Events
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In A Lonely Place (1950)
Presented by Bryn Mawr Film Institute at Bryn Mawr Film Institute February 14, 2012 In a lonely place this Valentine’s Day? Find solace in this classic noir starring Humphrey Bogart as a screenwriter whose tendency towards violence and macabre sense of humor might add up to murder. This film is shown in conjunction with Bryn Mawr Film Institute’s Film Course "Nicholas Ray: Cinema with a Cause" and will be introduced by its instructor, Marc Lapadula, M.F.A.
This film, which is directed by Nicholas Ray & stars Humphrey Bogart, Gloria...
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Bryn Mawr Film Institute |
02/14/12 |
Bryn Mawr Film Institute, Bryn Mawr |
Westward Ho: An Exhibit by Jen Blazina
Presented by Drexel University - Leonard Pearlstein Gallery at Drexel University - Leonard Pearlstein Gallery January 17-February 14, 2012 The Leonard Pearlstein gallery is proud to exhibit work from several series by Art & Art History faculty artist Jen Blazina. Westward Ho will include work that comments on observations from her childhood and travels during her recent sabbatical.
The exhibition includes "Suitcases," which speaks to the lost glamour of travel. While in the Netherlands, Blazina found herself watching film noir, especially by Hitchcock. Influenced by these films, she began to...
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Drexel University - Leonard Pearlstein Gallery |
01/17/12 -
02/14/12 |
Drexel University - Leonard Pearlstein Gallery, Philadelphia |
A Conversation with Anne Rice: The Wolf Gift
Presented by Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library at Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library February 14, 2012 Anne Rice gained notoriety and a vast cult readership for her Vampire Chronicles series, which the Washington Post called "unrelentingly erotic . . . unforgettable." The first and most popular book, Interview With the Vampire (1976) reinvented and refreshed the archetypal vampire myth, and was later made into a film starring Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt. It was followed by The Vampire Lestat and The Queen of the Damned, which the San Francisco...
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Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library |
02/14/12 |
Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library, Philadelphia |
The Pink Panther Strikes Again!
Presented by Newtown Arts Company at Newtown Theatre February 9-February 15, 2012 The comic essence of Blake Edwards’ 1976 film is captured in all its verbal and visual humor. Inspector Jacques Clouseau uses brilliant wit and madcap antics to outsmart Chief Inspector Paul Dreyfus, who has been driven insane by Clouseau’s undeserved success. Determined to destroy Clouseau at all costs, Dreyfus enlists the aid of a cadre of violent criminals and an alluring Russian spy to kidnap a physicist, blackmailing him into building a Doomsday Machine that could vaporize...
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Newtown Arts Company |
02/09/12 -
02/15/12 |
Newtown Theatre, Newtown |
The Spiders Go Forward!
Presented by Japan America Society of Greater Philadelphia February 15, 2012 The Spiders Go Forward! (1967)
Late '60s rock group The Spiders star in this Beatles-esque musical comedy from director Ko Nakahira (Crazed Fruit).
An Unknown Japan film series presentation.
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Japan America Society of Greater Philadelphia |
02/15/12 |
The Bellevue, Philadelphia |
Clips and Conversation with Kevin Bacon
Presented by Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts at Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts February 15, 2012 Noted Philadelphia film critic Carrie Rickey hosts Clips and Conversation with Kevin Bacon, and will reflect on the Philadelphia native’s film and theater career with a montage of movie clips and a candid discussion with the actor.
The evening will be filled with behind-the-scenes candid conversations with Kevin Bacon, and will provide theater aficionados, particularly secondary-level education students who wish to pursue a career in acting, with discussion and...
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Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts |
02/15/12 |
Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, Philadelphia |
A Conversation with Edmund White and Christopher Bram
Presented by Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library at Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library February 16, 2012 Called a literary lion of the gay world, Edmund White is best known for his autobiographical novels in which unabashed hedonism thrives, including A Boy's Own Story and The Beautiful Room is Empty. A chronicler of gay life since the 1970s, White helped define the nascent parameters of gay culture. He is the author of the novel Hotel de Dream, several essays and biographies—including Jean Genet's—and the 1980 travelogue States of Desire: Travels in Gay America, which crystallized...
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Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library |
02/16/12 |
Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library, Philadelphia |
Documentary Realism Between Cultures: Rey Chow
Presented by Penn Humanities Forum at University of Pennsylvania Museum- Harrison Auditorium February 17, 2012 New media technologies have given us unprecedented power to simulate, fabricate, and falsify, while casting doubt on any notion of objectively recording or documenting actual life. Why, then, is the present moment a time of unprecedented vigor and excitement among documentary-makers? Rey Chow, a renowned scholar of Asian-American film and literature, uses this question as her point of departure to discuss some new forms of documentary realism.
A program of the 2011-2012 Penn...
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Penn Humanities Forum |
02/17/12 |
University of Pennsylvania Museum- Harrison Auditorium, Philadelphia |
House (1977)
Presented by Bryn Mawr Film Institute at Bryn Mawr Film Institute February 17, 2012 Only recently unearthed, Nobuhiko Obayashi’s trippy 1977 film about a group of schoolgirls who are menaced by evil spirits, bloodthirsty pianos, and a demonic housecat at a creepy country house has to be seen to be believed. Too absurd to be genuinely terrifying, yet too nightmarish to be merely comic, House is one of the most exciting genre discoveries in years.
This film, directed by Nobuhiko Ohbayahi, is rated R.
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Bryn Mawr Film Institute |
02/17/12 |
Bryn Mawr Film Institute, Bryn Mawr |
Radical Form and Content: Screening I
Presented by Shooting Wall February 17, 2012 Viewing of "In Deep Distress"
Shooting Wall is putting on a month of free screenings that will culminate in a discussion. to embolden the local film community and start making revolutionary cinema in our small city. All the films will have radical examples of film-form and narrative. They have been chosen due to their obscurity, dynamism, humor, and revolutionary qualities. Shooting Wall member short films will be shown before each screening. Screenings will be...
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Shooting Wall |
02/17/12 |
503 Greenwich Street, Philadelphia |
XPN Welcomes David Johansen
Presented by Arden Concert Gild at Arden Club - Gild Hall February 18, 2012 David Johansen is one of the most influential singers, songwriters and band leaders in rock and roll history. He will perform an evening of his classic songs and great covers in an acoustic duo performance. From the classic albums of the New York Dolls, which presaged the New Wave and Punk movements in the 70s, to his great solo career, his film acting work, his hilarious and fun years as Buster Poindexter, to his great folk song series with the Harry Smiths, David Johansen has...
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Arden Concert Gild |
02/18/12 |
Arden Club - Gild Hall, Arden |
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Semlor and a Movie
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American Swedish Historical Museum |
02/18/12 |
American Swedish Historical Museum, Philadelphia |
Charlie Gracie with Delco Nightingale and The Bullets
Presented by The Legendary Dobbs February 18, 2012 South Philly native (and rockabilly legend) Charlie Gracie will be appearing in Philadelphia at The Legendary Dobbs on Saturday, February 18th. Gracie is currently gigging in support of his latest studio effort, For the Love of Charlie, which boasts a single titled "Baby Doll" which reached #52 on the U.S. Adult Contemporary Charts according to Billboard last week; the song was the #1 CD single right here in Philadelphia. This from an artist who has been at it since 1954,...
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The Legendary Dobbs |
02/18/12 |
The Legendary Dobbs, Philadelphia |
Chris Botti
Presented by BRE Presents at Allentown Symphony Hall February 19, 2012 Though best known as a contemporary jazz performer, trumpeter Chris Botti made his initial splash on the pop music scene. A native of Oregon, he started playing at the age of ten, and while still in high school, he began performing professionally. After studying in the prestigious Indiana University music program under the noted jazz educator David Baker, Botti relocated to New York, where he served with saxophonist George Coleman and trumpet great Woody Shaw. Under the guidance of...
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BRE Presents |
02/19/12 |
Allentown Symphony Hall, Allentown |
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,...
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The Colonial Theatre |
02/19/12 |
The Colonial Theatre, Phoenixville |
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WestPhest 2012
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Drexel University - Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts and Design |
02/19/12 |
Drexel University - Bossone Research Enterprise Center, Philadelphia |
Economic Self Sufficiency in the African-American Community Film & Panel Discussion Program Series
Presented by ICPIC New Africa Center February 19, 2012 Marcus Garvey and the Back-to-Africa Movement
2 to 5:30pm with panelist
Dr. Runoko Rashidi and Dr. Mahdi Ibn Ziyad
This documentary chronicles the life of Marcus Mosiah Garvey, Jr., (August 17, 1887 – June 10, 1940). He was a Jamaican publisher, journalist, entrepreneur, and orator who was a staunch proponent of the Black Nationalism and Pan-Africanism movements, to which end he founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association and...
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ICPIC New Africa Center |
02/19/12 |
ICPIC New Africa Center, Philadelphia |
Open Book, Open Film – The Way of All Flesh
Presented by Elizabethtown College at Elizabethtown College February 20, 2012 The Way of All Flesh” a 1997 documentary film made for BBC by filmmaker Adam Curtis, tells the story of Henrietta Lacks and the birth of the immortal HeLa cancer cell line.
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Elizabethtown College |
02/20/12 |
Elizabethtown College, Elizabethtown |
Opera in HD: Il Trittico
Presented by Bryn Mawr Film Institute at Bryn Mawr Film Institute February 21, 2012 The first complete presentation of Il Trittico at the Royal Opera since 1965, this dark, caustically humorous trio of one-act operas spans a range of ominous settings and troubled characters. Antonio Pappano, the youngest conductor to ever lead the Royal Opera House orchestra, joins forces with award-winning director Richard Jones, who previously staged one of the operas that now completes the trio.
Broadcast in HD on the big screen at Bryn Mawr Film Institute, this...
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Bryn Mawr Film Institute |
02/21/12 |
Bryn Mawr Film Institute, Bryn Mawr |
Radical Content And Form: Scenic Route
Presented by Shooting Wall February 21, 2012 Mark Rappaport is like the New York Dolls of filmmaking: Rappaport came a little too late to be included in the film movements of the 1960s and was too early to be a part of either No Wave or the American Independent scene, yet is influential to American independent cinema and highly praised by the likes of J. Hoberman, Roger Ebert, Ray Carney, and Jonathan Rosenbaum. The Scenic Route (1978) is pure Rappaport: absurd, kitschy, funny, referential, campy, melodramatic, and...
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Shooting Wall |
02/21/12 |
Girard Hall , Philadelphia |
Topo Gigio and the Missile War
Presented by Japan America Society of Greater Philadelphia February 22, 2012 Topo Gigio and the Missile War (1967)
Kon Ichikawa (The Burmese Harp, Tokyo Olympiad) directs the world famous Italian puppet Topo Gigio in this live action anti-war tragicomedy. Endlessly inventive and ultra hip. With bonus screening of Ichikawa’s all-marionette film debut A Girl at Dojo Temple (1946).
An Unknown Japan film series presentation.
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Japan America Society of Greater Philadelphia |
02/22/12 |
The Bellevue, Philadelphia |
Wild & Scenic Film Festival
Presented by Chester County Historical Society at Chester County Historical Society February 22-February 23, 2012 The nationally acclaimed Wild & Scenic Film Festival will be hosted by Trail Creek Outfitters on Wednesday, February 22nd and Thursday, February 23rd, 2012 at the Chester County Historical Society. This is the fifth year for the film festival, which is designed to educate, entertain, and inspire through award-winning animations, documentaries, and independent films. The event benefits Stroud Water Research Center and The Land Conservancy for Southern Chester County.
The...
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Chester County Historical Society |
02/22/12 -
02/23/12 |
Chester County Historical Society, West Chester |
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...
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The Colonial Theatre |
02/17/12 -
02/23/12 |
The Colonial Theatre, Phoenixville |
Dana Fuchs
Presented by Sellersville Theater 1894 at Sellersville Theater 1894 February 24, 2012 In addition to fronting her own blues rock band, Dana Fuchs portrayed Janis Joplin on Broadway in “Love, Janis” and Sadie in the highly acclaimed film “Across the Universe.” Dana’s latest release “Love To Beg” combines rock, soul, gospel and blues and captures the visceral energy she brings to the stage every night. “Fuchs’ entree is a bold and beautiful thing, and her talent is immense.” - Billboard Magazine “Dana Fuchs and...
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Sellersville Theater 1894 |
02/24/12 |
Sellersville Theater 1894, Sellersville |
Black Maria Film Festival
Presented by Grounds for Sculpture at Grounds for Sculpture February 25, 2012 For over 30 years, New Jersey’s own Black Maria Film Festival (BMFF) has won acclaim for promoting independent filmmaking by widely exhibiting works by both veteran and emerging film and video makers. The festival’s annual juried competition results in 40 to 60 works for its annual tour, which has grown nationally and is now a “feeder festival” for the Oscars. GFS is proud to present two screenings of the Festival with selections specially curated for it by BMFF...
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Grounds for Sculpture |
02/25/12 |
Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton |
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...
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The Colonial Theatre |
02/25/12 |
The Colonial Theatre, Phoenixville |
Nadia Hironaka and Matthew Suib: 1967
Presented by Locks Gallery at Locks Gallery January 13-February 25, 2012 Nadia Hironaka and Matthew Suib’s latest cinematic venture, 1967, comments on the roles of the artist and the revolutionary in the political and social realms of their times. An immersive, multi-channel installation, the work blends documentary, fiction, and experimental filmmaking. Although cut up and looped, the moving images reveal a narrative thread that follows the Mao-adoring female protagonist of Godard’s 1967 film La Chinoise. She heads to Montreal with the intent...
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Locks Gallery |
01/13/12 -
02/25/12 |
Locks Gallery, Philadelphia |
Media Film Fest
Presented by Media Arts Council at Media Borough Community Center February 23-February 25, 2012 The Media Arts Council (M.A.C.) of Media, Pennsylvania, held its first Film Festival in February, 2008. Owing to its great success over the last four years, we are proud to announce the 2012 Media Film Festival. The festival will be held February 23 - 25, 2012 - 7:00-10:30
Three unique nights of amazing indie film.
Visit our website for a complete listing of finalists and online ticket sales:
Films are shown at the Media Community Center 3rd and Monroe...
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Media Arts Council |
02/23/12 -
02/25/12 |
Media Borough Community Center, Media |
Annual Oscar Party
Presented by Bryn Mawr Film Institute at Bryn Mawr Film Institute February 26, 2012 Some people just know how to party. Join fellow film lovers as Bryn Mawr Film Institute tunes into the year’sbiggest celebration of film: the 84th Academy Awards. Simulcast live from the Kodak Theater in Hollywood onto Bryn Mawr Film Institute’s big screen, you will feel a part of cinema's most exciting night. During the commercial breaks, we will keep you entertained with a gourmet buffet dinner provided by JPM Catering and Events, a cash bar, and a silent auction full of...
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Bryn Mawr Film Institute |
02/26/12 |
Bryn Mawr Film Institute, Bryn Mawr |
The Amazing Kreskin
Presented by Sellersville Theater 1894 at Sellersville Theater 1894 February 26, 2012 With a showman’s flair, a comedian’s wit and the capacities of a bona fide mentalist, The Amazing Kreskin for six decades dramatizes the unique facets of the human mind—his own mind. His very name is an integral part of pop culture throughout the world. Kreskin has had his own television series, board game, over sixteen books, his own theme song arranged by the renowned Skitch Henderson plus hundreds of appearances on almost every talk/variety show. Kreskin has received...
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Sellersville Theater 1894 |
02/26/12 |
Sellersville Theater 1894, Sellersville |