PFS Announces Curated Programming Lineup for January – March
The lineup includes the limited series New Films, New You, Girl Uninterrupted, and Women’s March. As well as screenings of JENNIFER’S BODY, RINGU, THE MALTESE FALCON, and THE PRINCESS BRIDE!
PFS will embark on a year-long series screening Sight and Sound‘s The 100 Greatest Films of All Time kicking-off in January!
We are excited to announce the full lineup of curated programming for January through March taking place at the Philadelphia Film Center (1412 Chestnut Street) and PFS Bourse (400 Ranstead Street, Intersection of Ranstead & S 4t). The lineup includes the limited series New Films, New You, make a New Year’s resolution to watch (more) new films with PFS by watching this spectacular selection straight off the festival circuit and starting the New Year right, a Throwback Quizzo & Movie screening of SOUTHLAND TALES on 35MM, family-friendly screening of SHREK with pre-screening activities, and cult classic RINGU.
In 2023, PFS will be introducing new ongoing series to their curated programming. Debut, all filmmakers have to start somewhere; Guilty Treasures, sometimes a film can just make you laugh and yell “How?!?” or “Why?!?!” a thousand times; and Science on Screen®, screenings of classic, cult, science fiction, and documentary films with lively presentations by notable experts from the world of science and technology.
PFS is also excited to announce the Sight and Sound 100, a year long series. Once a decade, Sight and Sound magazine releases the coveted critic’s poll for The Greatest Films of All Time. The 100 films and their rankings may cause joy, pain, or perplexity in many film aficionados, but always sparks passionate conversations. Join PFS as we embark on the journey together and screen all 100 films from the 2022 list, counting down, in order throughout the entire year.
Tickets to individual screenings are currently available to purchase via Now Showing, prices range from $14 to as low as $5.
Below you will find more information about the screenings.
Curated Programming for January – March Lineup
Limited Series: New Films, New You – Make a New Year’s resolution to watch (more) new films with PFS by watching this spectacular selection straight off the festival circuit and starting the New Year right.
- SECRET SCREENING | January 13 | 7:30 PM | Film Center
- Shhhh, PFS has partnered with a notorious harlequin to free one of the most talked about films of 2022 and bring it to the Philadelphia Film Center for one night only.
- WORLD WAR III | January 21 | 5:00 PM | Film Center
- A homeless Iranian man in mourning is incidentally given the role of a lifetime in a hackneyed World War II film that will push him to his limits in this unforgettable Venice Film Festival Orizzonti award winner for Best Picture and Actor.
- ACTUAL PEOPLE | January 28 | 8:00 PM | Film Center
- Writer/director/star and Philly native, Kit Zahaur, captures the anxieties, thrills, and hopes all face upon the precipice of graduating and entering the world of adulthood with her refreshing, assured voice in this exciting debut.
Limited Series: Girl Uninterrupted – From coast to coast, an historical era in Black American cinema featuring three-dimensional narratives surrounding Black women and girls emerged in the 90s that offered new voices and perspectives that would be unmatched for decades to come.
- POETIC JUSTICE | February 3 / 7:00 PM / Film Center | February 25 / 6:00 PM / Bourse
- Following a tremendous loss, an isolated hairdresser joins friends on a road trip through California, but is forced to address her contentious relationship with trip tagalong, Lucky, a postman who is just as emotionally inept.
- JUST ANOTHER GIRL ON THE I.R.T. | February 4 / 2:30 PM / Film Center | February 26 / 4:30 PM | Bourse
- A young girl from Brooklyn meanders through personal strife and various institutional barriers that stand in the way of her dreams of becoming a doctor.
- THE WATERMELON WOMAN | February 5 | 5:00 PM | Film Center
- A video store clerk interrogates the origins of the mammy trope in western cinema and her own relationship to the world as a Black lesbian.
- CROOKLYN | February 8 | 7:00 PM | Film Center
- Spike Lee’s semi-autobiographical addition to the coming-of-age genre through his vivid illustration of a Black American family residing in Brooklyn in the 70s.
- SET IT OFF on 35MM | February 10 | 7:00 PM | Film Center
- Plagued with financial distress, four Black women take off on a daring plan to rob banks in F. Gary Gray’s 1996 gift to Black American Cinema.
Limited Series: Women’s March – In addition to the illuminating collection of shorts from the dawn of cinema featuring women in front of the camera sparking rebellion and slapstick, Women’s March features a selection of groundbreaking, international women filmmakers that changed cinema forever.
- CINEMA’S FIRST NASTY WOMEN: QUEENS OF DESTRUCTION | March / 7:00 PM | March 4 / 7:00 | Bourse
- A treasured slate of transformative silent films led by women with a vested interest in the demolition of traditional cinema through outrageous, at times, narratives bursting with larger than life performances.
- SPEED RACER | March 5 / 5:30 PM / Bourse | March 18 / 8:30 PM / Film Center
- The Wachowski put their pedal to the metal in this visually maximalist, eye-popping reimagining of the beloved manga and anime series that leaves all live-action adaptations in the dust.
- ONE SINGS, THE OTHER DOESN’T | March 10 / 7:00 PM / Bourse | March 18 / 6:00 PM / Film Center
- As the women’s liberation movement grows in 1960s France, two very different women enter a friendship that evolves and is challenged by life’s woes at every turn in the magnificent Agnes Varda’s ode to female bonds.
- LOVE & ANARCHY | March 11 / 7:00 PM / Bourse | March 25 / 5:00 PM / Film Center
- Director Lina Wertmüller spotlights a man’s volatile relationship with fascism as he prepares to avenge a friend by assassinating Benito Mussolini, all with the help of a sex worker with similarly vengeful motivations.
- JENNIFER’S BODY | March 15 / 7:00 PM | March 24 / 9:30 PM | Film Center
- Karyn Kusama and Diablo Cody rain uproarious hell upon a small town when a band’s satanic ritual goes awry, creating an unstoppable demonic force in the guise of Megan Fox.
- KADDU BEYKAT (LETTER FROM MY VILLAGE) | March 30 | 7:00 PM | Film Center
- In this Berlinale prize winning feature, reality and fiction are intertwined as a young man journeys through oppressive class structures in order to wed the girl of his dreams.
MLK Jr. Day: A special double feature exploring the accomplishments, impact, themes and story behind Dr. King’s message
- MLK/FBI | January 15 | 3:00 PM | Film Center
- Sam Pollard’s affecting documentary dissects a plethora of newly declassified files that reveal the integral role played by the U.S. government in surveilling Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and his later demise.
- DO THE RIGHT THING in 4K | January 15 | 5:30 PM | Film Center
- Rising racial tensions between Black and Italian-Americans erupt on a hot summer day in Brooklyn, New York. Following the screening, there will be an open conversation between patrons and invited community leaders, with discussion focusing on the question: What does it mean to do the right thing?
- Free Community Screening – Tickets for this event are FREE, a reservation to the event is required. Admission is on a first-come first-served basis.
- Rising racial tensions between Black and Italian-Americans erupt on a hot summer day in Brooklyn, New York. Following the screening, there will be an open conversation between patrons and invited community leaders, with discussion focusing on the question: What does it mean to do the right thing?
After Hours: Bringing together the odd, eerie, thrilling, and downright weird, this is the home of cult classics.
- RINGU | January 6 / 9:30 PM | January 20 / 9:00 PM | Film Center
- Arguably the most influential, and terrifying, Japanese horror film of the past 25 years finds a journalist investigating the mysterious deaths linked to viewings of an old VHS tape.
- THE FLY | January 7 / 7:00 PM | January 27 / 7:00 PM | Film Center | On Sale Soon
- Jeff Goldblum and David Cronenberg team up in the one-of-a-kind creature feature about a peculiar, dare we say sexy, scientist slowly becoming the titular bug when an experiment goes horribly wrong.
- A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET | January 7 / 9:15 PM | January 27 / 9:15 PM | Film Center | On Sale Soon
- A group of teenagers experience shared nightmares about a sweater-wearing terror that begins to creep into their reality in Freddy’s debut that is as chilling and imaginative as ever.
- POSSESSION in 4K | February 3 / 9:30 PM | February 11 / 8:30 PM | Film Center
- A Valentine’s Day film for the adventurous finds the always provocative Andrzej Zulawski crafting his most visually alluring and arresting film about the sinister, possibly otherworldly, forces behind a marriage’s demise.
- BLACK DYNAMITE | February 15 / 7:30 PM / Film Center | February 25 / 8:30 PM / Bourse
- In this callback to the iconic Blaxploitation era, a CIA agent struggles to obtain revenge while fighting to protect his community from dangers brought by a surprising source.
- TALES FROM THE HOOD | February 24 | 9:30 PM | Bourse
- In the presence of three drug dealers, a funeral director eerily recounts four horrifying tales wrapped in relevant racial and social commentary.
- THE HIDDEN on 35MM | March 17 | 9:00 PM | Film Center
- Kyle MacLachlan is an idiosyncratic FBI agent investigating a series of out of this world murders, but first he will have to gain the trust of a local, brash detective in this pitch-perfect 80s thrill ride.
Debut: All filmmakers have to start somewhere. A debut film may catapult a director into the auteur stratosphere or be merely a blip on their IMDb list, yet the debut remains a defining moment that can serve as film forensic for everything that follows.
- AMORES PERROS | January 18 | 6:30 PM | Film Center
- Alejandro González Iñárritu’s emotionally evocative and memory searing Award-winning debut explores the lives of three disparate individuals crashing into each other in the most unexpected ways.
- IN BRUGES | February 22 | 6:30 PM | Bourse
- Before their Banshees reunion was but a drop in a pint, Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson were hitmen unwantedly stuck in Belgium’s Bruges after a hit goes terribly wrong in Martin McDonagh’s dark comedy-thriller debut.
- THE MALTESE FALCON | March 8 | 1:30 PM / 7:00 PM | Bourse
- Famed director and renaissance man John Huston crafted the seminal US film noir that dreams are made of when Bogart’s Sam Spade encounters suspicious suspects in hunt for one of cinema’s most famous MacGuffins.
Film Essentials: Cinema’s greatest treasures as they were meant to be seen: on the biggest screen in Center City.
- SHADOW OF A DOUBT in 4K | January 6 / 7:00 PM | January 12 / 7:00 PM | Film Center
- Tortured by the mundanity of her life, teenager Charlie Newton can’t wait for her favorite uncle to come visit. However, as a murder investigation looms close to home, she soon encounters the duplicitous nature of the man she so greatly admires.
- COME AND SEE | January 8 / 5:00 PM | January 26 / 7:00 PM | Film Center
- The harrowing anti-war masterpiece finds a young Belarusian boy joining the resistance against an unstoppable rampaging Nazi force in this unforgettable and surreal foray into the darkness of man.
- DUCK SOUP | January 8 / 3:00 PM | January 14 / 6:00 PM | Film Center
- Armed with slapstick and satire, the Marx Brothers are sent to the front lines of an absurd war in this endlessly watchable musical comedy about an incompetent president, two inept spies, and a whole lotta zaniness.
- CASABLANCA in 4K | February 2 | 7:30 PM | Film Center
- Overflowing with charisma and character, the incomparable love triangle of Rick, Ilsa, and Victor unravels across a Moroccan theater of espionage as, like a request to Sam the piano player, PFS plays the perennial Valentine’s Day classic again.
- THE 5,000 FINGERS OF DR. T | February 5 / 3:00 PM | February 12 / 5:30 PM | Film Center
- The wild, colorful world of Dr. Seuss is vividly imagined when amidst his slumber, a young boy enlists the aid of the family plumber to thwart a tyrannical piano teacher’s dastardly plans.
- PARIS, TEXAS | February 11 / 5:30 PM / Film Center | February 23 / 6:00 PM / Bourse
- Wim Winders’ ruminating Palme d’Or winning masterpiece pits the forlorn gaze of a peerless Harry Dean Stanton against an existential void as Stanton treks across the Southwest United States looking for a past, present and future.
- RAN in 4K | March / 7:00 PM / Bourse | March 24 / 6:00 PM / Film Center
- The final epic in Akira Kurosawa’s unparalleled filmography reimagines the thrilling drama of King Lear and Japanese history as a grand, visually stunning, and bloody war between a fractured family vying for the throne.
- KING KONG | March 5 / 3:00 PM / Bourse | March 22 / 7:30 PM / Film Center
- The legendary seafaring adventure to a remote island and its misunderstood, larger than life inhabitant still inspires awe and thrills nearly a century after the ape came to the US.
Guilty Treasures: Sometimes a film can make your head spin and heart sing with a script that captures the entire human condition, performances that come from the soul, and a rousing, triumphant score. Sometimes a film can just make you laugh and yell “How?!?” or “Why?!?!” a thousand times.
- MIAMI CONNECTION | January 14 | 8:00 PM | Film Center
- One of the greatest finds of the bargain bin golden era pits the taekwondo orphans of 80s rock band Dragon Sound against the seedy underground of Miami.
- SIMPLY IRRESISTIBLE on 35MM | February 10 | 9:30 PM | Film Center
- A magical crab, yes, grants a struggling small business owner (Sarah Michelle Geller) the power of seductive gastronomy and a second chance at life and love.
- SUPER MARIO BROS. on 35MM | March 31 | 9:30 PM | Film Center
- The brothers may not be Italian, Dennis Hopper may not be a dinosaur, Daisy may not be Peach, Yoshi may not be cute and cuddly, and who knows what’s up with the goombas, but this was our dynamic plumbing duo of the 90s.
Family Matinees: Welcoming children and caregivers to experience kid-friendly classics both new and old.
- THE PRINCESS BRIDE | January 22 / 3:00 PM | January 26 / 10:00 AM* | Film Center
- A little boy reluctantly sits through his grandfather’s masterful oration of a fairytale plagued with deadly swamps, a barbaric prince, and unusual outlaws, which all stand in the way of a pirate willing to endure all to save the love of his life.
- SHREK | February 12 / 3:00 PM | February 16 / 10:00 AM* | Film Center
- After the solitude of his beloved swamp is derailed by a maniacal lord, an unfriendly ogre strikes a deal to reclaim his land by going on a quest to save a princess.
- WOLFWALKERS | March 19 / 3:00 PM | March 23 / 10:00 AM* | Film Center
- To rid of a violent evil in her society, a young apprentice hunter accompanies her father to eliminate wolves and maintain peace. However, a new friendship thwarts her mission and understanding of the danger she is programmed to destroy.
Tickets:
$6 | $4 Child
* Sensory Friendly Screenings – a screening where the lights are up, the sound is down, and patrons are invited to respond to the film in whatever way feels best for their bodies and minds! For more information please check Filmadelphia.org/Sensory-Friendly.
Science on Screen®: The Science on Screen® program pairs screenings of classic, cult, science fiction, and documentary films with lively presentations by notable experts from the world of science and technology. Each film is used as a jumping-off point for a speaker to introduce current research or technological advances in a manner that engages audiences of all backgrounds.
- NIGHT RAIDERS | March 28 | 6:30 PM | Film Center
- Set in a dystopian universe where disenfranchisement runs rampant, a mother teams up with vigilantes to save her daughter from an oppressive academy in this gripping feature that holds a mirror to the legacy of colonialism towards indigenous communities.
Sight and Sound 100: Once a decade, Sight and Sound magazine releases the coveted critic’s poll for The Greatest Films of All Time. The 100 films and their rankings may cause joy, pain, or perplexity in many film aficionados, but always sparks passionate conversations. Join PFS as we embark on the journey together and screen all 100 films from the 2022 list, counting down, in order throughout the entire year. So by next year you’ll know where you stand.
- GET OUT | January 4 | 7:00 PM | Film Center
- BFI’s 2022 Sight & Sound List #100 | Dir. Jordan Peele
- THE GENERAL | January 5 | 7:00 PM | Film Center
- BFI’s 2022 Sight & Sound List #99 | Dir. Clyde Bruckman, Buster Keaton
- BLACK GIRL | January 11 | 7:00 PM | Film Center
- BFI’s 2022 Sight & Sound List #98 | Dir. Ousmane Sembène
- TROPICAL MALADY | January 14 | 3:00 PM | Film Center
- BFI’s 2022 Sight & Sound List #97 | Dir. Apichatpong Weerasethakul
- ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST in 4K | January 20 | 6:00 PM | Film Center
- BFI’s 2022 Sight & Sound List #96 | Dir. Sergio Leone
- A MAN ESCAPED | January 22 | 5:30 PM | Film Center
- BFI’s 2022 Sight & Sound List #95 | Dir. Robert Bresson
- THE EARRINGS OF MADAME DE… | January 25 | 7:00 PM | Film Center
- BFI’s 2022 Sight & Sound List #94 | Dir. Max Ophüls
- THE LEOPARD | January 28 | 3:00 PM | Film Center
- BFI’s 2022 Sight & Sound List #93 | Dir. Luchino Visconti
- YI YI | January 29 | 3:00 PM | Film Center
- BFI’s 2022 Sight & Sound List #91 | Dir. Edward Yang
- UGETSU | January 29 | 6:30 PM | Film Center
- BFI’s 2022 Sight & Sound List #92 | Dir. Kenji Mizoguchi
- PARASITE (BLACK & WHITE) | February 1 | 7:00 PM | Film Center
- BFI’s 2022 Sight & Sound List #90 | Dir. Bong Joon-ho
- CHUNGKING EXPRESS in 4K | February 4 | 5:00 PM | Film Center
- BFI’s 2022 Sight & Sound List #89 | Dir. Wong Kar-wai
- THE SHINING in 4K | February 5 | 7:30 PM | Film Center
- BFI’s 2022 Sight & Sound List #88 | Dir. Stanley Kubrick
- HISTOIRE(S) DU CINÉMA | February 11 | 11:30 AM | Film Center
- BFI’s 2022 Sight & Sound List #87 | Dir. Jean-Luc Godard
- THE SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE on 35MM | February 16 | 7:00 PM | Film Center
- BFI’s 2022 Sight & Sound List #85 | Dir. Víctor Erice
- PIERROT LE FOU | February 18 | 6:00 PM | Bourse
- BFI’s 2022 Sight & Sound List #86 | Dir. Jean-Luc Godard
- BLUE VELVET in 4K | February 22 | 7:00 PM | Bourse
- BFI’s 2022 Sight & Sound List #84 | Dir. David Lynch
- CÉLINE AND JULIE GO BOATING | February 25 | 2:00 PM | Bourse
- BFI’s 2022 Sight & Sound List #83 | Dir. Jacques Rivette
- A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH in 4K | February 26 | 7:00 PM | Bourse
- BFI’s 2022 Sight & Sound List #82 | Dir. Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
- MODERN TIMES | March 1 | 1:30 PM /// 7:00 PM | Bourse
- BFI’s 2022 Sight & Sound List #81 | Dir. Charles Chaplin
- A BRIGHTER SUMMER DAY | March 4 | 2:00 PM | Bourse
- BFI’s 2022 Sight & Sound List #80 | Dir. Edward Yang
- SUNSET BOULEVARD in 4K | March 9 | 1:30 PM /// 7:00 PM | Bourse
- BFI’s 2022 Sight & Sound List #78 | Dir. Billy Wilder
- SÁTÁNTANGÓ | March 11 | 12:00 PM | Bourse
- BFI’s 2022 Sight & Sound List #79 | Dir. Béla Tarr
- SANSHO THE BAILIFF | March 16 | 7:00 PM | Film Center
- BFI’s 2022 Sight & Sound List #77 | Dir. Kenji Mizoguchi
- IMITATION OF LIFE | March 19 | 5:30 PM | Film Center
- BFI’s 2022 Sight & Sound List #76 | Dir. Douglas Sirk
- SPIRITED AWAY | March 26 | 3:00 PM /// 6:00 PM | Film Center
- BFI’s 2022 Sight & Sound List #75 | Dir. Hayao Miyazaki
Throwback Quizzo & Movie: Put your movie and pop culture knowledge to the test with this pairing of trivia and nostalgic films.
- OUT OF SIGHT | January 19 | Quizzo 7:00 PM /// Movie 7:30 PM | Film Center
- The seductive duo of Lopez and Clooney are on fire in Steven Soderbergh’s crazy, sexy, cool crime caper about two, did we say sexy, individuals on different sides of the law in a steamy game of cat and mouse.
- GIRLS TRIP | February 9 | Quizzo 7:00 PM /// Movie 7:30 PM | Film Center
- Witness the beauty of everlasting sisterhood as four girlfriends embark on the trip of a lifetime to a festival in New Orleans. You’ll never see a grapefruit the same way again.
- SOUTHLAND TALES on 35MM | March 31 | Quizzo 7:00 PM /// Movie 7:30 PM | Film Center
- DONNIE DARKO’s Richard Kelly follows up his cerebral cult-classic with a bonkers, satirical, go-for-broke alternative (some would say prescient) imagining of a fractured US amidst political and social chaos. The only hope for survival: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Sean William Scott, and The Rock.
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