Upcoming Film Screenings
6 upcoming film screenings from The Cabot, with dates, venues and ticket links taken from the organization’s own pages and refreshed weekly. All film in Greater Boston →
Thu Oct 22 · 7pm
In Brad Anderson’s Session 9 (2001), an asbestos-removal crew wins the job of clearing the abandoned Danvers State Psychiatric Hospital, and as its members work alone in the empty buildings, tensions rise and the asylum’s horrific past seems to return. Anderson shot the horror film on location at Danvers, with Peter Mullan, David Caruso and Josh Lucas among the crew. The screening marks its 25th anniversary.
Sat Oct 24 · 8pm
In Jim Sharman's The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975), Brad and Janet, a newly engaged couple stranded by a breakdown in a storm, reach the castle of Dr. Frank-N-Furter, played by Tim Curry, who unveils his latest creation, a muscle-bound man named Rocky. The RKO Army, a shadowcast working in Rhode Island, Connecticut and southern Massachusetts since 1981, acts the film out live in front of the screen.
Mon Nov 9 · 1:00pm
Billy Wilder's Sunset Boulevard (1950) stars Gloria Swanson as Norma Desmond, a silent-film star who will not accept that her stardom is over, and William Holden as the young screenwriter she hires for her comeback. He thinks he can manipulate her and is wrong, and it ends in violence, madness and death. It screens in Movies as Medicine, the Cabot's free monthly Monday matinee; registration is required.
Sun Nov 15 · 7:00pm
Bob Clark's A Christmas Story (1983), adapted from Jean Shepherd's stories, follows Ralphie's campaign for a Red Ryder BB gun one Christmas in 1940s Indiana. After the film Peter Billingsley, who played Ralphie, gives a moderated interview and takes audience questions. He went on to produce Iron Man, direct Couples Retreat, and co-write, produce and star in A Christmas Story Christmas (2022). VIP packages add a pre-show meet-and-greet photo.
Sun Dec 13 · 1:30pm
Robert Zemeckis's animated The Polar Express (2004), from Chris Van Allsburg's picture book about a boy who boards a night train bound for the North Pole on Christmas Eve, returns as a family holiday party with a visit from Santa, games, and pajamas encouraged. Signed copies of the book are sold at checkout. The afternoon benefits the Isabella Marino Charitable Fund; member movie passes are not accepted.
Mon Dec 14 · 1:00pm
George Seaton's Miracle on 34th Street (1947) won Edmund Gwenn an Academy Award as Kris Kringle, an old man who fills in for a drunken Santa in Macy's Thanksgiving parade and becomes such a hit that the store keeps him on. When he insists he is Santa Claus, a court case follows over his sanity. It screens in Movies as Medicine, the Cabot's free monthly Monday matinee.
