Philm Club #052 Listings

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08/01

Ambler Theater

  • 7:15 PM - CatVideoFest 2025
    Notes: Latest and greatest cat videos from various sources


Colonial Theatre (Phoenixville)

  • 9:45 PM - Samurai Cop (Amir Shervan, 1991, 96 min, English)


County Theater (Doylestown)

  • 7:00 PM - Titanic (James Cameron, 1997, 194 min, English)
    Part of Hollywood Summer Nights Series


  • 7:15 PM - CatVideoFest 2025
    Notes: Latest and greatest cat videos from various sources


Philadelphia Film Society

  • 4:00 PM, 7:00 PM - Vertigo (Alfred Hitchcock, 1958, 128 min, English)
    Film Society East | Part of In Dreams: David Lynch Series


  • 9:30 PM - Bacurau (Kleber Mendonça Filho, Juliano Dornelles, 2019, 131 min, Portuguese / English subtitles)
    Film Society East | Part of Pictures of Brazil: Kleber Mendonça Filho Series



08/02

Ambler Theater

  • 1:15 PM - CatVideoFest 2025
    Notes: Latest and greatest cat videos from various sources


  • 7:00 PM - Alien (Ridley Scott, 1979, 117 min, English)
    Part of Retrograde Series
    Notes: 35mm


Bryn Mawr Film Institute

  • 12:00 PM - CatVideoFest 2025
    Notes: Latest and greatest cat videos from various sources


  • 1:00 PM - Underground (Emir Kusturica, 1995, 170 min, Serbian, German / English subtitles)
    Notes: Introduced by Tiernan Milliman of Viva Video


County Theater (Doylestown)

  • 12:30 PM - Titanic (James Cameron, 1997, 194 min, English)
    Part of Hollywood Summer Nights Series


  • 4:45 PM - CatVideoFest 2025
    Notes: Latest and greatest cat videos from various sources


Hiway Theater (Jenkintown)

  • 9:45 PM - Wild at Heart (David Lynch, 1990, 125 min, English)
    Part of Cult Cinema Club Series


Philadelphia Film Society

  • 1:00 PM - Five Deadly Venoms (Chang Cheh, 1978, 99 min, Cantonese / English subtitles)
    Film Society East | Part of Kung Fu Matinees Series
    Notes: Presented with Reel Nomadic


  • 3:30 PM - The Ascent (Laris Shepitko, 1977, 109 min, Russian, German / English)
    Film Society East | Part of Film Essentials Series


  • 6:00 PM - Police Story (Jackie Chan, 1985, 100 min, Cantonese / English subtitles)
    Film Society East | Part of Summer of Trilogies Resurrection Series


  • 8:30 PM - Police Story II (Jackie Chan, 1988, 122 min, Cantonese / English subtitles)
    Film Society East | Part of Summer of Trilogies Resurrection Series


Theatre N (Wilmington DE)

  • 4:15 PM - Vagabond (Agnès Varda, 1985, 105 min, French / English subtitles)


  • 6:30 PM - Close-Up (Abbas Kiarostami, 1990, 98 min, Farsi / English subtitles)



08/03

Colonial Theatre (Phoenixville)

  • 6:00 PM - Thunderball (Terence Young, 1965, 130 min, English)


Mahoning Drive-In Theater (Lehighton)

  • Sundown - The Silence of the Lambs (Jonathan Demme, 1991, 118 min, English)
    Notes: Presented with Buffalo Bill's House (shooting location)


Philadelphia Film Society

  • 1:00 PM - A Man and a Woman (Claude Lelouch, 1966, 103 min, French / English subtitles)
    Film Society East | Part of Film Essentials Series
    Notes: 4K


  • 3:30 PM - Stroszek (Werner Herzog, 1977, 115 min, German, English)
    Film Society East | Part of In Dreams: David Lynch Series


  • 6:00 PM - Aquarius (Kleber Mendonça Filho, 2016, 146 min, Portuguese / English subtitles)
    Film Society East | Part of Pictures of Brazil: Kleber Mendonça Filho Series


Theatre N (Wilmington DE)

  • 3:15 PM - Vagabond (Agnès Varda, 1985, 105 min, French / English subtitles)


  • 5:30 PM - Close-Up (Abbas Kiarostami, 1990, 98 min, Farsi / English subtitles)



08/04

Bryn Mawr Film Institute

  • 9:15 PM - Open Screen Monday
    Notes: Monthly workshop-style forum for local filmmakers to show their work and get feedback. Free.


Philadelphia Film Society

  • 4:00 PM, 7:00 PM - Alice in the Cities (Wim Wenders, 1974, 113 min, German, English)
    Film Society East | Part of Summer of Trilogies Resurrection Series


Philly Psychotronic Film Society

Theatre N (Wilmington DE)

  • 6:00 PM - Varda by Agnès (Agnès Varda, Didier Rouget, 2019, 115 min, French / English subtitles)
    Notes: Director's Spotlight Lecture Series begins 20 minutes before screening



08/05

Ambler Theater

County Theater (Doylestown)

  • 7:00 PM - Titanic (James Cameron, 1997, 194 min, English)
    Part of Hollywood Summer Nights Series


Landmark Cinemas

  • 2:00 PM, 7:00 PM - Wet Hot American Summer (David Wain, 2001, 97 min, English)
    Landmark Ritz Five | Part of Retro Replay: Festival Cinema Films Series


PhilaMOCA

  • 7:30 PM - Hot Spring Shark Attack (Morihito Inoue, 2024, 80 min, Japanese / English subtitles)
    Notes: Philly premiere


Philadelphia Film Society

  • 4:00 PM, 7:00 PM - Henry Fool (Hal Hartley, 1998, 137 min, English)
    Film Society East | Part of Summer of Trilogies Resurrection Series



08/06

Ambler Theater

  • 4:15 PM - CatVideoFest 2025
    Notes: Latest and greatest cat videos from various sources


Colonial Theatre (Phoenixville)

  • 7:00 PM - Mamma Mia! (Phyllida Lloyd, 2008, 108 min, English)
    Part of Rom Com Wednesdays Series


County Theater (Doylestown)

  • 1:15 PM - CatVideoFest 2025
    Notes: Latest and greatest cat videos from various sources


  • 4:00 PM, 7:00 PM - The Graduate (Mike Nichols, 1967, 102 min, English)
    Part of Keeping The Score Series


Philadelphia Film Society

  • 4:00 PM, 7:00 PM - Aquarius (Kleber Mendonça Filho, 2016, 146 min, Portuguese / English subtitles)
    Film Society East | Part of Pictures of Brazil: Kleber Mendonça Filho Series


Secret Cinema

  • 7:30 PM - 35mm Dreams
    Bryn Mawr Film Institute
    Notes: Program of rare, original 35mm shorts from the 1940s to 1970s


Theatre N (Wilmington DE)

  • 6:00 PM - Beau Travail (Claire Denis, 1999, 90 min, French / English subtitles)
    Notes: History of Cinema Lecture Series begins 20 minutes before screening



08/07

Ambler Theater

  • 4:00 PM, 7:00 PM - The Great Dictator (Charles Chaplin, 1940, 125 min, English, Esperanto, Latin)
    Part of Hollywood Summer Nights Series


County Theater (Doylestown)

  • 4:15 PM, 7:00 PM - The Lady Eve (Preston Sturges, 1941, 94 min, English)
    Part of Hollywood Summer Nights Series


Hiway Theater (Jenkintown)

  • 7:00 PM - Top Gun (Tony Scott, 1986, 110 min, English)
    Part of Hollywood Classics Series


Mahoning Drive-In Theater (Lehighton)

  • Sundown - Overboard (Garry Marshall, 1987, 112 min, English)
    Part of Thursday Thread-Up Series


Philadelphia Film Society

  • 4:00 PM - Aquarius (Kleber Mendonça Filho, 2016, 146 min, Portuguese / English subtitles)
    Film Society East | Part of Pictures of Brazil: Kleber Mendonça Filho Series


Philadelphia Film Society, Dusky Projects and Be Reel Black Cinema Club


08/08

Ambler Theater

  • 7:00 PM - Titanic (James Cameron, 1997, 194 min, English)
    Part of Hollywood Summer Nights Series


County Theater (Doylestown)

  • 7:00 PM - Spaceballs (Mel Brooks, 1987, 96 min, English)
    Part of Hollywood Summer Nights Series


Mahoning Drive-In Theater (Lehighton)

PhilaMOCA

  • 7:30 PM - 1000 Kates Shorts
    Notes: Fan made music videos made for Night of 1000 Kates, followed by dance party


Philadelphia Film Society

  • 4:00 PM - The Ascent (Laris Shepitko, 1977, 109 min, Russian, German / English)
    Film Society East | Part of Film Essentials Series


Philadelphia Film Society, Dusky Projects and Be Reel Black Cinema Club

  • 7:00 PM - Mortal Kombat (Paul W. S. Anderson, 1995, 101 min, English)
    Film Society East | Part of After Hours Series


Space Melt Cinema

  • 7:30 PM - The Long Goodbye (Robert Altman, 1973, 113 min, English)
    Ruba Club (416 Green St)
    Notes: Fundraiser for Head Start Animal Rescue



08/09

Ambler Theater

  • 12:30 PM - Titanic (James Cameron, 1997, 194 min, English)
    Part of Hollywood Summer Nights Series


Bryn Mawr Film Institute

  • 1:00 PM - Saturday Afternoon Cartoons (111 min, English)
    Notes: Episodes from beloved animated shows including ThunderCats, Batman, and more


Colonial Theatre (Phoenixville)

  • 1:30 PM - Hotel Transylvania (Genndy Tartakovsky, 2012, 91 min, English)
    Part of Crowd Pleasers Series


County Theater (Doylestown)

  • 1:00 PM - Spaceballs (Mel Brooks, 1987, 96 min, English)
    Part of Hollywood Summer Nights Series


Mahoning Drive-In Theater (Lehighton)

Philadelphia Film Society

  • 3:30 PM - Alice in the Cities (Wim Wenders, 1974, 113 min, German, English)
    Film Society East | Part of Summer of Trilogies Resurrection Series


  • 6:00 PM - A Man and a Woman (Claude Lelouch, 1966, 103 min, French / English subtitles)
    Film Society East | Part of Film Essentials Series
    Notes: 4K


Philadelphia Film Society, Dusky Projects and Be Reel Black Cinema Club

  • 1:00 PM - Drunken Master II (Lau Kar-Leung, 1994, 102 min, Cantonese / English subtitles)
    Film Society East | Part of Kung Fu Matinees Series
    Notes: Presented with Reel Nomadic


  • 8:30 PM - Trouble Every Day (Claire Denis, 2001, 101 min, French / English subtitles)
    Film Society East | Part of After Hours Series


Theatre N (Wilmington DE)

  • 4:00 PM - Varda by Agnès (Agnès Varda, Didier Rouget, 2019, 115 min, French / English subtitles)


  • 6:30 PM - Beau Travail (Claire Denis, 1999, 90 min, French / English subtitles)


Water Tower Cinema (Montgomeryville)


08/10

Ambler Theater

  • 4:00 PM - Cosmic Dawn (James Tralie, 2025, 98 min, English)
    Notes: Introduced by documentary producer and area native James Tralie


Bryn Mawr Film Institute

  • 1:00 PM - Seven Samurai (Akira Kurosawa, 1954, 207 min, Japanese / English subtitles)


Colonial Theatre (Phoenixville)

  • 1:30 PM - On the Town (Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly, 1949, 98 min, English)


  • 6:30 PM - Bagdad Café (Percy Adlon, 1987, 95 min, English)
    Part of Art House Cinema Series


Exhumed Films

Mahoning Drive-In Theater (Lehighton)

Philadelphia Film Society

  • 1:00 PM - Five Deadly Venoms (Chang Cheh, 1978, 99 min, Cantonese / English subtitles)
    Film Society East | Part of Kung Fu Matinees Series
    Notes: Presented with Reel Nomadic


  • 3:30 PM - Alice in the Cities (Wim Wenders, 1974, 113 min, German, English)
    Film Society East | Part of Summer of Trilogies Resurrection Series


Philadelphia Film Society, Dusky Projects and Be Reel Black Cinema Club

  • 6:00 PM - The Element of Crime (Lars von Trier, 1984, 104 min, English)
    Film Society East | Part of Summer of Trilogies Resurrection Series


Theatre N (Wilmington DE)

  • 12:00 PM - Varda by Agnès (Agnès Varda, Didier Rouget, 2019, 115 min, French / English subtitles)


  • 4:00 PM - Beau Travail (Claire Denis, 1999, 90 min, French / English subtitles)


Water Tower Cinema (Montgomeryville)


08/11

Blood Sick Underground Cinema

Bryn Mawr Film Institute

  • 7:00 PM - The Thin Man (W. S. Van Dyke, 1934, 91 min, English)


Philadelphia Film Society, Dusky Projects and Be Reel Black Cinema Club

  • 4:00 PM, 7:00 PM - Wrong Move (Wim Wenders, 1975, 104 min, German / English subtitles)
    Film Society East | Part of Summer of Trilogies Resurrection Series


Theatre N (Wilmington DE)

  • 6:00 PM - Days of Being Wild (Wong Kar-Wai, 1990, 94 min, Cantonese / Engtlish subtitles)
    Notes: Director's Spotlight Lecture Series begins 20 minutes before screening



08/12

Ambler Theater

  • 7:00 PM - Titanic (James Cameron, 1997, 194 min, English)
    Part of Hollywood Summer Nights Series
    Notes: 35mm


County Theater (Doylestown)

  • 7:00 PM - Spaceballs (Mel Brooks, 1987, 96 min, English)
    Part of Hollywood Summer Nights Series


Free Library of Philadelphia

  • 5:30 PM - Hook (Steven Spielberg, 1991, 136 min, English)
    Parkway Central Library, Room 126 | Part of Music Department Movie Nights Series


Heavy Cycle Cinema

  • 8:00 PM - Devil Fetus (Lau Hung Chuen, 1983, 86 min, Cantonese / English subtitles)
    Launderette Records


Landmark Cinemas

  • 2:00 PM, 7:00 PM - Lost In Translation (Sofia Coppola, 2003, 102 min, English, Japanese)
    Landmark Ritz Five | Part of Retro Replay: Festival Cinema Films Series


Philadelphia Film Society

  • 4:00 PM, 7:00 PM - Stroszek (Werner Herzog, 1977, 115 min, German, English)
    Film Society East | Part of In Dreams: David Lynch Series



08/13

Ambler Theater

  • 4:00 PM, 7:00 PM - My Cousin Vinny (Jonathan Lynn, 1992, 120 min, English)
    Part of Hollywood Summer Nights Series


Bryn Mawr Film Institute

  • 7:00 PM - Rush Hour (Brett Ratner, 1998, 98 min, English)
    Part of Be Reel Micheaux Screening Series Series
    Notes: Followed by talkback with Vincent Williams and Len Webb of The Micheaux Mission and Stephanye Watts of the Be Reel Black Cinema Club


County Theater (Doylestown)

  • 7:00 PM - Heat (Michael Mann, 1995, 170 min, English)
    Part of Hollywood Summer Nights Series


O.R.C.A.

  • 7:15 PM - Eyes of the Rainbow (Gloria Rolando, 1997, 64 min, English)
    Part of Black August Film Screening Series
    Notes: email orca.philly@protonmail.com for address. copies of Freeing Assata zine will be available for free.


Philadelphia Film Society

  • 4:00 PM, 7:00 PM - The Ascent (Laris Shepitko, 1977, 109 min, Russian, German / English)
    Film Society East | Part of Film Essentials Series


The Athenæum of Philadelphia

  • 2:00 PM - Pygmalion (Anthony Asquith, Leslie Howard, 1938, 89 min, English)


Theatre N (Wilmington DE)

  • 5:30 PM - Werckmeister Harmonies (Béla Tarr, Ágnes Hranitzky, 2000, 145 min, Hungarian / English subtitles)
    Notes: History of Cinema Lecture Series begins 20 minutes before screening


Water Tower Cinema (Montgomeryville)


08/14

Ambler Theater

  • 4:00 PM, 7:00 PM - A Place in the Sun (George Stevens, 1951, 122 min, English)
    Part of Hollywood Summer Nights Series


Bright Bulb Screenings

  • 7:00 PM - Ultra Q Marathon (1966, 180 min, Japanese / English subtitles)
    The Rotunda (4014 Walnut St)
    Notes: Marathon of early Kaiju TV series


Bryn Mawr Film Institute

County Theater (Doylestown)

  • 4:30 PM, 7:00 PM - Viva Las Vegas (George Sidney, 1964, 85 min, English)
    Part of Hollywood Summer Nights Series


Mahoning Drive-In Theater (Lehighton)

  • Sundown - Short Circuit (John Badham, 1986, 98 min, English)
    Part of Thursday Thread-Up Series


Philadelphia Film Society, Dusky Projects and Be Reel Black Cinema Club

  • 4:00 PM, 7:00 PM - The Element of Crime (Lars von Trier, 1984, 104 min, English)
    Film Society East | Part of Summer of Trilogies Resurrection Series


Sights & Sounds

  • 8:30 PM - Duel to the Death (Ching Siu-tung, 1983, 86 min, Cantonese / English subtitles)
    Neon Clown Dream Lounge (1248 N Front St 2nd Fl)


cinéSpeak

  • 7:30 PM - The Wild Robot (Chris Sanders, 2024, 102 min, English)
    Cobb's Creek Playground



08/15

Colonial Theatre (Phoenixville)

  • 7:00 PM - Pride & Prejudice (Joe Wright, 2005, 128 min, English)
    Part of Craft Cinema Series
    Notes: With Here & Now Crafts - bring crafts, lights will be dimmed during screening


Mahoning Drive-In Theater (Lehighton)

PhilaMOCA

  • 10:00 PM - Ebony & Ivory (Jim Hosking, 2024, 88 min, English)
    Notes: Philly premiere


  • 7:30 PM - Boys Go to Jupiter (Julian Glander, 2024, 90 min, English)
    Notes: Philly premiere


Philadelphia Film Society

  • 4:00 PM, 7:00 PM - Vertigo (Alfred Hitchcock, 1958, 128 min, English)
    Film Society East | Part of In Dreams: David Lynch Series


Philadelphia Film Society, Dusky Projects and Be Reel Black Cinema Club

  • 9:45 PM - The Toxic Avenger (Lloyd Kaufman, 1984, 82 min, English)
    Film Society East | Part of Summer of Trilogies Resurrection Series


Scribe Video Center

  • 7:00 PM - Precious Places Community History Project Premiere
    Notes: Premiere screening of three new documentaries produced by community groups in collaboration with Scribe Video Center. This year's documentaries are on West Philadelphia High School, The Cure at Simon Gratz High School, and UC Townhomes