Special Screenings
SPECIAL SCREENINGS
Limited engagements, one-night-only presentations, and eventized screenings of everything from established classics to exciting new titles.
TWO CAN PLAY THAT GAME
MARK BROWN | USA | 2001 | 90 MIN | R | ENGLISH
March 30 | 6:00 PM | FREE
Vivica Fox stuns in this classic 00s rom-com as Shante Smith, the fourth-wall-breaking relationship connoisseur who may have all the answers but can’t prevent her own love life from imploding. Mixer at 6:00 PM, Film at 7:00 PM
BREAK THE GAME
JANE M. WAGNER | USA | 2023 | 73 MIN | PG-13 | ENGLISH
April 17 | 7:00 PM
After coming out as a trans woman, world-record-holding gamer Narcissa Wright loses her massive fanbase. To win them back, she attempts to set a new world record in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, while live-streaming every minute of her mythic quest. Screening to be followed by a Q&A with director Jane M. Wagner and live speed run of “The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask” by Twitch streamer Zeepo.
LOUDER THAN A BOMB
GREG JACOBS, JOHN SISKEL | USA | 2010 | 109 MIN | NR | ENGLISH
April 19 | Youth Open Mic – 6:00 PM | Movie – 7:15 PM | FREE
The undeniable power of poetry is the beating heart of this electrifying documentary following a motivated bunch of high school students as they gear up for the biggest youth slam contest in the world. Presented with ODAAT Youth & Family Mode.
WISDOM GONE WILD
REA TAJIRI | USA | 2022 | 84 MIN | NR | ENGLISH
April 21 | 4:00 PM
A vibrant tender cine-poem; a filmmaker collaborates with her Nisei mother as they confront the painful curious reality of wisdom ‘gone wild’ in the shadows of dementia. Made over 16 years, the film blends humor and sadness in an encounter between mother and daughter that blooms into an affectionate portrait of love, care and a relationship transformed. Screening to be followed by a Q&A with filmmaker Rea Tajiri. Presented as part of Arts on the Mind, in collaboration with the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, Penn Memory Center, Franklin Institute, and Artz Philadelphia.
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.
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.
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