Best way to beat the rising cost of movie tickets
Unless you're a movie critic with free passes, if you want to see a high-profile film such as Amélie,
Life as a House, Together, or Liam you either have to pay up to 10 bucks (not including popcorn or parking)
or wait months to see it on video. Or you could join the Museum of Fine Arts Friends of Film and get to see
up to 25 major releases before anyone else - for free. Well, not exactly for free - membership costs $75 a
year ($125 for a dual membership). But if you throw in scrip for six additional shows in the regular MFA
film program and a one-year subscription to the MFA film calendar, it may be the best movie deal in town.
"I choose films that will be artful and interesting to the MFA audience," says programmer Stephanie
Lubkowski, who notes that Moulin Rouge was one of the series' most popular offerings and that they have
shown every Woody Allen film released since 1988. Tough language and intense violence, though, are not
appreciated. "Sexy Beast did not go over well," she admits.
Museum of Fine Arts Friends of Film, 465 Huntington Avenue, Boston, (617) 369-3687.
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