Streaming Delights: PFS Staff Share Their Favorite Holiday Films!
‘Tis the season to stream your favorite Holiday film.
While we hope you make it to the Philadelphia Film Center and PFS Bourse this holiday weekend to catch a film on the big screen, the PFS staff put together our holiday-viewing favorites for those of us who will be at home this weekend eating cookies and drinking hot coco!
Be filled with Holiday joy with our list below…
DEEP BLUE SEA (1992)
Annette Monnier, Individual Giving Manager
Available to Stream on HBOMax, Rent on AppleTV and Prime
Searching for a cure to Alzheimer’s disease, a group of scientists on an isolated research facility become the prey, as a trio of intelligent sharks fight back.
DIE HARD (1988)
J. Andrew Greenblatt, Executive Director
Available to Stream on Peacock, Rent on AppleTV and Prime Video
An NYPD officer tries to save his wife and several others taken hostage by German terrorists during a Christmas party at the Nakatomi Plaza in Los Angeles.
FANNY AND ALEXANDER (TV version) (1982)
Trey Shields, Senior Programmer and Sam Bonosevich, Assistant General Manager – Drive-In at the Navy Yard and Bourse Theater, IT Coordinator
Available to Stream on HBOMax, Rent on AppleTV and Prime
A widowed actress and her children suffer hardships when she mistakenly marries a conservative church leader.
GREMLINS (1984)
Craig Bolton, Membership Manager and Jordan Hanchulak, Assistant Director of Institutional Giving
Available to Stream on HBOMax, Rent on AppleTV and Prime
A young man inadvertently breaks three important rules concerning his new pet and unleashes a horde of malevolently mischievous monsters on a small town.
HOME ALONE (1990)
Kait Calabrò, Director of Communications & Digital Media and Brittney Sheffield, Ticketing Manager
Available to Stream on Disney+, Rent on AppleTV and Prime
An eight-year-old troublemaker must protect his house from a pair of burglars when he is accidentally left home alone by his family during Christmas vacation.
HOME ALONE 2 (1992)
Benjamin Marks, General Manager – PFS Bourse Theater and Emily Costello, Marketing & Communications Coordinator
Available to Stream on Disney+, Rent on AppleTV and Prime
One year after Kevin McCallister was left home alone and had to defeat a pair of bumbling burglars, he accidentally finds himself stranded in New York City – and the same criminals are not far behind.
LITTLE WOMEN (2019)
Sara Johnson, Graphic Designer
Available to Rent on AppleTV and Prime
Jo March reflects back and forth on her life, telling the beloved story of the March sisters – four young women, each determined to live life on her own terms.
THE MUPPET CHRISTMAS CAROL (1992)
Alex Gibson, Director of Programs
Available to Stream on Disney+, Rent on AppleTV and Prime Video
The Muppet characters tell their version of the classic tale of an old and bitter miser’s redemption on Christmas Eve.
NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS (1993)
Madeline Charne, Education Manager
Available to Stream on Disney+, Rent on AppleTV and Prime
Jack Skellington, king of Halloween Town, discovers Christmas Town, but his attempts to bring Christmas to his home causes confusion.
THE SANTA CLAUSE (1994)
Kyrie Fisher, Executive Assistant & Community Engagement Manager
Available to Stream on Disney+, Rent on AppleTV and Prime
When a man inadvertently makes Santa fall off of his roof on Christmas Eve, he finds himself magically recruited to take his place.
Happy Holidays from everyone at the Philadelphia Film Society!