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Escalators, art films, and Tommy Wiseau: Farewell to Ritz at the Bourse
Philly’s big-screen problem continues
Philadelphia’s film culture will lose five movie screens, and a whole lot more, when the Ritz at the Bourse closes its doors. Stephen Silver considers the theater’s legacy.
Articles
4 minute read
Not so marvelous: Why I’m done with ‘Mrs. Maisel’
Not like other (((girls)))
With the third season of Amazon’s ‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ recently released, Wendy Rosenfield finds the trouble with the streaming sensation, from its casting to the script's erasure of Jewish identities.
Reviews
5 minute read
How I learned to stop worrying and love ‘Cats’
Feline felicity
If you’re going to watch ‘Cats’ onscreen or onstage, there are just certain things you have to accept. Josh Herren comes out as a ‘Cats’ person.
Articles
4 minute read
Alla Kovgan’s ‘Cunningham’
Dancing ahead of his time
Filmmaker Alla Kovgan’s new biography examines how choreographic genius Merce Cunningham transformed modern dance. Gary Day reviews.
Articles
2 minute read
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Michael Apted’s ‘63 Up’
55 years later
Director Michael Apted’s 55-year social experiment on film ends with a powerful lesson about the wisdom age can bring. Gary Day reviews.
Articles
3 minute read
Martin Scorsese brings Philly’s Frank Sheeran to Netflix with 'The Irishman'
For the love of Marty
Martin Scorsese’s most anticipated feature yet, The Irishman brings Philly mobster Frank Sheeran to the big screen and will be streaming in homes around the world by the end of the month. Raj Tawney considers.
Articles
4 minute read
PAAFF presents Leon Le’s ‘Song Lang’
An unexpected debt
‘Song Lang,’ screened at PAAFF, follows the unlikely friendship that develops between a charismatic young opera singer and a brutal debt collector in 1980s Saigon. Christina Anthony reviews.
Articles
2 minute read
The Gershman Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival presents 'Picture of His Life'
The great white bear
'Picture of His Life,' a documentary about an enigmatic Israeli-American attempting a historic photographic feat, kicked off this year’s Fall Fest at the Gershman Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival. Stephen Silver reviews.
Articles
3 minute read
The Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival presents ‘Genre Shorts: Asian Imagination’
Where point-of-view keeps genre fresh
Four short films screening in a November 9 program at PAAFF prove that, no matter the genre, it always pays to be specific. Rachel Bellwoar reviews.
Articles
3 minute read
François Ozon’s 'By the Grace of God'
A survivor’s story
François Ozon’s docudrama, ‘By the Grace of God,’ is based on a true story of a group of men who took on the priest who sexually abused them as children, and the Catholic hierarchy that tried to protect him. Gary Day reviews.
Articles
3 minute read