Wednesday, October 30, 2024
A Paul Thomas Anderson retrospective, Whit Stillman back in town, a noir festival, and the return of the Lightbox Film Center. Stephen Silver previews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 10:09AMMonday, October 21, 2024
The Philadelphia Film Festival kicks off its 2024 screenings with September 5 and Anora, two great films sure to draw a lot of buzz as they head into their upcoming releases. Stephen Silver …
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 05:16PMTuesday, October 15, 2024
Jonathan Larson’s early 90s one-man show continues to find new life in light of his legacy with a production by Theatre Horizon. Stephen Silver previews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 06:12PMWednesday, October 2, 2024
Horror flicks for October, a Sean Baker retrospective, and many more screenings highlight the month. Stephen Silver previews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 05:19PMWednesday, September 25, 2024
The Delco Horror Haven Invasion is a two-day film festival that looks to keep horror movies in Delaware County. Stephen Silver previews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:30PMSaturday, August 31, 2024
Stephen Silver previews screenings happening in the area, including a collection of “shaggy dog adventures,” a hearty serving of Wong Kar Wai flicks, and the Blazing Saddles 50th anniver…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:30PMWednesday, July 31, 2024
Movie screenings happening in the Philadelphia area in August, including Star Trek and The Matrix trilogies and a 60 year anniversary of the Beatles’ 1964 film. Stephen Silver previews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 12:24PMTuesday, July 9, 2024
The popular Austin-based movie-theater chain Alamo Drafthouse (recently acquired by Sony Pictures Entertainment) has spread to cities across the country, but never to Philly. Stephen Silver …
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:00PMSunday, June 30, 2024
Hit the cinemas with Philadelphia Film Society’s Summer of Trilogies, four Hitchcock film seminars, and the 25th annual Blobfest. Stephen Silver previews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 01:17PMSunday, June 2, 2024
Some writers have accused tech journalist, entrepreneur, and podcast star Kara Swisher of holding her fire until Burn Book, her own memoir, was published earlier this year. Is that criticism…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 11:55AMTuesday, May 28, 2024
June offers plenty of chances to celebrate Pride at the cinema in Philly, plus seminars on The Godfather, Part II and Memento, and lots more picks, from Bee Movie to Pulp Fiction. Stephen Si…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 06:51PMJesse Krimes, subject of the 2021 documentary Art & Krimes by Krimes and a sometime Philadelphia resident, has an exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art and continues to work for j…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:50PMWednesday, May 1, 2024
Celebrating Bob Fosse, Grey Gardens, and more looks back to the ‘70s. Stephen Silver rounds up area film screenings.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:06PMMonday, April 15, 2024
The Philadelphia Film Society’s annual Springfest brings popular films from Sundance and other festivals to town. This year, three prominent films paid homage to the cinematic legacy of th…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 11:44AMWednesday, March 27, 2024
Classic action flicks from the 90s, a Philadelphia-shot film from the 80s, and a new film series from Lightbox. Stephen Silver rounds up.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 08:15AMWednesday, February 28, 2024
Agnes, Lady Bird, Foxy Brown, and more light up the screens in March. Stephen Silver previews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 05:30PMWednesday, January 3, 2024
The dark side of the New Hollywood, a 1960s classic, and movies with musical accompaniment open up the new year. Stephen Silver previews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 11:16AMWednesday, November 29, 2023
Holiday classics abound, a milestone anniversary for Spielberg, and wrapping up the Sight and Sound top 100 films of all-time. Stephen Silver previews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 08:52AMMonday, November 13, 2023
The 2023 Philadelphia Jewish Film + Media Fall Fest opened with the local premiere of director Ron Frank’s Remembering Gene Wilder: a hugely enjoyable walk through the legendary actor’s …
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 01:49PMWednesday, November 1, 2023
November is a month for a lot of cinema classics, from the best filmmakers, at theaters around the Philadelphia area. Stephen Silver previews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 05:12PMMonday, October 23, 2023
The Philadelphia Film Society presents the 32nd Philadelphia Film Festival, with producer John Legend attending the premieres of American Fiction and Stand Up & Shout: Sounds from a Phil…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:14PMWednesday, September 27, 2023
October movies include Halloween classics, more entries from the Sight and Sound 100 collection, and Coen Brothers seminars. Stephen Silver previews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:29PMTuesday, August 29, 2023
Stephen Silver curates movie screenings for the Philly area in September, including Whit Stillman’s 90s class The Last Days of Disco and a rare showing of a documentary about the ever-cont…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 01:33PMWednesday, July 26, 2023
There’s more to the movie theaters than Barbie and Oppenheimer in August. Stephen Silver rounds up screenings in the area for the month.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 05:40PMSaturday, July 8, 2023
The real-life diary of a stroke survivor and Philly sports lover who entered an assisted-living facility in Delaware County in the 1990s inspires debut novelist Chris Eagle’s Dwell Here an…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:02PMWednesday, July 5, 2023
The Blobfest is back! Jurassic Park at the Mann with the Philadelphia Orchestra, Hitchcock seminars, Bruce Lee double feature, and more screenings this month. Stephen Silver rounds up.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:00PMTuesday, June 27, 2023
Bucks County Playhouse’s Tick, Tick… Boom! tops the recent film version, with two facts hanging over any version of the show: Jonathan Larson will create the megahit Rent, and he’ll di…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:24PMWednesday, June 7, 2023
Stephen Silver rounds up movie screenings for June, including a handful of Harrison Ford films outside of the Indiana Jones universe.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 01:36PMWednesday, May 17, 2023
The festival is back after a four-year hiatus, with Kosha Dillz and Karen Cinnamon leading the way. Stephen Silver previews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:23PMWednesday, May 3, 2023
May sees familiar screenings like Goodfellas and Rocky Horror, but this month also has some rare, unique offerings. Stephen Silver rounds up.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 05:41PMMonday, April 17, 2023
This year’s PFS SpringFest featured 18 films in three days, including Ray Romano’s directorial debut, genre-bending action in Polite Society, and Sisu, about a violent rout of the Nazis …
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:04PM 
