The Brattle Film Podcast

About The Brattle Film Podcast

The official podcast of Boston's unofficial film school: The Brattle Theatre. Since 1953 the Brattle has been a home for film lovers to gather and share great cinema; showing an eclectic mix of classic, cutting-edge, foreign, cult, and art-house movies on 35mm film, digital projection, and now virtually.

Publisher

The Brattle Theater, Ian Brownell, Ivy Moylan, Ned Hinkle, Alissa Darsa

Category

arts · tv & film

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

23 Mar 2020

Latest episode

31 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

8 of 107 episodes have a transcript.

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   31 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Reissue: More Halloween Movie Memories

   Host [Host Name] and guests share listener-submitted memories of iconic horror films, continuing their exploration of cinematic scares.

2. 

   28 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Reissue: Halloween Movie Memories Part 1

   Host [Host Name] and guests share personal stories of first encounters with iconic horror movies during this Halloween-themed interview.

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   1 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Episode #95: 25 Years of the Brattle Film Foundation

   Ned and Ivy reflect on 25 years of transforming The Brattle into a non-profit, sharing highs, lows, and behind-the-scenes adventures in this interview.

Inside a recent episode

Reissue: More Halloween Movie Memories

Published 31 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] Right. So I'm just curious, aside from Jaws, what are the good shark movies? Well, The Shallows, which is that Blake Lively movie. That's actually a good movie you're saying? It's fun. It's like a thrill ride type movie. I don't know that there are a lot of good shark movies. There are a lot of fun shark movies. They're just all trying to do Jaws. Deep Blue Sea is super fun and it's not a good movie. But that's the problem when you have a movie that created a genre. Like, shark movies didn't exist until Jaws. And now that's what everyone is trying to do. Yeah, that's so interesting. We were talking about these other movies. […]

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.9 / 5

33 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

8 ratings

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