The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) in 35mm w/ Live Pre-Show & Shadowcast by the Teseracte Players. Join us after the film for an after party in our Crystal Ballroom (open to the first 500 attendees).

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The Rocky Horror Picture Show

Somerville Theatre

Harry Lehman is an aging pickpocket who plies his trade with ever-diminishing returns in a drastically changed New York. Wallets stuffed with cash have been replaced by easily cancelled credit cards, and Harry struggles to make ends meet as he cares for his disabled wife, Rosie. When he unwittingly purloins and fences a valuable USB stick, Harry finds himself in a race against time to return the loot or face the rage of a vengeful crime family.

The Only Living Pickpocket in New York

Shortly before the 1973 Chilean coup, CIA agents Chris (John Malkovich) and Lee (Sam Rockwell) are dispatched from Santiago to Easter Island by their bureau chief, MJ (Steve Buscemi). Amongst the Island's iconic statues, and as the longtime partners wrestle with their dark pasts and present conspiracies, Chris's newfound bond with a pair of rebellious students (Mariana di Girolamo and Ailín Salas) threatens to send everyone's trip to this remote paradise sideways.

Wild Horse Nine

Dragonwyck (1946) screening in 35mm as part of a double feature with House on Haunted Hill, with a Q&A with Victoria Price between the films.

Dragonwyck

Screening in 35mm as part of a double feature with Dragonwyck. Stay for a Q&A with Victoria Price between the films.

House on Haunted Hill

A friendly St. Bernard named “Cujo” contracts rabies and conducts a reign of terror on a small American town. Screening in 35mm as part of a double feature with Pet Sematary in 4K.

Cujo

After the Creed family's cat is accidentally killed, a friendly neighbor advises its burial in a mysterious nearby cemetery. Screening in 4K as part of a double feature with Cujo in 35mm.

Pet Sematary

Aliens disguised as clowns crash land on Earth in a rural town to capture unsuspecting victims in cotton candy cocoons for later consumption. Screening in 35mm as part of a double feature with Phantasm.

Killer Klowns from Outer Space

A teenage boy and his friends face off against a mysterious grave robber, known only as the Tall Man, who employs a lethal arsenal of unearthly weapons. Screening as part of a double feature with Killer Klowns from Outer Space in 35mm, part of the Halloween Hullabaloo series.

Phantasm

A schoolgirl travels with six classmates to her ailing aunt's country home and confronts evil spirits, a demonic house cat, and a bloodthirsty piano. Screened in 35mm as part of Cult Cinema Tuesdays and the Halloween Hullabaloo.

House (Hausu)

Shot outside Pittsburgh on a shoestring budget, by a band of filmmakers determined to make their mark, Night of the Living Dead, directed by horror master George A. Romero, is a great story of independent cinema.

Night of the Living Dead

Screening Tour. In 2016, Watsky, a genre-bending rapper and poet known for verbal gymnastics, capped his creatively ambitious record x Infinity with a visual album comprised of 18 interconnected music videos. To celebrate its tenth birthday, Watsky performs the album in its entirety alongside a synced projection of the album film. Content advisory: Some strong language, sexual content and violent imagery. Under 16 with parent or guardian.

Watsky x Infinity

Composer Claudio Simonetti's Goblin performs the score of Dario Argento's 1982 film Tenebre live alongside a screening of the film, followed after intermission by a set of Goblin's best-known material matched to their cinematic counterparts.

Claudio Simonetti's Goblin / Tenebre

A documentary account of how Viktor Orbán used a democratic election to install authoritarian rule in Hungary and of his defeat, told through the stories of three women: a journalist, an opposition MP and a nurse. Followed by a discussion with filmmaker Connie Field.

Democracy Noir: A New Dawn

Boston-area Theatrical Premiere with filmmaker panel following the screening! Documentary film by Stephen Maing and Eric Daniel Metzgar, filmed in black and white across the US from 2017 to 2021, followed by a filmmaker Q&A.

The Great Experiment

Singer-songwriter Winslow Leach seeks revenge on the nefarious music producer Swan, who steals both Winslow's music and his favorite singer for the grand opening of Swan's new rock palace, the Paradise.

Phantom of the Paradise

A quintessential cult film of the 1980s, Alex Cox's singular sci-fi comedy starring Harry Dean Stanton and Emilio Estevez. Screening in 35mm as part of Cult Cinema Tuesdays.

Repo Man

Welcome to California, where the beaches have become battlefields and the waves are a war zone! In the near future, a major earthquake has devastated the California coastline. As the survivors attempt to put their lives back together, a new, more terrifying threat erupts. The once beautiful beaches are now ruled by ruthless gangs . . . and the gangs are ruled by the dreaded Surf Nazis! Only one person is powerful enough to stop them. And as long as she's alive, the Surf Nazis Must Die! With one of the greatest titles in movie history, this courageous saga of a mother's undying love and devotion and quest for justice becomes a tidal wave of action and destruction!

Surf Nazis Must Die

Silents, Please: Frankenstein (1931), a screening of the 1931 film with a live improvised score by Jeff Rapsis. Duration: 75 minutes.

Frankenstein

A high-spirited adventure that pits true love against inconceivable odds. Screening in 35mm as part of Cult Cinema Tuesdays.

The Princess Bride

One of the most beloved movie musicals of all time, The Sound of Music follows a postulant at an Austrian abbey who becomes a governess to the seven children of a widowed naval Captain. Maria brings a new love of life and music into the home while the changing world around them closes in. Screens in 35mm as part of the F*ck the Nazis (again!) repertory series.

The Sound of Music

Blissfully hilarious and romantic comedy; an ancient Salem witch concocts a love potion that backfires when she falls for aspiring politician Fredric March. Screening as part of a witchy double feature with The Love Witch in 35mm.

I Married a Witch

A modern-day witch uses spells and magic to get men to fall in love with her, with deadly consequences. Celebrating its 10th anniversary, see The Love Witch in 35mm! The film was acclaimed by critics for its playful tribute to 1960s horror and Technicolor films, combined with its serious inquiry into contemporary gender roles. Screening in 35mm as part of a witchy double feature with I Married a Witch.

The Love Witch

Experience the legendary 1925 silent film The Phantom of the Opera on the big screen, accompanied live by the New England Film Orchestra, conducted by Gina Naggar, performing Carl Davis's acclaimed symphonic orchestral score.

The Phantom of the Opera

Wish Benefit Tour for Make-A-Wish Vermont & Northeast New York and Make-A-Wish Massachusetts & Rhode Island. Featuring Russ Lawton, Scott Metzger & Ray Paczkowski. Presented by Fiddlehead Brewing Company. VIP tickets available with premium reserved seats, pre-show reception at 5PM, and meet & greet.

Oteil Burbridge with LaMP - Wish Benefit Tour

The most transgressive film produced by a major American studio in the 1930s, Tod Browning's crowning achievement has haunted the margins of cinema for nearly one hundred years. Screening in 35mm as part of Cult Cinema Tuesdays.

Freaks

Eight medical students on a ski trip to Norway discover that Hitler's horrors live on when they come face to face with a battalion of zombie Nazi soldiers intent on devouring anyone unfortunate enough to wander into the remote mountains where they were once sent to die. Dead Snow is screening as part of our F*ck the Nazis (again!) repertory series.

Dead Snow

Coming-of-age comedy about a timid teen who starts a punk band at her all-girls Catholic school. Screening event with live Q&A with the directors Megan Rico & Kade Atwood and lead actor Adi Madden Cabrera.

Edie Arnold Is a Loser

This is a private member screening for Somerville & Capitol Theatre Members Only! Your membership is your ticket to this private screening. No reservations required.

Member Screening

Writer/director Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds imagines an alternate history of converging plots to assassinate Nazi Germany's leadership. Screened in 35mm as part of the F*ck the Nazis (again!) repertory series.

Inglourious Basterds

David Lynch's 1977 debut feature, Eraserhead, is both a lasting cult sensation and a work of extraordinary craft and beauty. With its mesmerizing black-and-white photography by Frederick Elmes and Herbert Cardwell, evocative sound design, and unforgettably enigmatic performance by Jack Nance, this visionary nocturnal odyssey continues to haunt American cinema like no other film. See Eraserhead in 35mm as part of Cult Cinema Tuesdays.

Eraserhead in 35mm

Warren Miller's 77th film, Days Off. Host Katie Burrell follows the world's best athletes as they show what they do on their days off, from heli-drops in Alaska and high-alpine mountaineering in Chamonix to powder in Hokkaido, Japan, Banff, Deer Valley, Revelstoke, Whistler, and Pemberton.

Warren Miller's Days Off

An internationally award-winning love story set in present-day Tehran. Denied access to university because of her Bahá'í faith, Layla continues her studies through an underground university. When her father's bookstore is attacked, her life becomes entwined with that of Sasan, a Muslim neurologist with a promising future. Intimate and quietly powerful, the film explores love across a deeply entrenched divide and the constructive resilience that sustains hope amid injustice.

Cast Aside the Clouds

Rooted in the francophone Celtic diaspora, award-winning band Le Vent du Nord delivers hard-driving, soulful music powered by vocals, fiddle, hurdy-gurdy, guitar, accordion, and foot percussion. Leaders of Québec's progressive folk revival, the quintet creates a joyous sound that swings, reels, jigs, and sings.

Le Vent du Nord

Wicked Queer Fall Film Frolic 2026 presents ÌFÉ (2020, directed by Uyaiedu Ikpe-Etim, 37min) followed by a brief intermission and ÌFÉ the sequel (2026, directed by Pamela Adie, 117min). Nigeria, English.

ÌFÉ / ÌFÉ the sequel

The film that launched the F*ck the Nazis (again!) repertory series. Jake and Elwood are on a mission from God to prevent the foreclosure of the orphanage where they were raised. Features performances by James Brown, Cab Calloway, Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, and John Lee Hooker. Screens in 35mm.

The Blues Brothers

Classic Americana and avant-garde European sensibilities collide with Zen Buddhism and the Bible as master gunfighter and mystic El Topo (played by writer/director Alejandro Jodorowsky) tries to defeat four sharp-shooting rivals on a bizarre path to allegorical self-awareness and resurrection. Originally released in 1970, El Topo quickly caught the imagination of movie audiences, becoming a landmark in independent film-making.

El Topo in 35mm

The Joint Tour: Hamilton Leithauser and Rostam celebrate the 10th anniversary of their collective album I Had a Dream That You Were Mine, with special guests Sam and Louise Sullivan.

Hamilton Leithauser + Rostam

A documentary that follows Samantha Gibbs, a young woman with Down syndrome, and her journey of advocacy, education and inclusion. Special premiere screening.

I Can Do Hard Things: Samantha's Story

A multimedia experience of film, poetry, and live music. The evening features a screening of Andrea Gibson's final poetry performance, backed live by the Goosebump Orchestra, with Megan Falley and other special guests.

Andrea Gibson's Love Letter from the Afterlife

The Boston Comedy Festival's 26th Annual Comedy Contest finals: eight finalists compete for $7,000 in prize money and the title of Boston Comedy Festival Contest Champion. Hosted by Tony V. Doors at 7pm, show at 8pm. All ages.

Boston Comedy Festival Contest Finals

Onstage with Ryan Holiday. A timeless in-person conversation with #1 New York Times bestselling author and founder of The Daily Stoic, including a keynote on his newest book, Wisdom Takes Work, followed by an exclusive Q&A.

Daily Stoic Live

A hilariously quirky comedy-thriller about bowling, avant-garde art, nihilistic Austrians, and a guy named The Dude. Shown in 35mm to close out the fall series Cult Cinema Tuesdays.

The Big Lebowski

One of the best science fiction, action, and sequel films ever made, join us for Aliens in 70mm. Ripley, the sole survivor of the Nostromo's deadly encounter with the monstrous Alien, returns to Earth after drifting through space in hypersleep for 57 years. Although her story is initially met with skepticism, she agrees to accompany a team of Colonial Marines back to LV-426.

Aliens 70mm

Global Arts Live presents John Scofield's Electrospective, featuring Oteil Burbridge, Larry Goldings & Adam Deitch. Scofield revisits his classic groove-based fan favorites and new material with an electrifying night of improvisation.

John Scofield's Electrospective

Far and Wide Tour 2026, presented by MassConcerts

The Pineapple Thief

A grown-up parody of The Nutcracker: a full dance/burlesque production, 18+ only, with an after party at the Crystal Ballroom on Saturday evening performances.

The Slutcracker

Robert Eggers' WERWULF, presented by Focus Features and screened in 35mm. Duration: 120 minutes. Director: Robert Eggers.

Werwulf in 35mm

Passim presents BCMFest: Nightcap with Open the Door For Three, Cassie & Maggie, Adam Hendey Band, Forsyth & special guests. Part of the 24th Boston Celtic Music Festival, celebrating Celtic music, song, and dance. All ages.

BCMFest: Nightcap

Drones, beats, and towering black lamb's-wool hats all serve as a striking backdrop to the Ukrainian folk-rock quartet DakhaBrakha. With one foot in the urban avant-garde and the other rooted in Ukrainian village culture, the group's self-proclaimed "ethno-chaos" is a refreshingly novel vision of Eastern European roots music.

DakhaBrakha

Brian O'Donovan Legacy Series presents LUNASA. One of the most influential bands in the history of Irish traditional music, formed from members of some of Ireland's greatest bands.

LUNASA

Warm, funny, and touching story about love, family, and forgiveness. Performed in Russian.

Love and Pigeons

Distinguished vocalist, activist and composer Sona Jobarteh is a living archive of the Gambian people. Born into a Griot family from The Gambia, she is the first woman within the tradition that dates back seven centuries to become a professional virtuoso on the kora. A modern-day griot, Jobarteh plays with an electric Afropop band performing songs about identity, love, and respect.

Sona Jobarteh Band

Cornelius

MassConcerts presents An Evening with Faun. All Ages. Doors at 7pm, show at 8:30pm.

Somerville Theatre

Oct 30 - Nov 5, 2026

The Only Living Pickpocket in New York

Nov 2, 2026

Inglourious Basterds

Nov 3, 2026

Eraserhead in 35mm

4 - 5 Nov, 2026

Warren Miller's Days Off

Nov 6, 2026

Cast Aside the Clouds

Oct 31, 2026

The Rocky Horror Picture Show

Oct 30 - Nov 5, 2026

The Only Living Pickpocket in New York

Somerville Theatre