Film and Media
New TV presents Future Forward Gala
Boston Marriott Newton 2345 Commonwealth Avenue, Newton, MA, United StatesNewTV is pleased to announce their inaugural Future Forward Gala on September 30, 2025 beginning at 6:00PM. The Gala will take place at the Boston Marriott Newton, located at 2345 Commonwealth Avenue. Like most community media centers, NewTV is funded primarily by a surcharge on the cable bill of local cable subscribers. With more and…
Behind the Screen: Jane Austen Wrecked My Life
West Newton Cinema 1296 Washington Street, West Newton, MA, United StatesAgathe (Camille Rutherford) works in the legendary Shakespeare & Co. bookshop in Paris, where she dreams of becoming a successful writer and of experiencing love akin to a Jane Austen novel. Instead, she finds herself desperately single and plagued by writer’s block. When Agathe’s best friend (Pablo Pauly) helps secure her a spot at the…
Ty Burr’s Movie Club: I Know Where I’ve Been!
West Newton Cinema 1296 Washington Street, West Newton, MA, United StatesTY BURR’S MOVIE CLUB is hosted by the nationally recognized film critic Ty Burr. Each month Ty presents and discusses one of his favorite films with the audience. His selections span the spectrum from classics that have stood the test of time to contemporary films that merit a second viewing. ABOUT THE FILM I’m always…
Film Screening of An Uncommon Education: The Allen School
West Newton Cinema 1296 Washington Street, West Newton, MA, United StatesHistoric Newton, West Newton Cinema, and Newton Cultural Alliance are excited to present a showing and panel discussion of the film "An Uncommon Education: The Allen School"! Join us on Tuesday, October 14 to view the original film (released in 2023) followed by a panel discussion and Q&A with the filmmakers. Tickets are $20 and…
West Newton Cinema Reads: The Bostonians
West Newton Cinema 1296 Washington Street, West Newton, MA, United StatesIn Boston, in the aftermath of the Civil War, Verena Tarrant (Madeleine Potter), a gifted young orator, has attracted the attention of Olive Chancellor (Vanessa Redgrave), who wishes to nurture Verena as an inspirational force for the Women’s Movement. Ranged against her is Basil Ransom (Christopher Reeve), a handsome male chauvinist, who wants Verena as…
Best of Fests: Remaining Native
West Newton Cinema 1296 Washington Street, West Newton, MA, United StatesBest of Fests: REMAINING NATIVE Co-Presented by Salem Film Fest ABOUT THE FILM REMAINING NATIVE is a coming-of-age documentary told from the perspective of Kutoven (Ku) Stevens, a 17-year-old Native American runner, struggling to navigate his dream of becoming a collegiate athlete as the memory of his great-grandfather's escape from an Indian boarding school begins…
Jack Lemmon: A Centennial Tribute!
West Newton Cinema 1296 Washington Street, West Newton, MA, United StatesOur hottest event of the season, West Newton Cinema will present the Jack Lemmon 100th Anniversary Celebration from October 24–26, 2025, marking the centenary of the birth of one of Hollywood’s most celebrated actors and Newton’s own native son. One of the most beloved actors in movie history, Jack Lemmon (1925–2001) was born John Uhler…
West Newton Cinema presents There Was, There Was Not
West Newton Cinema 1296 Washington Street, West Newton, MA, United StatesIn THERE WAS, THERE WAS NOT, myth and reality intertwine to reveal the lives of four Armenian women facing the loss of their homeland. What began as a quiet observation of their daily lives became, after the war in Artsakh, an urgent chronicle of survival — a cinematic act of memory and resistance. The film…
West Newton Cinema presents Behind the Screen: Nouvelle Vague
West Newton Cinema 1296 Washington Street, West Newton, MA, United StatesNOUVELLE VAGUE is Richard Linklater’s love letter to the magic of French New Wave cinema, as he reimagines the making of Jean-Luc Godard’s Breathless (1960), the film that established Godard’s signature place in the history of cinema. The film is about a young and impulsive criminal in Paris and his American girlfriend. In Nouvelle Vague…
Ty Burr’s Movie Club: Children of Men
West Newton Cinema 1296 Washington Street, West Newton, MA, United StatesTY BURR’S MOVIE CLUB is hosted by the nationally recognized film critic Ty Burr. Each month Ty presents and discusses one of his favorite films with the audience. His selections span the spectrum from classics that have stood the test of time to contemporary films that merit a second viewing. ABOUT THE FILM In 2027,…