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 this week
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...
Walking Tours, Kung Fu, and Tai Chi before the films
The sun goes down and the films roll at 8PM, but here are some things to experience before you take a seat at Films at the Gate 2010: Walking Tours depart every night from the Chinatown Gate at 6:00PM (45 min, THU-SUN 8/26-29) . Led by youth from the Asian Community...
Films at the Gate to visit the Greenway
In 2006, when Films at the Gate first transformed a vacant lot into an outdoor cinema, next door was a sandy construction site where a park was taking shape. With permission, we drew power from a contractor's trailer, which sat in the middle of what is now,...
Boston Street Lab advises Fenway CDC
Inspired by Films at the Gate, the Fenway Community Development Corporation held their own free, outdoor, movie screenings for the Fenway community, borrowing a vacant parking lot from The Abbey Group for the occasion. "Starlight Movie Nights" were held Aug 6 and 7,...
Films at the Gate 2010 schedule is here
Films at the Gate is back. It's simple: watch great films, outside, together, for free. Here's the 2010 schedule and directions. [ngg_images source="galleries" container_ids="28" display_type="photocrati-nextgen_pro_horizontal_filmstrip" image_crop="0"...
Wan Laiming: Founding Father of Film Animation in China
On Saturday, August 28, Films at the Gate will present the full-length animated feature HAVOC IN HEAVEN (1961). Thanks to our curator Jean Lukitsh for the following introduction to the film's pioneering creators, the Wan Brothers: Animation got its start in China in...
Films at the Gate 2010
Planning is underway for Films at the Gate 2010. Films will be shown Thursday, August 26 through Sunday, August 29, 2010. Please check back soon for more updates. See you soon on the lot! Update: Schedule of films is now up.
Live from Chinatown Park: Films at the Gate
We're all sitting in the middle of Chinatown park, half way through our last film, and there isn't an empty chair in the house. Thanks to everyone for joining us at Films at the Gate 2009. See you next year.
Sunday night: join us on the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway
Due to rain last night, we were unable to bring Films at the Gate to the Greenway as planned. Tonight, we're going to give it another shot. Join us for our final night as we show Shaolin Soccer at Chinatown Park. The park is just on the other side of the Chinatown...