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Bryn Mawr Film Institute is a non-profit arts organization that operates the historic movie theater in the Main Line suburb of Bryn Mawr, and is committed to film studies education and showing the best in art house, independent, international, and documentary cinema.

 

This venue is available for rent.  Visit http://www.phillyspacefinder.com/spaces/2472?from_search=1 for more info.

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    Bryn Mawr Film Institute

    824 W. Lancaster Avenue
    Bryn Mawr, PA 19010

    Phone: 610-527-9898   |   Official Website

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  • Accessibility Details

    Access Information: The Bryn Mawr Film Institute is currently undergoing a major renovation that will include accessibility upgrades to the entire facility.

    Deaf/Hearing Access: There are Assistive Listening Devices (ALD) are available upon request.

    Wheelchair Access: There is wheelchair accessible parking in the lot. Wheelchair seating is available. There is an elevator for access to the second floor.

  • • Current Events

      06/19/13

      Cabaret (1972) Bryn Mawr Film Institute Cabaret (1972) Presented by Bryn Mawr Film Institute at Bryn Mawr Film Institute June 19, 2013 “Money makes the world go ’round” in Berlin during the Weimar Republic where American entertainer Sally Bowles (Liza Minnelli) performs at the Kit Kat Klub. As Sally leads a bohemian life and focuses on her simultaneous romantic entanglements with two men, the Nazi party makes an unchecked rise to prominence in this dark musical directed by Bob Fosse. Cabaret is shown in conjunction with Bryn Mawr Film Institute's Film Course Stardust Memories: The...

  • • Upcoming Events

      06/22/13	My Little Pony: Equestria Girls (2013) Bryn Mawr Film Institute My Little Pony: Equestria Girls (2013) Presented by Bryn Mawr Film Institute at Bryn Mawr Film Institute June 22, 2013 In this fun, new My Little Pony adventure, Twilight Sparkle transforms into a teenage girl and must survive the challenging world of high school after she pursues a thief into an alternate dimension.
      06/22/13	The Bad News Bears (1976) Bryn Mawr Film Institute The Bad News Bears (1976) Presented by Bryn Mawr Film Institute at Bryn Mawr Film Institute June 22, 2013 Walter Matthau is uproarious as Morris Buttermaker, a beer-swilling, ex-minor leaguer who takes cash to coach The Bears, a foul-mouthed group of misfits who happen to be the worst players in an ultra-competitive California little league. Warning: some coarse language
      06/23/13	Bolshoi Ballet in HD: Romeo and Juliet Bryn Mawr Film Institute Bolshoi Ballet in HD: Romeo and Juliet Presented by Bryn Mawr Film Institute at Bryn Mawr Film Institute June 23, 2013 Romeo and Juliet, “one of the greatest of all love stories…and one of the most brilliant ballet scores ever written” (Moscow Times), is presented with fresh passion in Yuri Grigorovich’s version from the Bolshoi, which he originally staged in 1978 with his wife, the ballerina Natalia Bessmertnova, as Juliet. After her death in 2008, he revisited Romeo and Juliet; this revival reflects Grigorovich’s tender remembrances for his own beloved...
      06/25/13	Safety Last! (1923) Bryn Mawr Film Institute Safety Last! (1923) Presented by Bryn Mawr Film Institute at Bryn Mawr Film Institute June 25, 2013 Comic genius of the silent screen Harold Lloyd is laugh-out-loud funny as a country bumpkin trying to climb the ladder of success in the big city, only to find himself hanging on for dear life from the face of a clock! Celebrate the 90th anniversary of Lloyd’s crowning achievement with this sparkling new DCP restoration, sourced from an original nitrate print.
      06/27/13- 06/30/13	The Audience: Performed at London’s Gielgud Theatre and broadcast as part of National Theatre Live Bryn Mawr Film Institute The Audience: Performed at London’s Gielgud Theatre and broadcast as part of National Theatre Live Presented by Bryn Mawr Film Institute at Bryn Mawr Film Institute June 27-June 30, 2013 “The Audience is going to be one of the theatrical highlights of 2013.” - The Daily Mail For sixty years Elizabeth II has met each of her twelve Prime Ministers in a weekly audience at Buckingham Palace. A meeting like no other in British public life, it is private. Both parties have an unspoken agreement never to repeat what is said. Not even to their spouses. The Audience breaks this contract of silence and imagines a series of pivotal meetings...
      06/29/13	A League of their Own (1992) Bryn Mawr Film Institute A League of their Own (1992) Presented by Bryn Mawr Film Institute at Bryn Mawr Film Institute June 29, 2013 Geena Davis proves “there’s no crying in baseball” when she joins the all-female Rockford Peaches baseball team. Director Penny Marshall hits it out of the park with this winning comedy featuring Tom Hanks as the team’s reluctant coach.
      06/29/13	The Girl from the South (2012) Bryn Mawr Film Institute The Girl from the South (2012) Presented by Bryn Mawr Film Institute at Bryn Mawr Film Institute June 29, 2013 In 1989, budding filmmaker Jose Luis Garcia unexpectedly replaced his brother in the Argentine delegation to the World Youth and Students Festival, a political event sponsored by the USSR and held in North Korea, just three weeks after the massacre at Tiananmen Square and four months before the fall of the Berlin Wall. Armed with a borrowed VHS camera, Garcia recorded the surrealistic landscape of that summer, focusing his gaze on a young South Korean activist who earned the nickname the...
      07/02/13	Back to the Future (1985) Bryn Mawr Film Institute Back to the Future (1985) Presented by Bryn Mawr Film Institute at Bryn Mawr Film Institute July 2, 2013 “Roads? Where we’re going, we don’t need roads.” After eccentric scientist Doc Brown outfits a DeLorean with time-travel capabilities, teenager Marty McFly is accidentally sent thirty years into the past, where he immediately interferes with his own parents’ density—er, destiny. Can Marty fix the past so that he can get back to the future? Shown in conjunction with a Summer Classics Seminar, Back to the Future will be introduced...
      07/03/13	Annie Sing-Along (1982) Bryn Mawr Film Institute Annie Sing-Along (1982) Presented by Bryn Mawr Film Institute at Bryn Mawr Film Institute July 3, 2013 Carol Burnett and Albert Finney star as Miss Hannigan and Daddy Warbucks in this classic musical about mischievous little orphan Annie. Follow Annie from her “hard-knock life” at the orphanage to a mansion as she searches for her real parents... or just the right parents for her. “The sun will come out” at this sing-along event! Free popcorn if you wear a costume!
      07/06/13	Animal Crackers (1930) Bryn Mawr Film Institute Animal Crackers (1930) Presented by Bryn Mawr Film Institute at Bryn Mawr Film Institute July 6, 2013 When a valuable painting goes missing during a party in honor of the famed African explorer Captain Spaulding (Groucho Marx), mayhem and zaniness ensue in this beloved comedy, adapted from a successful Broadway musical of the same title.
      07/10/13	Rear Window (1954) Bryn Mawr Film Institute Rear Window (1954) Presented by Bryn Mawr Film Institute at Bryn Mawr Film Institute July 10, 2013 What would you do if you thought a murder had taken place in your own backyard? Hitchcock’s answer is the gripping, voyeuristic tale of a photographer (James Stewart), confined to his home with a broken leg, who endangers his girlfriend’s (Grace Kelly) life and risks another of his own limbs to confirm his suspicions about a menacing neighbor. This film series is shown in conjunction with Bryn Mawr Film Institute's Film Course Hitchcock at the Height, and each...
      07/10/13- 07/31/13	Hitchcock at the Height Bryn Mawr Film Institute Hitchcock at the Height Presented by Bryn Mawr Film Institute at Bryn Mawr Film Institute July 10-July 31, 2013 "At the height of what?" you may ask, and the answer is: "Everything." By the mid-1950s, Alfred Hitchcock had been in Hollywood for fifteen years, had long since moved beyond the rockiness of his early American productions, and was about to embark on the portion of his career that would see him soar like The Birds to new, Vertigo-inducing heights of filmmaking prowess, popular appeal, and critical acclaim. In fact, by the time the ride ended a...
      07/13/13	Horse Feathers (1932) Bryn Mawr Film Institute Horse Feathers (1932) Presented by Bryn Mawr Film Institute at Bryn Mawr Film Institute July 13, 2013 The Marx Brothers bring their madcap antics to the world of collegiate football in this hilarious comedy filled with quotable lines and songs so memorable that Woody Allen named his 1996 film, Everyone Says I Love You, after one of them!
      07/15/13	Magic Camp (2012) Bryn Mawr Film Institute Magic Camp (2012) Presented by Bryn Mawr Film Institute at Bryn Mawr Film Institute July 15, 2013 Back by popular demand! Every summer, Bryn Mawr College hosts Tannen’s Magic Camp, the world’s most prestigious overnight camp for young magicians. This heartwarming documentary chronicles the competition amongst the campers, all of whom strive to be the next Houdini. Many professional magicians, including campers and instructors from Tannen's, will wow audiences with spectacular performances before and after the screening. In addition, director Judd Ehrlich will be on hand for a...
      07/17/13	Vertigo (1958) Bryn Mawr Film Institute Vertigo (1958) Presented by Bryn Mawr Film Institute at Bryn Mawr Film Institute July 17, 2013 “Scottie” Ferguson (James Stewart) is an acrophobic ex-detective who becomes infatuated with his friend’s wife, whom he’s hired to investigate. His hope for romance dashed, Ferguson plummets into an emotional spiral, and the only escape requires him to face his fear. Anxiety, obsession, and beautiful Bay Area vistas saturate Sight & Sound’s “Greatest Film of All Time.” This film series is shown in conjunction with BMFI’s...
      07/20/13	The Cocoanuts (1929) Bryn Mawr Film Institute The Cocoanuts (1929) Presented by Bryn Mawr Film Institute at Bryn Mawr Film Institute July 20, 2013 In their first feature-length, big-screen adventure, the Marx Brothers are generally (cocoa)nuts as they run a hotel (and some cons) during the Florida land boom of the 1920s. This high-spirited musical comedy features songs by Irving Berlin.
      07/24/13	Psycho (1960) Bryn Mawr Film Institute Psycho (1960) Presented by Bryn Mawr Film Institute at Bryn Mawr Film Institute July 24, 2013 With this, the mother of all Hitchcock films, the Master of Suspense dipped his toe into horror, staging one of the cinema’s most unsettling scenes and giving life to one of its most indelible characters. If you’ve only ever watched this movie at home, then you haven’t seen Psycho. Janet Leigh showers, Bernard Herrmann scores, and the audience screams. This film series is shown in conjunction with Bryn Mawr Film Institute’s Film Course Hitchcock...
      07/27/13	Duck Soup (1933) Bryn Mawr Film Institute Duck Soup (1933) Presented by Bryn Mawr Film Institute at Bryn Mawr Film Institute July 27, 2013 Hailed as a masterpiece, this anarchic comedy stars Groucho Marx as Rufus T. Firefly, the new resident/dictator of the bankrupt country of Freedonia. Meanwhile, neighboring Sylvania attempts a coup and sends in Harpo and Chico as spies!
      08/03/13	To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) Bryn Mawr Film Institute To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) Presented by Bryn Mawr Film Institute at Bryn Mawr Film Institute August 3, 2013 Based on the beloved novel, Gregory Peck stars as Atticus Finch, a lawyer in the Depression-era South who combats prejudice as he defends a black man from a false charge. In 2003, AFI named Finch the greatest movie hero of all time.
      08/06/13	Funny Girl Sing-Along (1968) Bryn Mawr Film Institute Funny Girl Sing-Along (1968) Presented by Bryn Mawr Film Institute at Bryn Mawr Film Institute August 6, 2013 In her first big-screen role, Barbra Streisand wowed audiences as real-life comedienne Fanny Brice, whose exceptional talent moved her out of the Lower East Side and into stardom with a career in the Ziegfeld Follies. Sing along with classic songs such as “People”, “I’m the Greatest Star” and “Don’t Rain on My Parade”—even if you don’t have pipes like Barbra! Free popcorn if you wear a costume!
      08/10/13	Now and Then (1995) Bryn Mawr Film Institute Now and Then (1995) Presented by Bryn Mawr Film Institute at Bryn Mawr Film Institute August 10, 2013 Four best friends do a bit of growing up during an eventful summer in 1970, and years later the girls (now women) reconnect and reminisce about those magical months. This warmhearted film is fun for friends of all ages.
      08/13/13	Brief Encounter (1945) Bryn Mawr Film Institute Brief Encounter (1945) Presented by Bryn Mawr Film Institute at Bryn Mawr Film Institute August 13, 2013 After a chance encounter in a railway station in suburban England, a man and woman—both in their later thirties and married to other people—must contend with an undeniable attraction. Nominated for three Academy Awards, including Best Director, this very British love story was adapted by Noël Coward from his 1936 one-act play, Still Life. Shown in conjunction with a Summer Classics Seminar, Brief Encounter will be introduced by the...
      08/17/13	Heavyweights (1995) Bryn Mawr Film Institute Heavyweights (1995) Presented by Bryn Mawr Film Institute at Bryn Mawr Film Institute August 17, 2013 After a psycho ex-fitness instructor (Ben Stiller) takes over operations at their formerly fat-friendly camp, a group of plump kids band together to save their summer from ruin in this hysterical comedy written and produced by Judd Apatow.
      08/20/13	The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) Bryn Mawr Film Institute The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) Presented by Bryn Mawr Film Institute at Bryn Mawr Film Institute August 20, 2013 While serving time at a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp in Burma during World War II, a British colonel (Alec Guinness) reluctantly agrees to aid his captors by overseeing his men in the construction of a railway bridge. Opening to near universal acclaim, Lean’s historical epic won seven Academy Awards and was added to the National Film Registry in 1997.
      08/24/13	The Parent Trap (1961) Bryn Mawr Film Institute The Parent Trap (1961) Presented by Bryn Mawr Film Institute at Bryn Mawr Film Institute August 24, 2013 Hayley Mills pulls double duty as a set of teenage twins who were separated at birth in this Disney classic. After a chance reunion at camp, the girls decide to switch places and hatch a plan to bring their divorced parents back together.
      08/27/13	Lawrence of Arabia (1962) Bryn Mawr Film Institute Lawrence of Arabia (1962) Presented by Bryn Mawr Film Institute at Bryn Mawr Film Institute August 27, 2013 In this stunning film, Peter O’Toole plays the unconventional war hero, T.E. Lawrence, who rallied the Arabian desert tribes against the Turks during WWI. The film’s remarkable cinematography continues to be a landmark in contemporary filmmaking, and can only be fully appreciated on the big screen. Join Bryn Mawr Film Institute for the final film of the season, a true epic!

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  • Current Events

    06/19/13

    Cabaret (1972) Bryn Mawr Film Institute Cabaret (1972) Presented by Bryn Mawr Film Institute at Bryn Mawr Film Institute June 19, 2013 “Money makes the world go ’round” in Berlin during the Weimar Republic where American entertainer Sally Bowles (Liza Minnelli) performs at the Kit Kat Klub. As Sally leads a bohemian life and focuses on her simultaneous romantic entanglements with two men, the Nazi party makes an unchecked rise to prominence in this dark musical directed by Bob Fosse. Cabaret is shown in conjunction with Bryn Mawr Film Institute's Film Course Stardust Memories: The...

  • Upcoming Events

    06/22/13	My Little Pony: Equestria Girls (2013) Bryn Mawr Film Institute My Little Pony: Equestria Girls (2013) Presented by Bryn Mawr Film Institute at Bryn Mawr Film Institute June 22, 2013 In this fun, new My Little Pony adventure, Twilight Sparkle transforms into a teenage girl and must survive the challenging world of high school after she pursues a thief into an alternate dimension.
    06/22/13	The Bad News Bears (1976) Bryn Mawr Film Institute The Bad News Bears (1976) Presented by Bryn Mawr Film Institute at Bryn Mawr Film Institute June 22, 2013 Walter Matthau is uproarious as Morris Buttermaker, a beer-swilling, ex-minor leaguer who takes cash to coach The Bears, a foul-mouthed group of misfits who happen to be the worst players in an ultra-competitive California little league. Warning: some coarse language
    06/23/13	Bolshoi Ballet in HD: Romeo and Juliet Bryn Mawr Film Institute Bolshoi Ballet in HD: Romeo and Juliet Presented by Bryn Mawr Film Institute at Bryn Mawr Film Institute June 23, 2013 Romeo and Juliet, “one of the greatest of all love stories…and one of the most brilliant ballet scores ever written” (Moscow Times), is presented with fresh passion in Yuri Grigorovich’s version from the Bolshoi, which he originally staged in 1978 with his wife, the ballerina Natalia Bessmertnova, as Juliet. After her death in 2008, he revisited Romeo and Juliet; this revival reflects Grigorovich’s tender remembrances for his own beloved...
    06/25/13	Safety Last! (1923) Bryn Mawr Film Institute Safety Last! (1923) Presented by Bryn Mawr Film Institute at Bryn Mawr Film Institute June 25, 2013 Comic genius of the silent screen Harold Lloyd is laugh-out-loud funny as a country bumpkin trying to climb the ladder of success in the big city, only to find himself hanging on for dear life from the face of a clock! Celebrate the 90th anniversary of Lloyd’s crowning achievement with this sparkling new DCP restoration, sourced from an original nitrate print.
    06/27/13- 06/30/13	The Audience: Performed at London’s Gielgud Theatre and broadcast as part of National Theatre Live Bryn Mawr Film Institute The Audience: Performed at London’s Gielgud Theatre and broadcast as part of National Theatre Live Presented by Bryn Mawr Film Institute at Bryn Mawr Film Institute June 27-June 30, 2013 “The Audience is going to be one of the theatrical highlights of 2013.” - The Daily Mail For sixty years Elizabeth II has met each of her twelve Prime Ministers in a weekly audience at Buckingham Palace. A meeting like no other in British public life, it is private. Both parties have an unspoken agreement never to repeat what is said. Not even to their spouses. The Audience breaks this contract of silence and imagines a series of pivotal meetings...
    06/29/13	A League of their Own (1992) Bryn Mawr Film Institute A League of their Own (1992) Presented by Bryn Mawr Film Institute at Bryn Mawr Film Institute June 29, 2013 Geena Davis proves “there’s no crying in baseball” when she joins the all-female Rockford Peaches baseball team. Director Penny Marshall hits it out of the park with this winning comedy featuring Tom Hanks as the team’s reluctant coach.
    06/29/13	The Girl from the South (2012) Bryn Mawr Film Institute The Girl from the South (2012) Presented by Bryn Mawr Film Institute at Bryn Mawr Film Institute June 29, 2013 In 1989, budding filmmaker Jose Luis Garcia unexpectedly replaced his brother in the Argentine delegation to the World Youth and Students Festival, a political event sponsored by the USSR and held in North Korea, just three weeks after the massacre at Tiananmen Square and four months before the fall of the Berlin Wall. Armed with a borrowed VHS camera, Garcia recorded the surrealistic landscape of that summer, focusing his gaze on a young South Korean activist who earned the nickname the...
    07/02/13	Back to the Future (1985) Bryn Mawr Film Institute Back to the Future (1985) Presented by Bryn Mawr Film Institute at Bryn Mawr Film Institute July 2, 2013 “Roads? Where we’re going, we don’t need roads.” After eccentric scientist Doc Brown outfits a DeLorean with time-travel capabilities, teenager Marty McFly is accidentally sent thirty years into the past, where he immediately interferes with his own parents’ density—er, destiny. Can Marty fix the past so that he can get back to the future? Shown in conjunction with a Summer Classics Seminar, Back to the Future will be introduced...
    07/03/13	Annie Sing-Along (1982) Bryn Mawr Film Institute Annie Sing-Along (1982) Presented by Bryn Mawr Film Institute at Bryn Mawr Film Institute July 3, 2013 Carol Burnett and Albert Finney star as Miss Hannigan and Daddy Warbucks in this classic musical about mischievous little orphan Annie. Follow Annie from her “hard-knock life” at the orphanage to a mansion as she searches for her real parents... or just the right parents for her. “The sun will come out” at this sing-along event! Free popcorn if you wear a costume!
    07/06/13	Animal Crackers (1930) Bryn Mawr Film Institute Animal Crackers (1930) Presented by Bryn Mawr Film Institute at Bryn Mawr Film Institute July 6, 2013 When a valuable painting goes missing during a party in honor of the famed African explorer Captain Spaulding (Groucho Marx), mayhem and zaniness ensue in this beloved comedy, adapted from a successful Broadway musical of the same title.
    07/10/13	Rear Window (1954) Bryn Mawr Film Institute Rear Window (1954) Presented by Bryn Mawr Film Institute at Bryn Mawr Film Institute July 10, 2013 What would you do if you thought a murder had taken place in your own backyard? Hitchcock’s answer is the gripping, voyeuristic tale of a photographer (James Stewart), confined to his home with a broken leg, who endangers his girlfriend’s (Grace Kelly) life and risks another of his own limbs to confirm his suspicions about a menacing neighbor. This film series is shown in conjunction with Bryn Mawr Film Institute's Film Course Hitchcock at the Height, and each...
    07/10/13- 07/31/13	Hitchcock at the Height Bryn Mawr Film Institute Hitchcock at the Height Presented by Bryn Mawr Film Institute at Bryn Mawr Film Institute July 10-July 31, 2013 "At the height of what?" you may ask, and the answer is: "Everything." By the mid-1950s, Alfred Hitchcock had been in Hollywood for fifteen years, had long since moved beyond the rockiness of his early American productions, and was about to embark on the portion of his career that would see him soar like The Birds to new, Vertigo-inducing heights of filmmaking prowess, popular appeal, and critical acclaim. In fact, by the time the ride ended a...
    07/13/13	Horse Feathers (1932) Bryn Mawr Film Institute Horse Feathers (1932) Presented by Bryn Mawr Film Institute at Bryn Mawr Film Institute July 13, 2013 The Marx Brothers bring their madcap antics to the world of collegiate football in this hilarious comedy filled with quotable lines and songs so memorable that Woody Allen named his 1996 film, Everyone Says I Love You, after one of them!
    07/15/13	Magic Camp (2012) Bryn Mawr Film Institute Magic Camp (2012) Presented by Bryn Mawr Film Institute at Bryn Mawr Film Institute July 15, 2013 Back by popular demand! Every summer, Bryn Mawr College hosts Tannen’s Magic Camp, the world’s most prestigious overnight camp for young magicians. This heartwarming documentary chronicles the competition amongst the campers, all of whom strive to be the next Houdini. Many professional magicians, including campers and instructors from Tannen's, will wow audiences with spectacular performances before and after the screening. In addition, director Judd Ehrlich will be on hand for a...
    07/17/13	Vertigo (1958) Bryn Mawr Film Institute Vertigo (1958) Presented by Bryn Mawr Film Institute at Bryn Mawr Film Institute July 17, 2013 “Scottie” Ferguson (James Stewart) is an acrophobic ex-detective who becomes infatuated with his friend’s wife, whom he’s hired to investigate. His hope for romance dashed, Ferguson plummets into an emotional spiral, and the only escape requires him to face his fear. Anxiety, obsession, and beautiful Bay Area vistas saturate Sight & Sound’s “Greatest Film of All Time.” This film series is shown in conjunction with BMFI’s...
    07/20/13	The Cocoanuts (1929) Bryn Mawr Film Institute The Cocoanuts (1929) Presented by Bryn Mawr Film Institute at Bryn Mawr Film Institute July 20, 2013 In their first feature-length, big-screen adventure, the Marx Brothers are generally (cocoa)nuts as they run a hotel (and some cons) during the Florida land boom of the 1920s. This high-spirited musical comedy features songs by Irving Berlin.
    07/24/13	Psycho (1960) Bryn Mawr Film Institute Psycho (1960) Presented by Bryn Mawr Film Institute at Bryn Mawr Film Institute July 24, 2013 With this, the mother of all Hitchcock films, the Master of Suspense dipped his toe into horror, staging one of the cinema’s most unsettling scenes and giving life to one of its most indelible characters. If you’ve only ever watched this movie at home, then you haven’t seen Psycho. Janet Leigh showers, Bernard Herrmann scores, and the audience screams. This film series is shown in conjunction with Bryn Mawr Film Institute’s Film Course Hitchcock...
    07/27/13	Duck Soup (1933) Bryn Mawr Film Institute Duck Soup (1933) Presented by Bryn Mawr Film Institute at Bryn Mawr Film Institute July 27, 2013 Hailed as a masterpiece, this anarchic comedy stars Groucho Marx as Rufus T. Firefly, the new resident/dictator of the bankrupt country of Freedonia. Meanwhile, neighboring Sylvania attempts a coup and sends in Harpo and Chico as spies!
    08/03/13	To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) Bryn Mawr Film Institute To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) Presented by Bryn Mawr Film Institute at Bryn Mawr Film Institute August 3, 2013 Based on the beloved novel, Gregory Peck stars as Atticus Finch, a lawyer in the Depression-era South who combats prejudice as he defends a black man from a false charge. In 2003, AFI named Finch the greatest movie hero of all time.
    08/06/13	Funny Girl Sing-Along (1968) Bryn Mawr Film Institute Funny Girl Sing-Along (1968) Presented by Bryn Mawr Film Institute at Bryn Mawr Film Institute August 6, 2013 In her first big-screen role, Barbra Streisand wowed audiences as real-life comedienne Fanny Brice, whose exceptional talent moved her out of the Lower East Side and into stardom with a career in the Ziegfeld Follies. Sing along with classic songs such as “People”, “I’m the Greatest Star” and “Don’t Rain on My Parade”—even if you don’t have pipes like Barbra! Free popcorn if you wear a costume!
    08/10/13	Now and Then (1995) Bryn Mawr Film Institute Now and Then (1995) Presented by Bryn Mawr Film Institute at Bryn Mawr Film Institute August 10, 2013 Four best friends do a bit of growing up during an eventful summer in 1970, and years later the girls (now women) reconnect and reminisce about those magical months. This warmhearted film is fun for friends of all ages.
    08/13/13	Brief Encounter (1945) Bryn Mawr Film Institute Brief Encounter (1945) Presented by Bryn Mawr Film Institute at Bryn Mawr Film Institute August 13, 2013 After a chance encounter in a railway station in suburban England, a man and woman—both in their later thirties and married to other people—must contend with an undeniable attraction. Nominated for three Academy Awards, including Best Director, this very British love story was adapted by Noël Coward from his 1936 one-act play, Still Life. Shown in conjunction with a Summer Classics Seminar, Brief Encounter will be introduced by the...
    08/17/13	Heavyweights (1995) Bryn Mawr Film Institute Heavyweights (1995) Presented by Bryn Mawr Film Institute at Bryn Mawr Film Institute August 17, 2013 After a psycho ex-fitness instructor (Ben Stiller) takes over operations at their formerly fat-friendly camp, a group of plump kids band together to save their summer from ruin in this hysterical comedy written and produced by Judd Apatow.
    08/20/13	The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) Bryn Mawr Film Institute The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) Presented by Bryn Mawr Film Institute at Bryn Mawr Film Institute August 20, 2013 While serving time at a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp in Burma during World War II, a British colonel (Alec Guinness) reluctantly agrees to aid his captors by overseeing his men in the construction of a railway bridge. Opening to near universal acclaim, Lean’s historical epic won seven Academy Awards and was added to the National Film Registry in 1997.
    08/24/13	The Parent Trap (1961) Bryn Mawr Film Institute The Parent Trap (1961) Presented by Bryn Mawr Film Institute at Bryn Mawr Film Institute August 24, 2013 Hayley Mills pulls double duty as a set of teenage twins who were separated at birth in this Disney classic. After a chance reunion at camp, the girls decide to switch places and hatch a plan to bring their divorced parents back together.
    08/27/13	Lawrence of Arabia (1962) Bryn Mawr Film Institute Lawrence of Arabia (1962) Presented by Bryn Mawr Film Institute at Bryn Mawr Film Institute August 27, 2013 In this stunning film, Peter O’Toole plays the unconventional war hero, T.E. Lawrence, who rallied the Arabian desert tribes against the Turks during WWI. The film’s remarkable cinematography continues to be a landmark in contemporary filmmaking, and can only be fully appreciated on the big screen. Join Bryn Mawr Film Institute for the final film of the season, a true epic!

• Past
  Events

  • Past Events

    06/18/13	Scarface (1932) Bryn Mawr Film Institute
    06/16/13	Paul McCartney and Wings: Rockshow (2013) Bryn Mawr Film Institute
    06/15/13	Field of Dreams (1989) Bryn Mawr Film Institute
    06/12/13	Little Shop of Horrors Sing-Along (1986) Bryn Mawr Film Institute
    06/09/13	The Magic Flute Bryn Mawr Film Institute
    06/08/13	The Sandlot (1993) Bryn Mawr Film Institute
    06/04/13	King Kong (1933) Bryn Mawr Film Institute
    05/30/13- 06/02/13	This House: Performed at the National Theatre in London Bryn Mawr Film Institute
    05/28/13	Le Grand Amour with “Happy Anniversary” (1969) Bryn Mawr Film Institute
    05/25/13	David Broza Concert and VIP Reception Bryn Mawr Film Institute
    05/22/13	Wagner & Me (2010) Bryn Mawr Film Institute
    05/21/13	Yo Yo with "Rupture" (1965) Bryn Mawr Film Institute
    05/19/13	Romeo and Juliet: Performed by the Bolshoi Ballet Bryn Mawr Film Institute
    05/16/13	Future Weather (2012) Bryn Mawr Film Institute
    05/14/13	Babette's Feast (1987) Bryn Mawr Film Institute
    05/12/13	Nabucco: Performed at the Royal Opera House in London Bryn Mawr Film Institute
    05/10/13	Critically Acclaimed Bryn Mawr Film Institute
    05/08/13	Oliver! Sing-along (1968) Bryn Mawr Film Institute
    05/07/13	Wreck-It Ralph (2012) Bryn Mawr Film Institute
    05/05/13	Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: Performed by the Royal Ballet in London Bryn Mawr Film Institute
    05/05/13	Live Simulcast: Yannick Nezet-Seguin Conducts Mahler & Strauss (Performed by the Philadelphia Orchestra) Bryn Mawr Film Institute
    05/01/13	Tri-Co Film Festival Bryn Mawr Film Institute
    04/28/13	Manet: Portraying Life Bryn Mawr Film Institute
    04/25/13	8 1/2 (1963) Bryn Mawr Film Institute
    04/24/13	Come As You Are (Hasta La Vista!): ReelAbilities Film Festival Bryn Mawr Film Institute
    04/22/13	Dostoyevsky Man (2012) Bryn Mawr Film Institute
    04/17/13	Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) Bryn Mawr Film Institute
    04/15/13	Leonie Bryn Mawr Film Institute
    04/10/13	Delaware Valley Marcellus Association premieres FrackNation Bryn Mawr Film Institute
    04/04/13- 04/07/13	People: Performed at the National Theatre in London Bryn Mawr Film Institute
    04/03/13	Pride & Prejudice (2005) Bryn Mawr Film Institute
    03/28/13	Alice Neel (2007) Bryn Mawr Film Institute
    03/26/13- 03/31/13	Great Expectations: Performed at the Vaudeville Theatre in London Bryn Mawr Film Institute
    03/19/13	Deliverance (1972) Bryn Mawr Film Institute
    03/13/13	How to Survive a Plague (2012) Bryn Mawr Film Institute
    03/12/13	Ikiru (1952) Bryn Mawr Film Institute
    03/06/13	Dostoyevsky Man (2012) Bryn Mawr Film Institute
    03/03/13	To Dance Like a Man: Triplets in Havana (2011) Bryn Mawr Film Institute
    02/27/13	West Side Story Sing-along (1961) Bryn Mawr Film Institute
    02/21/13	Tokyo Story (1953) Bryn Mawr Film Institute
    02/12/13	Whale Rider (2002) Bryn Mawr Film Institute
    02/06/13	Joyeux Noel (2005) Bryn Mawr Film Institute
    01/29/13	Tom Wolfe Gets Back to Blood (2012) Bryn Mawr Film Institute
    01/26/13	All Dogs Go to Heaven Bryn Mawr Film Institute
    01/19/13	Rango Bryn Mawr Film Institute
    01/15/13	The Great Santini (1979) Bryn Mawr Film Institute
    01/12/13	The Shaggy Dog (1959) Bryn Mawr Film Institute
    01/05/13	Rio Bryn Mawr Film Institute
    12/29/12	Winnie The Pooh (2011) Bryn Mawr Film Institute
    12/23/12	The Royal Ballet in HD: The Nutcracker Bryn Mawr Film Institute
    12/22/12	The Muppet Christmas Carol Bryn Mawr Film Institute
    12/18/12	The Sound of Music Sing-along Bryn Mawr Film Institute
    12/16/12	Opera in HD: Cendrillon Bryn Mawr Film Institute
    12/15/12	Where the Wild Things Are Bryn Mawr Film Institute
    12/12/12	Wild Strawberries Bryn Mawr Film Institute
    12/11/12	The Color Wheel Bryn Mawr Film Institute
    12/08/12	Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs Bryn Mawr Film Institute
    12/04/12	Magic Camp Bryn Mawr Film Institute
    12/03/12	Open Screen Showcase Bryn Mawr Film Institute
    12/01/12	The Phantom Tollbooth Bryn Mawr Film Institute
    11/29/12	National Theatre: TIMON OF ATHENS Bryn Mawr Film Institute
    11/25/12	Dance in HD: "An Evening with Kylian/Inger/Walerski" performed by the Netherlands Dance Theatre Bryn Mawr Film Institute
    11/24/12	Looney Tunes Shorts: “Leghorn Swoggled” and Five More Bryn Mawr Film Institute
    11/20/12	South Pacific Sing-along Bryn Mawr Film Institute
    11/18/12- 11/29/12	National Theatre: TIMON OF ATHENS Bryn Mawr Film Institute
    11/17/12	Looney Tunes Shorts: “A Street Cat Named Sylvester” and Five More Bryn Mawr Film Institute
    11/15/12	Grand Illusion Bryn Mawr Film Institute
    11/15/12	Cinema Classics Seminar: Grand Illusion Bryn Mawr Film Institute
    11/14/12	Tombstone Bryn Mawr Film Institute
    11/14/12	Seminar: The Western in the 1990s Bryn Mawr Film Institute
    11/11/12- 11/14/12	Opera in HD: Siegfried from La Scala and Seminar: The Western in the 1990s Bryn Mawr Film Institute
    11/11/12	Opera in HD: SIEGFRIED from Teatro alla Scala Bryn Mawr Film Institute
    11/10/12	Looney Tunes Shorts: “Greedy for Tweety” and Five More Bryn Mawr Film Institute
    11/08/12	'10 Questions for the Dalai Lama' with Rick Ray Bryn Mawr Film Institute
    11/08/12	GEOfest: 10 Questions for the Dalai Lama Bryn Mawr Film Institute
    11/07/12	Love Story Bryn Mawr Film Institute
    11/06/12	The Fall of Otrar Bryn Mawr Film Institute
    11/04/12	Room 514 Bryn Mawr Film Institute
    11/03/12	Looney Tunes Shorts: “Kiddin’ the Kitten” and Five More Bryn Mawr Film Institute
    11/01/12	National Theatre: The Last of the Haussmans Bryn Mawr Film Institute
    10/30/12	Twenty Days Without War Bryn Mawr Film Institute
    10/30/12	My Friend Ivan Lapshin Bryn Mawr Film Institute
    10/28/12- 11/01/12	National Theatre: THE LAST OF THE HAUSSMANS Bryn Mawr Film Institute
    10/27/12	Hook Bryn Mawr Film Institute
    10/24/12	The Tingler Bryn Mawr Film Institute
    10/23/12	The Seventh Companion Bryn Mawr Film Institute
    10/23/12	Trial on the Road Bryn Mawr Film Institute
    10/22/12	'The Whale' Movie Screening for The Center For Whale Research Bryn Mawr Film Institute
    10/21/12	La Scala Ballet in HD: L'Altra Meta del Cielo Bryn Mawr Film Institute
    10/20/12	The Neverending Story Bryn Mawr Film Institute
    10/19/12	Serenity Bryn Mawr Film Institute
    10/17/12	State of the Union Bryn Mawr Film Institute
    10/16/12	A League of Their Own Bryn Mawr Film Institute
    10/14/12	Opera in HD: L'Italiana in Algeri Bryn Mawr Film Institute
    10/13/12	Pete's Dragon Bryn Mawr Film Institute
    10/09/12	Amateur Night: Home Movies from American Archives Bryn Mawr Film Institute
    10/06/12	How To Train Your Dragon Bryn Mawr Film Institute
    10/04/12- 10/07/12	Manhattan Short Film Festival Bryn Mawr Film Institute
    10/02/12	Contagion Bryn Mawr Film Institute
    09/27/12	Matthew's Bourne's Swan Lake Bryn Mawr Film Institute