Films at the Gate Blog Archive

This page is a collection of blog posts we’ve written for Films at the Gate. Learn more about the project here. Or head over to our event web site for this year’s schedule and an archive of more photos and video.

Films at the Gate 2016

Films at the Gate 2016

Don't miss Films at the Gate this year! Back for an eleventh year on Friday - Sunday, August 26 - 28. Schedule available at ACDC. Or take a look back at years past here.

read more
Films at the Gate: 9th year!

Films at the Gate: 9th year!

Time again for Films at the Gate! What began nine years ago as an effort to transform a vacant lot in Boston's Chinatown has become an enduring tradition: a free, outdoor series of Chinese-language films under the stars. Learn about the project here. Friday-Sunday,...

read more
Films at the Gate 2013: schedule is here!

Films at the Gate 2013: schedule is here!

It’s time again for Films at the Gate! What began in 2006 as an effort to transform a vacant lot in Boston's Chinatown has become an enduring tradition: a free, outdoor series of Chinese-language films under the stars. Learn about the project here. Friday-Sunday,...

read more
Films at the Gate: on to the weekend

Films at the Gate: on to the weekend

The first two nights of Films at the Gate have been wonderful—not an empty seat in the "house." If you are coming down this weekend, feel free to bring your own seating so we can offer more chairs to seniors and kids. For the first time in seven years, Leslie and I...

read more
Films at the Gate 2012: starts Thursday!

Films at the Gate 2012: starts Thursday!

What began on a vacant lot continues on the Greenway: Films at the Gate returns, starting tomorrow, Thursday 8/23. Join us as we create a free, outdoor theater, showing Kung-Fu and classic Chinese-language films under the stars, next to the Chinatown Gate. Film...

read more
Films at the Gate: Red Fists, the Man Behind SHAOLIN TEMPLE

Films at the Gate: Red Fists, the Man Behind SHAOLIN TEMPLE

Films at the Gate starts is almost here! Check out the 2012 schedule chosen by curator Jean Lukitsh. Here’s another terrific post from Jean about one of her picks SHAOLIN TEMPLE. Thanks Jean! To say that Cheung Sing-yim (1935- ), the director of Jet Li’s debut...

read more
Films at the Gate: Jimmy Wang Yu, One-Armed Boxer

Films at the Gate: Jimmy Wang Yu, One-Armed Boxer

Films at the Gate is only a few weeks away, and our curator Jean Lukitsh has been hard at work. The 2012 schedule is available here. Here's a post from Jean about one of her selections: ONE ARMED BOXER VS. THE FLYING GUILLOTINE. Thanks Jean! Wang Yu is one of the...

read more
Films at the Gate: 2012 film schedule is up.

Films at the Gate: 2012 film schedule is up.

It's time again for Films at the Gate! Every summer, Street Lab works with Jean Lukitsh, the Asian Community Development Corporation, and local volunteers to transform a vacant lot near Boston’s Chinatown Gate into a free, outdoor theater, showing Kung-Fu and...

read more