Weekly Film Agenda: Ecumenical Edition

In a world where there's nothing to do but watch movies.
In a city full of theaters, museums, and libraries.
One moviegoer who can be in three places at once.

Friday 10/06

Jesus Camp
Ted Haggard, megapastor of Colorado Springs' New Life megachurch, has megacondemned this unflinching documentary (horror movie, for Cantabrigians), possibly because pentecostalism could freak out potential megachurchgoers, or possibly because Ted Haggard is in it and he comes off as megacreepy.
Opening at Kendall Square Cinema (see web site for showtimes & prices) | trailer

The Departed
Scorcese's gangster epic stars Jack Nicholson, Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, and a slew of native Bostonian extras.
Opening at theaters all over the place | trailer

Saturday 10/07

Krzysztof Kieslowski: Three Colors
Blue
White
A documentary about the making of Kieslowski's Trois Coleurs is followed by two thirds of the trilogy, with a blue Juliette Binoche and a white Julie Delpy (but no red).
Museum of Fine Arts, 4:30 pm, 5:20, 7:20 pm (respectively), $9 (documentary is free)

Sunday 10/08

Hand of God
Spurred by his brother's abuse at the hands of a Catholic priest, local documentarian Joe Cultrera examines the Archdiocese's cover-up and "corporate faith." Starring Father Joseph E. Birmingham and a slew of native Salem extras.
Museum of Fine Arts, 10:30 am, $7 | trailer

Monday 10/09

Donnie Darko
The apocalyptic, philosophical, twice-Gyllenhaaled mobius strip of a movie, presented in its orginal theatrical version and with psychiatric commentary from Bruce M. Cohen, Director of the Shervert Frazier Research Institute and the Stanley Research Center at McLean Hospital (aka "the crazy hospital") as part of the Coolidge's ongoing Science On Screen series.
Coolidge Corner Theatre, 7 pm, $9.50 | trailer

Tuesday 10/10

The Science of Sleep
On the second Tuesday of every month, the Coolidge brings in a member of the Boston Psychoanalytic Society to discuss a current feature film. This month, it's Cambridge's Steven Cooper, PhD, and Michel Gondry's lovely Science of Sleep.
Coolidge Corner Theatre, 7:30 pm, $9.50 | trailer

Thursday 10/12

Water
It took Deepa Mehta seven years (and secret filming in Sri Lanka) to finish the conclusion of the trilogy that began with Fire and Earth. Water is set in an ashram, where widows of all ages have been deposited for karmic (and financial) reasons: child bride Chuyia; devout Shakuntala; prostitute Kalyani, smitten with a law student.
Brookline Public Library, Coolidge Corner Branch (31 Pleasant St., Brookline), 1:30 pm, free