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6:00 PM - Day With(out) Art 2023: Everyone I Know Is Sick
Notes: Program of five videos generating connections between HIV and other forms of illness and disability. Featuring newly commissioned work from Dorothy Cheung (Hong Kong), Hiura Fernandes & Lili Nascimento (Brazil), Beau Gomez (Canada/Philippines), Dolissa Medina & Ananias P. Soria (USA), and Kurt Weston (USA).
7:30 PM - In the Mood for Love (Wong Kar-Wai, 2000, , Cantonese, Shanghainese / English subtitles)
Philadelphia Film Center | Part
of
Sight & Sound 100 Series
8:00 PM - Body Double (Brian de Palma, 1984, 114 min, English)
Philadelphia Film Center | Part
of
Naughty and Nice Series
7:00 PM - The Fight Continues: World AIDS Day Special Screening
Notes: Screening of Fuel for the Fire (Asha Molock, 2022, 21 min) and 25 to Life (Mike L. Brown, 2012, 87 min)
8:00 PM - The Great Radio Comedians (Perry Miller Adato, 1972, 88 min, English)
The Keen Collection at Bethany Mission (1527 Brandywine St)
Notes: 16mm. Doors at 7:15
10:00 AM - The Grinch (Yarrow Cheney, Scott Mosier, 2018, 85 min, English)
Part
of
Family Matinees Series
11:00 AM - The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (John Lounsbery, Wolfgang Reitherman, Ben Sharpsteen, 1977, 74 min, English)
Part
of
Williams Family Matinees Series
1:00 PM - Werckmeister Harmonies (Béla Tarr, Ágnes Hranitzky, 2000, 145 min, Hungarian / English subtitles)
10:00 AM - The Grinch (Yarrow Cheney, Scott Mosier, 2018, 85 min, English)
Part
of
Family Matinees Series
10:00 AM - Elf (Jon Favreau, 2003, 96 min, English)
Part
of
Family Matinees Series
3:00 PM - Tokyo Story (Yasujirō Ozu, 1953, 137 min, Japanese / English subtitles)
Philadelphia Film Center | Part
of
Sight & Sound 100 Series
4:00 PM, 6:30 PM - Do the Right Thing (Spike Lee, 1989, 120 min, English)
Philadelphia Film Center | Part
of
Sight & Sound 100 Series
Notes: 4K
7:00 PM - Body Heat (Lawrence Kasdan, 1981, 113 min, English)
Philadelphia Film Center | Part
of
Naughty and Nice Series
2:00 PM - Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Terry Gilliam & Terry Jones, 1975, 91 min, English)
Landmark Ritz Five
Notes: Quote-along screening
3:00 PM - Tokyo Story (Yasujirō Ozu, 1953, 137 min, Japanese / English subtitles)
Philadelphia Film Center | Part
of
Sight & Sound 100 Series
4:00 PM - Stranger by the Lake (Alain Guiraudie, 2013, 100 min, French / English subtitles)
Philadelphia Film Center | Part
of
Naughty and Nice Series
6:00 PM - The Handmaiden (Park Chan-Wook, 2016, 145 min, Korean, Japanese / English subtitles)
Philadelphia Film Center | Part
of
Naughty and Nice Series
Notes: 4K
1:30 PM - Holiday Affair (Don Hartman, 1949, 87 min, English)
7:00 PM - Raging Bull (Martin Scorcese, 1980, 129 min, English)
9:15 PM - Open Screen Monday
Notes: Monthly workshop-style forum for local filmmakers to show their work and get feedback. Free.
4:00 PM - The Command Center to Bring Women Home (Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich, 2022, 21 min, English)
Parkway Central Library - Field Teen Center
Notes: Screening followed by discussion with Starr Granger, Tamika Bell, and Paulette Carrington, who star in the documentary, and moderated by Philadelphia poet Trapeta Mayson.
6:30 PM - Sweet Bean (Naomi Kawase, 2015, 113 min, Japanese / English subtitles)
Fisher-Bennet Hall 401 (3340 Walnut St) | Part
of
Japanese Global Issues Film Series Series
7:30 PM - TBA (surprise!) - X-mas Edition!
PhilaMOCA
7:00 PM - Eaux Profondes (Michel Deville, 1981, 94 min, French / English subtitles)
Lombard Cafe (542 Lombard St) | Part
of
Patricia Highsmith December Series
8:00 PM - From Dusk Till Dawn (Robert Rodriguez, 1996, 108 min, English)
Part
of
Horror Movie Mondays Series
2:00 PM, 7:00 PM - Scrooged (Richard Donner, 1988, 100 min, English)
Landmark Ritz Five | Part
of
Retro Replay Series
6:30 PM - It's a Wonderful Life (Frank Capra, 1946, 130 min, English)
Notes: Preceded by Ambler Symphony Holiday Sing-A-Long concert at 6:30pm
7:00 PM - The Holiday (Nancy Meyers, 2006, 136 min, English)
7:00 PM - The Killing of a Sacred Deer (Yorgos Lanthimos, 2017, 121 min, English)
Landmark Ritz Five | Part
of
Filmmaker Focus: Yorgos Lanthimos Series
7:00 PM - Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Terry Gilliam & Terry Jones, 1975, 91 min, English)
Landmark Ritz Five
Notes: Quote-along screening
7:00 PM - Harry Smith Centennial (Harry Smith, 1946-1964, , )
Notes: Introduced by John Szwed, author of new book Cosmic Scholar: The Life and Times of Harry Smith
7:00 PM - Citizen Kane (Orson Welles, 1941, 119 min, English)
Philadelphia Film Center | Part
of
Sight & Sound 100 Series
Notes: 4K
7:30 PM - The Last Seduction (John Dahl, 1994, 110 min, English)
Philadelphia Film Center | Part
of
Naughty and Nice Series
6:30 PM - Cinema Classics Seminar: It's a Wonderful Life (Frank Capra, 1946, 130 min, English)
Notes: Seminar taught by Alice Bullitt, MA; screening only seating starts at 7pm
7:00 PM - Goya or the Hard Way to Enlightenment (Konrad Wolf, 1971, 132 min, German / English subtitles)
Notes: Organized in conjunction with the Arthur Ross Gallery’s upcoming exhibition Goya: Prints from The Arthur Ross Collection
7:00 PM - The Hourglass Sanatorium (Wojciech Jerzy Has, 1973, 119 min, Polish)
Harnwell College House Rooftop Lounge
7:00 PM - In the Mood for Love (Wong Kar-Wai, 2000, , Cantonese, Shanghainese / English subtitles)
Philadelphia Film Center | Part
of
Sight & Sound 100 Series
7:30 PM - Fatal Attraction (Adrian Lyne, 1987, 119 min, English)
Philadelphia Film Center | Part
of
Naughty and Nice Series
7:00 PM - Queer Cinema for Palestine
Notes: More details TBA
7:30 PM - Psycho Santa's Holiday Horror Party
PhilaMOCA
Notes: Surprise hoiday horror double feature plus potluck, door prizes, and more
7:00 PM - Emitaï (Ousmane Sembène, 1971, 91 min, Wolof, French / English subtitles)
Notes: New 4K restoration
7:30 PM - Vertigo (Alfred HItchcock, 1958, 128 min, English)
Philadelphia Film Center | Part
of
Sight & Sound 100 Series
8:30 PM - Wild Things (John McNaughton, 1998, 108 min, English)
Philadelphia Film Center | Part
of
Naughty and Nice Series
7:00 PM - Storyville: Germaine Ingram
Notes: Screening of Plenty of Good Women Dancers (2004, 53 min) and Cover Your Stage
10:00 AM - The Polar Express (Robert Zemeckis, 2004, 100 min, English)
Part
of
Family Matinees Series
12:00 PM - 2023 Summer Filmmaking Workshop Premiere: Zombitos
Notes: Free, with Q&A with filmmakers
10:00 AM - Elf (Jon Favreau, 2003, 96 min, English)
Part
of
Family Matinees Series
2:00 PM - Xala (Ousmane Sembène, 1975, 123 min, Wolof, French / English subtitles)
Notes: New 4K restoration
7:00 PM - Ceddo (Ousmane Sembène, 1977, 117 min, Wolof, French / English subtitles)
Notes: New 4K restoration
2:30 PM - Home Alone (Chris Columbus, 1990, 103 min, English)
Philadelphia Film Center | Part
of
Family Matinees Series
3:00 PM - Citizen Kane (Orson Welles, 1941, 119 min, English)
Philadelphia Film Center | Part
of
Sight & Sound 100 Series
Notes: 4K
6:00 PM - Gremlins (Joe Dante, 1984, 106 min, English)
Philadelphia Film Center
Notes: 35mm
7:00 PM - Do the Right Thing (Spike Lee, 1989, 120 min, English)
Philadelphia Film Center | Part
of
Sight & Sound 100 Series
Notes: 4K
8:15 PM - Under the Skin (Jonathan Glazer, 2013, 108 min, English)
Philadelphia Film Center | Part
of
After Hours Series
12:00 PM, 2:30 PM, 5:00 PM, 7:30 PM - Home Alone (Chris Columbus, 1990, 103 min, English)
10:00 AM - Talk Cinema
Notes: Sneak preview series curated by Harlan Jacobson, surprise screening - title announced in theater
1:00 PM - It's a Wonderful Life (Frank Capra, 1946, 130 min, English)
3:00 PM - Vertigo (Alfred HItchcock, 1958, 128 min, English)
Philadelphia Film Center | Part
of
Sight & Sound 100 Series
4:00 PM - A Christmas Story (Bob Clark, 1983, 134 min, English)
Philadelphia Film Center
Notes: 40th anniversary
6:00 PM - Basic Instinct (Paul Verhoeven, 1992, 127 min, English)
Philadelphia Film Center | Part
of
Naughty and Nice Series
2:00 PM - Premiere: 2023 Documentary History Project for Youth
Institute of Contemporary Art
Notes: New works from youth filmmakers, theme: "Hidden Histories of Philadelphia"
8:00 PM - Grinch Shorts: An Evening of Grinch Shorts
PhilaMOCA
Notes: A special screening of Grinch-related videos and cartoons from different filmmakers; not appropriate for children!
4:30 PM - White Christmas (Michael Curtiz, 1952, 120 min, English)
Notes: Sing-along screening
7:30 PM - The Christmas Martian (Bernard Gosselin, 1971, 65 min, English)
Notes: First ever Philly screening, new restoration
7:00 PM - Ripley Under Ground (Roger Spottiswoode, 2005, 101 min, English)
Lombard Cafe (542 Lombard St) | Part
of
Patricia Highsmith December Series
7:00 PM - Everybody Sing!: Mary Poppins (Robert Stevenson, 1965, 139 min, English)
2:00 PM, 7:00 PM - Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale (Jalmari Helander, 2010, 84 min, Finnish / English subitltes)
Landmark Ritz Five | Part
of
Retro Replay Series
7:30 PM - Mondo New York (Harvey Nikolai Keith, 1988, 82 min, English)
Notes: New restoration with Night Flight's Stuart S. Shapiro in attendance
4:00 PM - It's a Wonderful Life (Frank Capra, 1946, 130 min, English)
4:00 PM, 7:00 PM - It's a Wonderful Life (Frank Capra, 1946, 130 min, English)
6:00 PM - Our American Family (Hallee Adelman, Sean King O'Grady, 2021, 88 min, English)
Parkway Central Library
Notes: Q&A to follow with parents Linda and Bryan from documentary
7:00 PM - The Favourite (Yorgos Lanthimos, 2018, 119 min, English)
Landmark Ritz Five | Part
of
Filmmaker Focus: Yorgos Lanthimos Series
7:30 PM - A Christmas Story (Bob Clark, 1983, 134 min, English)
Philadelphia Film Center
Notes: 40th anniversary
7:00 PM - Remember the Night (Mitchell Leisen, 1939, 94 min, English)
7:00 PM - Double Feature: I Get Knocked Down (2021); Brassed Off (1996)
The Rotunda
6:30 PM - It's a Wonderful Life: Old York Rd Symphony Holiday Sing-A-Long (Frank Capra, 1946, 130 min, English)
7:00 PM - The Last Seduction (John Dahl, 1994, 110 min, English)
Philadelphia Film Center | Part
of
Naughty and Nice Series
9:45 PM - Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2 (Lee Harry, 1987, 88 min, English)
Part
of
Horror at the Hiway Series
Notes: 35mm
10:00 PM - Rocky Horror Picture Show (Jim Sharman, 1975, 100 min, English)
Landmark Ritz Five | Part
of
Cine Insomnia Series
11:30 PM - Jingle All the Way (Brian Levant, 1996, 90 min, English)
Landmark Ritz Five | Part
of
Cine Insomnia Series
7:30 PM - Cade: The Tortured Crossing (Neil Breen, 2023, 96 min, English)
Notes: Encore screening
7:30 PM - Under the Skin (Jonathan Glazer, 2013, 108 min, English)
Philadelphia Film Center | Part
of
After Hours Series
8:15 PM - Basic Instinct (Paul Verhoeven, 1992, 127 min, English)
Philadelphia Film Center | Part
of
Naughty and Nice Series
6:00 PM - Producers' Forum: Shirley Bruno
Notes: Screening of An Excavation of Us (Le Déterrement de Nous) (2017) and Tezen (2016). Followed by a learning session with filmmaker
7:00 PM - SubMedia Presents the Two Decades of Subversion Riot Porn Jamboree
Iffy Books (404 S. 20th St.)