The Friends of Eddie Coyle Coolidge Corner Theatre, 290 Harvard St., Brookline 7:00pm; $9 (Free for members) Paul Sherman wrote the book on movies in Boston. Big Screen Boston, a comprehensive guide to Boston movies and movies set in Boston (there is a difference), provides a narrative for understanding the history of Boston film and a yardstick for judging any future efforts to capture the city on celluloid. Tonight, to celebrate the book's release, the......

The Thomas Crown Affair and The Friends of Eddie Coyle Brattle Theatre, Harvard Square, Cambridge Wednesday-Thursday Showtimes and tickets Millionaire Beacon Hill residents have a lot of time on their hands. Who can blame them if they use it plotting bank heists? Norman Jewison's The Thomas Crown Affair (1968), which screens tonight and tomorrow at the Brattle, doesn't point any fingers. It's a schizophrenic movie with a paper thin plot and a clumsy script. Thomas......