PFS Announces Curated Programming Lineup for April – June!

March 29, 2022 by Emily Costello

The lineup includes limited series celebrating the Cannes Film Festival, Princess Grace Kelly, and Michelle Yeoh. As well as a special screening of MULHOLLAND DRIVE with a live performance by Rebekah Del Rio.

We’re excited to announce the full lineup of curated programming for April through June taking place at the Philadelphia Film Center (1412 Chestnut Street). The lineup includes the limited series Cannes I Get A Boo a series of film debuts and prize winners along the French Riviera that were initially met with jeers from the festival’s notoriously vocal audience, a Throwback Thursday Quizzo & Movie 420 double feature of THE BIG LEBOWSKI and HOW HIGH, family-friendly screening of MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO with pre-screening activities, and cult classic THE BROOD.

Tickets to individual screenings are currently available to purchase on Filmadelphia.org, prices range from $13 to as low as $5. Individual tickets can be purchased for all films in limited series at the price point of $13 ($9 for PFS Members) or there is a bundle ticketing option available for those interested in attending all films in the series. Cannes I Get A Boo? bundle is $52.50 ($48.50 for PFS Members), Philly’s Grace bundle is $37.50 ($33.50 for PFS Members), Michelle Yeoh Everywhere All At Once bundle is $30 ($26 for PFS Members). The special one night only event, MULHOLLAND DRIVE with a live performance by Rebekah Del Rio, is $25 ($20 for PFS Members).

Below you will find more information about the screenings.

Curated Programming for April – June Lineup

Special Screening
MULHOLLAND DRIVE with Live Performance by Rebekah Del Rio | Director David Lynch | April 16 | 7:00 PM
Featuring a pre-screening performance by the marvelous Rebekah Del Rio. An aspiring actor becomes embedded in a sinister film production as she falls for an amnesia-stricken starlet in David Lynch’s dreamy and puzzling masterpiece of the 21st century.

Tickets:
$25 | $20 for PFS Members

Limited Series: Michelle Yeoh Everywhere All At Once – A high-flying series dedicated to international superstar Michelle Yeoh’s most electrifying and badass action films.

Individual Tickets
$13 | $9 for PFS Members

Film Bundle
$30 | $26 for PFS Members

Limited Series: Cannes I Get A Boo? – Relive the thrill of Cannes’ legendary croisette over the years as we present our favorite film debuts and prize winners along the French Riviera that were initially met with jeers from the festival’s notoriously vocal audience.

L’AVVENTURA | Director Michelangelo AntonionI | May 20 & May 22
Originally met with resentment, Michael Antonioni’s cinema changing drama finds the mysterious disappearance of a woman on the Mediterranean upending the lives of her lover and best friend.

TAXI DRIVER | Director Martin Scorsese | May 21
A Vietnam vet taxi driver, increasingly disillusioned by the filth of late nights in 70s NYC, decides to take matters into his own hands in Scorsese’s definitive work of the era.

SWEETIE | Director Jane Campion | May 21
Off-beat and disturbing, Jane Campion’s brilliantly assured debut finds the arrival of a rebellious and estranged sister upend- ing the suburban ennui of a dispassionate couple.

THE TREE OF LIFE | Director Terrence Malick | May 22 & May 29
Haunted by whispers of those passed, Terrence Malick’s grand, singular foray into the spiritual and metaphysical follows a lost soul recounting his early childhood in 1950s Texas.

WILD AT HEART | Director David Lynch | May 27 & May 29
Madly in love and on the run, Sailor and Lula take to the yellow brick road with a wicked mother and a bevy of despicable men on their trail in Lynch’s divisive Palme d’Or winner.

PULP FICTION | Director Quentin Tarantino | May 28
Just another day in sunny LA for two hitmen, a defamed boxer, and the rest of Tarantino’s memorable pop culture referencing hoodlums in the auteur’s Palme d’Or winner.

MARIE ANTOINETTE | Director Sofia Coppola | May 28
Met with shock at its debut, France’s “It Girl” of the 18th century has her cake and eats it too in Sofia Coppola’s stylish post-punk revisionist telling of the last queen of France’s days in Versaille.

Individual Tickets
$13 | $9 for PFS Members

Film Bundle
$52.50 | $48.50 for PFS Members

Limited Series: Philly’s Grace – A cinematic retrospective fit for royalty showcasing the talent, charisma, and glamor of Philadelphia’s own Princess Grace Kelly.

HIGH NOON | Director Fred Zinnemann | June 10
Just before newlyweds Gary Cooper and Grace Kelly are to leave town, a dubious outlaw returns to settle a score in the suspenseful and influential western.

DIAL M FOR MURDER | Director Alfred Hitchcock | June 11
Hitchcock’s fascination, some would say obsession, with the perfect murder continues when Grace Kelly becomes caught between a suspicious husband and a celebrated mystery writer.

TO CATCH A THIEF | Director Alfred Hitchcock | June 17
Along the French Riviera, a retired burglar attempts to thwart a copycat criminal to save his reputation and catch the ador- ing eye of a wealthy American socialite in Hitchcock’s romantic thriller.

THE COUNTRY GIRL | Director George Seaton | June 18
In the role that won her only Oscar, Grace Kelly brilliantly plays Georgie, the struggling wife of an alcoholic actor given one last shot in the spotlight if only he could stand on his own two legs.

HIGH SOCIETY | Director Charles Waters | June 24
The Cole Porter-penned all-star musical follows two legendary crooners, Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra, at odds as they vie for the love of Grace Kelly in the actress’s final film.

Individual Tickets
$13 | $9 for PFS Members

Film Bundle
$37.50 | $33.50 for PFS Members

After Hours: Bringing together the odd, eerie, thrilling, and downright weird, this is the home of cult classics.

HOUSE | Director Nobuhiko Obayashi | April 15
The hallucinatory coming-of-age spooky thrill ride finds seven school girls battling a relative’s haunted house that intends to devour them one by one during a fateful sleepover.

THE BROOD | Director David Cronenberg | May 20 & May 27
Mother knows best in Cronenberg’s most personal horror film about the mysterious murders that surround a husband desperate to save his daughter from a failed marriage.

LIQUID SKY | Director Slava Tsukerman | June 25
Aliens have invaded the 80s Manhattan club scene and it’s going to take all the glamorous fashion, drugs, and New Wave music of the era to stop them in this groundbreaking, queer, sci-fi cult classic.

Tickets:
$9 | $5 for PFS Members

Film Essentials: Cinema’s greatest treasures as they were meant to be seen: on the biggest screen in Center City.

THE PIANO in 4K | Director Jane Campion | April 21
Jane Campion’s evocative period classic about a woman torn between obligation and passion along the unforgiving shores of New Zealand in this steamy and haunting Palme d’Or winner.

STRANGERS ON A TRAIN on 35MM | Director Alfred Hitchcock | May 11
Two stranger’s lives become deadly entwined when a hypothetical conversation on a train leads them on a one way ticket to murder in one of Hitchcock’s greats.

THE RULES OF THE GAME on 35MM | Director Jean Renoir | May 26
On the eve of World War II, members of France’s high society and their servants become embattled in a comedy of manners and romance in Jean Renoir’s unprecedented masterpiece.

ALL THAT JAZZ | Director Bob Fosse | June 16
Bob Fosse’s surreal auto-biographical magnum opus captures a womanizing stand-in for the famed choreographer/ director struggling with staging a new production and the life he has led.

EASY RIDER in 4K | Director Dennis Hopper | June 23
After a successful drug deal, two motorcyclists take to the road with The Big Easy, and some LSD, on the mind in a film that sparked the formation of the New Hollywood era.

SEVEN SAMURAI on 35MM | Director Akira Kurosawa | June 30
An aging ronin puts together an A-Team of masterless samurai to protect a village of farmers from bandits in Akira Kurosawa’s influential symphony of action, suspense, and heart.

Tickets:
$13 | $9 for PFS Members

Family Matinees: Welcoming children and caregivers to experience kid-friendly classics both new and old.

ALICE IN WONDERLAND | Director Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske, Jack Kinne | April 24
A young girl follows the white rabbit and discovers a dreamlike land of caterpillars, mad hatters, and a Queen in need of anger management in Disney’s Lewis Carroll adaptation.

MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO | Director Hayao Miyazaki | May 22
When visiting their ailing mother in post- war Japan, two young girls befriend mysterious wood spirits that lead them on an adventure of a lifetime in Hayao Miyazaki’s beloved family film.

LILO & STITCH | Director Dean Deblois, Chris Sanders | June 26
The mischievous Lilo meets her match when she encounters an out of control furry extra-terrestrial on the run in the endlessly creative sci-fi tale about family and responsibility.

Tickets:
$9 | $4 Child | $5 for PFS Members

Non/Fiction: Compelling and provocative, these contemporary docs encourage viewers to see the world through a different lens.

THE DEVIL’S DRIVERS | Director Daniel Carsenty, Mohammed Abugeth | April 24
A white-knuckle chase from start to finish, THE DEVIL’S DRIVERS is a thrilling documentary about Palestinian smug- glers risking their lives to aide others in crossing the dangerous border.

Tickets:
$13 | $9 for PFS Members

Throwback Thursday Quizzo & Movie: Put your movie and pop culture knowledge to the test with this pairing of trivia and nostalgic films

DUDES & DOOBIES – A 4/20 DOUBLE FEATURE | April 20
The world may be set ablaze, but chill out and spend the evening indulging on the greener things in life with some of filmdom’s most inspired herbal connoisseurs. Throwback Quizzo will take place before the screening of THE BIG LEBOWSKI.
THE BIG LEBOWSKI | Director Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Some goons get between The Dude and his rug. The world has never been the same since.
HOW HIGH | Director Jesse Dylan
After rolling a joint made in part by a departed friend’s ashes, two strangers begin a beautiful friendship when they ace their tests and embark on an Ivy League journey of a lifetime.

LABYRINTH | Director Jim Henson | May 5
The Goblin King himself, David Bowie, lures a young girl into his fantastical, muppet-filled kingdom where she must navigate an extraordinary maze in Jim Henson’s unforgettable final feature.

BUT I’M A CHEERLEADER | Director Jamie Babbit | June 2
Being a vegetarian and liking Melissa Etheridge finds Natasha Lyonne’s perky cheerleader being sent to a conversion therapy camp just to reach her true self in this 90s cult classic.

Tickets:
$13 | $9 for PFS Members

For more information about the titles please visit Filmadelphia.org/Film-Series.