See this film: 45th Anniversary of The Graduate @ the Coolidge

So, the ultimate cinema celebration of callow youth has itself entered late-middle age, marking its 45th anniversary. Mike Nichols's The Graduate (1967) retains its youthful vulnerability and optimism, a spirit that embodied the nascent '60s culture from which it sprang. With Dustin Hoffman brilliantly cast against type as the title naïf about to confront all the now-familiar clichés about conformity, the middle class, generational conflict, and true love, it has dated well.

Coolidge Corner Theatre, 290 Harvard Street, Brookline | Monday, April 30 @ 7 pm | $9; $6 seniors | 617.734.2500 or coolidge.org