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“Nobody knows Boston like Linda Barnes’s red-haired private investigator Carlotta Carlyle...� —BOSTON HERALD
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AMC Loews Boston Common 175 Tremont St., Boston 617.423.5801 Screens: 12 [Prices: $10 GA; $9 students; $8 seniors & matinees; $7 children. Nearby T service: Boylston (Green Line, Silver Line), Park Street (Green Line, Red Line), Chinatown (Orange Line, Silver Line); Bus Route 43] AMC Loews Harvard Square 10 Church St., Cambridge 617.864.4580 Screens: 5 [Prices: $9.25 GA; $8.25 students; $7.25 seniors & matinees; $6.25 children. Nearby T service: Harvard Station (Red Line); Bus Routes 1, 71-75, 77-78, 96] Brattle Theatre 40 Brattle St., Cambridge 617.876.6837 Screens: 1 [Prices: $9.50 GA; $7.50 students & matinees; $6.50 seniors & children. Nearby T service: Harvard Station (Red Line); Bus Routes 1, 66, 71, 73, 86] Capitol Theatre 204 Mass. Ave., Arlington 781.648.4340 Screens: 6 [Prices: $7 GA; $6.50 students; $5 children before 6pm, seniors & matinees. Nearby T service: Bus Routes 77, 87, 350] Circle Cinemas 399 Chestnut Hill Ave., Brookline 617.566.4040 Screens: 7 [Prices: $9.75 GA; $7.25 seniors, children & matinees. Nearby T service: Reservoir (Green Line D Branch), Cleveland Circle (Green Line C Branch), Chestnut Hill Ave. (Green Line B Branch); Bus Routes 51, 86] Coolidge Corner Theatre 290 Harvard St., Brookline 617.734.2500 Screens: 4 [Prices: $9.50 GA; $7.50 seniors & children (Fri-Sun); $6.50 seniors & children (Mon-Thu); $6 members; $7.50 matinees. Nearby
T service: Coolidge Corner (Green Line C Branch), Harvard Ave. (Green Line B Branch); Bus Route 66] Entertainment Cinemas Fresh Pond 168 Alewife Brook Parkway, Cambridge 617.661.2900 Screens: 5 [Prices: $8.75 GA; $5.75 seniors, children & matinees. Nearby T service: Alewife Station (Red Line); Bus Route 83] Harvard Film Archive 24 Quincy St., Harvard University, Cambridge 617.495.4700 Screens: 1 [Prices: $8 GA; $6 seniors & students. Nearby T service: Harvard Station (Red Line); Bus Routes 1, 69, 86] Kendall Square Cinema 1 Kendall Sq., Cambridge 617.499.1996 Screens: 9 [Prices: $9.25 GA; $7 seniors, children & matinees. Nearby T service: Kendall Station (Red Line)] Museum of Fine Arts 465 Huntington Ave., Boston 617.369.3907 Screens: 1 [Prices: $9 GA; $8 seniors, children, & students; $7 matinees for GA; $6 matinees for seniors, children & students. Nearby T service: MFA (Green Line E Branch); Bus Routes 39, 47] Regal Fenway Stadium 201 Brookline Ave., Boston 617.424.6111 Screens: 13 [Prices: $10 GA; $8 students & matinees; $7.75 seniors; $7 children. Nearby T service: Kenmore (Green Line), Fenway (Green Line D Branch); Bus Routes 8, 60, 65, 47] Showcase Cinemas Revere 565 Squire Rd., Revere 781.286.1660 Screens: 20 [Prices: $10 GA; $7.25 seniors, children & matinees. Nearby T service: Bus Routes 119, 411, 426, 428-429] Somerville Theatre 55 Davis Sq., Somerville 617.625.5700 Screens: 5 [Prices: $7 GA; $6.50 students; $5 children before 6pm, seniors & matinees. Nearby T service: Davis Station (Red Line); Bus Routes 87, 88, 90, 94, 96]