A funny new twist on a classic love story, WARM BODIES is a poignant tale about the power of human connection. After a zombie epidemic, R (a highly unusual zombie) encounters Julie (a human survivor), and rescues her from a zombie attack. Julie sees that R is different from the other zombies, and as the two form a special relationship in their struggle for survival, R becomes increasingly more human – setting off an exciting, romantic, and often comical chain of events that begins to transform the other zombies and maybe even the whole lifeless world.
EVENT SCREENING DATES:
Director Members & Above
Thursday, January 17th
UA King of Prussia
7:30pm
Student Members & Above
Thursday, January 24th
UA Main Street
7:30pm
Director: Jonathan Levine
Cast: Nicholas Hoult, Teresa Palmer and John Malkovich
Release Date: February 1, 2013
Run Time: 97 minutes
Old school grandfather Artie (Billy Crystal), who is accustomed to calling the shots, meets his match when he and his eager-to-please wife Diane (Bette Midler) agree to babysit their three grandkids when their type-A helicopter parents (Marisa Tomei, Tom Everett Scott) go away for work. But when 21st century problems collide with Artie and Diane’s old school methods of tough rules, lots of love and old-fashioned games, it’s learning to bend – and not holding your ground – that binds a family together.
Director: Andy Fickman
Cast: Billy Crystal, Bette Midler, Marisa Tomei, Tom Everett Scott, Bailee Madison
Release Date: December 25, 2012
Join or Upgrade to the PFS SPOTLIGHT CIRCLE for the chance see this movie BEFORE it hits theaters for FREE with star/executive producer Bradley Cooper and directors/writers Brian Klugman and Lee Sternthal in attendance!
THE PHILADELPHIA FILM SOCIETY HAS ONLY A VERY LIMITED NUMBER OF SEATS TO THIS PHILADELPHIA PREMIERE AS IT IS A PRIVATE EVENT WITH CBS FILMS. IN ORDER TO FAIRLY GET AS MANY MEMBERS IN AS POSSIBLE, WE WILL BE HOLDING A MEMBERS ONLY CONTEST FOR THE SEATS AVAILABLE.
FOR A CHANCE TO WIN 2 SEATS TO THE WORDS, YOU MUST BE AN ACTIVE PHILADELPHIA FILM SOCIETY MEMBER AND SEND AN EMAIL WITH YOUR THE WORDS IN THE SUBJECT LINE AND YOUR FULL NAME IN THE BODY TO tickets@filmadelphia.org BY 2PM ON MONDAY, AUGUST 20, 2012
The directorial debut of screenwriters and Philadelphia area natives Brian Klugman and Lee Sternthal (TRON: Legacy), THE WORDS stars Bradley Cooper (The Hangover), Oscar®-winner Jeremy Irons (Reversal of Fortune), Dennis Quaid (Far From Heaven), Olivia Wilde (20th Annual Philadelphia Film Festival Gala Screening Butter), and Zoë Saldana (Avatar). A layered romantic drama, THE WORDS follows young writer Rory Jansen (Cooper) who finally achieves long sought after literary success after publishing the next great American novel. There’s only one catch – he didn’t write it. As the past comes back to haunt him and his literary star continues to rise, Jansen is forced to confront the steep price that must be paid for stealing another man’s work and for placing ambition and success above life’s most fundamental three words.
Website: http://www.thewordsmovie.com/
Trailer: THE WORDS TRAILER
Rating: PG-13
Runtime: 1hr 36mins
Release Date: September 7, 2012
CONGRATULATIONS to Director member Anthony and Gaffer member Helen who won the contest!
The Philadelphia Film Society PRIDES itself on showing the very best in cinema to its members BEFORE it hits theaters, but sometimes there are films that are just so gosh darn popular that we can't get enough seats at a screening to accommodate even our SPOTLIGHT CIRCLE members. Such is the case with one of THE cinematic events of 2012 - THE DARK KNIGHT RISES.
HOWEVER, we do have a handful of seats to give away in a MEMBERS ONLY contest at an upcoming THE DARK KNIGHT RISES screening in Philadelphia on Wednesday, July 18, 2012. Want to win? All you need to do is watch the newest THE DARK KNIGHT RISES trailer and answer a simple question! That's all!
THE DARK KNIGHT RISES TRAILER
Question: Which character (I WILL accept the actor or actress' name) asks Batman/Bruce Wayne/Christian Bale if he remembers where he parked?
Send your Full Name and Answer to the Question to tickets@filmadelphia.org to enter. Winner will be picked at 2pm on Tuesday, July 17, 2012.
PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS A MEMBERS ONLY CONTEST. ALL NON-MEMBER ENTRANTS WILL BE DISQUALIFIED! GOOD LUCK!
Warner Bros. Pictures' and Legendary Pictures' THE DARK KNIGHT RISES is the epic conclusion to filmmaker Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy, Leading an all-star international cast, Oscar-winner Christian Bale (The Fighter) again plays the dual role of Bruce Wayne/Batman. The film also stars Anne Hathaway (Love & Other Drugs), as Selina Kyle; Tom Hardy (This Means War), as Bane; Oscar-winner Marion Cotillard (La Vie en Rose), as Miranda Tate; and Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Inception), as John Blake. Returning to the main cast, Oscar-winner Michael Caine (The Cider House Rules) plays Alfred; Gary Oldman (Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy) is Commissioner Gordon; and Oscar-winner Morgan Freeman (Million Dollar Baby) reprises the role of Lucius Fox. The screenplay is written by Christopher Nolan and Jonathan Nolan, story by Christopher Nolan & David S. Goyer. The film is produced by Emma Thomas, Christopher Nolan and Charles Roven, who previously teamed on Batman Begins and the record-breaking blockbuster The Dark Knight.
Website: http://www.thedarkknightrises.com/
Trailer: THE DARK KNIGHT RISES TRAILER
Rating: PG-13
Runtime: 2hrs 34mins
Release Date: July 20, 2012
Join PFS & mention BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD to see this movie BEFORE it hits theaters for FREE!
The Philadelphia Film Society prides itself on bringing the best films from around the world to its members in Philadelphia. Well, so far this year we've traveled the world and have found something truly remarkable: BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD.
In a forgotten but defiant bayou community cut off from the rest of the world by a sprawling levee, a six-year-old girl exists on the brink of orphanhood. Buoyed by her childish optimism and extraordinary imagination, she believes that the natural world is in balance with the universe until a fierce storm changes her reality. Desperate to repair the structure of her world in order to save her ailing father and sinking home, this tiny hero must learn to survive unstoppable catastrophes of epic proportions.
The New York Times said that BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD is, "Among the best films to play at Sundance in Two Decades," and they couldn't be more right. Join us for the a MEMBERS ONLY PHILADELPHIA PREMIERE of the film that created history by winning BOTH the coveted Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival AND the Camera d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. This is one event not to miss!
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Website: http://beastsofthesouthernwild.com/
Trailer: BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD TRAILER
Runtime: 1hr 32mins
Rated: PG-13
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*This screening of IN THE LAND OF BLOOD & HONEY, written & directed by Angelina Jolie, will be followed by a panel discussion moderated by Women's Campaign International on Bosnian/gender/human rights.
Set against the backdrop of the Bosnian War that tore the Balkan region apart in the 1990s, In the Land of Blood and Honey tells the story of Danijel (Goran Kosti) and Ajla (pronounced Ayla) (Zana Marjanovi), two Bosnians from different sides of a brutal ethnic conflict. Danijel, a Bosnian Serb police officer, and Ajla, a Bosnian Muslim artist, are together before the war, but their relationship is changed as violence engulfs the country. Months later, Danijel is serving under his father, General Nebojsa Vukojevich (Rade erbedija), as an officer in the Bosnian Serb Army. He and Ajla come face to face again when she is taken from the apartment she shares with her sister, Lejla (Vanesa Glodjo), and Lejla's infant child by troops under Danijel's command. As the conflict takes hold of their lives, their relationship changes, their motives and connection to one another become ambiguous and their allegiances grow uncertain. In the Land of Blood and Honey portrays the incredible emotional, moral and physical toll that the war takes on individuals as well as the consequences that stem from the lack of political will to intervene in a society stricken with conflict.
Official Site: http://www.inthelandofbloodandhoney.com
Run Time: 127 minutes
Rated: R
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An ex-cop and now wanted fugitive (Sam Worthington) stands on the ledge of a high-rise building while a hard-living New York Police Department hostage negotiator (Elizabeth Banks) tries to talk him down. The longer they are on the ledge, the more she realizes that he might have an ulterior objective.
Rated: PG-13
Official Site: http://www.manonaledge.com
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A hit at the Sundance 2011 Film Festival, TERRI is a moving and often funny film about the relationship between Terri (Jacob Wysocki), an oversized teen misfit, and the garrulous but well-meaning vice principal (John C. Reilly) who takes an interest in him. TERRI was produced by the team behind BLUE VALENTINE and HALF NELSON, and directed by Azazel Jacobs (MOMMA'S MAN). Rated R. 101 Minutes.
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From the director of About a Boy comes A BETTER LIFE -- a touching, poignant, multi-generational story about a father's love and the lengths a parent will go to give his child the opportunities he never had. Rated PG-13.
Recently winning the Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival, Circumstance is the riveting debut feature - developed through Sundance Screenwriters Lab - from Iranian-American filmmaker Maryam Keshavarz.
Maryam Keshavarz will be in attendance to lead a post-film Q&A.
Atafeh and her brother, Mehran, have grown up in a home filled with music, art, and intellectual curiosity. While Atafeh dreams of fame and adventure, and she and her best friend, Shireen, explore Tehran's underground scene with youthful exuberance and determination to be themselves, her brother returns home from drug rehab, renounces his former decadent life, and replaces his once obsessive practice of classical music with more destructive pursuits.
