Boston Free Films Jan. 28th through Feb. 3rd

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We have now entered into the free movie nirvana – in fact, the schedule is so packed with interesting free films, you may have trouble choosing.  Check out the calendar for the full treatment.  Notice that we now have free films at the Harvard Film Archive, starting next week, as part of the VES series.

One of the special treats this week is the preview screening of In Bruges showing Tuesday at the Brattle.  Be sure to get there early.  The director is scheduled to be appear to answer questions afterward. 

See the complete calendar online.  There are two ways to access it:

·          Directly through the link   http://tinyurl.com/2z8spc

·          Add the calendar through Google Calendar.  Search for Joe’s BFF – Boston Free Films (any phrase should find it) and you can incorporate it with your own calendar. 

Here are the highlights of free films for the next week from Medford-Somerville-Cambridge-Boston.  Please let me know of changes, additions and new sources of films.  I am always looking for new sources of free cinema. 

Check for last minute changes or contact the organizers to make sure events are still happening, especially in case of inclement weather.  . 

Highlights for this week (format changes because of the number of series going on):  

 

MIT Environmental Film Festival

Weds., Jan. 30th:  To be announced (check back later)

Thurs., Jan. 31st:  Short film night: The City, The Story of Stuff, A World at Waste and Green

Fri., Feb. 1st:  Blue Vinyl and Everything's Cool

Sat., Feb. 2nd:  A Passion for Sustainability

All films at 8 pm, MIT 32-144

 

MIT Film Retrospective of Nuri BIlge Ceylan (Turkey)

Tues., Jan. 29th:  Koza (short) & Kasaba

Weds., Jan. 30th:  Mayis sikintisi (Clouds of May/1999)

Thurs., Jan. 31st:  Uzak (Distant/2002)

Fri., Feb. 1st:  Iklimler (Climates/2006)

All films at 6:30 pm, MIT 3-270

 

Tufts Film Series

Kill Bill Part 1 and Kill Bill Part 2

Specific film schedule to be confirmed

Thurs., 8:30 pm

Fri., 7 and 9:30 pm

Sat., 7 and 9:30 pm

Sun., 2:30 pm

Location:  Tufts Barnum 008

 

MIT Books into Movies Series

Mon., Jan. 28th, 4:00 pm

MIT:  Washington Square (+ professor discussion )

Location:  MIT 2-105

 

Tues., Jan. 29^th, 6:00 pm

Boston Public Library:  Banished (+ panel discussion)

Location:  BPL Copley, Rabb Lecture Hall

 

Tues., Jan. 29th, 7:00 pm

Brattle Theater Preview Screening:  In Bruges (+ director)

Doors open at 6:00 pm.  No advance tickets.

 

Weds., Jan. 30th, Noon

MIT:  The Feynman Films- Seeking New Laws

Location:  MIT 6-120

 

Weds., Jan. 30^th, 5:30 pm

MIT Memory & Counter-Memories, Revolutions & Counter-Revolutions Series

The Red and the White  (Hungary, 1968)

Location: 32-155

 

Weds., Jan. 30th, 6:00 pm

MIT:  Rx for Survival:  How Safe Are We?  (+ speaker + food)

Location:  MIT 4-370

 

Thurs., Jan. 31^st, 6:00 pm

MIT Exploring Islam Through Film Series

Kingdom of Heaven

Location:  MIT 1-150

 

Friday, Feb. 1st, 7:30 pm

Harvard Real Colegio Complutense:  El Habitante Incierto (Spanish with English subtitles)
Location:  26 Trowbridge St., Cambridge

 

Happy viewing.

 

For directions, try these sites:

 

MIT:  http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg

Harvard:  http://map.harvard.edu/mapindex.cfm?mapname=camb_allston

Tufts:  http://inside.tufts.edu/compass/