See these films: The Princess Bride + Spaceballs @ the Brattle
It seems like only yesterday that film fans first got
a look at both The Princess Bride
(1987; Thursday, May 24 at 7:30 pm, Friday, May 25 at 5:30 + 9:30 pm), the now beloved
meta-fairy tale directed by Rob Reiner and written by William Goldman; and Mel
Brooks's now classic Star Wars parody
Spaceballs
(1987 | Thursday, May 4 at 5:30 + 9:30 pm, Friday, May 25 at 7:30 pm). Nonetheless they are
both celebrating their 25th anniversary as part of the Brattle Theatre's
"Reunion Weekend." Which memory is more precious and nostalgic: Billy Crystal
as the wizard Miracle Max applying CPR with a bellows, or Brooks playing Yogurt,
"the Master of the Schwartz," making a spiel for Spaceballs merchandising? You can enjoy both at 40 Brattle Street, Cambridge | $9.75; $7.75 students; $6.75
seniors | 617.876.6837 or brattlefilm.org.