Philm Club #055 Listings

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09/15

Bryn Mawr Film Institute

  • 7:30 PM - Riefenstahl (Andres Veiel, 2024, 115 min, English)


Fleisher Art Memorial

  • 6:30 PM - The Ballad of Little Jo (Maggie Greenwald, 1993, 121 min, English)
    Part of Reenvisioning the Western Series


Philadelphia Film Society

  • 4:00 PM - Sunset Boulevard (Billy Wilder, 1950, 111 min, English)
    Film Society East | Part of In Dreams:David Lynch Series


  • 7:00 PM - Homegrown Stories (LeAnn Erickson, Patrick de Caumette, Adam Vidiksis, 65 min, )
    Film Society East
    Notes: Post-screening Q&A with filmmaker and contributors


Philly YCL

  • 8:00pm - Shinjuku Boys (Jano Williams, Kim Longinotto, 1996, 53 min, English/Japanese)
    Du Bois-Robeson People's Center, 4515 Baltimore Ave | Part of Marxist Movie Monday Series
    Notes: Doors close 8:15


Space Melt Cinema

  • 7:00 PM - Manhunter (Michael Mann, 1986, 120 min, English)
    Bok Auditorium



09/16

Bryn Mawr Film Institute

  • 4:00 PM, 7:00 PM - Riefenstahl (Andres Veiel, 2024, 115 min, English)


Landmark Cinemas

  • 2:00 PM, 7:00 PM - Better Off Dead (Savage Steve Holland, 1985, 97 min, English)
    Landmark Ritz Five | Part of Retro Replay - Happy Anniversary! Series


Philadelphia Film Society

  • 4:00 PM, 7:00 PM - Sunset Boulevard (Billy Wilder, 1950, 111 min, English)
    Film Society East | Part of In Dreams:David Lynch Series



09/17

Ambler Theater

Bryn Mawr Film Institute

  • 1:00 PM - Riefenstahl (Andres Veiel, 2024, 115 min, English)


  • 7:15 PM - 12 Angry Men (Sidney Lumet, 1957, 96 min, English)
    Part of We Need To Talk; Conversation on Film Series
    Notes: Seminar by Amy Corbin preceding screening


Colonial Theatre (Phoenixville)

  • 7:00 PM - Nine to Five (Colin Higgins, 1980, 110 min, English)
    Part of Crowd Pleasers Series


County Theater (Doylestown)

  • 7:00 PM - I Want to Live! (Robert Wise, 1958, 120 min, English)
    Part of Keeping the Score Series


Landmark Cinemas

  • 7:00 PM - Phantom Thread (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2017, 130 min, English)
    Landmark Ritz Five | Part of Filmmaker Focus: Paul Thomas Anderson Series


Lightbox Film Center

PhilaMOCA

  • 7:00 PM - The Fantastic Golem Affairs (Burnin’ Percebes (Juan González and Fernando Martínez), 2023, 98 min, Spanish / English subtitles)


Philadelphia Film Society

  • 4:00 PM, 7:00 PM - The Worst Person in the World (Joachim Trier, 2021, 128 min, Norwegian / English subtitles)
    Film Society East | Part of Joachim Trier Trilogy Series


Public Trust / Penn CIMS

  • 6:00 PM - An Incomplete Calendar (Sanaz Sohrabi, 2025, , )
    4017 Walnut St
    Notes: Work in progress; artist in attendance


Water Tower Cinema (Montgomeryville)

  • 1:00 pm. 7:30 pm - Inception (Christopher Nolan, 2010, 148 min, English)



09/18

Ambler Theater

  • 7:00 PM - I Want to Live! (Robert Wise, 1958, 120 min, English)
    Part of Keeping the Score Series


Bryn Mawr Film Institute

  • 4:30 PM - Riefenstahl (Andres Veiel, 2024, 115 min, English)


County Theater (Doylestown)

  • 7:30 PM - Batman (Tim Burton, 1989, 126 min, English)
    Mercer Museum


Mahoning Drive-In Theater (Lehighton)

  • Sundown - The Room (Tommy Wiseau, 2003, 100 min, English)
    Notes: On 35mm; Actor Greg Sestero in attendance


Philadelphia Film Society

  • 4:00 PM, 7:00 PM - Dogtooth (Yorgos Lanthimos, 2009, 94 min, Greek / English subtiitles)
    Film Society East


Scribe Video Center

  • 7:00 PM - Facing the Wind (Tony Heriza, 2024, 58 min, English)
    3908 Lancaster Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19104 | Part of Body of Work Series



09/19

Bryn Mawr Film Institute

  • 7:15 PM - The Master (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2012, 138 min, English)
    Part of Cinema Select Series
    Notes: Presented in 70mm


County Theater (Doylestown)

  • 9:45 PM - Donnie Darko (Jay Roach, 2001, 113 min, English)


Landmark Cinemas

  • 11:30 PM - Fight Club (David Fincher, 1999, 139 min, English)
    Landmark Ritz Five | Part of Cine Insomnia Series


Mahoning Drive-In Theater (Lehighton)

  • Sundown - The Black Cauldron / The Last Unicorn (Richard Rich, Ted Berman / Arthur Rankin, Jr., Jules Bass, 1985 / 1982, 80 min / 92 min, English)
    Part of Fantasy Friday Series
    Notes: On 35mm


Philadelphia Film Society

  • 4:00 PM, 7:00 PM - Dogtooth (Yorgos Lanthimos, 2009, 94 min, Greek / English subtiitles)
    Film Society East


  • 9:15 PM - High Tension (Alexandre Aja, 2003, 91 min, French, English, Italian)
    Film Society East | Part of After Hours Series


Scribe Video Center

  • 7:00 PM - The Art of Survival (Tony Heriza, 2023, 28 min, English)
    3908 Lancaster Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19104 | Part of Body of Work Series



09/20

Ambler Theater

  • 10:00 AM - Alice in Wonderland (Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske, Jack Kinney, 1951, 75 min, English)
    Part of $5 Family Matinees Series


Bryn Mawr Film Institute

  • 1:00 PM - The Master (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2012, 138 min, English)
    Part of Cinema Select Series
    Notes: Presented in 70mm


Colonial Theatre (Phoenixville)

Hiway Theater (Jenkintown)

  • 9:45 PM - Showgirls (Paul Verhoeven, 1995, 128 min, English)
    Part of Cult Cinema Club Series


Landmark Cinemas

  • 11:30 PM - Fight Club (David Fincher, 1999, 139 min, English)
    Landmark Ritz Five | Part of Cine Insomnia Series


Mahoning Drive-In Theater (Lehighton)

Philadelphia Film Society

  • 6:00 PM - This is Not a Film / Taxi (Jafar Panahi, Mojtaba Mirtahmasb, 2001 / 2015, 75 min / 82 min, Farsi / English subtitles)
    Film Society East | Part of Out of Bounds: Jafar Panahi Series


  • 9:00 PM - Santa Sangre (Alejandro Jodorowsky, 1989, 123 min, English)
    Film Society East | Part of After Hours Series


Reel Nomadic

  • Sundown / 7:00 PM - The Harder They Come (Perry Henzell, 1972, 103 min, English)
    Penn Treaty Park | Part of Series
    Notes:


Water Tower Cinema (Montgomeryville)


09/21

Ambler Theater

  • 1:00 PM - Rome, Open City (Roberto Rossellini, 1945, 103 min, Italian / English subtitles)


Bryn Mawr Film Institute

  • 1:00 PM - The Master (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2012, 138 min, English)
    Part of Cinema Select Series
    Notes: Presented in 70mm


Colonial Theatre (Phoenixville)

  • 6:30 PM - Él (Luis Buñuel, 1953, 83 min, Spanish / English subtitles)


Lightbox Film Center

  • 5:00 PM - Henry Fonda for President (Alexander Horwath, 2024, 184 min, English, German / English subtitles)
    Bok Auditorium
    Notes: Filmmakers Alexander Horwath and Regina Schlagnitweit in person


Mahoning Drive-In Theater (Lehighton)

  • Sundown - The Warriors / Switchblade Sisters (Walter Hill / Jack Hill, 1979 / 1975, 94 min / 91 min, English)
    Notes: Book release party for Armies of the Night: The Warriors and its Legacy


Philadelphia Film Society

  • 1:00 PM - Fist of Legend (Gordon Chan, 1994, 103 min, Cantonese / English subtitles)
    Film Society East | Part of Kung Fu Matinees Series


  • 3:30 PM - The Worst Person in the World (Joachim Trier, 2021, 128 min, Norwegian / English subtitles)
    Film Society East | Part of Joachim Trier Trilogy Series


  • 6:30 PM - Offside (Jafar Panahi, 2006, 93 min, Farsi / English subtitles)
    Film Society East | Part of Out of Bounds: Jafar Panahi Series


Water Tower Cinema (Montgomeryville)


09/22

Fleisher Art Memorial

  • 6:30 PM - The Harder They Fall (Jeymes Samuel, 2021, 139 min, English)
    Part of Reenvisioning the Western Series


Free Library of Philadelphia

  • 3:00 PM - Carmen Jones (Otto Preminger, 1954, 105 min, English)
    Parkway Central Library Rm 108 (1901 Vine St)


Penn Cinema Studies

  • 6:00 pm - Hafu (Megumi Nishikura, Lara Perez Takagi, 2013, 90 min, English / Japanese)
    301 Fisher-Bennett Hall | Part of Japan Global Issues Series
    Notes: Q&A with co-Director Megumi Nishikura


PhilaMOCA

  • 7:00 PM - Dude Bro Party Massacre III (Jon Salmon, Tomm Jacobsen, Michael Rousselet, 2015, 101 min, English)
    Notes: "Special 10th Anniversary screening with co-director/star Michael Rousselet in attendance!"


Philadelphia Film Society

  • 4:00 PM, 7:00 PM - The Mirror (Jafar Panahi, 1997, 95 min, Farsi / English subtitles)
    Film Society East | Part of Out of Bounds: Jafar Panahi Series



09/23

Landmark Cinemas

  • 1:00 PM, 7:00 PM - Cinema Paradiso (Giuseppe Tornatore, 1988, 155 min, English)
    Landmark Ritz Five | Part of Retro Replay - Happy Anniversary! Series


PhilaMOCA

  • 7:00 PM - Shall We Dance? (Masayuki Suo, 1996, 136 min, Japanese / English subtitles)
    Notes: New restoration


Philadelphia Film Society

  • 4:00 PM, 7:00 PM - This is Not a Film / Taxi (Jafar Panahi, Mojtaba Mirtahmasb, 2001 / 2015, 75 min / 82 min, Farsi / English subtitles)
    Film Society East | Part of Out of Bounds: Jafar Panahi Series



09/24

Ambler Theater

County Theater (Doylestown)

  • 7:00 PM - The Mortal Storm (Frank Borzage, 1940, 100 min, English)
    Notes: Q&A with Stewart's family members


Landmark Cinemas

  • 7:00 PM - Licorice Pizza (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2021, 133 min, English)
    Landmark Ritz Five | Part of Filmmaker Focus: Paul Thomas Anderson Series


Lightbox Film Center

Philadelphia Film Society

  • 4:00 PM, 7:00 PM - The Green Ray (Eric Rohmer, 1986, 98 min, French, English, Spanish, German)
    Film Society East | Part of Film Essentials Series
    Notes:


The Rotunda

  • 7:00 PM - The Rotunda (Ellen Reynolds, 2025, 47 min, English)
    Notes: New Documentary about The Rotunda


Water Tower Cinema (Montgomeryville)


09/25

Ambler Theater

  • 7:00 PM - That Thing You Do! (Tom Hanks, 1996, 108 min, English)
    Part of Retrograde Series


Bryn Mawr Film Institute

  • 7:15 PM - The Social Network (David Fincher, 2010, 120 min, English)
    Part of We Need To Talk; Conversation on Film Series
    Notes: Seminar by Paul McEwan preceding screening


County Theater (Doylestown)

Landmark Cinemas

PhilaMOCA

Philadelphia Film Society

cinéSPEAK

  • 7:00 PM - Archives of Resistance, Films for Mobilizing (var, var, , English)
    Calvary
    Notes: A special community screening: seven Philadelphia filmmakers share films that preserve community histories and draw from the well of collective wisdom.



09/26

Colonial Theatre (Phoenixville)

  • 4:00 PM, 7:00 PM - Encanto (Jared Bush, Byron Howard, Charise Castro Smith, 2021, 102 min, 4:00 PM: Spanish 7:00 PM: English)


Exhumed Films & Mahoning Drive-In Theater (Lehighton)

  • Sundown - Hellraiser / Blue Monkey / Incubus (Clive Barker / William Fruet / John Hough, 1987 / 1987 / 1982, 94 min / 96 min / 93 min, English)
    Notes: Weekend of Terror X


Philadelphia Film Society & Reelblack

Scribe Video Center

  • 7:00 PM - The Five Demands (Andrea Weiss and Greta Schiller, 2023, 161 min, English)
    3908 Lancaster Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19104 | Part of Producers’ Forum Series
    Notes:


Theatre N (Wilmington DE)

Water Tower Cinema (Montgomeryville)

  • 7:00 pm - Spider-Man (Sam Raimi, 2002, 126 min, English)


cinéSPEAK

  • 7:00 PM - New Wave (Elizabeth Ai, 2024, 88 min, English / Vietnamese)
    Calvary
    Notes: Presented by The Popcorn List: an annual survey of acclaimed feature films recommended by film festival programmers across North America - that are not yet available in wide release.



09/27

Bryn Mawr Film Institute

Colonial Theatre (Phoenixville)

  • 1:15 PM - Encanto (Jared Bush, Byron Howard, Charise Castro Smith, 2021, 102 min, Spanish)


Exhumed Films & Mahoning Drive-In Theater (Lehighton)

Philadelphia Film Society

  • 1:00 PM - 3 Faces (Jafar Panahi, 2018, 100 min, Turkish, Farsi / English subtitles)
    Film Society East


  • 3:30 PM - Ça Twist à Popenguine (Moussa Sène Absa, 1994, 85 min, French, Wolof / English subtitles)
    Film Society East | Part of Echoes of the Land: Chronicles of West Africa Series


  • 6:30 PM - 8 1/2 (Federico Fellini, 1963, 138 min, Italian, French, English)
    Film Society East | Part of In Dreams: David Lynch Series


The Rotunda

  • 2:00 PM - The Rotunda (Ellen Reynolds, 2025, 47 min, English)
    Notes: New Documentary about The Rotunda


Water Tower Cinema (Montgomeryville)

  • 7:00 pm - Spider-Man 2.1 (Sam Raimi, 2004, 132 min, English)
    Notes: Extended version of Spider-Man 2


cinéSPEAK

  • 5:00 PM - The Everything Pot (Sherise Dorf, 2024, 90 min, English)
    Calvary
    Notes: Presented by The Popcorn List: an annual survey of acclaimed feature films recommended by film festival programmers across North America - that are not yet available in wide release.


  • 7:00 PM - If That Mockingbird Don't Sing (Sadie Bones, 2024, 95 min, English)
    Calvary
    Notes: Presented by The Popcorn List: an annual survey of acclaimed feature films recommended by film festival programmers across North America - that are not yet available in wide release.



09/28

Colonial Theatre (Phoenixville)

  • 1:00 PM, 2:00 PM, 7:00 PM, 7:30 PM - Encanto (Jared Bush, Byron Howard, Charise Castro Smith, 2021, 102 min, 2:00 PM, 7:00 PM: Spanish / 1:00 PM, 7:30 PM: English)


  • 4:00 PM - Cyrano de Bergerac (Michael Gordon, 1950, 113 min, English)
    Notes: 16 mm screening


County Theater (Doylestown)

  • 1:00 PM - Rome, Open City (Roberto Rossellini, 1945, 103 min, Italian / English subtitles)


Lightbox Film Center

  • 7:00 PM - Night of the Juggler (Robert Butler/Sidney J. Furie, 1980, 101 min, English)
    Bok Auditorium


Mahoning Drive-In Theater (Lehighton)

PhilaMOCA

Philadelphia Film Society

  • 1:00 PM - Ça Twist à Popenguine (Moussa Sène Absa, 1994, 85 min, French, Wolof / English subtitles)
    Film Society East | Part of Echoes of the Land: Chronicles of West Africa Series


  • 6:30 PM - 8 1/2 (Federico Fellini, 1963, 138 min, Italian, French, English)
    Film Society East | Part of In Dreams: David Lynch Series


Philadelphia Film Society & Reelblack

Water Tower Cinema (Montgomeryville)

  • 7:00 pm - Spider-Man 3 (Sam Raimi, 2007, 144 min, English)



09/29

Fleisher Art Memorial

  • 6:30 PM - The Power of the Dog (Jane Campion, 2021, 126 min, English)
    Part of Reenvisioning the Western Series


Jessica Brown (Free Library of Philadelphia)

  • 5:30 PM - Dreams (Akira Kurosawa, 1990, 119 min, Japanese, English)
    Montgomery Auditorium, Parkway Central Library, 1901 Vine Street | Part of Altered Consciousness Series
    Notes: free


PhilaMOCA

  • 7:00 PM - Battle Royale (Kinji Fukasaku, 2000, 113 min, Japanese, English)
    Part of Cult Movie Monday Series


Philadelphia Film Society

  • 4:00 PM, 7:00 PM - Pandora's Box (G. W. Pabst, 1929, 141 min, Silent)
    Film Society East



09/30

Bryn Mawr Film Institute

  • 7:00 PM - Desperately Seeking Susan (Susan Seidelman, 1985, 104 min, English)
    Part of Cinema Select Series
    Notes: Post-screening conversation with director Susan Seidelman


Landmark Cinemas

  • 2:00 PM, 7:00 PM - Clueless (Amy Heckerling, 1995, 97 min, English)
    Landmark Ritz Five | Part of Retro Replay - Happy Anniversary! Series


Philadelphia Film Society

  • 4:00 PM, 7:00 PM - Offside (Jafar Panahi, 2006, 93 min, Farsi / English subtitles)
    Film Society East | Part of Out of Bounds: Jafar Panahi Series


Vox Populi

  • 7:00 PM - Trying (Kyle Turgeon, 2025, , )
    Notes: Live-assembled film and score performance