Posted Mon, 21 Mar 2011 by Parinda


NCM Fathom and Broadway Worldwide Present Exclusive
Broadway Musical Event This Spring in More than 530 Movie Theaters

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Posted Mon, 21 Mar 2011 by lalindsay

"We'd all love to be great, we'd all like to do something special and make an impact on the world. Here's a story about a guy who actually finds some fantastical way to make it happen.

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Posted Thu, 17 Mar 2011 by Parinda

We’re very excited to announce that Saturday’s screening (3/19) of the restored Metropolis in Macy’s Center City is SOLD OUT and tickets are no longer available for purchase online.

This one-of-a-kind event will transform the gorgeous Grand Court into a movie palace, pairing one of the most influential films in history with the largest pipe organ in the world!

If you're kicking yourself for not having bought tickets sooner, we will have a small number available for purchase on the day of the show.

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Posted Sat, 12 Mar 2011 by dbergman

It's here! The Philadelphia Film Society is proud to announce the launch of it's new & improved website, with simpler navigation tools and easier access to all the latest PFS happenings! www.filmadelphia.org Take a look around and check back often. In the coming months, we'll be adding more great features so everyone can be an interactive member of the Philadelphia film community!

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Posted Thu, 03 Mar 2011 by lalindsay

Tom McCarthy (The Station Agent, The Visitor) has once again written and directed a picture that’s been touted at the festivals; however, his newest film has enough mainstream appeal to be backed by Fox Searchlight Pictures.

Win Win is the story of an attorney, wrestling coach and most importantly, family man, Mike Flaherty (Paul Giamatti) living in a middle class Jersey suburb trying to keep things going in these difficult economic times.

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Posted Mon, 28 Feb 2011 by lalindsay

Seeing as Bryn Mawr Film Institute and Philadelphia Film Society have an affiliation during each Philadelphia Film Festival, I thought I introduce PFS members to BMFI members; actually found one person during the evening who is a member of both!

This excellent Oscar ice sculpture greeted the guests at the [b]3rd Annual Oscar Party and Simulcast at The Bryn Mawr Film Inst

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Posted Sat, 26 Feb 2011 by lalindsay

On Wednesday PFS presented The Philadelphia Story (1940) (IHouse) as the first Filmadelphia Classic of the new season. As you’ll recall, this year members and PFS followers got to vote on the classic films we’ll see during the year.

The Philadelphia Story used to be one of my very favorite film from the age of 12 to about 16 or so. My younger sister and I used to watched it quite often; thinking on it now, we must have been rather sophisticated kids, as its themes and dialogue would seem to have been over our heads.

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Posted Thu, 24 Feb 2011 by lalindsay

Philadelphia Film Society is making good on their promise to make this year of celebration (20th year of Film Festival and 10th year for PFS) a busy one! A cornucopia of sneak previws, Q & A’s, 10 Filmadelphia Classics, taking over Macy’s for Metropolis and more is on the way.

On Tuesday night I saw Hall Pass, now I’ve said before that I don’t love broad comedies.

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Posted Thu, 17 Feb 2011 by lalindsay

Tuesday’s PFS sneak preview was Liam Neeson’s new action flick Unknown. And I’m really going to make this a short post because almost anything I say about this film will be a spoiler alert.

Neeson plays Dr. Martin Harris, a botanist just arrived in Berlin for a summit. He’s accompanied by his exquisite young wife, Elizabeth, played by my girl crush, January Jones. Upon arriving at the hotel, Dr. Harris realizes his briefcase is not with the rest of the luggage and leaves his wife to check in, while he grabs a cab back to the airport.

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Posted Wed, 16 Feb 2011 by Anonymous

I’m glad I went into “Biutiful” blind, which if you’re reading this review may mean I’m robbing you the opportunity of. I’ll try to give away as little as possible, suffice it to say the film isn’t just your garden-variety drama. In fact, variety is the name of the game. If there is a criticism to be had of Alejandro González Iñárritu’s new film, it’s that the Mexican writer-director of “Amores Perros” and “Babel” is simultaneously juggling enough content for two or more films—at two and a half hours, “Biutiful” could almost be two films.

Here comes the spoiler warning.

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