Events

For the 20th consecutive year, ShortsTV presents the Oscar®-Nominated Short Films. With all three categories offered — Animated, Live Action and Documentary — this is your annual chance to predict the winners (and have the edge in your Oscar pool)! A perennial hit with audiences around the country and the world, don’t miss this year’s selection of shorts. The Academy Awards take place Sun, Mar 2.

Join us for an unforgettable evening of dance-theater, featuring Becca Hoback’s "Running Out" and Emma Morrison’s "I See You, Do You See Me?".

Perhaps no artist better epitomizes the narrative freedom of the American arthouse than David Lynch. At once reverent to the classic cinema that came before him and fearlessly experimental and modern, Lynch’s cinema was one entirely of its own. His films exist in a netherworld of imagined nostalgia, magical realism and unbridled, joyous creativity, and they’ve pushed the bounds of the art form and inspired countless pretenders for nearly five decades. But there’s no substitute for the special weirdness this auteur of the outré brought to his singular, nightmarish, but ultimately humane visions. Each film is also an exploration of genre that uses his unique perspective and odd obsessions to plumb the complex and darkened depths of human emotion. In deference to the artist’s recent passing, we dive into his oeuvre and salute the master with a stiff black coffee and some damn good pie.

In anticipation of Major League Baseball’s opening day (Mar 27) — as well as the new baseball/hangout film EEPHUS (opening Mar 21) — we offer a brief but far from comprehensive overview of baseball in popular cinema.

Get off the beaten path and explore the edge of believable with captivating stories from the 49th Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival, coming to the Belcourt Theatre. Stand on the highest peaks, ski the steepest slopes, and be a part of the gripping adventures waiting for you in this year’s Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival World Tour. From exploring remote landscapes to adrenaline-fueled action sports, films selected for the 2024/2025 World Tour are sure to captivate and amaze you!

We’re very pleased to welcome Science on Screen® back to the Belcourt. This annual series funded through a grant by the Alfred P Sloan Foundation and Coolidge Corner Theatre seeks to connect science-fiction and science-centric films with scientists and researchers, and this year is shaping up to be one of our most interesting collections of films and speakers to date. We’re keeping our selections a bit more terrestrial this year, and focusing on some of the many issues that will affect our continued existence on this planet.

This modest collection of some of the great cinematic exploits of Saturday Night Live’s most iconic writers and performers celebrates the distinct comedic stylings of a true American institution celebrating its 50th anniversary this year.