">Brattle Theatre will take a seat (all of them) in July<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Friday is Juneteenth, and the Brattle Theatre celebrates with one of cinema\u2019s great African American epics. 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