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COOLIDGE CORNER THEATRE 2017 ANNUAL REPORT TABLE OF Photo credits CONTENTS

FILM SPECIAL EVENTS Letter from the Special Programs Call Me By Your Name PG. 2 Executive Director & CEO sony pictures classics 1 Moviehouse One 14 eric scott photography Dunkirk warner bros PG. 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 25 Science on Screen Jr.; Bill McKibben; Science on Screen Faces Places Film Trivia Night Fundraiser; Awards cohen media group I Am Not Your Negro Panel; National Expansion Kenny Werner; Dr. Henry Louis 2 16 Get Out Gates, Jr.; Jason Segel and universal pictures Charlie McDowell; Brookline Music The Grapes of Wrath School performers; Greenway Screening; Coolidge Marquee 2Oth century fox Community a. gallagher dixon Mission Statement Hidden Figures Partnerships 2Oth century fox PG. 15 3 19 Box Office Babies Lady Bird courtesy of wbur / by robin lubbock a24 PG. 15 Vanessa Trien 2017 Film Line-Up Annual Operating courtesy of vanessa trien Support DESIGN 5 20 Stoltze Design PG. 15 NT Live: Follies courtesy of national theatre live Highlights & Summary 6 Special Guests 23 Financial Data

24 Board & Staff LETTER FROM THE 1 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR & CEO

Dear Coolidge Friends,

As you’ll see in the following pages, the Coolidge had a community, serving as a venue for film festivals, local great 2017! gatherings and celebrations.

Our curated first-run film selections garnered a total Our initiative to expand the Coolidge is moving closer to of Oscar 114 nominations, including eight of the nine the public phase of a capital campaign, and we’ve refined nominees for Best Picture, and we were proud be the building design to include a dedicated education and one of only ten theaters in the country selected to screen engagement center, in addition to a large lobby and two Phantom Thread in 70mm. new theaters. Thanks to a generous Coolidge supporter, we have a newly established Endowment Fund that will Our special programs covered the gamut in genre, support our long-term sustainability. and our partnerships with other nonprofit organizations allowed us to further diversify our audiences, and also We want everyone to enjoy the Coolidge. We installed take the Coolidge outdoors — at Mount Auburn Cemetery, hearing and visual assistive technology in all of our Rose Kennedy Greenway and Trustees of Reservations theaters and, through our Access Fund, we opened our properties. doors to hundreds of underserved youth.

We understand the power of film to not only entertain, Our Coolidge team—patrons, members, donors, admirers, but also as a vehicle to prompt dialogue and increase outstanding staff and board — underlies all that we understanding of our complex world. Our pre- and offer and our success. It’s an honor to be a part of this post-film discussions and film education courses further extraordinary community, and I’m grateful to all of you. enhanced that power.

Our first Film Trivia Night was a great success, as much fun as competitive, and establishing a new tradition. And, we continued to create and provide a home for KATHERINE TALLMAN CONDÉ NAST TRAVELER, RANKED ONE OF THE TOP NINE THEATERS IN THE U.S. “A CULTURAL MAINSTAY... WORTH TRAVELING FOR.”

COSMOPOLITAN MAGAZINE, RANKING THE BEST CINEMAS IN ALL 50 STATES “THE COOLEST MOVIE THEATER IN MASSACHUSETTS.” OUR HISTORIC MOVIEHOUSE ONE 3

Our mission is to entertain, inform, and engage — building a vital community through film culture. LADY BIRD 2017 FILM LINE-UP 5

Narrative Features Special Programming

Adrienne Barbeau receives Coolidge After Midnite Award Star of The Fog and Escape from New York Adrienne Barbeau was presented with the Coolidge After Midnite Award in December, and took some time before the award ceremony to speak to students at the Boston Arts Academy about pursuing a career in acting. 2017 RECAP

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FILMS ON FILM

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILMS Cemetery Cinema debuts in partnership with Mount Auburn Cemetery The Coolidge began a partnership with the 45 historic and beautiful Mount Auburn Cemetery, presenting a double feature in September of FILMS DIRECTED BY The Seventh Seal and Harold and Maude. WOMEN 8

Coolidge Education Two new Coolidge Education courses ran in 2017, Mary Harrod’s “French Connections: The New Wave” and Kaj Wilson’s “Family Bonds,” and were attended by over 70 students. HIGHLIGHTS & SPECIAL GUESTS

National Evening of Science on Screen As part of the National Evening of Science on Screen, the Coolidge presented John Ford’s 1940 adaptation of the John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath. Award-winning author and environmentalist Bill McKibben discussed the science of climate change and the global implications of our warming world. THE GRAPES OF WRATH 10 Onstage @ the Coolidge As part of our commitment to host live performances from a variety of exciting artists, the Coolidge presented a screening of the music documentary The Jazz Loft, featuring a live performance by Kenny Werner. Other Onstage events this year included a performance by experimental metal band Sunn O))), and Maestro Fabio Frizzi performing his score live during a screening of Frizzi’s “composer’s cut” of The Beyond.

Film Trivia Night Fundraiser The Coolidge put on its first-ever Film Trivia Night fundraiser, in which some very knowledgeable movie buffs helped raise over $40,000 to support Coolidge programs and operations. HIGHLIGHTS & SPECIAL GUESTS

I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO post-screening discussion Following a screening of the new James Baldwin documentary I Am Not Your Negro, the Coolidge hosted a discussion moderated by Kim McLarin, with panelists Renee Graham of The Boston Globe, Baldwin biographer David Leeming, and Baldwin scholar Quentin Miller. 11

Access Fund screenings of STEP Using the Access Fund, the Coolidge brought students from Brookline High School, Brookline Middle School, Women and Girls Thriving in Brookline, West End House, Boston Arts Academy, and RAW Arts to see the acclaimed Sundance documentary Step at no charge to them.

DUNKIRK screens in 70mm The Coolidge was one of a select 125 theaters to screen Christopher Nolan’s award-winning World War II epic Dunkirk in 70mm. FACES PLACES FILMMAKERS, 13 WRITERS, AND SPECIAL 1 GUESTS

Both new and established filmmakers and writers, along with other special guests, took part in Q&As and Skype conversations at the Coolidge this year, including: 2

Ana Lily Amirpour Jeremy Flower Roger Lyons writer/director: the bad batch composer: risk director: etched in glass: the legacy of steve ross Stephen Apkon Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. 1 2 director: disturbing the peace special guest Charlie McDowell writer/director: the discovery Adrienne Barbeau Amy Geller actor: the fog director: the guys next door Laura Poitras director: risk Denise Crosby Vanessa Gould 2 actor: pet sematary director: obit. Jason Segel actor: the discovery Simon Curtis Allie Humenuk director: goodbye christopher robin director: the guys next door Gary Sherman director: death line Alexandra Dean Julia Langhof writer/director: bombshell: director: lomo: the language of Alice Stone the hedy lamarr story many others director: angelo unwritten Ernest Dickerson Zoe Lister-Jones Vera, Chanterelle and Heather Sung director: surviving the game director/actor: band aid subjects: abacus: small enough to jail 14 SPECIAL PROGRAMS

In addition to featuring the best in independent feature and documentary films, the Coolidge is proud to showcase an award-winning series of repertory programs.

After Midnite Off the Couch Big Screen Classics Onstage @ the Coolidge We put on outdoor screenings of Box Office Babies 4 Opera, Dance, and Theater 5 Back to the Future, King Kong, and Twister as part of the third year Cemetery Cinema Rewind! of our Coolidge at the Greenway partnership Cinema Jukebox® 1 Science on Screen® 2 Coolidge at the Greenway 2 Science on Screen Jr. Goethe German Film Sounds of Silents® Kids’ Shows 3 Stage and Screen

Students from 1 the Brookline Music School performing before a Cinema Jukebox® presentation of Pink Floyd: The Wall AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS 2017 Films Shown at the Coolidge Boston’s Parents’ Choice 3 Award-winning band Vanessa Trien and the Jumping Monkeys 114

ACADEMY AWARD NOMINATIONS 58

GOLDEN GLOBE NOMINATIONS

A child enjoying our bi-weekly Box Office Babies program 50

INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARD NOMINATIONS

The National Theatre Live 5 presentation of Stephen Sondheim’s Follies, starring Imelda Staunton and directed by Dominic Cooke 17

BOSTON SOCIETY OF FILM CRITICS AWARDS 16 SCIENCE ON SCREEN NATIONAL EXPANSION

Over the past eight years the Coolidge has partnered with the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to award 166 grants totaling $1,022,000 to 72 independent cinemas nationwide for use in creating and presenting their own Science on Screen programming. As in prior years, this year’s grantees include art house theaters and nonprofit organizations in every corner of the country, from Florida to Alaska and Maine to Hawaii.

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GRANTS AWARDED PARTICIPATING AWARDED CINEMAS HIDDEN FIGURES CALL ME BY YOUR NAME

18 ACCESS FUND PARTNERS The Access Fund was established by COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS the Coolidge to provide pro bono tickets to underserved youth. The Coolidge is more than just a movie theater. We are proud to serve as a partner and resource for fellow nonprofit, cultural and educational institutions in our area. BOSTON ARTS ACADEMY

BROOKLINE HIGH SCHOOL Artbarn Community Theater Brookline Youth Awards Mount Auburn Cemetery performance venue for venue (donated) for partner for cemetery cinema children’s theater troupe awards ceremony honoring series BROOKLINE HOUSING AUTHORITY achievements of local youth Berklee College of Music National Center for Jewish Film partner in the sounds of Edward S. Devotion School office festival venue silents® film series venue (donated) for annual middle school graduation Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy RAW ARTS Boston Latin School Greenway Conservancy venue donated for annual Francophone Film Festival ( ) partner for coolidge at the screening of schindler’s list official festival venue greenway series STEPS TO SUCCESS Boston Jewish Film Festival GlobeDocs Film Festival Soul Witness, The Brookline official festival venue official festival venue Holocaust Witness Project Boston Psychoanalytic Society Goethe-Institut Boston sponsor co-presenter of monthly off co-presenter of monthly WEST END HOUSE the couch film series series showcasing new german Town of Brookline cinema venue (donated) for annual Brookline Booksmith martin luther king jr. tribute venue for author readings Huntington Theatre Company and sister city week events co-presenter of stage & WOMEN AND GIRLS THRIVING Brookline Chamber of screen series The Trustees of Reservations IN BROOKLINE partner for coolidge after Commerce Independent Film Festival midnite at rocky woods venue for breakfast of champions annual award of Boston ceremony official festival venue ZUMIX 20 ANNUAL OPERATING SUPPORT*

Contributions to the nonprofit Coolidge Corner Theatre and membership revenue enable us to maintain our historic, Art Deco theatre while delivering the quality, curated programming that our patrons have come to rely on. Many thanks to the following contributors for their support of the Coolidge Corner Theatre.

$10,000+ $5,000–$9,999 $2,500–$4,999 Anonymous Paul and Edith Babson Foundation Amy and David Abrams Lampke Family Foundation Paul and Nicole Lipson Louise and Robert Bowditch Lucy Aptekar and Gerald Leader Robert Nicoson Mass Cultural Council Capital One Kimberly and Grady Clouse Nora Y. Osman and Mark Pomerantz Michael Maynard and Ilene Elizabeth Driehaus Michael D’Onofrio and Kathleen Greenberg Fallon David Rosenthal and Sally Thomas Gutheil and Shannon Abrahms Woolley Eastern Bank Rubin/Anders Scientific, Inc. The Hamilton Company Charitable Justin Freed Foundation Spencer Glendon and Lisa Tung Pat and Kathleen Scanlon Betty Goldstein Alan Spatrick and Kaj Wilson Ellen Hoffman and Kenneth Barbara Stein and Jin Suk Loveday Gary Stoloff and Alice Stone Chobee Hoy Katherine Tallman and Peter The Coolidge Corner Norstrand Theatre Foundation, Inc. Gesmer Updegrove LLP receives operating support Georgia and Bruce Johnson The Tern Foundation, Inc. from the Massachusetts Cultural Council. Seth A. and Beth S. Klarman membership support Colin Leitch Jim and Michele Hoben Celia Gilbert 21 All-Access ($2,500) Ken Lewis and Laura Allen Colin Leitch Victoria Graboys Mike Mayo and Tina Feingold Richard Marks and Jennifer Sharon Grimberg and Andrew Bott and Manju Vachher Morrison Marty and Becki Norman Peter Frumkin Melissa Buenaventura and James Ottaway and Katrina Velder Thomas Kiefer Edwin McCaddon Craig and Bianca Peskin Devon and Michael Powell Sam and Niela Rahman Ronald Lazzato Mary McFadden and Dr. Lawrence Stifler Daniel Press and Stephanie Jan Remien The Libbey-Clarke Family Fund Shapiro Michele Russell-Einhorn Amy Lieberman Michael and Tamara Tilleman Richard Segan Theo and Lisa Melas-Kyriazi $1,000–$2,499 John Travis The Shippy Foundation Joseph Meyer Sandra and David Bakalar Howard and Mira Weiner Karin and Leonard Miller The Barrington Foundation Andrew and Yong-Hee Silver Michael Millner Jonathan Benjamin Susan Stoller Alejandra Miranda Richard Bergin and Katherine Ingraham David and Patricia Straus $500–$999 Carole Mitnick Carlotte Berk Tim and Jennifer Sullivan Anonymous Megan O’Block Paul and Ashley Bernon Fred Taub and Susan Cohen Melissa Brokalakis and Wayne Daniel Perlman and Jane Katims Ellen Bick Dawn and Jim Tringas Johnson Kenneth and Rebecca Phillips Biogen Anne Welch Brookline Women’s Luncheon Group Marilyn Roby Joan Brooks and Jim Garrels Susan Whitehead Elizabeth Tapper Marilyn and Andre Danesh Marc and Sarah Zimman Catherine and John Brownstein John Travis Toni Delisi and Hank Shafran Ron Casty Lisa Underhill Jesse and Georgia Feldman membership support Tracy and John Clark Rosamond Vaule Fish Family Foundation Z. Gale Cogan Gold ($1,200) Alan and Judy Weiss Arthur and Trudy Golden Howard Cohen Simin Bakhtiar Ellen Ziskind Julian and Susan Houston Ned Collier Edward and Betsy Jacobs Gina Crandell and David Roochnik Bill and Sue Contente Mark Jensen Alexandra Davis $200–$499 Chapin and Deborah Cutler John & Golda Cohen Trust Dan and Norma Frank Sarah Delaney Judy and Jerry Abrams Paul Joskow Eric Grinberg and Harriet Paltiel Demitrios Athens Steven Kane Ewelina Grygus and Dimitrios Kavadas Timothy Finn Dimitrios Kavadas and Ewelina Grygus Thomas Gutheil and Shannon Woolley Cecilia Frerotte Patricia Bellinger Jonathan and Barbara Cole Lee Elisabeth Heinicke Patricia Freysinger Meg and Tomas Bergstrand 2017 RECAP

22 Jennifer and Jonathan Berz Samuel Kendall Isabel Smith and Pamela Chatis Dianne and Michael Blau Judith Kidd Margaret Burchenal Judy Solman and Carla Lane Marilyn Meuninck Ty Burr and Lori Yarvis Janice Lane Mark Splaine Victoria Cavaseno Edward LeMay Robert Sprague Regan Cecchio and Peter Villa 3,916 Carolynn Levy and Alan Sharaf Leo Sprecher Nancie Chamberlain Bryna Litchman Jeanne Stanton Nancy Ciaranello MEMBERS Priscilla Loring Alley Stoughton William Claflin IV Ted MacLean and Joanne Liautaud Helen Strieder James Cooper Nora and Tony Maroulis Carol and Steve Zara Cooper and John Ewing Tannenbaum Jennifer McAuliffe Linda Criniti Vanessa Trien and Lisa McElaney and Chris DeSisto Jolyon Cowan Abelardo Morrell David Deutsch Arlene Weintraub Kathleen McGirr and Keith Carlson James Dillon Connie White and Naomi Moniz Greg Kendall Patricia Duggan and Gregory Spino Kyra and Jean Montague 1,573 Michele Fishel and Barry Weisman Julian Fisher Jan and Josh Nagler In-Kind DONORS Anne Fladger Claudia Ordonez and Frederic Support Little Mary Ann Glynn Boston Light & Sound Lynn and William Osborn Thomas Gosnell The Carr Family Pamela Osborne Susan Guiraudet DJ T-Rex Susan Hackley Robert Prescod Nixon Peabody LLP Monique Hamze and Scott Braun Susan Quinn and Dan Jacobs Prue and John Hay Abram and Martha Recht Marjorie Heins Constance Rose Gregory Heins Larry Rosenberg 217,781 Deborah Jackson Weiss Harriet Rosenstein and Herbert Jay Jostyn Krohn TICKETS SOLD Kenneth Kaplan Sara Rubin and David Montanari Catherine A. Kelley Robert Sampson

*Does not include Capital Campaign contributions. We have made every effort to list our donors accurately. Should you notice any errors or omissions, please contact Chris Kriofske at [email protected] with corrections. SUMMARY FINANCIAL DATA 23 Per Audited Financial Statements for the year ended October 31, 2017; copy of statements available upon request

Income and Statement of Expenditures Financial Position Administrative and Development REVENUES ASSETS $535,000 Admissions & Concessions $2,832,000 Cash $527,000 Membership Dues 327,000 Operating/Capital Reserves 475,000 Other Program Revenue 182,000 Cash, Temp Restricted 61,000 13% Contributions & Grants 997,000 Grants & Other Receivables 816,000 1,573 Capital Campaign & Endowment Revenue 396,000 Other Assets 206,000 Other Income 27,000 Property & Equipment 1,663,000 EXPENSES Endowment Investments & Receivables 972,000 BY FUNCTION $4,761,000 Capital Campaign Cash & Receivables 2,411,000 Pre-Development Costs 207,000 EXPENSES

Operations $3,628,000 $7,338,000 87% Capital Campaign 155,000 Depreciation & Asset Write-off 297,000 LIABILITIES Accounts Payable & Accrued Expenses $237,000 217,781 $4,080,000 Deferred Revenue 119,000 Program Services $356,000 INCREASE IN NET ASSETS $681,000 $3,545,000

NET ASSETS $6,982,000 24 BOARD & STAFF

Board of Directors Coolidge Staff Board Chairperson Clerk Executive Director & CEO New Media Director Film Programming Michael Maynard Cecilia Frerotte Katherine Tallman Matt Gabor & Booking Connie White Vice Chair Treasurer Program Manager Director of Development David Rosenthal Tim Sullivan Mark Anastasio & Marketing Box Office Managers Beth Gilligan Ryan Berry Theatre Manager Nancy Campbell Nancy Campbell Finance & Human Board Members Kristin DeMaio Resources Manager In-House Media Producer Sarah Guitart Lucy Aptekar Martin Norman Chris Kriofske Harris Heron Kimberly R. Clouse Nora Osman Anne Continelli Deborah Cohen Pat Scanlon Public Relations David McCarron Marketing & Outreach Michael D’Onofrio Andrew Silver Marianne Lampke Sam Pender Betty Goldstein Barbara Stein Coordinator Ellen Hoffman Susan Stoller Charles Hobby Head Projectionist Projectionists Chobee Hoy Gary Stoloff Nick Lazzaro Greg Abrams Georgia Johnson David Straus Development & Education Riley Ashton Andrea Kozinetz Laura Trust Coordinator Program Development Erin Gilmour Rikk Larsen Wesley Emblidge Maria Marewski Wesley Hicks Paul Lipson Katherine Tallman Sam Pender Bob Nicoson (ex officio) Office Manager Theatre Operations Sean Sprecher Drew Dixon Director Thomas Welch Andrew Thompson THE COOLIDGE MARQUEE, designed by Mark Favermann