December 28, 2012
The Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival continues its 32nd Season with its acclaimed Documentaries & Dialogue Series, screening documentary films from the UK, Israel, Austria, Germany and the United States. Five Philadelphia premiere screenings will highlight the best of independent Jewish Documentary Cinema today starting with a special Opening Night, Monday, January 7, at 7:30 p.m. [...]
Read more»December 18, 2012
Any fan of the arts can tell you that chance collaborations lead to great things — from a group of four Liverpudlians making teenage girls scream through the 60s, to a frazzle-haired director helping girls of all ages swoon through 30 years of Johnny Depp movies. Currently on display at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, [...]
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 26, 2012
The Philadelphia Center for Architecture’s third season of great films about (and related to) architecture kicks off on Monday, October 1. The 2012/13 season’s series is themed The Future & Futurism. First up is Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey, this Monday, 6:30-8:30 p.m., followed by Great Expectations: A Journey Through The History Of Visionary [...]
Read more»September 20, 2012
The Penn Museum’s current marquee exhibition Maya.2012: Lords of Time is a world premiere exploration of the current fascination with predictions of a world-transforming December 2012 apocalypse and their supposed origins in the ancient Maya civilization. In conjunction with the exhibition, the museum is offering a rich variety of programs including an awesome apocalypse-themed film [...]
Read more»September 6, 2012
Starting this weekend, the Penn Museum is hosting great, free-with-admission programming on Second Sundays. The first series is Family Second Sunday Workshops, 1-4 p.m. from September through May 2013. Geared to families with children ages 5 and up, each Family Second Sunday Workshop features a craft, touchable artifacts and gallery activities. Attendees may drop in [...]
Read more»July 23, 2012
It’s no secret: South Street is home to the more eclectic side of Philadelphia. Venture to South Street on a Saturday night and you’ll stumble upon all types of cuisine, art galleries and interesting shops you wouldn’t find anywhere else in the city. Let’s just say it also wouldn’t be strange to find hundreds of [...]
Read more»July 3, 2012
The National Museum of American Jewish History gets in on the summer movie series trend with a “Steamy Summer Cinema Series,” Wednesdays in July starting next Wednesday, July 11. Join longtime film critic for the Philadelphia Inquirer Carrie Rickey for a weekly cinematic celebration that stirs up memories of summer camp, family holidays, bungalows, and [...]
Read more»July 2, 2012
The RiverStage at Penn’s Landing transforms into an outdoor movie theater for another season of Screenings Under the Stars, kicking off this Thursday, July 5 with Mission Impossible. Every Thursday night in July and August, a different popular film will be featured on the big screen. Definitely pack a picnic and bring along a group [...]
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