The Gods of Times Square
The Gods of Times Square
Philadelphia, PA
Shot over six years in the mid-nineties by legendary photographer Richard Sandler, The Gods of Times Square is a portrait of the "Crossroads of the World' at the beginning of its transformation and end of the millennium, told through the words of its denizens, particularly the various street preach…
Friday, February 9 2024
7:00 PM
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9:00 PM
Naked Acts
Naked Acts
Philadelphia, PA
Set within the demanding and revealing milieu of a low-budget film shoot, Naked Acts tells the story of Cicely, an actress, who has recently lost 57 pounds and has landed her first role in a low-budget art film. She soon learns that the role requires a nude scene. Her dilemma: How to keep her cloth…
Wednesday, February 7 2024
7:00 PM
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9:30 PM
Nostalghia
Nostalghia
Philadelphia, PA
Nostalghia is Andrei Tarkovsky's brooding late masterpiece, a darkly poetic vision of exile. It was the first of his features to be made outside of Russia, the home to which he would never return. Tarkovsky explained that in Russian the word "nostalghia" conveys "the love for your homeland and the …
Saturday, March 2 2024
7:00 PM
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9:00 PM
La roue
La roue
Philadelphia, PA
An epic masterwork of the silent era, Abel Gance’s La roue has in recent years been restored to its complete original form: a four-part, nearly seven-hour melodrama that reaches the heights of Greek tragedy. Séverin-Mars stars as Sisif, a humble railwayman who secretly adopts an infant orphaned in …
Saturday, February 24 2024
1:00 PM
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9:00 PM
The Films of Sarah Jacobson
The Films of Sarah Jacobson
Philadelphia, PA
A double feature of I Was a Teenage Serial Killer & Mary Jane's Not a Virgin Anymore Sarah Jacobson's punk-spirited DIY films from the 1990s combine B-movie aesthetics and riot grrrl feminism, standing as a testament to the vision, determination, and raw talent of the Queen of Underground Cinema. …
Wednesday, February 14 2024
7:00 PM
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9:00 PM
Bushman
Bushman
Philadelphia, PA
In 1968, Peace Corps veteran David Schickele enlisted his friend Paul Eyam Nzie Okpokam to star in a light-hearted comedy about the adventures of a well-educated Nigerian immigrant in San Francisco. Using a docu-fictional style reminiscent of Cassavetes' Shadows, the film observes the foibles of la…
Friday, March 1 2024
7:00 PM
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9:00 PM
I Heard it Through the Grapevine
I Heard it Through the Grapevine
Philadelphia, PA
“James Baldwin retraces his time in the South during the Civil Rights Movement with his trademark brilliance and insight on the passage of more than two decades. From Selma to Birmingham, Atlanta to the battleground beaches of St. Augustine, Florida, accompanied by Nigerian novelist Chinua Achebe, …
Wednesday, February 28 2024
7:00 PM
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9:00 PM
in water
in water
Philadelphia, PA
A trio of friends venture to the rocky shores of a large island to shoot a film together. The director, Seongmo (Shin Seokho), recently gave up acting and has decided to make a film with his own money. His former classmate, Sangguk (Ha Seongguk), will operate the camera and Namhee (Kim Seungyun) wi…
Saturday, February 10 2024
7:00 PM
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9:00 PM
The Ballad of Little Jo
The Ballad of Little Jo
Philadelphia, PA
Ostracized from 19th-century society when she gives birth to a child out of wedlock, Josephine Monaghan (Suzy Amis) decides to disappear into the American West and create a new life for herself. After befriending an educated Englishman (Sir Ian McKellan), Josephine comes to realize that the frontie…
Wednesday, March 6 2024
7:00 PM
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9:30 PM
Victims of Sin
Victims of Sin
Philadelphia, PA
Rarely screened in the United States and long due for rediscovery, Victims of Sin is famed Mexican director Emilio Fernández’s unique blend of film noir, melodrama, and musical. Acting-dancing sensation Ninón Sevilla plays Violeta, a cabaret performer who adopts the abandoned child of Rita (Rita Mo…
Friday, March 8 2024
7:00 PM
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9:00 PM