Fans of local music and independent cinemas, rejoice. The Brattle Theatre is showing Albert Brooks’ 1979 mockumentary “Real Life” in partnership with indie rock band Gollylagging for a night of music and film.
This isn’t an average movie screening, it’s also to celebrate the release of the band’s long-awaited debut album “Real Life.” Sharing a name with the film was coincidental, but made for a perfect tandem event.
Working with the Cambridge art house cinema brings together Gollylagging’s main interests: making music and watching movies. When they aren’t playing shows, members can be found scattered among movie houses across Greater Boston.
The band, which labels itself as “Boston-based,” is excited about the opportunity to work with The Brattle, Regulbuto said, joking that it’s the band’s way of “crossing over into enemy territory.” Enemy territory or not, the group regularly performs in both Cambridge and Somerville at spots like the Crystal Ballroom and, recently, Arts at the Armory for Fuzzstival.
Gollylagging bassist Joey Lorant is also a frequent flyer at The Brattle, enjoying classics such as Hitchcock’s “Vertigo” (1958), “I Saw the TV Glow” (2024) and the Jonathan Demme-directed Talking Heads concert film “Stop Making Sense” (1984), which he remembers as “awesome – everyone was dancing in the theater.”
The “Real Life” screening brings together music and film with a special introduction by the band. Regulbuto and Lorant have dropped hints about showing a new music video ahead of the film.
Excitement runs high in the band as the album release date creeps closer. Hosting a movie screening is an alternative to the standard release show format in a music club that puts Gollylagging, and its new album, “Real Life,” in front of a different kind of audience. “I’ve been listening to it a lot,” Lorant says, “I’m excited for it to be a real thing.”
“Real Life” screens at The Brattle Theatre (40 Brattle St, Cambridge) at 7 p.m. Oct. 15, co-hosted by Gollylagging and Allston Pudding.
