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A Question of Silence

Philadelphia, PA EDT
Three women, strangers with no premeditated thoughts kill a male shopkeeper in the middle of the day, a female psychiatrist (Cox Habbema) is assigned to the case to find out why. This provocative, radical, acclaimed feminist… read more

Werckmeister Harmonies

Philadelphia, PA EDT
One of the major achievements of twenty-first-century cinema thus far, Béla Tarr’s mesmeric parable of societal collapse is an enigma of transcendent visual, philosophical, and mystical resonance. Adapted from a novel by the… read more

The Spirit of '45

Philadelphia, PA EDT
Clement Attlee led Britain’s Labour Party to victory in 1945, setting in motion a radical transformation from a nation of poverty and dysfunction to a model postwar socialist state. Ken Loach celebrates these achievements, l… read more
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Past Events

Identikit

Identikit

Philadelphia, PA
In what remains the most obscure, bizarre, and wildly misunderstood film of her entire career—and perhaps even 1970s Italian cinema—Identikit (aka The Driver's Seat) stars Elizabeth Taylor as a disturbed woman who arrives in Rome to find a fragmented city. From there, Taylor navigates autocratic la…
Thursday, May 11 2023 7:00 PM 9:00 PM

Samurai Rebellion

Samurai Rebellion

Philadelphia, PA
Winner of the Best Japanese Film of 1967 Award from film journal Kinema Junpo, this film tells the story of an established samurai (Mifune) who begins to question his loyalty after his son is coerced into marrying his Lord’s mistress. Making the best of their situation, the couple falls in love, bu…
Saturday, April 29 2023 7:00 PM 9:30 PM

Older Women & Love/The KKK Boutique Ain't Just Rednecks

Older Women & Love/The KKK Boutique Ain't Just Rednecks

Philadelphia, PA
Older Women and Love New 2K Digitization Through interviews and dramatizations, this taboo-shattering film offers a touching and often humorous look at social attitudes toward relationships between older women and younger men. The filmmakers are involved on both sides of the camera as they direct…
Thursday, May 4 2023 7:00 PM 9:30 PM

Walk Up

Walk Up

Philadelphia, PA
In his ninth film for Hong Sangsoo, Kwon Haehyo plays Byungsoo, a film director who goes with his daughter Jeongsu (Park Miso), an aspiring interior designer, to a building owned by an old friend (Lee Hyeyoung) already established in the design field. She gives them a tour of the property, which in…
Wednesday, May 10 2023 7:00 PM 9:00 PM

Stray Dog

Stray Dog

Philadelphia, PA
As the Tokyo Metropolitan Police struggle to rebuild order out of the chaos of Japanese defeat in WWII, a rookie detective (Mifune) loses his police-issued pistol, only to find that it has been used as a murder weapon. He sets out on a personal vendetta to solve the crime committed with his own gun…
Saturday, April 15 2023 7:00 PM 9:30 PM

Twilight

Twilight

Philadelphia, PA
After discovering the murdered body of a young girl deep in a mountainous forest, a hardened homicide detective pushes himself to increasingly obsessive ends in his quest to catch the serial killer — known only as “The Giant” — responsible for the crime. A much admired but long unavailable masterpi…
Wednesday, May 24 2023 7:00 PM 9:00 PM

The Bad Sleep Well

The Bad Sleep Well

Philadelphia, PA
Mifune stars as a vengeance seeking salaryman, determined to prove his father’s suicide was in fact a murder. A story of corporate intrigue and scandal that offers critique on the rampant corruption experienced during the beginning of Japan’s bubble economy, Mifune’s performance is one of subtle nu…
Friday, April 21 2023 7:00 PM 9:30 PM

Suzanne Suzanne/Finding Christa

Suzanne Suzanne/Finding Christa

Philadelphia, PA
Suzanne, Suzanne New 4K Restoration Camille Billops and James Hatch trace the ways in which Americans have tried to ignore, deny, suppress, contain, tolerate, legislate, mock, and exploit racial discrimination within the United States. Like a modern-day Virgil and Dante, they drive, cajole, and l…
Friday, May 5 2023 7:00 PM 9:00 PM

Sword of Doom

Sword of Doom

Philadelphia, PA
Nearing the height of his career, Mifune stars alongside Tatsuya Nakadai in a film about a wandering samurai Ryunosuke (Nakadai) whose remorseless killing leaves a trail of enemies chasing behind him. After a botched assassination attempt puts him face-to-face with the more experienced swordsman Sh…
Thursday, April 20 2023 7:00 PM 9:00 PM

Deep Listening: The Story of Pauline Oliveros

Deep Listening: The Story of Pauline Oliveros

Philadelphia, PA
Deep Listening: The Story of Pauline Oliveros tells the story of the iconic composer, performer, teacher, philosopher, technological innovator and humanitarian, Pauline Oliveros. She was one of the world's original electronic musicians, the only female amongst notable post-war American composers, a…
Wednesday, May 3 2023 7:00 PM 9:00 PM

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