Free Film Screenings at Tufts

[josephineave.livejournal.com]

I posted this to the freescreenings group and have been encouraged to share with the davis_square group as well.

This is part of a master list I have developed called "Joe's BFF (Boston Free Films)." I'm absolutely amazed by the number of free film screenings that go on at Tufts, MIT, Harvard, BU and elsewhere and figured I would compile some lists so everyone else could see all these great films for free.

For general events and all kinds of activities at Tufts, check out www.tuftslife.com and you will see an overwhelming schedule of things. Just this past weekend, I saw "28 Weeks Later", "300" and a French film hosted by the Romance Languages Dept. 

If there's an appetite for this kind of stuff on a regular basis, let me know and I'll see what I can put together.  I'll be unemployed soon and looking for an excuse to get off the couch. 

Anyway, here's the deal with the weekend film series at Tufts:

Tufts offers a series of late run films (and occasional classics) for free on weekends during the school year. They hadn't updated their website in a long time, but finally put up something resembling a schedule:

http://ase.tufts.edu/filmseries/ -- the current schedule of films is up for films through November 4th.

The screenings are free, the organizers don't care if non-Tufts affiliated people come (I've been doing it for 2-3 years), and are shown on film not video (be prepared for tech problems because the projectionists are Tufts students and often beginners).

Usually they rotate 2 films on Thurs-Fri-Sat nights and Sunday afternoon with 1 film on Thursday and Sunday, 2 on Friday and Saturday. The exact film times aren't on the web site for all the films, but you can always check www.Tuftslife.com starting on Tuesday or Wednesday to get the exact schedule.

Upcoming films: Stranger than Fiction, Bug, Shrek the Third, Dead Man, The Host, Hot Fuzz, Shaun of the Dead, Black Snake Moan.

All films are in Barnum Hall Room 008 (go around to the back entrance) and are usually nowhere near full.

Comments

[jodi.livejournal.com]

I am a big fan of free movies and would be very interested in Joe's BFF. Thanks for posting this here.

[xjustquietx.livejournal.com]

I am a big fan of free movies. I am also a big fan of good movies, even if I have to pay for them.

[chaiya.livejournal.com]

Ooooh! That's awesome! Keep posting it, please! :)

[ecdysiasm.livejournal.com]

Nifty! I am most definitely interested in seeing "Joe's BFF."

[plumtreeblossom.livejournal.com]

Thanks Joe! Free entertainment is always welcome. :-)

[ismymiddlename.livejournal.com]

that's awesome, thanks! i'd definitely love to hear more about "joe's bff"...

[surrealestate.livejournal.com]

Your ideas are intriguing to me and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.

Seriously, I'd love to read Joe's BFF.

[disblfsuspender.livejournal.com]

I would love a one-stop place to find out about these things. I miss far too many that I would like to see just because I can't be arsed to check 15 different calendars every week to see what is coming up.

[an-art-worker.livejournal.com]

Yeah - I've been looking for some sort of Boston related RSS feed of event stuff off the main stream - visiting lecturers, films and all that. Haven't found it yet though. We need a Craigslist of culture (kultcha)

[tenshikurai9.livejournal.com]

Another, please post Joe's BFF, here.