Special Screenings
SPECIAL SCREENINGS
Limited engagements, Community Partnerships and Free Screenings, one-night-only presentations, and eventized screenings of everything from established classics to exciting new titles.
MUSEO
ALONSO RUIZPALACIOS | MEXICO | 2018 | 128 MIN | NR | SPANISH, ENGLISH
May 2 | 6:30 PM | FREE
In this Berlinale award winning drama from Alonso Ruizpalacios, two friends (including Gael García Bernal) helm a daring heist to seize precious artifacts from Mexico’s National Anthropology Museum. Presented with the Mexican Cultural Center.
ART THERAPY
LOCAL FILMMAKER SHORTS
May 3 | 7:30 PM | FREE, Donations Accepted at Event
Featuring eight short films created by local Philadelphia filmmakers, ART THERAPY explores the intersection between art and mental health through the lens of filmmaking. Fundraiser for Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.
ORLANDO
SALLY POTTER | UK | 1992 | 94 MIN | PG-13 | ENGLISH, FRENCH
May 9 | 7:00 PM | FREE
An adaptation of the Virginia Woolf novel, Tilda Swinton radiates as the mystifying Orlando in an illustrious, gender-fluid journey, spanning several centuries in Sally Potter’s Venice Golden Lion-winning sophomore feature. Presented with Philly Queer Book Club.
RRR
S. S. RAJAMOULI | INDIA | 2022 | 181 MIN + INTERMISSION | NR | TELUGU
May 25 | 7:00 PM
The defining cinematic spectacle of the decade returns to the big screen after our exclusive monthly run from 2022 – 2023. Whether you are a first timer or have seen it a dozen times, come experience S. S. Rajamouli’s modern day action, musical, romance, thriller masterpiece again! The only way to see the film in Telugu and the correct aspect ratio!
A BAND CALLED DEATH
MARK CHRISTOPHER COVINO, JEFF HOWLETT | USA | 2012 | 96 MIN | NR | ENGLISH
June 7 | 7:00 PM
The empowering story of three Black American brothers who defy structural barriers to form a band, birthing a groundbreaking new sound and leaving behind an indelible legacy. Presented with Be Reel Black Cinema Club.
ONE HAND DON’T CLAP in 4K
KAVERY DUTTA KAUL | USA | 1991 | 92 MIN | NR | ENGLISH | 4K
June 16 | 3:30 PM | FREE
A brand new 4K restoration brings the sights and sounds of Carnival and calypso to astounding life in this invigorating tribute to the careers and music of pioneers Lord Kitchener and Calypso Rose. Presented with the Caribbean Community of Philadelphia.
PAST SPECIAL SCREENINGS
MEN IN BLACK | INDEPENDENCE DAY | SLEEP DEALER (FREE SCREENING) | BATMAN | BATMAN RETURNS | PEE-WEE’S BIG ADVENTURE | HARLEM NIGHTS | JASON’S LYRIC | BE WELL: SHORT FILMS FOR THE SOUL | STATE PROPERTY | INDIGENOUS PEOPLES’ DAY PHILLY: DREAMKEEPER | RRR | GREMLINS | IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE w/ Philabundance | A POWERFUL THANG | BIG GEORGE FOREMAN | BEST PICTURE WEEKEND | TWO CAN PLAY THAT GAME | BREAK THE GAME | LOUDER THAN A BOMB | WISDOM GONE WILD