June 14, 2013
This summer, the Awesome Fest film and music festival brings the ’80s back to Philadelphia in a big way with a 10-week fest featuring performances and outdoor movie screenings at mostly outdoor venues across the city. Tonight, the festival gets underway with an opening night bash and performance by The Psychedelic Furs at the Trocadero [...]
Read more»April 23, 2013
Now in its second year, the Filadelfia Latin American Film Festival is the only annually presented film fest in the region to focus exclusively on the exhibition of Latin American and Latino film and media artists. Take a siesta from the scores of spring festivals this weekend, and take in one of the screenings on [...]
Read more»April 23, 2013
Awesome Fest is set to bring the ’80s back to Philadelphia this summer with a 10-week film and music festival featuring performances and outdoor movie screenings at parks across the city. The festival kicks off with a performance by The Psychedelic Furs at the Trocadero Theatre on June 14 at 8 p.m. In the following [...]
Read more»April 11, 2013
Kicking off tonight and running through Sunday, April 14, the XPN Music Film Festival presents 26 total screenings at a number of locations in University City, including the Mandell Theater, the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts and World Cafe Live. The films that make up the festival all center around musical subjects and themes. [...]
Read more»March 26, 2013
Discover Philadelphia film at the first annual Cinedelphia Film Festival which explores all things related to Philadelphia film. The festival delves into locally inspired film beyond Rocky and M. Night Shyamalan to highlight some of the lesser-known films that feature Philadelphia or Philadelphians. From April 4 to 27, the festival showcases 40 programs that in [...]
Read more»March 25, 2013
Attention music lovers and film buffs. As of today, tickets for the XPN Music Film Festival are officially on sale, and are available online. The full film lineup has been announced, too, and from April 11 to 14, 17 screenings will take place in University City, either at the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, [...]
Read more»March 5, 2013
After a hugely popular event last year, the XPN Music Film Festival is back for its second year. This event combines the best of the film world with the best of the music world. The festival will feature great movie soundtracks, biographical films on musicians and music documentaries. It is hosted by WXPN and the [...]
Read more»November 9, 2012
This weekend, FirstGlance Film Festival, the independent film festival Philly movie buffs have been attending since its debut in 1996, will return with a jam-packed schedule of awesome, under-the-radar cinema. This award-winning festival began in a Center City theater basement 20 years ago, but since then has flourished into an event worthy of being housed [...]
Read more»October 30, 2012
The Gershman’s Y’s Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival has a long history of presenting provocative films about the human condition, and this year they’ve really stepped up their game, with an exceptionally strong bill of fare. This colorful cinematic fall festival kicks off on Saturday, November 3. Its slate includes the Philadelphia premiere of several films [...]
Read more»September 27, 2012
The 21st Annual Philadelphia Film Festival returns October 18 for 11 days of film screenings, parties and special events — and we’re giving you the chance to experience it all! This year’s lineup includes many critically acclaimed and highly anticipated films that have been making the festival rounds. A few notable standouts are: opening night’s [...]
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