Philm Club #058 Listings

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11/01

Bryn Mawr Film Institute

  • 11:00 AM - Jumanji (Joe Johnston, 1995, 104 min, English)
    Part of Williams Family Matinees Series


  • 1:15 PM - Drunken Angel (Akira Kurosawa, 1948, 102 min, Japanese / English subtitles)
    Part of Noir Nights: Kurosawa Series
    Notes: 35mm


Philadelphia Film Society

  • 4:00 PM - Dune (David Lynch, 1984, 137 min, English)
    Film Society Center | Part of Deeper in Dreams: A David Lynch Retrospective Series


  • 9:15 PM - Hard Boiled (John Woo, 1992, 128 min, Cantonese / English Subtitles)
    Film Society Center | Part of Hong Kong Classics Series


Philadelphia Film Society & Space Melt Cinema

Theatre N (Wilmington DE)

  • 4:00 PM - Psycho (Alfred Hitchcock, 1960, 109 min, English)
    Notes: Special event, film introduced by Chris McKittrick, author of Vera Miles: The Hitchock Blonde Who Got Away, and followed by Q&A



11/02

Ambler Theater

  • 12:30 PM - Blonde Crazy (Roy Del Ruth, 1931, 79 min, English)
    Notes: Playing as a double feature with The Asphalt Jungle


  • 2:30 PM - The Asphalt Jungle (John Huston, 1950, 112 min, English)
    Part of Noirvember Series
    Notes: Playing as a double feature with Blonde Crazy


BlackStar & Filmlab Palestine

  • 1:00 PM - Divine Intervention (Elia Suleiman, 2002, 92 min, Arabic / English subtitles)
    BlackStar Workshop (Bok Building)
    Notes: Part of Palestine Cinema Days festival


Bryn Mawr Film Institute

  • 10:00 AM - Talk Cinema
    Notes: Sneak preview series curated by Harlan Jacobson, surprise screening - title announced in theater


Colonial Theatre (Phoenixville)

  • 1:30 PM - Terror of Mechagodzilla (Ishirô Honda & Jun Fukuda, 1975, 79 min, Japanese / English subtitles)
    Notes: 50th anniversary screening celebrating Godzilla Day 2025


  • 4:00 PM - Hiwwe wie Driwwe 2 (Historic Trappe, 2024, 104 min, )
    Notes: Q&A with Douglas J. Madenford from PA Dutch 101 after the screening


County Theater (Doylestown)

  • 1:00 PM - Some Like It Hot (Billy Wilder, 1959, 122 min, English)
    Notes: Member appreciation matinee


Lightbox Film Center & Girls Like Horror

Philadelphia Film Society

  • 4:00 PM - Hard Boiled (John Woo, 1992, 128 min, Cantonese / English Subtitles)
    Film Society Center | Part of Hong Kong Classics Series


  • 7:00 PM - Dune (David Lynch, 1984, 137 min, English)
    Film Society Center | Part of Deeper in Dreams: A David Lynch Retrospective Series


Scribe Video Center

  • 5:00 PM - A State of Passion (Carol Mansour & Muna Khalidi, 2024, 90 min, Arabic / English subtitles)
    Notes: Part of Palestine Cinema Days festival


Theatre N (Wilmington DE)

  • 5:30 PM - Psycho (Alfred Hitchcock, 1960, 109 min, English)



11/03

Bok Movie Club

  • 7:00 PM - Best in Show (Christopher Guest, 2000, 90 min, English)
    Bok Auditorium
    Notes: Free


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.


Exhumed Films

  • 7:30 PM - Godzilla Day 2025
    PhilaMOCA
    Notes: Godzilla vs the Sea Monster (1966) on 16mm plus kaiju shorts, trailers, and special guests



11/04

Aydelotte Foundation at Swarthmore College

Chestnut Hill Film Group

  • 7:00 PM - Never Open That Door (Carlos Hugo Christensen, 1952, 85 min, Spanish / English Subtitles)
    Woodmere Art Museum | Part of Tuesday Nights at the Movies Series


Landmark Cinemas

  • 2:00 PM, 7:00 PM - Sixteen Candles (John Hughes, 1984, 93 min, English)
    Landmark Ritz Five | Part of Filmmaker Focus: John Hughes Series


Philly DSA


11/05

Ambler Theater

  • 7:00 PM - West Side Story (Jerome Robbins, Robert Wise, 1961, 153 min, English)
    Part of Keeping The Score Series


Colonial Theatre (Phoenixville)

  • 7:00 PM - Tampopo (Juzo Itami, 1985, 114 min, Japanese / English subtitles)
    Part of Food on Film Series


County Theater (Doylestown)

  • 7:00 PM - Fargo (Joel Cohen, Ethan Coen, 1996, 98 min, English)
    Part of Keeping The Score Series


Eastern European Film Series at Harnwell

Lightbox Film Center

The Athenæum of Philadelphia

  • 2:00 PM - No Way Out (Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1950, 107 min, English)
    Part of November Movie Matinees: A Celebration of Sidney Poitier Series



11/06

Ambler Theater

  • 8:00 PM - Super Mario Bros. (Annabel Jankel, Rocky Morton, 1993, 104 min, English)
    Part of Retrograde Series
    Notes: 35mm


County Theater (Doylestown)

  • 7:00 PM - Stranger on the Third Floor (Boris Ingster, 1940, 64 min, English)
    Part of Noirvember Series
    Notes: Introduced by TCM writer Hannah Jack


Not So Silent Cinema

  • 7:30 PM - Haxan (Benjamin Christensen, 1929, 77 min, Silent)
    Glen Foerd
    Notes: With live musical accompaniment


Penn Cinema and Media Studies

  • 7:00 PM - Gaza: Journalists Under Fire (Robert Greenwald, )
    Stiteler Hall, Penn Campus
    Notes: With Al Jazeera Gaza correspondent, Youmna El Sayed


Philadelphia Film Society

  • 4:00 PM, 7:00 PM - David Lynch: The Art Life (Rick Barnes, Olivia Neergaard-Holm, Jon Nguyen, 2016, 88 min, English)
    Film Society East | Part of Deeper in Dreams: A David Lynch Retrospective Series


Public Trust

  • 5:00 PM - The Space of Gestures: Pasolini and Mangini
    4017 Walnut St
    Notes: Series of film screenings revisiting the work of filmmakers Cecilia Mangini and Pier Paolo Pasolini, followed by a lecture by Prof. Noa Steimatsky



11/07

County Theater (Doylestown)

  • 9:45 PM - Brick (Rian Johnson, 2005, 110 min, English)
    Part of After Dark Series


Philadelphia Film Society

  • 4:00 PM, 7:00 PM - Hotel Room & Dumbland (David Lynch, James Signorelli, 1993, 99 min, English)
    Film Society East | Part of Deeper in Dreams: A David Lynch Retrospective Series


  • 7:00 PM - Mistress Dispeller (Elizabeth Lo, 2024, 94 min, English)
    Film Society Bourse
    Notes: Q&A with director following the screening


  • 9:45 PM - Tenebrae (Dario Argento, 1982, 101 min, English, Italian, Spanish)
    Film Society East | Part of After Hours Series



11/08

Ambler Theater

  • 10:00 AM - Cool Runnings (John Turteltaub, 1993, 98 min, English)
    Part of $5 Family Matinees Series


Bryn Mawr Film Institute

  • 11:00 AM - The Parent Trap (Nancy Meyers, 1998, 128 min, English)
    Part of Williams Family Matinees Series


Hiway Theater (Jenkintown)

  • 9:45 PM - After Hours (Martin Scorcese, 1985, 97 min, English)
    Part of Cult Cinema Club Series


Penn Cinema and Media Studies

  • 1:00 PM - The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (Wes Anderson, 2004, 119 min, English)
    Barnes Foundation | Part of Rousseau Film Series at Barnes Series
    Notes: Followed by brief lecture and conversation with Meta Mazaj, Senior Lecturer in Cinema & Media studies at Upenn


Philadelphia Film Society

  • 10:00 PM - Tenebrae (Dario Argento, 1982, 101 min, English, Italian, Spanish)
    Film Society East | Part of After Hours Series


  • 2:00 PM - Breathless (Jean-Luc Godard, 1960, 90 min, French / English subtitles)
    Film Society East
    Notes: 4K



11/09

Ambler Theater

  • 1:00 PM - Some Like It Hot (Billy Wilder, 1959, 122 min, English)
    Notes: Member appreciation matinee


Colonial Theatre (Phoenixville)

  • 6:30 PM - Dogtooth (Yorgos Lanthimos, 2009, 97 min, Greek / English subtitles)
    Notes: New 4K restoration


County Theater (Doylestown)

  • 12:30 PM - Angel Face (Otto Preminger, 1953, 91 min, English)
    Part of Noirvember Series
    Notes: Playing as a double feature with The Big Heat


  • 2:30 PM - The Big Heat (Fritz Lang, 1953, 90 min, English)
    Part of Noirvember Series
    Notes: Playing as a double feature with Angel Face


Lightbox Film Center

  • 5:00 PM - George Qui? (George Who?) (Michèle Rosier, 1973, 106 min, French / English subtitles)
    Bok Auditorium
    Notes: Lightbox members screening


Philadelphia Film Society

  • 1:00 PM - David Lynch: The Art Life (Rick Barnes, Olivia Neergaard-Holm, Jon Nguyen, 2016, 88 min, English)
    Film Society East | Part of Deeper in Dreams: A David Lynch Retrospective Series


  • 6:00 PM - Breathless (Jean-Luc Godard, 1960, 90 min, French / English subtitles)
    Film Society East
    Notes: 4K



11/10

County Theater (Doylestown)

  • 7:00 PM - The Asphalt Jungle (John Huston, 1950, 112 min, English)
    Part of Noirvember Series


Free Library of Philadelphia

  • 5:30 PM - Naked Lunch (David Cronenberg, 1991, 115 min, English)
    Parkway Central Library, Montgomery Auditorium | Part of Altered Consciousness Series
    Notes: Followed by discussion


Penn Center for Latin American and Latinx Studies

  • 5:30 PM - Together for Water (Eriberto Gualinga, 2024, 73 min, Spanish / English Subtitles)
    Van Pelt Library, Penn Campus
    Notes: Followed by Q&A with film's producer, Juli Hazlewood


Philly Psychotronic Film Society


11/11

Ambler Theater

  • 7:00 PM - The Killers (Robert Siodmak, 1946, 103 min, English)
    Part of Noirvember Series


Bryn Mawr Film Institute

  • 7:15 PM - Drunken Angel (Akira Kurosawa, 1948, 102 min, Japanese / English subtitles)
    Part of Noir Nights: Kurosawa Series
    Notes: 35mm


Chestnut Hill Film Group

  • 7:00 PM - The Talk of the Town (George Stevens, 1942, 118 min, English)
    Woodmere Art Museum | Part of Tuesday Nights at the Movies Series


Landmark Cinemas

  • 2:00 PM, 7:00 PM - Weird Science (John Hughes, 1985, 93 min, English)
    Landmark Ritz Five | Part of Filmmaker Focus: John Hughes Series


Philadelphia Film Society

  • 4:00 PM, 7:30 PM - Lynch/Oz (Alexandre O. Philippe, 2022, 88 min, English)
    Film Society East | Part of Deeper in Dreams: A David Lynch Retrospective Series


cinéSPEAK & JVP Philly


11/12

Ambler Theater

  • 7:00 PM - Fargo (Joel Cohen, Ethan Coen, 1996, 98 min, English)
    Part of Keeping The Score Series


County Theater (Doylestown)

  • 7:00 PM - Criss Cross (Robert Siodmak, 1949, 84 min, English)
    Part of Noirvember Series


Lightbox Film Center

PhilaMOCA

  • 7:30 PM - The Gits (Kerri O'Kane, 2005, , )
    Notes: 20th Anniversary Screening


Philadelphia Film Society

The Athenæum of Philadelphia

  • 2:00 PM - Lilies of the Field (Ralph Nelson, 1963, 94 min, English)
    Part of November Movie Matinees: A Celebration of Sidney Poitier Series


Wolf Humanities Center, Penn Cinema and Media Studies & Public Trust


11/13

Ambler Theater

  • 7:00 PM - Willow (Ron Howard, 1988, 126 min, English)
    Part of Prof Picks Series
    Notes: With discussion lead by Tim Connolly, Assistant Professor of English at Montgomery County Community College.


Philadelphia Film Society

  • 4:00 PM, 7:00 PM - Breathless (Jean-Luc Godard, 1960, 90 min, French / English subtitles)
    Film Society East
    Notes: 4K


The Secret Cinema

  • 8:00 PM - 4 Artists
    The Rotunda
    Notes: Free program with short documentary profiles of four famous creators: Igor Stravinsky, Gordon Parks, Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. and Woody Allen.



11/14

BlackStar

  • 6:00 PM - Living Memory Shorts Program
    Philadelphia Art Museum
    Notes: Short film program by Indigenous filmmakers, part of Philadelphia Art Museum's Friday Nights: Indigenous Heritage Edition


Hiway Theater (Jenkintown)

  • 9:45 PM - Army of Darkness (Sam Raimi, 1992, 81 min, English)
    Part of Horror at the Hiway Series


Landmark Cinemas

  • 11:30 PM - Kiss of Death (Henry Hathaway, 1947, 98 min, English)
    Landmark Ritz Five | Part of Cine Insomnia Series


Philadelphia Film Society

Scribe Video Center


11/15

Asian Arts Initiative

  • 8:00 PM - Distant Voices (Takashi Ito, 2024, 53 min, )
    Notes: Introduced by critic and curator Joshua Minsoo Kim


Bryn Mawr Film Institute

  • 11:00 AM - Jumanji (Joe Johnston, 1995, 104 min, English)
    Part of Williams Family Matinees Series


Hiway Theater (Jenkintown)

  • 10:00 AM - Short Circuit (John Badham, 1986, 98 min, English)
    Part of $5 Family Matinees Series


Landmark Cinemas

  • 11:30 PM - Kiss of Death (Henry Hathaway, 1947, 98 min, English)
    Landmark Ritz Five | Part of Cine Insomnia Series


Philadelphia Film Society