Discussion: Beware, My Lovely

Discussion: Beware, My Lovely is a film-and-events program at Coolidge Corner Theatre that places the film within a broader exploration of film noir. The event examines how wartime anxiety, refugee filmmakers, American pulp fiction, and German expressionism helped shape noir, while considering stories of economic hardship, empowered women, psychological torment, and national conflict.

Admission includes an introduction to the film, the screening itself, and a discussion afterward. Participants gather with instructor Kay Lynch and fellow audience members in the Education and Community Engagement Center to consider the film’s historical, cultural, and psychological context.

When: Wednesday, November 11

Showtimes: The page lists a 6:15 PM screening; the event listing also provides a 7:00 PM time.

Run time: Approximately 3 hours

Venue: Coolidge Corner Theatre, with the discussion held in the Education and Community Engagement Center

Tickets: Price not available

Availability: Online purchase is available, and the event may also be purchased as part of a discussion package.

Program: Admission includes a film introduction, screening, and post-film discussion.

Instructor: Kay Lynch, founder of Salem Horror Fest and film program director at The Bower by Montserrat College of Art, leads the program. Lynch has programmed and presented films at venues including the American Cinematheque, the Peabody Essex Museum, Coolidge Corner Theatre, and CinemaSalem. She previously taught Coolidge’s five-week Arthouse of Horror course and has contributed commentaries to restorations of *The City of the Dead* and *The Cell*.

Series context: The program considers film noir as a response to the social and political pressures surrounding World War II, drawing on film criticism and the popular psychoanalytic ideas of the period to explore conflict within the mind, on the streets, and across the wider world.