Pictures of Ghosts
Pictures of Ghosts
Philadelphia, PA
Brazil’s official selection for the 2024 Academy Awards, Pictures of Ghosts, from acclaimed director Kleber Mendonca Filho (Bacarau, Aquarius and Neighboring Sounds), is a multidimensional journey through time, sound, architecture and filmmaking, set in the urban landscape of Recife, Brazilian coas…
Saturday, March 23 2024
7:00 PM
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9:00 PM
Pandora's Box
Pandora's Box
Philadelphia, PA
One of the masters of early German cinema, G. W. Pabst had an innate talent for discovering actresses (including Greta Garbo), and perhaps none of his female stars shone brighter than Kansas native and onetime Ziegfeld girl Louise Brooks, whose legendary persona was defined by Pabst's lurid, contro…
Friday, March 29 2024
7:00 PM
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9:30 PM
August Pace
August Pace
Philadelphia, PA
Thirty years after the world premiere of legendary choreographer Merce Cunningham's August Pace, the original cast members gather in a New York City studio for the first time to teach their roles to a younger generation. Their reunion is a grand experiment in group transmission where the older danc…
Wednesday, March 27 2024
7:00 PM
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9:30 PM
Being in a Place: A Portrait of Margaret Tait
Being in a Place: A Portrait of Margaret Tait
Philadelphia, PA
Drawing on a wealth of unseen archival material, including sound recordings, film rushes, offcuts and unpublished notebooks, Luke Fowler’s new feature film focuses on Margaret Tait, one of Scotland’s most enigmatic filmmakers. The film takes one of Tait’s unrealised scripts for Channel 4, entitled …
Thursday, April 18 2024
7:00 PM
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9:00 PM
Pigs & Battleships
Pigs & Battleships
Philadelphia, PA
In postwar, occupied Japan, Kinta (Hiroyuki Nagato) is a young hustler working for the local Yakuza crime boss. The gang is entering the pig farming business, and Kinta is put in charge of raising the pigs and promised a big bonus when they're sold. However, the police are cracking down on the Yaku…
Saturday, April 20 2024
2:00 PM
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4:00 PM
Crazed Fruit
Crazed Fruit
Philadelphia, PA
Two brothers compete for the amorous favors of a young woman during a seaside summer of gambling, boating, and drinking, in this seminal Sun Tribe (taiyozoku) film from director Kô Nakahira. Adapted from the controversial novel by Shintarô Ishihara, and critically savaged for its lurid portrayal of…
Friday, April 19 2024
7:00 PM
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9:00 PM
Bounce Ko Gals
Bounce Ko Gals
Philadelphia, PA
The film follows three Japanese schoolgirls in Tokyo escaping boredom in the streets of Shibuya. They confront their identities as young women in Japanese society, while dodging the yakuza in the lucrative and sometimes dangerous practice of "enjo kosai" or "date clubs." (Masato Harada, Japan, 1997…
Thursday, April 25 2024
7:00 PM
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9:00 PM
Heaven Stood Still: The Incarnations of Willy DeVille
Heaven Stood Still: The Incarnations of Willy DeVille
Philadelphia, PA
There was no one like Willy DeVille. Deeply respected by his peers from Tom Petty to Bob Dylan, he had the looks. He had the moves. He had the voice. From CBGB Latin punk to New Orleans soul singer to the voice of American roots music on the continent of Europe for three decades, he was the most un…
Wednesday, April 3 2024
7:00 PM
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9:30 PM
Cosmic Rays Touring Program
Cosmic Rays Touring Program
Philadelphia, PA
Sightings: A program of contemporary short films that probe the limits of representation. These films cut across the generic boundaries of documentary and fiction, the social boundaries of the personal and the political, as well as the material boundaries of cinema itself. Running Time: 75 minute…
Friday, April 5 2024
7:00 PM
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9:00 PM
Crazy Thunder Road
Crazy Thunder Road
Philadelphia, PA
When the leader of the once-notorious biker gang of Tokyo falls in love with a barmaid and quickly loses his rebellious ideals, the rest of the gang feels betrayed. Especially the reputedly troubled kid Ken, who revolts against his former friend. (Gakuryu Ishii, Japan, 1980, 97 min.) In Japanese wi…
Wednesday, April 24 2024
7:00 PM
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9:00 PM