Curated Film Series

Jack Nicholson’s private eye Jake Gittes sticks his nose, and gets it broken, in the surprisingly compelling and deadly world of municipal water supply in this perfectly crafted mystery about corruption, abuse, deception, and murder in sunny LA.

Filled with groundbreaking animation and nail biting tension, the latest international anime sensation follows a diverse, ragtag group of high school kids taking on their rivals in one of the greatest sports films of the century that must be seen in the theater.

Rian Johnson’s excellent debut BRICK trades in KNIVES OUT’s holeless donut for some coffee and pie (oh my!) in this hard boiled, Chandler-esque noir set in an LA suburbs high school. When his ex-girlfriend turns up dead, Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s loner must navigate a peculiar rogues’ gallery of high school kingpins and femme fatales.

From the visionary mind of famed director Masaaki Yuasa, the possibilities of animation and love are limitless in this one-crazy-night epic about the endless attempts for the perfect meet cute.

Jack Nicholson’s private eye Jake Gittes sticks his nose, and gets it broken, in the surprisingly compelling and deadly world of municipal water supply in this perfectly crafted mystery about corruption, abuse, deception, and murder in sunny LA.

A wild trilogy of short films by acclaimed cinema visionaries Bong Joon-ho, Michel Gondry, and Leos Carax, each offering a unique peek into the eccentric universe of Japan’s capital and culture.

Rian Johnson’s excellent debut BRICK trades in KNIVES OUT’s holeless donut for some coffee and pie (oh my!) in this hard boiled, Chandler-esque noir set in an LA suburbs high school. When his ex-girlfriend turns up dead, Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s loner must navigate a peculiar rogues’ gallery of high school kingpins and femme fatales.

After being dumped, a hopeless romantic (Denis Levant) wanders Paris at night until an unlikely encounter with a suicidal woman (Merielle Perrier) at a party might prove to be the perfect meet-cute, but this is a Leos Carax film.

Brand new 4K restoration of the Kathryn Bigelow masterpiece! Keanu Reeves may not be a shaggy dog, but he’s certainly a young, dumb, and full of spunk lost puppy as new LA FBI recruit Johnny Utah, struggling to maintain his work-life balance between thwarting bank robberies and his blossoming friendship with a rad surfer bro named Bodhi (Patrick Swayze).

A fatal STD is sweeping a Paris of the near-future and killing all copulating couples not in love. Restless teen Alex (Denis Lavant) is hired to steal a cure-all serum by local gangster Marc (Michel Piccoli), but Alex has plans to steal some hearts too when he develops a crush on the thug’s much younger girlfriend (Juliette Binoche) in Leos Carax’s romantic crime drama.

Strike up some of the ol’ ultra-violence in Stanley Kubrick’s horrific foray into a dystopian England ravaged by milk loving droogs and a desperate government’s new experiment to stop them.

Leos Carax and Denis Lavant obliterate any notion of narrative storytelling in this wonderfully weird, hilarious and baffling soufflé of vignettes centered around a master performer’s (Lavant) odyssey across Paris and his transformation into a different character each time he emerges from his limo.

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.

Jack Nicholson’s private eye Jake Gittes sticks his nose, and gets it broken, in the surprisingly compelling and deadly world of municipal water supply in this perfectly crafted mystery about corruption, abuse, deception, and murder in sunny LA.

Using the manga and Fritz Lang masterpiece as a jumping-off point, director Rintaro builds an unforgettable and mesmerizing cyberpunk world about class struggles between the haves and have nots, and the humans and the bots.

Strike up some of the ol’ ultra-violence in Stanley Kubrick’s horrific foray into a dystopian England ravaged by milk loving droogs and a desperate government’s new experiment to stop them.

Using the manga and Fritz Lang masterpiece as a jumping-off point, director Rintaro builds an unforgettable and mesmerizing cyberpunk world about class struggles between the haves and have nots, and the humans and the bots.

The first foray into Poe’s gothic tales for Roger Corman is a colorful feast made on ingenuity and the sheer star power of Vincent Price as the last remaining male of a long cursed bloodline who doesn’t take to his sister’s visiting fiancé.

With the halcyon and hazy days of the ‘60s in the rearview mirror, private investigator Doc Sportello (Joaquin Phoenix) cruises through 1970 LA looking for his missing ex, among others, in P.T. Anderson’s adaptation of Thomas Pynchon’s labyrinthian, stoner epic.

It’s been nearly 30 years since the world was introduced to mega superstar Powerline and it hasn’t been the same since. Revisit the plight of an absentminded, some would say goofy, single father attempting to reconnect with his punk son through unforgettable songs and Pauly Shore’s greatest performance committed to celluloid.

With a cigarette permanently adhered to his mouth, Elliott Gould’s Philip Marlowe mumbles and stumbles his way through the purchasing of cat food or uncovering a deceptive web of marital murders with equal disheveled indifference in Robert Altman’s sunbaked whodunnit.

Philly’s Erika Alexander is a beacon of hope in this searing drama about acceptance inspired by the upbringing and community of brothers, director Peter Bratt and star Benjamin Bratt. In the Mission District of San Francisco, local Chicano and single father, Che (Bratt), is a former inmate who spends his days outfitting lowriders and taking care of his son Jesse (Jeremy Ray Valdez). When Jesse comes out as gay to his father, Che’s world is shattered. His identity and cultural assumptions surrounding masculinity will be challenged and it’s up to Che’s empathetic neighbor Lena (Erika Alexander) to help rebuild the fractured relationship. The screening will be followed by a talkback with Erika Alexander, Benjamin Bratt (star, producer), Ben Arnon (co-founder of ColorFarm Media), plus a screening of one of Erika’s favorite ‘Living Single’ episodes with live commentary.

Beneath LA’s glitzy veneer, a disillusioned slob (Andrew Garfield) embarks on a quest to find the enigmatic woman (Riley Keough) who vanished from his pool, only to sink into a serpentine conspiracy filled with increasingly ludicrous twists and turns.

What’s The Wasteland without Mad Max? A riveting, decades spanning epic that never takes its foot off the gas as the origin of everyone’s favorite Imperator unfolds with heart, gusto, thrills and even laughs from Chris Hemsworth’s deranged Dementus.

It’s been nearly 30 years since the world was introduced to mega superstar Powerline and it hasn’t been the same since. Revisit the plight of an absentminded, some would say goofy, single father attempting to reconnect with his punk son through unforgettable songs and Pauly Shore’s greatest performance committed to celluloid.

A riveting narrative blending daily life in Mali’s capital with an intense trial, where a community scrutinizes international financial institutions for their detrimental impact on the continent.

The greatest action film of the century, George Miller's revamping of his iconic post-apocalyptic universe joins together an unlikely duo—a determined rebel and a selfish drifter—who team up to overthrow a psychopathic tyrant in a relentless pursuit for the future.

Using the manga and Fritz Lang masterpiece as a jumping-off point, director Rintaro builds an unforgettable and mesmerizing cyberpunk world about class struggles between the haves and have nots, and the humans and the bots.

Philly’s Erika Alexander radiates as Coraline in Cord Jefferson’s Academy Award-winning hilarious and poignant debut. Disillusioned Black author, Thelonius “Monk” Ellison (Jeffrey Wright), navigates the tropes and racial expectations of a publishing industry hungry for “authentic” stories and attempts to disrupt it from the inside. The screening will be followed by a talkback with Erika Alexander, Katherine Gilmore Richardson (Philadelphia Councilwoman-at-Large), plus a screening of one of Erika’s favorite ‘Living Single’ episodes with live commentary.

Featuring some of the greatest production design of the 90s, Coppola’s descent into the macabre is a truly visionary, batshit crazy retelling of the Dracula lore led by a seductive Gary Oldman and a formidable cast of esteemed actors and the beloved Keanu Reeves.

What’s The Wasteland without Mad Max? A riveting, decades spanning epic that never takes its foot off the gas as the origin of everyone’s favorite Imperator unfolds with heart, gusto, thrills and even laughs from Chris Hemsworth’s deranged Dementus.

A riveting narrative blending daily life in Mali’s capital with an intense trial, where a community scrutinizes international financial institutions for their detrimental impact on the continent.

The greatest action film of the century, George Miller's revamping of his iconic post-apocalyptic universe joins together an unlikely duo—a determined rebel and a selfish drifter—who team up to overthrow a psychopathic tyrant in a relentless pursuit for the future.

Celebrate our talented local filmmakers each month during the Philly Film Showcase. PFS turns the Philadelphia Film Greenfield Screening Room into a venue for up-and-coming filmmakers of all ages, levels, and backgrounds. Each Showcase is followed by a Q&A with the filmmakers and talent to elicit feedback from the audience.

Filled with groundbreaking animation and nail biting tension, the latest international anime sensation follows a diverse, ragtag group of high school kids taking on their rivals in one of the greatest sports films of the century that must be seen in the theater.

Brand new 4K restoration! A rediscovered screwball gem from director Richard Shepard (THE MATADOR, Netflix’s THE PERFECTION !!!), THE LINGUINI INCIDENT is a loony collage of late-80s New Wave aesthetic in a New York City of only memory about a devilish bartender (David Bowie) enlisting the aid of an aspiring escape artist/waitress (too cool Rosanna Arquette) to rob their fabulously chic place of employment.

In a just cinematic world, THE NICE GUYS would have immediately sat atop the shaggy dog film canon with a myriad of increasingly less inspired sequels, but instead we get to come together to enjoy Shane Black’s genius script and direction as our guys Crowe and Gosling search for a missing porn star.

Special One Night Only Screening: Join award-winning Philadelphia filmmaker Ted Passon as we present his brand new documentary PATRICE: THE MOVIE followed by a Q&A with special guests from the film: Patrice Jetter, Garry Wickham and Elizabeth Dicker. A feature documentary romantic comedy from award-winning filmmaker Ted Passon about the next frontier of marriage equality - disability. Patrice Jetter has finally found the love of her life, Garry, who is also disabled. They want nothing more than to get married, but if they do - or even if they just move in together - the government benefits they need to survive would be cut. Despite the scrutiny they’re under, they decide to plan a commitment ceremony that could risk their entire future. - PRESENTED WITH OPEN CAPTIONS