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Bringing together the odd, eerie, thrilling, and downright weird, this is the home of cult classics
YOU DON’T NOMI + SHOWGIRLS
November 21 | 7:30 PM | Philadelphia Film Center
This camp-tastic double feature takes you behind the cultural curiosity that is Showgirls, in You Don’t Nomi, a loving exploration of the unlikely cult classic that brings together a vast and fascinating array of perspectives from critics and fans. Then, watch the source material in all its glory as Nomi Malone claws her way into the upper echelons of Vegas entertainment in Paul Verhoeven’s raunchy, over-the-top backstage melodrama Showgirls. In Nomi’s immortal words: “It doesn’t suck.”
YOU DON’T NOMI | 7:30 PM
JEFFREY MCHALE | USA | 2019 | 94 MIN | NR
SHOWGIRLS | 9:30 PM
PAUL VERHOEVEN | USA | 1995 | 131 MIN | NC-17
ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK
JOHN CARPENTER | USA | 1981 | 99 MIN | R
December 19 | 10:30 PM | Philadelphia Film Center
In a dystopian version of 1997, all of the USA’s inmates are housed in the nation’s largest maximum-security prison: Manhattan. When terrorists hijack Air Force One and crash land in New York City, the police must find a way to get the President off the island before it’s too late. They enlist outlaw ex-soldier Snake Plissken (Kurt Russell), and give him 22 hours to rescue the commander-in-chief or succumb to the micro-explosives implanted into his neck. With the help of unsavory eccentrics like Cabbie (Ernest Borgnine) and Brain (Harry Dean Stanton), Snake must face off against the city’s various factions, including the subway tunnel-dwelling “crazies” and the brutal minions of the prison’s fearsome head honcho, The Duke (Isaac Hayes). Uncompromisingly cynical yet immensely fun, Escape from New York plays like a warped, sci-fi take on a Western and features inventive production design and a pulsating synth score courtesy of John Carpenter himself. This 4K restoration presents the gonzo auteur’s masterpiece in all of its gritty glory.
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