• Best of Fests: Remaining Native

    West Newton Cinema 1296 Washington Street, West Newton, MA, United States

    Best 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 [...]

  • West Newton Cinema Reads: The Bostonians

    West Newton Cinema 1296 Washington Street, West Newton, MA, United States

    In 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 [...]

  • “An Uncommon Education” Film Showing and Panel Q&A

    West Newton Cinema 1296 Washington Street, West Newton, MA, United States

    Join Historic Newton, West Newton Cinema, and Newton Cultural Alliance for a film showing and panel discussion of the original film “An Uncommon Education: The Allen School”. The panel will feature key members of the [...]

    $20
  • Ty Burr’s Movie Club: I Know Where I’m Going!

    West Newton Cinema 1296 Washington Street, West Newton, MA, United States

    TY 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 [...]

  • Behind the Screen: Jane Austen Wrecked My Life

    West Newton Cinema 1296 Washington Street, West Newton, MA, United States

    Agathe (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 [...]

  • Silent Movie Monday – “Snow White” (1916) with live harp-viola score

    West Newton Cinema 1296 Washington Street, West Newton, MA, United States

    Celebrate National Silent Movie Day with a showing of the vintage silent film "Snow White" (1916) at the nonprofit West Newton Cinema on Monday, September 29 at 7 pm. The event boasts a magical live [...]

    $9.00 – $20.00
  • Ty Burr’s Movie Club: Michael Clayton

    West Newton Cinema 1296 Washington Street, West Newton, MA, United States

    TY 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 [...]

  • Hank Phillippi Ryan: “All This Could Be Yours” Author Talk

    West Newton Cinema 1296 Washington Street, West Newton, MA, United States

    WEST NEWTON CINEMA READS: A Night of Mystery at the West Newton Cinema Come celebrate the launch of Hank Phillippi Ryan’s latest “nail-biting” thriller, ALL THIS COULD BE YOURS, with Newtonville Books at the historic [...]

  • Behind the Screen: Caught by the Tides

    West Newton Cinema 1296 Washington Street, West Newton, MA, United States

    CAUGHT BY THE TIDES (风流一代) is an ambitious, genre-blending film from acclaimed Chinese director Jia Zhangke. Spanning over two decades, the film interlaces newly shot scenes with archival footage, fragments from Jia’s earlier films, and [...]

  • West Newton Cinema’s 1st Anniversary!

    West Newton Cinema 1296 Washington Street, West Newton, MA, United States

    On August 27, 2024, thanks to the extraordinary support of over 1200 donors — including a transformational anchor gift — the West Newton Cinema Foundation purchased the historic Cinema, preventing its demolition, and began operating [...]

  • Death & Taxes

    West Newton Cinema 1296 Washington Street, West Newton, MA, United States

    Q&A with Director Justin Schein and Chuck Collins, senior scholar at The Institute for Policy Studies, following the screening! DEATH & TAXES is a feature documentary about wealth, inequality and the American Dream, viewed through [...]