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Ready to continue edgy, innovative film programming: Lightbox director Jesse Pires in the theater’s new Broad Street home. (Photo by Stephen Silver.)

Lightbox Film Center gets a new home on Broad Street with UArts

Lightbox lives on

Lightbox Film Center, which closed at University City's International House in December, has reopened on Broad Street, in partnership with University of the Arts. Stephen Silver visited the new location before its February grand opening.

Stephen Silver

Feb 23, 2020 Articles 4 minute read

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.

Stephen Silver

Jan 24, 2020 Articles 4 minute read

The winningest Jewish girl ever: Rachel Brosnahan as Midge Maisel. (Image courtesy of Amazon Studios.)

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.

Wendy Rosenfield

Jan 07, 2020 Reviews 5 minute read

They’re not going away anytime soon: the cast of the 2019 Broadway tour of ‘Cats.’ (Photo by Matthew Murray.)

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.

Josh Herren

Jan 06, 2020 Articles 4 minute read

Genius collaborators: composer John Cage, dancer/choreographer Merce Cunningham, and artist Robert Rauschenberg. (Photo © Douglas Jeffrey; courtesy of Magnolia Pictures.)

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.

Gary L. Day

Jan 03, 2020 Articles 2 minute read

From 1964 to today: ‘Up’ subject Jackie Bassett. (Image courtesy of the BBC.)

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.

Gary L. Day

Dec 10, 2019 Articles 3 minute read

Still one of the industry’s busiest: Martin Scorsese on the set of ‘The Irishman.’ (Photo courtesy of Netflix.)

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.

Raj Tawney

Nov 19, 2019 Articles 4 minute read

The color and essence of Vietnam in every corner: Leon Le’s ‘Song Lang.’ (Image courtesy of PAAFF.)

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.

Christina Anthony

Nov 12, 2019 Articles 2 minute read

Polar bears on the horizon: photographer Amos Nachoum. (Image courtesy of GPJFF.)

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.

Stephen Silver

Nov 11, 2019 Articles 3 minute read