Events
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Oscar Nominated Short Films
Presented by The Colonial Theatre at The Colonial Theatre February 10-February 16, 2012 Come see all of the Oscar nominated short films – animated, live action, and documentary.
ANIMATED
Sunday/Dimanche
10 min – English – Patrick Doyon
The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
15 min – No Dialogue – William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg
La Luna
7 min – English – Enrico Casaroasa
A Morning Stroll
7 min – No Dialogue – Grant Orchard and Sue... |
The Colonial Theatre |
02/10/12 -
02/16/12 |
The Colonial Theatre, Phoenixville |
MST3K: Time Chasers
Presented by The Colonial Theatre at The Colonial Theatre February 17, 2012 If you studied the greatest time travel tales in history, Time Chasers would surely be the weakest. It’s got a guy and some other guy in it. They use a biplane to fly back in time and do stuff. If it all sounds like so much enchantment – it isn’t. It does, however, setup up our intrepid movie riffing trio (Mike, Crow and Servo) with a veritable feast on which to heap scorn! Join us once again for a Mystery Science Theater 3000 crowd experience unlike most... |
The Colonial Theatre |
02/17/12 |
The Colonial Theatre, Phoenixville |
The Secret of Moonacre
Presented by The Colonial Theatre at The Colonial Theatre February 18, 2012 Based on the book The Little White Horse by Elizabeth Goudge (JK Rowling’s favorite childhood book!).
When 13 year old Maria Merryweather’s father dies, leaving her orphaned and homeless, she is forced to leave her luxurious London life to go and live with Sir Benjamin, an eccentric uncle she didn’t know she had, at the mysterious Moonacre Manor. Soon Maria finds herself in a crumbling moonlit world torn apart by the hatred of an ancient feud with the dark and... |
The Colonial Theatre |
02/18/12 |
The Colonial Theatre, Phoenixville |
Tabloid
Presented by The Colonial Theatre at The Colonial Theatre February 19, 2012 “Timed serendipitously with the sudden collapse of Britain’s 168-year-old gossip rag News Of The World, Errol Morris’ Tabloid reveals, among many other things, the fierce, unscrupulous reporting that goes on at competing publications—in this case, Britain’s Daily Mirror and Daily Express. In spite of its title, this gossip war isn’t Tabloid’s subject, but it does underline a long-running theme in Morris’ work about the elusive,... |
The Colonial Theatre |
02/19/12 |
The Colonial Theatre, Phoenixville |
The Artist
Presented by The Colonial Theatre at The Colonial Theatre February 17-February 23, 2012 “We rarely think of as great movies as breezy ones: Breeziness is supposedly only for disposable entertainment, though achieving filmmaking greatness in the way we normally think of it — with impressive sets, heavy-duty acting and ultra-polished cinematography — is probably easier than brushing a movie with just the right amount of gold dust. Michel Hazanavicius’s The Artist is a gold dust movie, a picture whose very boldness lies in its perceived... |
The Colonial Theatre |
02/17/12 -
02/23/12 |
The Colonial Theatre, Phoenixville |
Turtles Can Fly
Presented by The Colonial Theatre at The Colonial Theatre February 25, 2012 “In the makeshift refugee villages of northern Iraq shortly before 2003′s U.S.-led invasion, parentless children spend their days collecting landmines and awaiting information on the impending war. With no responsible adults to guide or shelter them, the kids—led by a precocious boy named Satellite (Soran Ebrahim), whose skill with technology makes him a vital member of the temporary community—toil and suffer in quiet, resigned to their bleak fate as dispossessed... |
The Colonial Theatre |
02/25/12 |
The Colonial Theatre, Phoenixville |
Night of the Creeps
Presented by The Colonial Theatre at The Colonial Theatre March 2, 2012 “Fred Dekker’s 1986 horror-comedy Night Of The Creeps had the curious distinction of being simultaneously anachronistic and ahead of its time.
By the mid-’80s, the heyday of campy, drive-in-ready B-movies about square young men battling creepy-crawlies from another world while trying to muster up the courage to ask their gals to the big dance had long passed. But the winking meta-commentary of Scream and Hot Fuzz wasn’t yet in vogue. Like... |
The Colonial Theatre |
03/02/12 |
The Colonial Theatre, Phoenixville |
Resurrect Dead: The Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles
Presented by The Colonial Theatre at The Colonial Theatre March 4, 2012 Q&A with director and Philly native John Foy immediately following the screening.
“Alien to the street yet embedded within it, easy to read but impossible to decipher, the Toynbee Tiles are an internationally enigmatic, handcrafted phenomenon. First discovered in the early 1980s, these crudely tiled signs have appeared in pavements all over the world, each uniquely made yet all expressing an identical message:
Toynbee Idea
In Kubrick’s... |
The Colonial Theatre |
03/04/12 |
The Colonial Theatre, Phoenixville |
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Looney Tunes
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The Colonial Theatre |
03/10/12 |
The Colonial Theatre, Phoenixville |
Mister Rogers & Me
Presented by The Colonial Theatre at The Colonial Theatre March 11, 2012 Q&A with filmmakers and former Berwyn residents Benjamin and Christofer Wagner immediately following the screening.
“Unlike almost everyone on TV who’s invented a persona, Mr. Rogers was the same person off screen. His life and his work touched children, politicians, celebrities and religious leaders. He did it in a way that was both humble and authentic. I learned this watching a profoundly moving film – Mr Rogers and Me by Benjamin and Christofer Wagner.... |
The Colonial Theatre |
03/11/12 |
The Colonial Theatre, Phoenixville |
The Prep School Negro: A Film Screening & Discussion with Filmmaker André Robert Lee
Presented by African American Museum of Philadelphia at African American Museum in Philadelphia March 11, 2012 The African American Museum in Philadelphia and the Mid-Atlantic office of A Better Chance present André Robert Lee’s The Prep School Negro. André Robert Lee and his sister grew up in the ghettos of Philadelphia while their mother struggled working long hours in a garment factory to support them. When André was 14 years old, he received what his family believed to be a golden ticket – a full scholarship to attend one of the most prestigious prep... |
African American Museum of Philadelphia |
03/11/12 |
African American Museum in Philadelphia, Philadelphia |
Documentary Screening - The Promise: The Making of Darkness on the Edge of Town
Presented by National Constitution Center at National Constitution Center March 14, 2012 Directed by Grammy and Emmy-winning filmmaker Thom Zimny, this 90-minute film combines never-before-seen footage of Springsteen and the E Street Band shot between 1976 and 1978, including home rehearsals and studio sessions, as well as new interviews with Springsteen, E Street Band members, manager Jon Landau, former manager Mike Appel, and others closely involved in the making of the classic album. |
National Constitution Center |
03/14/12 |
National Constitution Center, Philadelphia |
Botany of Desire Screening
Presented by Scott Arboretum of Swarthmore College at Scott Arboretum of Swarthmore College March 16, 2012 Join Scott Arboretum for a free screening of Michael Pollan’s documentary The Botany of Desire in the Wister Center. Flowers. Trees. Plants. Humans have always thought that they controlled them. But what if, in fact, they have been shaping humans? Using this provocative question as a jumping off point, The Botany of Desire, a two-hour PBS documentary based on the best-selling book by Michael Pollan, takes you on an eye-opening exploration of our relationship with the... |
Scott Arboretum of Swarthmore College |
03/16/12 |
Scott Arboretum of Swarthmore College, Swarthmore |
Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure
Presented by The Colonial Theatre at The Colonial Theatre March 16, 2012 “Just stupid enough to be endearing.” (Rob Thomas, Capital Times)
“The boys are back in town – and back in the telephone-booth time machine. As these high school goofballs travel back in time to score some heavy dudes like Napoleon, Socrates, and Billy the Kid for their history presentation, they wrote themselves into the teen-movie pantheon. Everything Reeves has done since always has the whiff of “Ted” about it. Party on, dudes.” (Marjorie... |
The Colonial Theatre |
03/16/12 |
The Colonial Theatre, Phoenixville |
Darby O’Gill and the Little People
Presented by The Colonial Theatre at The Colonial Theatre March 17, 2012 Albert Sharpe is an Irish caretaker whose tendency to spin the blarney causes no one to believe him when he becomes the guest of the Leprechauns in their underground home. Great special effects create a timeless atmosphere of charm and fantasy. Also starring Sean Connery. (TLA Film & Video Guide 2002-03)
Directed by Robert Stevenson. US. 1959. 6+. 93 min. Buena Vista. 35mm.
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The Colonial Theatre |
03/17/12 |
The Colonial Theatre, Phoenixville |
The Art of the Steal
Presented by The Colonial Theatre at The Colonial Theatre March 18, 2012 “As a forward-thinking art collector in the 1920s, Dr. Albert Barnes snapped up an extraordinary wealth of post-impressionist and modernist paintings from the likes of Matisse, Picasso, Renoir, and Cezanne; though dismissed by tastemakers at the time, his collection is now valued in the tens of billions. In his will, Barnes was specific about what the trustees were to do with his assets: He wanted them to remain housed in his small, meticulously conceived institution in the... |
The Colonial Theatre |
03/18/12 |
The Colonial Theatre, Phoenixville |
Superman
Presented by The Colonial Theatre at The Colonial Theatre March 24, 2012 “Superman was an extraordinarily expensive film, and on the whole the money was well spent. Perfect casting and stunning special effects combine to relate the origins of the famous DC Comics here.
Superman’s father (Marlon Brando) jettisons his child into space to save him from the death of planet Krypton. Christopher Reeve plays the adult Superman, who, as Clark Kent, gets a job at The Daily Planet where he meets Lois Lane (Margot Kidder). Lex Luther (Gene... |
The Colonial Theatre |
03/24/12 |
The Colonial Theatre, Phoenixville |
Spring Pipe Organ Concert
Presented by The Colonial Theatre at The Colonial Theatre March 25, 2012 Glenn Hough will play a selection of music appropriate for Spring, St. Patrick’s Day and the moon. There will be one intermission and the overall program will last about 2 hours. This program benefits the Theatre Organ Society of the Delaware Valley (TOSDV) Theatre Pipe Organ Restoration Fund.
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The Colonial Theatre |
03/25/12 |
The Colonial Theatre, Phoenixville |
Stand by Me
Presented by The Colonial Theatre at The Colonial Theatre April 7, 2012 “The line between sappy and sweet is a razor-thin one. We’ve all been held hostage by coming-of-age stories that shamelessly cudgel us into sniffling submission. And while they might succeed in making us reach for the Kleenex, we rarely feel good about it afterward. Then there’s a movie like Stand by Me, which gets your tear ducts working honestly.
Based on a Stephen King novella, the film tells the sepia-tinted story of four childhood pals destined to... |
The Colonial Theatre |
04/07/12 |
The Colonial Theatre, Phoenixville |
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
Presented by The Colonial Theatre at The Colonial Theatre April 14, 2012 Audiences young and old enjoy this larkish musical/fantasy featuring precocious children and childlike adults. Gene Wilder stars as the eccentric candy maker searching for the child who will inherit his fantastic factory. For a contrarian, but not completely off base, review check out Chuck Bowen’s on SlantMagazine.com.
Directed by Mel Stuart. US. 1971. 8+. 98 min. Warner Bros.... |
The Colonial Theatre |
04/14/12 |
The Colonial Theatre, Phoenixville |
MST3K: Mitchell
Presented by The Colonial Theatre at The Colonial Theatre April 20, 2012 Joe Don Baker is unappealing, doughy and alcoholic cop Mitchell who gets caught up in political intrigue and the local mafia drug trade after he’s called in to investigate the murder of a prowler by a local embezzler (played by John Saxton). This is the first of two Joe Don Baker films that the Satellite of love crew lambaste- the other being “Final Justice” (Mitchell in Italy), which we featured at the Colonial for out Cult Cinema show back in May ’11.
Not... |
The Colonial Theatre |
04/20/12 |
The Colonial Theatre, Phoenixville |
The Princess Bride
Presented by The Colonial Theatre at The Colonial Theatre April 21, 2012 “Writer William Goldman’s love story of a farm boy-turned-swashbuckling hero, the princess he rescues from an arranged marriage, and the friendships and revenges the two encounter along the way recreates the high-flying milieu of a Fairbanks or Flynn adventure yarn, placing it within the narrative frame of a grandfather reading a storybook to his sick grandson.
…Reiner’s contribution was to cast actors in the lead parts who captured the folkloric ambiance of... |
The Colonial Theatre |
04/21/12 |
The Colonial Theatre, Phoenixville |
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
Presented by The Colonial Theatre at The Colonial Theatre April 28, 2012 “When a mail-order apprentice witch (Angela Lansbury) is saddled with three sibling refugees from London during World War II, the outlook is grim. But the kids soon discover her secret and sign on for adventure in the name of England. With the aid of a magical bed, they track down her fraudulent headmaster (David Tomlinson) to find the spell that will aid the Allies. Fascinated that she has actually achieved results with his lessons, he joins forces. The quintet does battle with... |
The Colonial Theatre |
04/28/12 |
The Colonial Theatre, Phoenixville |
Betzwood Film Festival
Presented by Montgomery County Community College at Montgomery County Community College - Science Center Theater May 12, 2012 The Betzwood Motion Picture Studio was in operation between the years 1912 and 1923. Initially founded by film pioneer Siegmund Lubin of Philadelphia, the three hundred and fifty acre studio saw the production of over one hundred films. Of these, only a few have survived the ravages of time, indifference, fire and nitrate deterioration, and many of these “survivors” have only survived as fragments. So far thirty Betzwood films have been located in archives in the U.S., Great... |
Montgomery County Community College |
05/12/12 |
Montgomery County Community College - Science Center Theater, Blue Bell |
QVC All-Access Tour
Presented by QVC at QVC Studio Park January 13-December 28, 2012 Come for a one-of-a-kind look into the world of QVC! You will start your day on the QVC Studio Tour to learn about the fantastic world of electronic retailing. At this state-of-the-art broadcasting facility, guests will see and experience how QVC products are sourced, tested, brought to life on air, and delivered to millions of QVC customers.
Next you will go beyond behind the scenes at QVC to see areas such as Broadcasting Design; Lighting; the Shop (where many of the QVC sets... |
QVC |
01/13/12 -
12/28/12 |
QVC Studio Park, West Chester |
QVC Studio Tour
Presented by QVC at QVC Studio Park August 3, 2011-December 31, 2012 Since opening in the fall of 1997, QVC Studio Park in West Chester, PA, has become a popular destination for thousands of visitors interested in seeing live television at its best. The QVC Studio Tour is a one-of-a-kind guided walking tour through the fantastic world of multimedia retailing. At this state-of-the-art broadcasting facility, guests will see and experience how QVC products are sourced, tested, brought to life on air and delivered to millions of QVC customers. There are views... |
QVC |
08/03/11 -
12/31/12 |
QVC Studio Park, West Chester |
