Science on Screen
The Coolidge Corner Theatre’s Science on Screen® series has enhanced film and scientific literacy with this popular program, which launched at the Coolidge in 2005. In partnership with the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and its pioneering nationwide film program, the Coolidge has expanded Science on Screen to 122 cinemas nationwide.
Throughout the academic year, SoS creatively pairs screenings of classic, cult, science fiction, and documentary films with lively presentations by notable experts from the world of science and technology. Each film is used as a jumping-off point for a speaker to introduce current research or technological advances in a manner that engages popular culture audiences—from the function of the amygdala in the zombie brains of Night of the Living Dead to how far epidemiology has come since The Andromeda Strain.
The Avalon proudly joined the list of cinemas in 2024!
Science on Screen programs at the Avalon are moderated by Jason Dick,
editor in chief of CQ Roll Call and the host of its Political Theater podcast.
Upcoming Films
114 min
in English
During World War II, mathematician Alan Turing builds a machine to try and decipher the German Enigma code with help from fellow mathematicians, who work to analyze Enigma messages.