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.
Live from Chinatown Park: Films at the Gate 2010 comes to an end
We’re sitting in the middle of Chinatown park, wrapping up our final film CHILDREN OF INVENTION. More photos here. (This entry was uploaded live from the park using free public WIFI provided by the Greenway.) Thanks to everyone for joining us at Films at the Gate...
Films at the Gate 2010, final night, CHILDREN OF INVENTION (2009)
Join us at 8:00PM tonight in Chinatown Park on the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway as we close out Films at the Gate 2010. Tonight's film CHILDREN OF INVENTION was filmed, in part, in Boston's Chinatown. It tells the story of two young children living illegally in a...
Saturday night in Chinatown Park, now to the homestretch
Saturday's animated film HAVOC IN HEAVEN (1961) lit up Chinatown Park tonight. Thanks to Bow Sim Mark Tai Chi Arts Association for kicking things off with a beautiful demonstration class. Tomorrow is our final night. Join us for CHILDREN OF INVENTION (2009), the...
Before the film tonight, Tai Chi
During Films at the Gate 2010, you've seen martial arts demonstration classes on the vacant lot just before the space is transformed into an outdoor, neighborhood cinema each night. That's because we asked several local groups, who normally conduct their classes...
Friday night closes out the lot; tomorrow to the Greenway
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...
Tonight’s film: DRUNKEN MASTER (1978)
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:...
Thanks for coming downtown
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. Â Friday is Jackie...
Watch Boston’s biggest star on Thursday night
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...
Films at the Gate starts Thursday
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.