Hollywood classics of the 1960s and ’70s are on the bill at the Somerville Theatre’s “Play It Cool’’ summer series, which continues July 28 at 7:30 and 9:45 p.m. (single admission) with the Steve McQueen double-feature “Bullitt’’ (1968) and “The Getaway’’ (1972). If you’ve never seen Peter Yates’s cop thriller “Bullitt’’ on the big screen in 35mm, with McQueen’s police lieutenant gunning after a pair of hitmen through the streets of San Francisco in one of cinema’s greatest car chases, hop in your vintage Ford Mustang and make a beeline for Davis Square. Sam Peckinpah directed McQueen and Ali McGraw in the action crime movie “The Getaway,’’ which showcases some of the best character actors of the ’70s — Ben Johnson, Al Lettieri, Richard Bright — and a script by Walter Hill.

And while we’re touting the great repertory programs at the Somerville Theatre, don’t forget its midnight movies series, highlighted by Jane Fonda’s sci-fi camp classic from 1968, “Barbarella,’’ directed by Roger Vadim, which screens July 23.

For more information go to www.somervilletheatre.com/repertory-programs.

Trash to treasure

The Brattle Theatre may be known for classics, foreign, and art house fare, but once a month, its “Trash Night’’ offers audiences the chance to indulge in “a ridiculous, terrible but somewhat watchable movie,’’ according to Matt Garber, who programs “Trash Night’’ with fellow Jamaica Plain resident Stephen Swift. This month, “Kull the Conqueror’’ (1997) screens July 19 at 7:30 p.m. It’s about barbarian warrior Kull (Kevin Sorbo), who becomes a king after a battle but then must fight off the former king’s heirs who want to dethrone him. Tia Carrere and Harvey Fierstein (!) costar. Besides the movie, says Garber, “We try to create some comedic shorts out of found footage. . . . Folks are encouraged to yell at the screen, though we make our best effort to try and prod people to not be sexist/racist/homophobic/transphobic with their jokes. We’ve been doing this for about five years now. And people keep coming back, which is surprising, but nice.’’

For more information, go to www.brattlefilm.org.

Loren King can be reached at loren.king@comcast.net.