Midnight Specials
Silents, Please!
Silents, Please! is the Somerville Theatre’s series of vintage silent classics shown on the big screen with live music. All films in the series will be shown using 35mm prints, with most on loan from the U.S. Library of Congress.
Supplying music will be silent film accompanist Jeff Rapsis, who specializes in creating live scores for silent film screenings at venues around New England and beyond.
In the tradition of theatre organists of the 1920s, Rapsis improvises each film’s score on the spot, making up the music as the movie is screened.
Ithaka
A moving and intimate portrayal of one father’s fight to save his son, Ithaka exposes the brutal realities of the campaign to free Julian Assange.
Following the film will be a conversation with Julian’s father and brother, John and Gabriel Shipton, moderated by Harvard professor Biella Coleman.
