Friday, October 23, 2026 · 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Parker Hill — 1497 Tremont St., Boston, MA
A film screening of Smithereens ; 1h 33m; Rated R; closed captioning available. A restless and abrasive young woman eschews the affections of a sensitive young portrait artist, preferring to chase punk singers in a misguided desire for fame and fortune in New York's Greenwich Village. "Being talentless is not what tragically separates Wren from everyone around her who has managed to forge some level of connection. Seidelman is far too generous a filmmaker to simply condescend to her protagonist. In his terrific memoir, I Dreamed I Was A Very Clean Tramp , Hell calls Smithereens ' the best film I’ve been a part of' and describes it as 'a kind of liberal Hollywood mixture of sympathy and cynicism in its conception of the New York quasipunk club scene of the time.'” - Bryan Miller, Bright Wall/Dark Room