Boston Street Lab Blog (2008-2012)

Thanks to our Films at the Gate volunteers for a professional-grade set up and strike. Thanks to Wah Lum Kung Fu Athletic Association for opening the show. Thanks to our audience for bringing extra folding chairs so more could find a seat. Thanks to Gilbert Ho...

This evening, Films at the Gate will feature a classic and one of the best: Jackie Chan’s DRUNKEN MASTER (1978). Check out the full schedule of films here, or read on as Films at the Gate Curator Jean Lukitsh introduces the real drunken master behind tonight's film:...

Sometimes there are a few empty chairs on the first night. Not tonight. You sat, stood, and kneeled on the lot to catch the opening of the fifth year of Films of the Gate. Thanks for coming down and transforming a vacant lot into a movie theater.  Friday is Jackie...

Films at the Gate launches on Thursday night 8/26 with BODYGUARDS AND ASSASSINS - 2009. (Full schedule here.) Curator Jean Lukitsh reminds us that BODYGUARDS star Donnie Yen may just be Boston's biggest movie star: Forget about Matt Damon and Ben Affleck. In Asia, the...

Final preparations are underway for Films at the Gate 2010. The Boston Globe interviewed curator Jean Lukitsh about this year’s films in an article running tomorrow. Get all the event details and schedule here. See you soon on the lot.

Films at the Gate began as a simple idea five years ago. It's still simple: join us this week to watch films together, outdoors, for free, in a vacant lot in downtown Boston. Help us make the most of urban space. The Boston Globe interviewed curator Jean Lukitsh about...